July 22, 2025 4:57 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles after more than a month in the city. The 700 Marines were deployed on June 9 during protests against the administration’s immigration policies. Their presence was limited to federal buildings, including an ICE office and detention facility. On Monday, the Pentagon decided to withdraw the Marines following last week’s reduction of half of the National Guard troops in the city. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stated the military presence sent a strong message against lawlessness. About 2,000 National Guard troops remain in Los Angeles.
July 22, 2025 4:53 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s reached a trade agreement with Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. following a meeting at the White House. Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will slightly drop its tariff rate for the Philippines without paying import taxes for what it sells there. The online announcement of a loose framework of a deal comes as the countries are seeking closer security and economic ties in the face of shifting geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region. Marcos’ government had indicated ahead of the meeting he was prepared to offer zero tariffs on some U.S. goods.
July 22, 2025 4:52 am
The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorizing the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland. Russia now batters Ukraine with more drones in a single night than it did during some entire months in 2024. Analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate. On July 8, Russia unleashed more than 700 drones — a record. Some experts say that could soon reach 1,000 a day. This comes amid a U.S. ultimatum for Russia to reach a ceasefire by Sept. 2 or face tough sanctions -– a timeframe Moscow is likely to use to inflict as much damage as possible.
July 22, 2025 4:48 am
PITTSBURGH — When Saudia 35 left King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning, a landing at Pittsburgh International Airport wasn’t on the schedule for the 13-hour flight. But when bad weather slammed into Washington, D.C., and arrival at Dulles International wasn’t in the cards, Pittsburgh International Airport was where the big Boeing 777 ended up landing safely. Same thing Saturday for United Airlines Flight 804 from Tokyo to Dulles International and, on Monday, American Airlines Flight 168, a Boeing 787-900 flying from Tokyo to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Each were diverted for a safe landing at PIT when the weather precluded their original destination after many hours in the air across the Pacific Ocean and Canada and holding patterns. It’s been a busy month for diversions at Pittsburgh International Airport, with 70 in June alone and 285 in 2025 through July 14. The busiest day was Tuesday, July 8, where bad weather on the East Coast saw 18 flights on their way to Reagan National and Dulles in Washington landing instead at Pittsburgh International. The flights came from all over the place, whether they were longhauls from London and Frankfurt, Germany, or closer to home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
July 22, 2025 2:30 am
(AP) – The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne has died. A family statement said he died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. The statement did not include a cause but in 2020, Osbourne revealed he had Parkinson’s disease. Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents’ groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show “The Osbournes.” (Photo: AP)
July 21, 2025 3:19 pm
(WPXI) SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An early morning fire killed one person in South Park Township. Library Volunteer Fire Company first received a call for a residential fire with possible entrapment on Mike Reed Drive around 1 a.m.. When crews got to the scene and were able to get into the house, they found a person dead. A woman, a child and a dog were able to escape from the back of the home. Though the investigation is in its early stages, officials believe the fire originated in the garage. The exact cause has yet to be determined. Neighbors like Teri Keister say their heart breaks for the family. “I’m just upset about the whole thing. I just keep praying for them because this is devastating,” Keister said. Library Volunteer Fire Company Chief Tim Smith was one of the first on scene. “Any fatality in any type of incident is devastating for the community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family,” Smith said. Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating the fire.
July 21, 2025 3:15 pm
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died at 54. He was known for playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.” Costa Rican authorities report he drowned Sunday afternoon at Playa Cocles on the Caribbean coast. A strong current pulled him into deeper waters while swimming. Bystanders rescued him, but first responders found him without vital signs. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department confirmed the details on Monday. Warner created many TV moments etched in the memories of Generation X children and their parents. He was nominated for an Emmy and won a Grammy for his work as a musician. (Photo: AP)
July 21, 2025 2:27 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — Charges will be upgraded for a Pittsburgh man accused of critically injuring a baby he was taking care of, after the child died in a hospital. Dominic Pinnick, 18, was arrested Saturday after police say he assaulted a 10-month-old baby left in his care the previous evening in the 7100 block of Kedron Street. After being interviewed, Pinnick was charged with criminal attempt homicide, three counts of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. Since then, the child died in a hospital, Pittsburgh police said Monday morning. Pinnick’s charges are expected to be upgraded to homicide. Pinnick is being held in the Allegheny County Jail. The baby’s name and cause and manner of death will be released by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
July 21, 2025 2:13 pm
(AP) Harvard University is in federal court Monday to make the case that President Donald Trump’s administration illegally cut $2.6 billion from the storied college. It’s a pivotal moment in the school’s battle against the federal government. If U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs decides in the university’s favor, the ruling would reverse a series of funding freezes that later became outright cuts as the administration escalated its fight with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. Such a ruling, if it stands, would revive Harvard’s sprawling scientific and medical research operation and hundreds of projects. Harvard’s lawsuit accuses the administration of waging a retaliation campaign against the university after it rejected a series of demands in an April 11 letter from a federal antisemitism task force. (Photo: AP)
July 21, 2025 2:09 pm
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in Indonesia responding to a ferry that caught fire and killed at least three people say they have rescued 575 people — far more than originally reported — and that two people are still missing. The KM Barcelona V-A caught fire Sunday in the sea off North Sulawesi province, and initial reports said five people were dead and about 280 rescued, based in part on the ship’s manifest. However, by Monday afternoon officials updated the death toll to three, with two missing, and said many more people were aboard than originally believed, and that 575 of them were rescued. (Photo: AP)
