September 12, 2025 5:07 am
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A plane carrying more than 300 South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia has landed in South Korea. TV footage shows the charter plane landing in Incheon International Airport on Friday. They were among about 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant west of Savannah. South Korea later said it has a reached an agreement with the United States for the Korean workers’ releases.
September 12, 2025 5:05 am
BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid fund to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. Planned Parenthood says Thursday’s ruling means that more than 1.1 million patients can’t use their Medicaid insurance at its health centers. A federal judge in July ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.
September 12, 2025 5:02 am
The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America? The silence lasted nearly 10 seconds. He looked down. He opened and closed his mouth. “Our nation is broken,” Spencer Cox finally said, hours after the killing of Charlie Kirk. The governor described violent attacks on both Democrats and Republicans, including the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, two assassination attempts on President Donald Trump and the firebombing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence. His words stood out not just for the stark language about America’s troubles, but for his sober, somber acknowledgement that the violence reaches across the political divide.
September 12, 2025 5:00 am
OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah’s governor says the Charlie Kirk assassination suspect had indicated to a family friend that he was connected to the shooting. Gov. Spencer Cox says the suspect had grown more political and was opposed to Kirk’s beliefs. The suspect in custody in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a 22-year-old from Utah. That’s according to a law enforcement official who told The Associated Press. The officials says authorities have identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson. The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity. Calls to telephone numbers listed for Robinson in public records ring unanswered.
September 12, 2025 4:52 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A wanted burglary suspect is now in custody. According to court documents, Patrick Thurston, 60, was arrested on Wednesday. He had been on the City of Washington Police Department’s “most wanted” page since Sept. 4. Police say he stole from several businesses and took items from a donation bin at the City Mission Thrift Shop. Two sets of burglary charges were filed against him at the end of August. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Sept. 24.
September 12, 2025 4:49 am
NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A North Strabane Township man faces animal cruelty charges after police say he tried to kill two of his dogs with a hammer and throw them away in the trash. 73 year old Daniel McCullough admitted to striking the dogs in their heads with a ball-peen hammer, on the front porch of his Angel Estates home. He said he placed them in a box and discarded the box in a trash can because he believed they were dead. One of the dogs, however, managed to escape. It was found critically injured at a neighbor’s home and received emergency veterinary care and survived. Investigators say the other dog was taken away when the trash was picked up and believed to be dead. North Strabane Police say McCullough admitted to the attack saying he did it because he had four dogs and the community recently changed the rules allowing only two dogs. His other two dogs have been removed from the home.
September 12, 2025 2:23 am
The South Strabane Fire and Police Departments led Washington County’s annual September 11 tribute on Thursday morning outside of the old Washington Mall, honoring the lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks and the sacrifices made in their aftermath. Community members, first responders, and local officials gathered as the ceremony featured solemn traditions, including the playing of taps, the sound of bagpipes, and a 21-gun salute. Several speakers reflected on the significance of the day and the importance of remembering the nearly 3,000 victims, as well as the bravery of firefighters, police officers, and everyday citizens who responded in the face of tragedy. Also noted was the lasting toll, with more than 86,000 first responders from Ground Zero still facing cancer and other illnesses caused by toxic exposure. “As long as I am South Strabane fire chief, I will make sure that this memorial continues every year,” Cramer said.The tribute served as both a reminder of the past and a promise of continued remembrance in Washington County for generations to come.
September 12, 2025 12:58 am
Washington City Council’s voting meeting agenda was largely day to day business. They did promote several police officers and fire fighters. Leading the list of police officer promotions was John Hritz. He was promoted to captain. Matt Karlowsky was promoted to lieutenant. In the fire department, Chad Weir and Joe Wasik were promoted to engineer. Once again, Councilman Ken Westcott announced that the city is looking for individuals to fill vacancies on the city’s Zoning Hearing Board. It is a volunteer position and meets several months over the year as needed. Applications may be found with the City Clerk, Michelle Sperl at City Hall.
September 11, 2025 4:52 pm
OREM, Utah (AP) — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods is still at large more than 24 hours later. Federal investigators appealed Thursday for the public’s help by releasing a pair of photos of the person believed responsible. Investigators obtained clues including a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered hunting rifle found in a wooded area along the path the shooter fled. But they had yet to name a suspect or cite a motive in the killing. They were treating it as the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States across the ideological spectrum. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. (Photo courtesy of Utah FBI)
September 11, 2025 8:55 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobless claim applications jumped to their highest level in almost four years last week, the latest sign that the labor market is softening. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 6 rose 27,000 to 263,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most filings since the week of Oct. 23, 2021 and well above the 231,000 new applications economists forecast. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically low range between 200,000 and 250,000 since the U.S. began to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic nearly four years ago.
