July 1, 2026 4:58 am
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows. Trump got more than $500 million from his World Liberty Financial business selling new crypto products, including “governance tokens,” while another crypto business, CIC Digital LLC, took in more than $600 million from sales of souvenir-type “meme” coins. The mainstay real estate business also boomed last year. The 927-page disclosure form paints a stark, if incomplete picture of the massive growth of the president’s wealth since taking office last January through a web of business interests.
July 1, 2026 5:01 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has asked a judge to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that found Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019. Lawyers for Carroll filed papers late Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to say Trump is unjustly trying to further delay release of the money that has grown to nearly $5.8 million with interest accumulated after the 2023 civil verdict. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of the verdict. The lawyers wrote that Trump has resumed his defamatory attacks against Carroll as his lawyers considered asking the high court to reconsider its decision.
July 1, 2026 4:56 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television is reporting that a ship has ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran’s approved route through the water. The report published Wednesday identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details. It said shippers needed to follow the instructions of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in the strait. The announcement comes as tensions have grown over the strait, which was supposed to be open to vessels to travel freely in and out of under an interim deal between Iran and the United States. However, there was crossfire in the Mideast over the weekend as Oman and a United Nations agency tried to open a new route through the strait near Oman’s coast.
July 1, 2026 4:59 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states have reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers over allegations of that the companies illegally colluded in a multiyear scheme to raises prices. The companies — Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch — are accused of colluding between June 2022 and March 2025 to inflate egg prices. To resolve the states’ claims, the settlements require the companies to collectively pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs. They must also adopt antitrust compliance programs and stop communicating with competitors about pricing. The settlements still require court approval. Critics criticized the terms, saying they’re too lenient.
July 1, 2026 10:47 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote some of the disco group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man,” has died at age 74. The group announced his death on Facebook, citing “a short but aggressive illness.” Willis, who performed dressed as a police officer, helped form the Village People in 1977 with producer Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo. The group’s debut album was released that year, followed by hits like “Y.M.C.A.” in 1978. The song became an American phenomenon and was added to the National Recording Registry in 2020. The group’s music remains a staple at events and celebrations worldwide.
June 30, 2026 2:50 am
PennDOT announced on Tuesday that the Sugar Run Road Intersection Project in Franklin Township in Greene County will be getting underway on Monday, July 6th, at seven a.m. These are major road closures and they will be in effect through the end of October. They include Porter Street at the intersection of Champion Drive. The detour will be Route 19/Route 21, East Green Street or East High Street. Sugar Run Road at the intersection of Johnson Lane. The detour will be White Barn Road and Patterson Run Road. Sugar Run Road at the intersection of Route 19/Route 21. Access from Route 19/Route 21, East High Street. Local traffic will be maintained. Orchard Road at the intersection of Route 19 and Mount Morris Road. Access will be from Route 19 (Mount Morris Road). Local traffic will be maintained. This work is part of the Sugar Run Road Intersection Project, which will construct a single-lane roundabout at Route 2003 (Sugar Run Road/Porter Street), Route 2028 (Sugar Run Road), and T-579 (Orchard Road) intersection. The project will also include the replacement of the existing bridge that carries Route 2028 (Sugar Run Road) over Sugar Run with a pre-cast reinforced concrete box culvert. Plum Contracting, Inc., is the prime contractor -$4.24 million infrastructure investment. All work is weather dependent.
June 30, 2026 10:53 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices in their decision in a New Hampshire case Tuesday relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling anyone born in the country is a citizen, with limited exceptions. The Republican president’s restrictions had been blocked by several lower courts and had not taken effect. The outcome is another major defeat at the high court for Trump, who saw his global tariffs blocked in February.
June 30, 2026 10:28 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s conservative majority has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year. It rules Tuesday that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. More than two dozen other Republican-led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes. Left unresolved by the outcome are lawsuits challenging state laws and regulations in Connecticut, California and elsewhere that permit transgender athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity.
June 30, 2026 2:39 am
Uniontown, PA – PennDOT has announced scheduled restrictions and closure of a portion of (South Main Street between Route 18 (Park Avenue) and East/West Prospect Avenue in the City of Washington. Monday, July 6 through Friday, July 10 – there will be daily single-lane restrictions in place from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers. Monday, July 13 through the end of September – Route 2001 will close to traffic beginning at 6:00 a.m. The detour will be: Route 2001 (South Main Street and South Main Street Extension)/Route 19 (Waynesburg Road)/Route 40/19 (East Maiden Street)/Route 18 (South Main Street). During the restrictions, crews from Allison Park Contractors, Inc. will perform saw cutting and preparation work for the closure of Route 2001 (South Main Street). During the closure, crews will demolish the existing concrete box culvert under Route 2001 (South Main Street) and replace it with a new cast-in-place concrete box culvert. Additional work to be performed includes drainage repairs/replacement, new inlets, and new asphalt roadway pavement. This $2.25 million investment will replace the existing box culvert underneath Route 18 with a new pre-cast box culvert. This work includes excavation of the existing concrete box culvert, installing a new pre-cast concrete box culvert, full-depth asphalt road replacement and concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk replacement. This work is part of the Route 2001/Route 18 Over Catfish Creek Bridge Replacement Project.
June 29, 2026 2:53 am
Gas prices are 10 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.231 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Motorists are continuing to see relief at the pump as the national gas price average declines for the fifth consecutive week. Today’s national average is six cents less than last week at $3.86 per gallon. Crude oil prices have also continued to fall as the U.S. and Iran work toward a long-term deal. Despite lower prices, demand could rise as a record number of Americans prepare to travel for Independence Day weekend, with 85% planning to drive to their destinations. The current national average is 53 cents less than a month ago, but 58 cents more than a year ago. According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand decreased last week from 9.21 million barrels per day to 8.77 million. Total domestic gasoline supply increased from 214.2 million barrels to 216.3 million. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.5 million barrels per day.
