March 28, 2026 4:13 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel for the first time. The Houthis, a rebel group backed by Tehran that holds Yemen’s capital, have acknowledged launching the strike early Saturday. Attacks have appeared to intensify in the war in the Middle East including strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and an Iranian missile attack that wounded U.S. service members and damaged planes at a base in Saudi Arabia. The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on Friday said Tehran has agreed to “facilitate and expedite” humanitarian aid through the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire for Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalize ties when the war ends.
March 27, 2026 10:47 am
Authorities say a U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport. A spokesman for the Secret Service says Biden was not in the area when the agent was injured during a “negligent discharge” of his gun. A police spokeswoman says initial reports indicate the agent was traveling in an unmarked car when he accidentally fired his gun shortly before 9 a.m. He was hospitalized in stable condition. Airport operations were not affected.
March 28, 2026 4:04 am
DONORA, Pa. (WPXI) — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a man died while in police custody. John Miller, 56, died on March 22, five days after he was arrested by Donora Police. Family and friends held a vigil for Miller Friday evening outside Donora Towers. That’s where the man they call “Kookoo” lived and was arrested. “I loved him and he didn’t deserve this,” one friend said. Neighbors say law enforcement had been called to the tower on an unrelated matter. Donora Police confirmed to Channel 11 that Miller never made it to the police station. He was taken from the scene of his arrest by paramedics and later died at UPMC Presbyterian. The police chief told WPXI: “The department is fully cooperating with an outside agency and incident is currently still active and being investigated by Pennsylvania State Police, therefore limited information is currently available for release.”
March 26, 2026 5:11 am
Heavy rains overnight have resulted in flooding issues in parts of Washington County. 911 dispatchers tell us Locust Avenue Extension in South Strabane is closed from Hudak Hill Road to the on-ramp to Interstate 79 because of a landslide. We are also told that Georgetown Road near the purple bridge in Cecil Township is also closed because of flooding. There have also been reports of basement flooding. As for power outages, West Penn Power’s outage map is showing more than 120-customers without service. Tune to 95.3FM/1450AM WJPA for the very latest.
March 28, 2026 2:55 am
The Washington County Board of Elections is seeking to consolidate and close 24 voting precincts throughout the county. In testimony during a hearing where a petition was filed to accomplish that, Director of Elections Melanie Ostrander pointed to 10 locations that are not ADA compliant. One building in Fallowfield township was in dilapidated condition with missing or boarded up windows and a gravel driveway. Six municipalities asked for certain venues to be closed. Voters in 8 venues that would be closed would still vote in the same location as they did before. She also pointed to difficulties in finding people to work the polls during elections. During the hearing, no one from those precincts testified. Peters Township is adjusting voting district boundaries due to changes in population. No precincts are closing. They objected to the petition based on what they perceive as a timeline too short to supply ample notice to affected voters. Six individuals protested the changes, three of them from Peters Township. Barb Trahern summed up the feelings for the Peters Township residents. She is an elected judge of elections in her district. She, and the two other objectors present, are elected precinct committee people. Their complaint is that if the precinct boundaries are moved now, they will not be eligible to run for PCP. They would not have minded the move if the motion to alter boundaries would have been filed before election petitions were due. They also object to the compressed timeline fearing for disenfranchised voters due to the tight timeline in front of the May 19 primary election. Ostrander said it is her duty to provide election venues that are safe and adequately staffed. She feels that there will be ample time to provide notice of voting precinct changes. Judge Michael Lucas will render an opinion on the matter through an order in the coming days.
March 26, 2026 5:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Friday approved Homeland Security funds for Transportation Security Administration and most other agencies, but not the immigration operations at the heart of the budget impasse. The deal, which was approved without a roll-call vote, goes next to the House, which is expected to consider it Friday. It’s a potential endgame to the 42-day shutdown has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers. President Donald Trump said he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay TSA workers, but if the bill becomes law that won’t be needed. Democrats have been demanding changes to rein in Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.
March 27, 2026 5:15 am
VAUX-DE-CERNEY, France (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in France to meet his Group of Seven counterparts after President Donald Trump attacked NATO over a reluctance or refusal to take part in the Iran war. Some of America’s closest and oldest allies have met the conflict with deep skepticism. Rubio will have a tough time Friday trying to sell the other top diplomats from G7 countries on the U.S. strategy for the Iran conflict, to which almost all nations have raised objections. Trump’s vitriolic comments about NATO during a Cabinet meeting Thursday will likely make the task even tougher. Most of those in the G7 are also members of the trans-Atlantic military alliance.
March 27, 2026 5:14 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has launched a wave of strikes on Iran ahead of a planned U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure. Iran and the United States appeared stuck in a diplomatic impasse, setting the stage for more potential escalation as the first month of the Middle East war neared its end. Air raid sirens sounded in Israel early Friday as the military said it was working to intercept Iranian missiles. Iran kept up its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors, with incoming drones and missiles reported in both Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. After Wall Street’s worst day since the war began, Asian shares mostly fell over growing doubts about the chances for de-escalation.
March 27, 2026 2:17 am
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iran is cementing its hold over the Strait of Hormuz, demanding vessels give up detailed information and detour into Iranian waters before being vetted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. In some cases, vessels have paid for passage. Traffic through the strait has fallen by 90% since the start of the war, sending global oil prices skyrocketing and creating alarming shortages in the Asian nations that get their oil from producers in the Persian Gulf. Yet ships with connections to Iran and its chief energy customer, China, continue to transit the strait.
March 29, 2026 7:00 am
(AP – Actor James Tolkan, known for his roles as a cigar-chomping naval commander in “Top Gun” and a gruff high school administrator in “Back to the Future,” has died. He was 94. Tolkan’s booking agent says Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, New York. In “Back to the Future,” Tolkan portrayed the bow tie-wearing Vice Principal Gerald Strickland, who eyeballed students for trouble — in particular Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox. Tolkan also portrayed commanding officer Tom “Stinger” Jardian in “Top Gun.”
