March 26, 2026 5:04 am
The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive. The past week showed that neither side is easing up. Russia on Tuesday fired almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles at Ukraine in one of the war’s biggest bombardments. The following day Ukraine launched almost 400 drones in the largest reported overnight attack on Russian regions and Crimea. Ukraine’s fate is still Europe’s top foreign policy issue, fueled by fears that Moscow has wider ambitions.
March 26, 2026 5:04 am
An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond. The ruling Wednesday handed a victory to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling. The latter ruling required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an immigration judge. It’s the second appeals court to rule in favor of the administration on this issue. Both appeals court opinions counter a slew of lower court decisions across the country saying the practice is illegal.
March 26, 2026 5:06 am
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — A growing faction of concerned citizens across America’s suburbs are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance. They are voters who are often wealthier and more educated than average Americans — and they historically tended to prefer Republicans. But now, on the eve of the 2026 midterm elections, many suburbanites are energized to fight President Donald Trump and his party. Suburbanites will be especially active at this weekend’s “No Kings” protests against Trump. Few areas illustrate the upside-down politics of the Trump era more than the nation’s suburbs, which may ultimately decide the balance of power in Washington for the president’s final two years in office.
March 26, 2026 11:32 am
GENEVA (AP) — Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee says “eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females.” Eligibility will be determined by “a one‑time SRY gene screening.” It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level. (Photo: AP)
March 26, 2026 4:15 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Darrell “Dash” Crofts, who teamed with childhood friend Jim Seals for such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died at 87. Seals & Crofts were native Texans who had known each other since high school and had played together in various groups before becoming a duo in the late 1960s. They were part of a wave of million-selling soft-rock bands that included America, Bread and the Carpenters. “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Closer to You” all reached the Top 10, while their other popular singles included “I’ll Play for You” and “Hummingbird.”
March 25, 2026 4:51 am
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. – A Hopwood man was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh last night, after being shot multiple times during an apparent break-in at a home in Brownsville. Authorities say sixty-nine-year-old Ronald Rosiek allegedly broke into the home of a woman at the intersection of 18th and Water Street around eleven-thirty. The woman told Rosiek to leave, but court documents say he kept advancing toward her, so she shot him. She was eventually able to run out of the house. There’s been no word on his condition. The two then got into a struggle in the bathroom before the woman was able to escape and run out of the home. Rosiek is now facing 10 charges, including burglary, aggravated assault and criminal trespassing.
March 25, 2026 4:42 am
South Strabane Township Supervisors followed through on their promise to dissolve the Parks and Recreation Department. The action, characterized as a budgetary concern passed 3-2. Supervisors are also going through monthly expenditures with a fine tooth comb. Supervisor Zack Morgan was concentrating on the smallest of items that add up. He made sure that an email account that costs ten dollars a month was cancelled. He made sure that accompanying cell phone and computer plans were also cancelled. Supervisors also added into a settlement agreement that township solicitor fees be charged back to a company for having to redraft that settlement agreement. The township will also be seeking requests for proposals to update their comprehensive plan. The current plan has been in place since 2017. Township Manager Peter Stefansky says that with all of the building that is going on, it is important that zoning ordinances are in place to keep up with all of the changes occurring in the township. Stefansky also reminds residents of the public hearing that supervisors are holding concerning data centers. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30 pm. It will be at the Fire Department Hall on Oak Spring Road. He said that shuttle service will be provided from the parking lot where the Dollar Bank once was located. The township wants to conserve on site parking for those individuals that have needs to be parked close to the building.
March 24, 2026 2:15 am
North Franklin Township Supervisor Bob Sabot tells WJPA news that the first phase of the construction work at the former Washington Crown Center Mall is pretty much finished and crews next week, are preparing to move into phase two. Sabot says the retail stores that are there will remain open, but starting Monday, there will be no more walking allowed. Sabot says they are hoping the work will be completed in May or June and then, he says, he’ll be making a big announcement regarding new retail outlets for the facility. In September 2025, PREP Funds, based in Cleveland, and Los Angeles-based Industrial Realty Group acquired the mall and renamed it Franklin Crossroads Park.
March 25, 2026 4:53 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has received a 15-point plan from the United States for a possible ceasefire even as Washington is beginning to move paratroopers to the Mideast. They will back up a contingent of Marines heading there on Wednesday. Iran’s military scoffed at the diplomatic effort and launched more attacks on Israel and the Persian Gulf region, including an assault that sparked a fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran, which says there are no talks with the U.S., says that Washington is in no position to negotiate. Exact details have not been released, but the U.S. ceasefire plan touches on sanctions relief, civilian nuclear cooperation and access for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
March 25, 2026 4:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports as travelers are experiencing record waiting times. In testimony Wednesday before a House committee, Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting hardships facing unpaid airport workers and warned of potential airport closures. Bills and eviction notices are piling up, and some workers are resorting to plasma donations to make ends meet. Her appearance on Capitol Hill comes as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda is running into fierce resistance. But there appears to be no end in sight on the 40th day of the stalemate involving the Department of Homeland Security.
