July 21, 2025 12:43 pm
(WPXI) – Visitors to Presque Isle State Park discovered the body of a young female kayaker who went missing Friday in Lake Erie. Multiple agencies were called to the park’s Beach One – after visitors found the body around 1 p.m. Sunday. Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook identified the body as 17-year-old Madison Gallagher of North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. Crews began searching Friday evening after two teens went out near Kelso Beach in a kayak but were put in danger by the surf, Erie News Now reports. A neighbor tried to help on his jet ski and was able to rescue one of the kayakers. He was brought to shore and treated by medics. Witnesses say neither Gallagher nor the other teen was wearing a life jacket. Cook says she expects to rule the death accidental due to drowning. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is investigating the incident.
July 21, 2025 5:12 am
Russia says it’s open to peace with Ukraine but insists achieving its goals remains a priority. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia’s demands on Sunday, including Ukraine withdrawing from Russia-annexed regions and abandoning its NATO aspirations. Kyiv and its allies have rejected those terms. Meanwhile, Russia continues escalating drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, with analysts predicting further intensification. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Russia with severe tariffs unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days. He also announced increased U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine, including Patriot air defense systems.
July 21, 2025 5:11 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says the territory has experienced its deadliest day for aid-seekers in over 21 months of conflict, with at least 85 Palestinians killed while seeking aid. On Sunday, Israeli forces reportedly opened fire on crowds near aid convoys, killing dozens in northern Gaza. The U.N. has confirmed massive crowds gathered as 25 aid trucks entered the area. Israel’s military claims it targeted groups posing threats and accused Hamas of creating chaos. Meanwhile, new evacuation orders for central Gaza have alarmed residents and disrupted aid efforts. The ongoing conflict has killed over 58,800 Palestinians, with Gaza facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
July 21, 2025 5:07 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Ex-federal prosecutors say a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations about the financier’s crimes. Attorney Sarah Krissoff, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan from from 2008 to 2021, calls a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecutions of Epstein and imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell a distraction. The request came as some supporters of President Donald Trump blasted his administration for reneging on a vow to make public key evidence.
July 21, 2025 5:05 am
NEW YORK (AP) — James Gunn’s “Superman” continues to top the box office charts in its second weekend in theaters. According to studio estimates Sunday, the film collected $57.3 million in ticket sales this weekend. New releases include “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Smurfs,” and “Eddington, ” but none of those movies came close to touching Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ superhero success. “Superman” dipped 54% from its domestic opening weekend, an average decline for a big summer release. In two weeks, “Superman” has grossed $406.8 million worldwide, a good start for the film DC Studios is banking on to restart its movie operations. A big test looms next weekend when Walt Disney Company will release Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”’S
July 21, 2025 5:01 am
PITTSBURGH — On Sunday night, the sought-after Mac Miller bobbleheads were listed for as much as $2,000 on eBay, leaving many fans frustrated after they had waited for hours. The long line stretching across the Roberto Clemente Bridge and into the city. Hundreds of fans who attended Saturday night’s Pirates game had hoped to receive a special edition Mac Miller Pirates bobblehead. The keepsake was promised to the first 20,000 guests, but after hours of waiting, many walked away empty-handed. Some guests camped out as early as 8 a.m., while others joined the line at 11 a.m., nearly eight hours before the 6:40 p.m. game started. Upset fans even began fighting over the bobbleheads. The couple revealed they saw other guests take multiple bobbleheads at once and then attempt to resell them both outside and inside the stadium. “You would walk inside, and it wasn’t just a single person getting a single bobblehead; these resellers were coming back through and grabbing several bobbleheads. That’s how some ended up with six,” Briggs said.
July 21, 2025 4:56 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Justice Department recommendation that no prison time be given. Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but didn’t hit anyone, was the only officer on the scene charged in the Black woman’s death. He is the first person sentenced to prison in the case that rocked the city of Louisville and spawned weeks of street protests against racial injustice and policing five years ago. U.S. District Judge Grady Jennings sentenced Hankison at a hearing Monday afternoon.
July 21, 2025 4:55 am
Martin Luther King Jr.’s two living children are urging people to tread lightly with a newly released trove of records related to their father’s assassination. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King opposed the Trump administration’s decision to release more than 240,000 pages of records concerning the slain civil rights leader. King’s children noted that their father was the victim of sometimes illegal surveillance by then-FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, who viewed King as a radical. Some civil rights activists said Trump is using the King files to distract from his own troubles related to Jeffrey Epstein.
July 21, 2025 4:53 am
SPRINGHILL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead after a three-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle in Fayette County. State Police say they were called to the 4500 block of Morgantown Road in Springhill Township for reports of a motorcycle crash at 6:39 p.m. on Sunday. When they arrived, they learned a 2009 Ford Escape SUV and a 2015 GMC Sierra truck were also involved in the crash. Police said David L. Lesko, 34, of McKeesport was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, where he later died. State Police say an investigation into the crash continues.
July 21, 2025 2:49 am
Authorities are investigating the death of a Charleroi man Sunday night. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says the man has been identified as 33-year-old Duvanet Esperance. There have been few details released at this time. Warco says the circumstances surrounding his death have not been released. An autopsy is pending.
