June 3, 2025 9:14 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote, but turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge. Federal legislation to accomplish it doesn’t appear to have the votes to pass in the Senate. And state-level efforts have found little success even in places where Republicans control the legislature and governor’s office. Such bills have stalled or failed in multiple GOP-controlled states, including Florida and Texas.
June 3, 2025 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A split Supreme Court has rejected a pair of gun rights cases, though one conservative justice predicts the court will soon consider whether assault weapons bans are constitutional. The majority did not explain its reasoning in turning down the cases over high-capacity magazines and guns like the AR-15, which are popular weapons that have also been used in mass shootings. Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated Monday he’s skeptical that the bans are constitutional and said he expects the court to return to the issue soon. The decisions in cases from Maryland and Rhode Island come three years after the high court handed down a landmark ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights.
June 3, 2025 5:01 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days. The army said it fired “near a few individual suspects” who left the designated route, approached its forces and ignored warning shots. The near-daily shootings have come after an Israeli and U.S.-backed foundation established aid distribution points inside Israeli military zones, a system it says is designed to circumvent Hamas. The United Nations has rejected the new system, saying it doesn’t address Gaza’s mounting hunger crisis and allows Israel to use aid as a weapon. The Israeli military said it was looking into reports of casualties on Tuesday.
June 2, 2025 4:51 am
A tractor-trailer was destroyed by flames on I-79 in Washington County on Sunday. PennDOT said the vehicle caught on fire on I-79 northbound between Exit 33 (U.S. 40 – Laboratory) and Exit 34 (I-70 East – New Stanton) at 4:40 p.m. Photos shared by the South Strabane Fire Department show the cab of the vehicle completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters said a lane restriction was in place while Bujanowski Towing worked to take the vehicle away. There were no injuries. (PHOTO: South Strabane Fire Department)
June 2, 2025 1:00 am
The investigation continues into the death of a Washington man over the weekend. 51 year old Steven Elliot was found in the 800-block of Jefferson Avenue around 12:30 a.m Saturday. According to the Washington County coroners office, a motorist believed that they had struck and animal in the roadway. When the motorist went to check they realized it was actually a person and called 9-1-1. A cause and manner of death are pending. No other information is being released at this time.
June 2, 2025 4:58 am
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The FBI says a man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled “Free Palestine” and hurled an incendiary device into a crowd that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Eight people were injured in the attack Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, that the FBI says it’s investigating as an act of terrorism. The suspect was identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman and officials believe he acted alone. The burst of violence at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall unfolded against the backdrop of a war between Israel and Hamas that has contributed to a spike in antisemitic violence in the United States.
June 2, 2025 5:03 am
FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S. Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency last week. About 17,000 there were evacuated by Saturday along with 1,300 in Alberta. About 8,000 people in Saskatchewan had been relocated but leaders there warned the number could climb in the coming days. Smoke was worsening air quality and reducing visibility in Canada and into some U.S. states along the border.
June 2, 2025 5:02 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory, Ukraine’s Security Service said Sunday, while Moscow pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones just hours before a new round of direct peace talks in Istanbul. A Ukrainian official told The Associated Press the attack took more than a year and a half to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He said the operation involved drones transported in containers carried by trucks deep into Russian territory. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed the attacks on five airfields.
June 2, 2025 5:00 am
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%. The race had Poland on edge since a first round of voting two weeks earlier, revealing deep divisions in the country along the eastern flank of NATO and the European Union. An early exit poll released Sunday evening suggested Trzaskowski was headed to victory before updated polling began to reverse the picture hours later.
June 2, 2025 4:55 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza. It’s also eliciting pushback in places where an influx of data centers has caused friction with neighboring communities. Activity in state legislatures — and competition for data centers — has been brisk. Many states are offering financial incentives or tax breaks worth tens of millions of dollars. In some cases, those incentives are winning approval only after a fight or efforts to attach riders that require data centers to pay for their own electricity or meet energy efficiency standards.
