September 2, 2026 4:56 am
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming. A report released Wednesday by the United Nations Environment Programme reveals that the planet will soon exceed the temperature threshold set by the 2015 Paris climate accord. Instead of giving up, scientists and U.N. officials recommend limiting excessive warming and then bringing temperatures back down. It’s called overshoot. This involves slashing fossil fuel use and finding ways to remove carbon dioxide from the air. In the meantime, the world will face decades of increased disasters, rising seas and extinctions.
September 2, 2026 5:02 am
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have gone home without a verdict after a fifth day of deliberations. They have twice said they can’t agree on whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The jury will return on Thursday. The judge told them to keep deliberating when they said for a second straight day that they were at an impasse. This raises the chance of a hung jury and the trial ending without a resolution. Clancy doesn’t deny strangling her three children in 2023. Her attorney argues postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing.
September 2, 2026 5:57 pm
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in Florida. Woods was arrested in March following a rollover crash near his home on Jupiter Island and was initially charged with driving under the influence. The golf legend appeared Wednesday in court in Martin County to enter his plea on the lesser charge. Authorities say deputies found two pain pills in Woods’ pocket after the crash, and he showed signs of impairment. He did a Breathalyzer test, which came out negative, but refused to take a urine test. Woods said little during the hearing. He arrived at the courthouse with his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump, President Donald Trump’s former daughter-in-law. (Photo: AP)
September 1, 2026 2:23 am
Washington County 911 says a school bus in North Franklin Township had to be towed Tuesday afternoon, after it went over an embankment. They say it happened on Mounts Road just before four o’clock, when a school bus went off the road and partially over an embankment as it was backing out of a driveway. There were no injuries reported. It wasn’t clear at this time if any students were on board at the time.
September 1, 2026 3:41 pm
(AP) – A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting that method of voting could lead to the rejection of huge numbers of mail ballots. The whistleblower made the allegation anonymously in documents submitted by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal to the Postal Service. Blumenthal says the disclosure shows Trump is trying to sabotage mail voting. A federal judge has barred the Postal Service from making the changes for the midterms, but that case is being appealed, possibly to the Supreme Court. (Photo: AP)
September 1, 2026 3:39 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has hit targets in Iran, and Tehran has fired missiles and drones in response. The latest strikes Tuesday show how hostilities have flared once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. The U.S. strikes, and others on Sunday, abruptly ended a month without military action and threaten to fully reprise the conflict that’s spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions.
September 1, 2026 3:37 pm
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says a man found dead in a vehicle in Washington County is believed to have died of natural causes. Warco says forty-nine-year-old Michael Main of Bulger was found dead in his vehicle on Harmon Creek Road in Burgettstown on Monday afternoon. Warco says officials first thought Main died in a crash, but the autopsy revealed no trauma, so his death has been ruled natural causes, although the incident remains under investigation.
September 1, 2026 4:36 am
Crews from Pennsylvania American Water continue work to repair a 24-inch water main break at North College and Chestnut Street in the City of Washington. Company officials say water was turned off around 2:30 Tuesday morning, affecting service to some ninety-six customers. Customers impacted by the outage include those on Walnut Street, Spruce Street, Chestnut Street, Shaffer Street, Cherry Street, Forrest Street, Lincoln Street, and Pine Street. Officials say they expect repairs to be completed by early Wednesday morning. They say an updated Code Red will be sent to customers. Company officials say they appreciate the patience of their customers during the repair process.
September 1, 2026 4:47 am
Hanover Township supervisors have once again continued the conditional use hearing for a proposed data center in Starpointe Business Park. During a three-hour hearing Monday night, Prime Data Centers, LLC answered questions about their proposed development, which would include seven buildings and a power generation facility. The hearing was standing room only, and attendees had mixed opinions. Emanuel Paris, the Vice President of Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, says he supports the data center, and the development supports the company. He explains that Starpointe Business Park is a great location for a data center, and it will cause limited disruption to residents. David Bentrem, a resident and farmer, says that data centers can have negative effects on animals and there are too many unanswered questions. Other attendees, like Mark Dumbovich, want to learn more about the proposed data center. Dumbovich says that he is neutral, but he believes that the board of supervisors should have an independent council to make sense of the information from Prime Data Centers, LLC. Solicitor Dennis Makel explains that they wanted to limit Monday night’s hearing to three hours, but it is far from over. Supervisors refused to comment after Monday’s hearing. The hearing will continue on September 21, 24, 29, and 30 at 6:00 PM at the Hanover Township Fire Department Hall.
September 1, 2026 6:19 am
A third man accused of sex related crimes against juveniles in Peters Township faced a judge and will have his charges sent to common pleas court. Charles Usner, 24 of Mt. Lebanon faces 8 felony charges including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16, statutory sexual assault, photographing or filming sex acts on a computer and additional felonies. During the sometimes tense 90 minute hearing, defense attorney Lee Rothman tried to have charges dismissed because he said his client was misled by the victim. Police evidence stated that the victim was 15 at the time of an assault that occurred at Peters Lake Park in July of 2025. Rothman said that the victim portrayed himself to be 18 years old on a Grindr social media account. Usner said he saw “red flags” but proceeded to have the encounter. Rothman argued that the victim misled his client about his age. Police testimony indicated that parents of the victim made police aware of the incident when they found evidence of the encounter on the victim’s phone. Police detailed how they found recordings of a sexual encounter between the victim and Usner. This case was discovered during the investigation into a sextortion case against Zachariah Meyers that was charged earlier this year. Police say that Meyers coerced the victim to have sex with men and provide pictures. They indicated that the victim contacted Meyers about the encounter with Usner telling him that “I got vids”. Usner is being held in the Washington County Jail on $500,000 bond. A request to reduce the bond was denied by the judge. Usner will be formally arraigned on September 29.
