March 31, 2025 5:03 am
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Flames scorched a house in Robinson Township on Sunday. Allegheny County dispatchers say firefighters were called to the 700 block of Christopher Circle at 7:33 p.m. Students practicing for Hadestown at nearby Carlynton School District were able to see flames and smoke billowing from the house. The fire was raised to a three-alarm response after crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
March 31, 2025 5:01 am
After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot as a tool to seek compliance with his agenda. And universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government. In fact, an Associated Press analysis found the government provides grants and contracts worth close to half the total revenue of some research universities.
March 31, 2025 4:59 am
Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned. The railroad filed the motion that is set to go to trial starting Monday to force the transportation company GATX and the chemical manufacturer OxyVinyls to share the cost of the settlement because Norfolk Southern believes those companies are partly responsible for what happened in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023. GATX and OxyVinyls say the railroad alone is responsible for the derailment.
March 30, 2025 8:44 am
(WPXI) Firefighters rescued a woman from a roof while battling a house fire in Uniontown. Fayette County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Evans Street at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a fire at a house. When first responders arrived, a woman was on the roof. They were able to get her down safely using a ladder. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. A man was also inside the house but got out unharmed. “The fire was pretty much contained to a room and a half on the second floor,” said City of Uniontown Fire Chief Scott Conn. Crews are working to salvage what they can from the house. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
March 30, 2025 5:18 am
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term. “I’m not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview. It’s the clearest indication he’s looking for ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends in early 2029. He later told reporters Sunday on Air Force One that ““I have had more people ask me to have a third term.” The 22nd Amendment says no one can be elected president more than twice. It was added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin Roosevelt was elected four times in a row.
March 30, 2025 5:15 am
PARIS (AP) — A French court has found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case. The court on Monday didn’t immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader’s political future.
March 29, 2025 10:22 am
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pennsylvania Lottery officials presented a commemorative check Thursday to a Fayette County woman who recently won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket. According to our news partners at Channel 11, Brittnee Boot, is a working single mom of three young children. She said she bought the ticket on March 19 at Foster House II in Washington Township after she and her kids ate dinner. “I play the Lottery occasionally. It was a random purchase,” said Boot. “I looked and thought I was seeing stuff, and I screamed! I thought I was dreaming!” Boot said she called her older sister to tell her the good news. “I said, ‘I think I won $1 million!’ She couldn’t believe it!” said Boot, who mentioned that she has a very close bond with her sister. “It’s really just the two of us and our kids.” When Boot and her sister arrived at the lottery office to claim the winnings, Boots told the staff she wanted to give her sister half of the money. Her sister said she wouldn’t accept it because Boot and her children are so deserving. “I’m like, ‘I never win anything!’” added Boot. “I play the Lottery for entertainment. It’s something to do. Now I can set some money aside for my kids for a better future and buy a house!” Foster House II will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
March 29, 2025 10:17 am
There was a one-vehicle accident along Pennsylvania Rt. 18 and Harvey Road in Morris Township around 9:40 this morning. Early reports indicate that one person was in the vehicle, unresponsive and trapped. Washington County 911 reports that police and the fire department were on hand just before 10:00 a.m. An emergency helicopter is reportedly on scene. At around 4:50 a.m., Washington police responded to a one-car accident with an allegedly intoxicated driver hitting a pole along East Bowe Street. There were no serious injuries reported.
March 29, 2025 4:14 am
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis has found that South Dakota taxpayers subsidized Gov. Kristi Noem’s cross-country campaigning to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. More than $150,000 in expenses — tied to her state-provided security detail — appears to be related to political activity. The expenses incensed conservative state lawmakers, who also criticized Noem for refusing to release the expenses incurred during her time as governor. Noem’s spokesman would not answer questions about the expenses and pointed to the travel of Democratic governors in other states.
March 29, 2025 4:12 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are positioning themselves to compete for newer, cheaper nuclear reactors being developed as communities and tech giants compete in a race for electricity. For some state officials, nuclear is a carbon-free source of electricity that helps them meet greenhouse gas reduction goals. Others see it as an always-on power source to replace an accelerating wave of retiring coal-fired power plants. Twenty-five states passed legislation to support advanced nuclear energy last year. This year lawmakers have introduced over 200 bills supportive of nuclear energy. The reactors have high-level federal support and utilities across the U.S. are working to incorporate the energy source into their portfolios.
