November 4, 2025 2:52 am
NEW YORK (AP) — United States Steel on Tuesday detailed an $11 billion growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker. U.S. Steel says it has identified more than 200 initiatives to drive operational efficiencies across all business segments, assisted by nearly 50 professionals from Nippon Steel. The company is upgrading its manufacturing operations and expanding research and development to feature “higher value, lower emission steel.”
November 4, 2025 11:46 am
Six people were taken to a hospital from a mining accident in Greene County Monday night. First responders were called to the Harvey Mine on Patterson Creek Road in Morris Township around 10:30. The mining company – Core Natural Resources – said that the underground accident involved a pressurized water hose. Five of the six were treated and released, while one person remains hospitalized for further evaluation. Company officials say they conducting an internal review of the incident and working with other agencies to determine exactly what caused it.
November 4, 2025 6:45 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. The hard-charging conservative became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq. Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under his son, George W. Bush. In recent years, he became a stout defender of his daughter, Liz Cheney, when she became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Donald Trump’ actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
November 4, 2025 12:09 am
Washington City Council has completed their work on the city’s operating budget for 2026 and there is no tax increase. According to Finance Director Ken Westcott, the city’s budget will be $15.3 million. Westcott said that some refinancing of debt was integral in holding the line on taxes. Minimum Municipal Obligations debt was refinanced during 2025. That is debt that was needed to finance pensions for police and firefighters. Had that refinance not happened, the obligation would have been $1.4 million dollars. This year, with the refinance that debt will be $873,000. Firefighter overtime was an issue this year. That is because of military obligations of several firefighters. Westcott says that there are several new hires in the works that will alleviate those overtime costs. One bad news item is that solid waste removal fees will increase in 2026. The new fee will be $320 per year per dwelling. That is a $20 increase over 2025. Council will adopt the budget in December.
November 4, 2025 5:04 am
MCDONALD, Pa. — A McDonald man will serve up to 18-months in jail after pleading guilty to vandalizing a borough police station and damaging a cruiser back in April. Police say Jacob Tigner used a baseball bat to smash the window and doors of the station and the window of the cruiser. He was arrested back in August in Iowa. Tigner also pleaded guilty to a slew of other chargers for separate incidents in both McDonald and Mount Pleasant Township including; simple assault, drug charges, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, terroristic threats and resisting arrest.
November 4, 2025 5:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month. The Department of Agriculture had planned to withhold $8 billion needed for the food program starting Saturday until two judges ordered the administration to fund it. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the government by the end of the week if lawmakers make progress over the next couple days. That followed comments from President Donald Trump who said he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats to reopen. Democrats say they want to fix a health care crisis and extend subsidies.
November 4, 2025 5:11 am
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” gave its audience a rare opportunity by releasing a full, unedited video and transcript of its interview with President Donald Trump. The edited interview ran for 28 minutes on the broadcast Sunday. When Norah O’Donnell sat down with the president last Friday for the taping, the full interview ran for 73 minutes. Viewers were able to see the choices “60 Minutes” made in editing for newsworthiness and clarity and to avoid repetition. While it’s a transparency that some welcomed, critics say it could also open up journalists to repeated arguments about the choices they make in crafting stories.
November 3, 2025 1:15 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program in November after two federal judges required the payments to continue. That means grocery aid will resume for 1 in 8 Americans, though it has been delayed for millions already and the amount beneficiaries receive will be reduced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier said it would not continue the funding in November due to the government shutdown. Two federal judges ruled last week that the government was required to keep the program running. But both gave the administration leeway to pay for it entirely or partially. It can take up two two weeks to load beneficiaries’ debit cards.
November 2, 2025 5:08 am
NEW YORK (AP) — One in eight Americans use federal food aid but halting the SNAP program would hurt Black Americans more than anyone else. Problems with monthly SNAP payments would be part of the fallout from the federal government shutdown. Black Americans are less than 14% of the U.S. population but are more than a quarter of more than 40 million SNAP recipients. Historians and advocates say that’s an example of systemic racism. Even without formal prejudice, America’s long history of racism — from slavery to unfair zoning rules — has left Black communities with a series of major hurdles.
November 3, 2025 5:00 am
PITTSBURGH — 27 passengers were rescued from the Monongahela Incline Saturday after the cars stopped with people inside. A Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesperson says the incline stopped working unexpectedly between 30 and 40 feet from the stations around 2:25 p.m. Operations staff tried to restart the incline before a manual rescue effort began. Twenty-two passengers were on the east car, which stopped close to the lower station, the spokesperson says. Five passengers were on the west car, which stopped close to the upper station. Pittsburgh paramedics had rescued all five passengers from the west car using a rope system by 4:30 p.m., the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department says. Four passengers from the east car had been individually rescued by 5:44 p.m. To hasten the process, crews began bringing passengers down using a fire ladder truck until all passengers had been rescued by 6 p.m. PRT will operate shuttle buses from the bus stop behind Station Square to the Mon Incline Upper Station until the incline reopens. Buses will run every 15-20 minutes.
