March 9, 2026 4:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy. The conflict is driving up energy, grain and fertilizer prices; threatening food shortages in poor countries; destabilizing fragile states such as Pakistan; complicating options for the inflation fighters at central banks like the Federal Reserve; and imposing new burdens on American consumers already fed up with the high cost of living. Causing much of the pain: Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of world’s oil passes – after the U.S. and Israel launched missile strikes Feb. 28 that killed Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
March 10, 2026 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he won’t sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans’ ability to vote by mail. It’s a startling demand months before the midterm elections. Trump told House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida that he doesn’t think they will win elections without it. He says voting laws need to be toughened up to prevent fraud — even though mail ballots are popular in many states and federal law already requires that voters in national elections be U.S. citizens, with scant evidence that noncitizens ever try to vote.
March 9, 2026 5:01 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are trying to learn more about two Pennsylvania men accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor. Authorities say Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi told authorities after their arrests that they were inspired by the Islamic State group. The FBI said Monday that searches in the investigation included a Pennsylvania storage unit. Some of the devices recovered at the scene were being tested. Balat’s lawyer said his client is a high school senior with a complicated personal life and that he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
March 10, 2026 4:56 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline, the agency said in a notice posted to its website early Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop, which was lifted about 40 minutes after it was imposed. The airline and the FAA didn’t immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press requesting more information. The airline, which was founded more than 25 years ago, has its headquarters in New York City and its flagship terminal at the city’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
March 10, 2026 1:49 pm
(AP) – Tommy DeCarlo, who sang with the band Boston for nearly 20 years after posting a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, has died at 60. On Monday, DeCarlo’s children said he died after months of battling brain cancer. Boston’s original singer, Brad Delp, died in 2007. DeCarlo worked at a Home Depot in North Carolina at the time. He recorded a tribute song to Delp and Boston covers and posted them on Myspace. Founding Boston guitarist Tom Scholz invited him to sing at a tribute show and then asked him to join the group. DeCarlo toured with Boston for nearly 20 years.
March 9, 2026 2:31 am
Gas prices are 50 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.738 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped 48 cents over the past week to $3.47 – the highest since summer of 2024. The conflict in the Middle East is causing crude oil prices to rise to over $100 per barrel for the first time since summer of 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine. The price of crude oil accounts for 50 to 60% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, so when the price of crude oil rises, gasoline prices do the same. Springtime also typically sees higher gas prices as gasoline demand rises and summer-blend gasoline production begins. Current gas prices are on track to match spring break prices of 2024. Today’s national average is 57 cents higher than a month ago and 39 cents higher than a year ago. Here in Washington, the average price for a gallon of gasoline is three-dollars and seventy-four cents.
March 9, 2026 5:52 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose following a remarkable reversal, as oil prices went from their highest prices since 2022 back below $90 per barrel. The S&P 500 dropped as much as 1.5% Monday morning before flipping to a gain of 0.8% at the end of the day’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average clawed back a plunge of nearly 900 points to rise nearly 240, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.4%. They’re the latest hour-to-hour swings to pummel financial markets because of uncertainty about just how high oil prices will go and how long they will stay there because of the war with Iran.
March 9, 2026 4:21 pm
Authorities are investigating the cause of an accident Sunday night just after eight o’clock that left an Oakdale man dead. Authorities say 55-year-old Charles Amic was the driver of a vehicle that was traveling south on Route 980 in Cecil Township when he crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle in the opposite lane. Police confirm he was wearing a seatbelt. A passenger in Amic’s vehicle and the driver of the other vehicle were both taken to the hospital. There’s been no word on their identities or the nature of their injuries.
March 9, 2026 5:01 am
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says the individual who was found alongside Interstate 70 eastbound, has been identified as 46-year-old Timothy Booker of Avella. Warco says a tractor trailer driver called 9-1-1 early Sunday to report what appeared to be a person lying along the highway about 200-feet from the on- ramp at Chestnut Street. ramp. The coroner said Booker appeared to have been struck multiple times, by multiple vehicles. A cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy. State Police are handling the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact State Police or the Washington County Coroner’s office.
March 8, 2026 5:06 am
CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — One person has reportedly died after a three-vehicle crash in Cecil Township Sunday night. Washington County 911 says the crash was reported just after 8 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 980 and Clover Lane. One of the vehicles involved reportedly went over a hillside. The driver of that vehicle was reportedly the person killed. It’s unclear if any other people were injured. No other information is currently available.
