February 22, 2026 11:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during this incident. First lady Melania Trump was also with the president at the White House on Saturday night. The name of the person who was shot has not been released. According to the Secret Service, he was “observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.” The incident took place at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. The suspect, who was in his early 20s and from North Carolina, was reported missing a few days ago by his family. Investigators believe he left North Carolina and headed south, picking up a shotgun along the way, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The box for the gun was recovered in his vehicle, Guglielmi said. The man drove through the north gate of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was exiting and was confronted by Secret Service agents, Guglielmi said. The agents confronted the armed man and he was fatally shot. Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile and a motive is still under investigation. He was shot by Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff deputy, the agency said.
February 22, 2026 8:36 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Blizzard warnings have been issued for New York City, New Jersey, Boston and communities along the East Coast as a late-winter storm approaches. The National Weather Service on Saturday increased its assessment of the potential severity of a storm that was anticipated to be less ferocious only days earlier. The weather service said up to two feet of snow was possible as it issued blizzard warnings for New York City, Long Island, southern Connecticut and coastal communities in New Jersey and Delaware. The weather service said the storm could arrive quietly on Sunday with rainfall in some places before worsening, delivering up to two feet of snow before it ends on Monday. (Photo: AP)
February 22, 2026 8:33 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier. Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday,” by the U.S. Supreme Court. After the court ruled he didn’t have the emergency power to impose many sweeping tariffs, Trump signed an executive order hat enabled him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax on imports from around the world.
February 22, 2026 8:36 am
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say crews have recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers who were killed in a California avalanche. Rescuers discovered the bodies of eight of the victims earlier in the week, but one person was still missing and presumed dead until Friday night. Search teams were previously unable to retrieve the bodies because the risk of another avalanche was too high. Ultimately the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department relied on numerous state and local search and rescue teams and dozens of volunteers for the recovery operation.
February 22, 2026 8:30 am
A man is dead after he was shot by police in an Allegheny County neighborhood overnight. According to the Allegheny County Police Department, the incident started around midnight, when 911 officials got a call about someone claiming to be armed and threatening to harm themselves on the 1700 block of Washington Street in Heidelberg. ACPD says officers arrived to find a man outside a home with a knife. Investigators say preliminary information finds that the man charged towards officers, even after being tased by a Heidelberg police officer. Then, ACPD says a Scott Township police officer shot the man multiple times. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. He has not yet been identified by the medical examiner’s office. The Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
February 21, 2026 8:27 am
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates are mourning the loss of Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski. The team confirmed Mazeroski died on Friday at the age of 89. “Everyone across the Pirates organization is deeply saddened by the loss of Bill Mazeroski,” Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting said. “Maz was one of a kind — a true Pirates legend, a National Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the finest defensive second basemen the game has ever seen.”Mazeroski was an inaugural member of the Pirates Hall of Fame class in 2022 and was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 2001. He was a seven-time All-Star known for the most famous home run in history, a ninth-inning, game-winning hit against the Yankees in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series.
February 21, 2026 12:20 pm
The City Mission’s biggest fundraiser of the year is tomorrow. The 32nd Annual Sweet Sunday Festival is scheduled to have a savory twist. There will be more than two dozen vendors, live music featuring Scott Blasey of the Clarks, auction baskets, silent auction items, a cafe, Kids Korner activities featuring Royal Princess Engagement, celebrity judges and more. The fundraiser helps support the City Mission’s life changing programs and services for the homeless. The event is from noon until 5 tomorrow at the Hilton Garden Inn, Southpointe in Canonsburg.
February 21, 2026 9:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — On Saturday, governors gather for the annual National Governors Association dinner after a tense week. President Donald Trump has mocked the group’s leaders and initially blocked Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and Gov. Jared Polis from a White House working meeting. He reversed course late. The meeting then ended early after Trump reacted to a Supreme Court ruling Friday that strikes down his tariff policy. Dozens of Democrats had threatened to boycott the dinner Saturday if members of their party were blocked from the working meeting. But even after Moore’s attendance, some said they still wouldn’t show up Saturday.
February 21, 2026 5:34 am
After high winds Friday afternoon and evening, West Penn Power is reporting there are about 1,400 customers in Western Pennsylvania without power. That includes some 123 customers just south east of Bentleyville, with others near Scenery Hill, east of East Finley, and near Southpointe. West Penn Power’s website estimates that they will have power restored this morning.
February 22, 2026 4:55 am
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA [WPXI] — A father and son were injured after several homes were damaged by fire in Westmoreland County on Friday. Westmoreland County dispatchers said firefighters were called to the 400 block of Hoover Drive in Washington Township at 7:20 p.m. Video taken by a neighbor showed massive flames coming from one of the homes. Firefighters said that a father and son who live in that home were taken to a hospital by ambulance for burns. Washington Township VFC Assistant Fire Chief Bob Baustert said he believes they were grilling when the fire broke out. “We had a problem with the gas meter. Somehow the fire extended to the gas meter on this side of the house opposite the deck and so when crews arrived, it was a gas-fed fire going on – plus the wind tonight,” Baustert said. The house collapsed in on itself. Homes on either side of the house where the fire started were also damaged. No one inside those homes was hurt.
