July 29, 2025 4:49 am
DUNBAR, Pa. — (WPXI) – A young boy was injured while riding a carnival ride at the Fayette County Fair Sunday. Powers and Thomas Midway Entertainment, the owner and operator of the rides, tells Channel 11 the “freak accident” happened on the Alien Abduction Ride. The boy’s head apparently got stuck in the wall of the ride between two seats. Kristeen Gratchic’S 14-year-old and seven-year-old were both on Alien Abduction when that boy got his head stuck in the wall. The ride is one where riders enter a UFO-shaped room, which then spins quickly in a circle. “Never heard that happen before on the rides,” said Tracy Thomas, co-owner. Thomas said she doesn’t know exactly how the boy’s head got stuck. Medics were able to get him out and say he had only minor injuries. Thomas said the boy met the height requirement for the ride. She said the incident report was filed with the state’s Amusement Rides and Attractions Office, and all of their rides are inspected daily. “Everything was safe, there were no issues with the ride whatsoever,” Thomas said.
July 29, 2025 5:01 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan skyscraper before taking his own life claimed to have a brain disease linked to contact sports and was trying to target the National Football League’s headquarters in the building. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says investigators believe the gunman wanted to get up to the NFL’s offices on Monday but entered the wrong elevator. Police say Shane Tamura, a Las Vegas casino worker, had a note in his wallet that suggested he had a grievance against the NFL and asked that his brain be studied. He played high school football in California but never played in the NFL. Among those killed was an off-duty police officer working security.
July 29, 2025 5:02 am
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A suspect is in custody in Nevada and three people are dead following a shooting outside a casino in Reno. Officials say a gunman opened fire Monday morning just outside the Grand Sierra Resort. Three other people were wounded and taken to a hospital. Police say two victims were in critical condition, while the other had been released from the hospital. Police spokesperson Chris Johnson says the suspect was taken into custody and also was being treated at the hospital. Hotel guests say they heard several shots coming from the resort’s valet area. One man says he saw people running and screaming.
July 29, 2025 5:08 am
MIAMI (AP) — Two kids have died, and two others are in critical condition after a barge reportedly struck their sailing boat near Miami. Authorities say six people were on the boat Monday, and responders pulled them from the water. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, four were taken to a nearby hospital. The group included five kids and one adult who were part of the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation. Two of the rescued individuals are in good condition. The Coast Guard is investigating the crash.
July 29, 2025 5:04 am
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Chinese and U.S. trade officials have arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital Tuesday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have skewed the pivotal commercial ties between the world’s two largest economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng made no public comments to reporters after the first day of talks that lasted nearly five hours behind closed doors at the Swedish prime minister’s office Monday. Analysts expect the Stockholm talks, at a minimum, will result in an extension of current tariff levels that are far lower than the triple-digit percentage rates earlier this year.
July 29, 2025 5:05 am
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s trade agreement with the Trump administration is receiving mixed reviews. EU officials claim they avoided a major economic disaster. But French officials argue the EU didn’t leverage its full strength. The deal imposes a 15% tariff on most goods imported into the U.S. with no agreement on key areas like pharmaceuticals and steel. French officials criticize the deal as unbalanced while Germany and Italy see it as avoiding unnecessary escalation. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday called it a failure for Europe. Economists warn the deal could hinder growth and lacks clarity.
July 29, 2025 5:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein ended after Epstein hired people who had worked for Trump. The Republican president said Monday that he had warned Epstein about hiring Trump staff and that when Epstein did it again, “I threw him out of the place.” The place Trump refers to is his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Authorities say the disgraced financier killed himself in a New York jail cell in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. The case has dogged Trump after he and his top allies stoked conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.
July 29, 2025 5:06 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving. President Donald Trump disagrees and notes the images emerging of emaciated people. Trump says “those children look very hungry.” Here’s what we know as the World Health Organization says 63 of the 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this year have occurred this month. Those included 24 children under the age of 5. After international pressure, Israel over the weekend announced humanitarian pauses, airdrops and other measures meant to allow more aid to Palestinians in Gaza. But people there say little or nothing has changed on the ground.
July 28, 2025 2:41 pm
There was a temporary power outage across the city of Washington and a few spotty outages in North Franklin, California Borough and South Strabane Township Monday morning. Todd Meyers of West Penn Power tells WJPA News that although they patrolled the line, they did not find a cause for the outage. He say they reset their equipment and all customers were restored at 11:04 a.m. Meyers said they had contractors working on some power lines in the city to make upgrades that should result in more reliable electrical service for customers and to protect the crews as that work is underway, they had to change some settings on their equipment. He says typically, if there is a minor issue like a tree branch momentarily contacting a line, their equipment senses that contact, breaks the connection for a few seconds, and then closes back in to re-energize the circuit once the trouble has cleared. Meyers says the lights sort of dim for a second, and then full power is restored. According to Meyers, when crews are working around the lines, they don’t want the lines to automatically try to re-energize, so they change the settings so that when there is an intermittent issue, the power just stays off until they have investigated. Sometimes, he says – they don’t find a cause because a branch may have fallen and bounced off the wire on the way down or something similar. The outage also affected some traffic signals as well.
July 28, 2025 2:10 am
The Washington County Coroners office says a Blairsville man was killed in an early morning crash Sunday in Carroll Township. 21 year old Matthew Roth was pronounced dead at the scene just after 4:30 a.m. He was traveling south on State Route 481 when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a bridge at the intersection of Route 2023. The vehicle caught fire. He was not wearing a seatbelt. A cause and manner of death are pending. Carroll Township Police are investigating.
