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.
July 21, 2025 2:46 am
A routine traffic stop by Pennsylvania State Police in Cecil Township uncovered a woman posing as a nurse. Shannon Womack aka Shannon Larson, 39 of Pittsburgh, was found to have several warrants against her car. During the stop she provided the trooper with false identification. A search of the car revealed 20 aliases, seven social security numbers and medical records from multiple nursing homes from Georgia to Connecticut. Charging documents allege that Womack posed as a nurse in nine nursing homes throughout Western Pennsylvania and countless others in other states. Womack faces 43 charges including felonies of operation of a corrupt organization, endangerment of a care dependent person, forgery and unlawful use of a computer. Womack is not a nurse but falsely presented herself to be a nurse to the facilities. She worked as an R.N., an L.P.N. and an R.N. Supervisor. She was dismissed from many of the health facilities over missing prescription medicines. Womack was formally arraigned on Monday. Her preliminary hearing will be held on August 12.
July 21, 2025 2:11 am
CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead and a teen is injured after a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in Washington County. Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened on the 100 block of Vance Road in Cross Creek Township at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday. Troopers said Zachary C. Strohmeyer, 37, of Avella, was riding a 2011 Harley-Davidson while traveling east on Vance Road. They believe he was distracted when he crossed into the westbound lane and hit a 2007 Chevrolet Colorado head-on. Strohmeyer and the 17-year-old driver of the pickup truck were taken to Weirton Hospital. Storhmeyer died at that hospital. The driver of the truck was taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
July 20, 2025 9:37 am
Russia is open to peace in Ukraine, but insists achieving its goals remains the priority. On Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia’s demands. The Kremlin has insisted that any peace deal should see Ukraine withdraw from the four regions that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 but never fully captured. It also wants Ukraine to renounce its bid to join NATO and accept strict limits on its armed forces, demands Kyiv and its Western allies have rejected. Kyiv and its allies have rejected these terms. Meanwhile, Russia continues escalating drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, with analysts predicting further intensification. U.S. President Donald Trump had 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, to bolster its defenses.
July 20, 2025 7:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Midway through summer, U.S. retailers are sweating a different season. It’s less than 22 weeks before Christmas, and American businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and prices at this time of year. But President Donald Trump’s vacillating tariffs on imported goods have complicated the process. The consequences for consumers? Stores may not have the specific gift items customers want come November and December. Some retail suppliers and buyers scaled back their holiday lines. Businesses still are finalizing their prices but say shoppers can expect many popular products to cost more, though by how much depends partly on whether Trump’s latest round of “reciprocal” tariffs kicks in Aug. 1.
July 20, 2025 7:37 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been rare. This move cuts access between Deir al-Balah and southern cities. The announcement comes amid stalled ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says military pressure aims to push Hamas into negotiations. The evacuation zone includes areas where aid organizations operate, though they have not commented. Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis, with over 58,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began. Protests in Israel demand an end to the war and the return of hostages.
