September 8, 2025 5:48 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. The letter was included as part of a 50th birthday album compiled in 2003 for Epstein, a wealthy and well-connected financier who was once a friend of Trump’s. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019 on charges that said he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of underage girls. Trump has said he did not write the letter or create the drawing of a curvaceous woman that surrounds the letter, and he filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for earlier reporting on his link to the letter. “As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement posted on X. “President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation.”
September 8, 2025 2:19 pm
LONDON (AP) — Rick Davies, the singer and co-founder of British band Supertramp, has died at 81 after a long battle with cancer. The band said he died Saturday after battling multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, for more than a decade. Davies co-wrote the band’s music with Roger Hodgson. The group said he was “the voice and pianist behind Supertramp’s most iconic songs, leaving an indelible mark on rock music history.” The band’s 1979 album “Breakfast in America” topped charts in the United States and Canada, won two Grammys and sold over 18 million copies. (Photo: AP)
September 8, 2025 10:55 am
NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Financial plans to buy Colorado-based FirstBank for $4.1 billion. The acquisition gives PNC a substantial presence in the Colorado banking market and Arizona. FirstBank, typically branded as 1stBank, is a midsized bank with 120 retail branches and roughly $26 billion in assets. The banks disclosed that stockholders owning 45.7% of FirstBank shares have already voted in favor of the merger. PNC has been on an acquisition streak in recent years, aiming to become a major player in retail banking. This deal will make PNC the largest bank in the Denver market and expand its presence in Arizona.
September 8, 2025 5:10 am
CHICAGO (AP) — As Chicago braces for an influx of federal immigration agents and possibly National Guard troops, churches citywide are turning up their response from the pulpit. Some are working to quell fears about deportation while others are addressing the looming possibility of more law enforcement on the streets of the nation’s third-largest city. President Donald Trump has threatened federal intervention in Democratic strongholds including Chicago, over the objections of local leaders and many residents. Churches are telling people to carry identification, stay in touch with family and attend protests ahead of the expected federal intervention.
September 8, 2025 5:09 am
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida. The court has blocked off four weeks for the trial of Ryan Routh, but attorneys are expecting they’ll need less time. Jury selection is expected to start on Monday and take three days, with opening statements planned for Thursday. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has signed off on Routh’s request to represent himself but said court-appointed attorneys need to remain as standby counsel. Prosecutors have said Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf at his West Palm Beach country club.
September 8, 2025 5:06 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Paramedics said at least five people were killed in a shooting attack in Jerusalem after attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a busy intersection in north Jerusalem. It was the country’s deadliest shooting attack in nearly a year. Paramedics said at least 12 other people were injured in the Monday morning attack, with six in serious condition. Police said a security officer and civilian who were at the scene shot and killed the two attackers soon after the attack began. The war in Gaza has sparked a surge of violence in both the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel. Palestinian militants have attacked and killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank, while there has also been a rise in settler violence against Palestinians.
September 8, 2025 4:58 am
UNION TOWNSHIP — A fatal motorcycle crash Sunday in Union Township. The Washington County Coroner’s Office says 42 year old Albert Swoager Jr. of New Eagle was pronounced dead at the scene along State Route 88 at Airport Road. The Coroner says he was traveling south when he lost control while attempting to negotiate a curve and struck a guide rail. He was not wearing a helmet. A passing motorist reported the accident to Washington County 911 just before 4 p.m. Monongahela police are investigating.
September 8, 2025 1:56 am
Police in Canonsburg say they have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death over the weekend of 25-year-old Brady Paul. Police say Paul was at a friend’s home for a party in the 500 block of Giffin Avenue late Saturday night around eleven-thirty when the shooting occurred. Authorities say his friend, who has not been identified, sought help from a neighbor who called 911. During a Monday afternoon press conference, Police say the suspect, 20-year-old Kristopher Moorehouse of Canonsburg turned himself in on Monday and was arraigned later that afternoon on a homicide charge. Police say Paul was found dead on the front porch of the home. A gun was found lying inside the foyer, and another was on the floor of the living room. Court paperwork says Moorehouse went to a local creek to wash off the blood, then went to his mother’s house, where he asked the woman he was with to drive him to Parkersburg, West Virginia. That woman told police, on the way there, Moorehouse confessed to shooting Paul. (Photo: WPXI)
September 7, 2025 8:00 pm
MONONGAHELA, PA (WPXI) – One person was injured, another taken into custody after a stabbing at a youth football event at Ringgold High School’s Joe Montana Stadium Sunday afternoon. A 911 supervisor said a 19-year-old man was injured. Washington County 911 dispatchers say that police, fire and medics were called were dispatched shortly after 1:30 pm. Neither the victim, nor the person in custody was identified. The police investigation is continuing.
September 7, 2025 3:25 pm
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday night just after eleven-thirty in the 500 block of Giffin Avenue in Canonsburg. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says 25-year-old Brady Hugh Paul of Canonsburg was shot while at a friend’s house. Warco says his friend sought help from a neighbor who called 911. No further information has been made available.
