May 26, 2025 4:16 am
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One initiative distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones. And there are efforts in Oregon and rural Alabama teach digital skills to older people, including some who’ve never touched a computer. Those and others are in jeopardy after President Donald Trump said he’s cutting a program aimed at filling gaps in the digital divide. The Digital Equity Act was intended to cover unmet needs that surfaced during the country’s broadband rollout. Trump has branded the program as racist and illegal, and claims it amounts to “woke handouts based on race.”
May 26, 2025 4:13 am
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants. And governments and universities around the world spotted an opportunity and launched programs to lure researchers from the U.S. Since World War II, the U.S. has invested huge amounts of money in scientific research conducted at independent universities and federal agencies. That funding helped the U.S. to become the world’s leading scientific power. But today that system is being shaken by deep cuts. The Trump administration says it is reviewing the previous administration’s projects, identifying waste and realigning research spending to match the “American people’s priorities.”
May 26, 2025 3:51 am
A single car was involved in an accident on Interstate 79 North just before midnight Sunday night. According to Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers, a single car rolled over at mile marker 34.5. One person was injured and transported to a Pittsburgh hospital. No other information is currently available.
May 26, 2025 1:00 am
Freedom Transit is reminding riders that their Washington Transit Center will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day. Fixed route service will not be operating. Shared ride services will operate on a normal schedule. More information regarding Freedom Transit may be found here.
May 26, 2025 1:58 am
PennDot has announced its plan to close Bebout Road in Peters Township as part of its work on the reconstruction of its intersection with East McMurray Road. Bebout Road will be closed from East McMurray Road to Sugar Camp Road. The closure begins on May 27. A detour has been posted and is expected to last through mid to late July. The detour is East McMurray Road to Valleybrook Road to Bebout Road. The scope of work is to add turning lanes to East McMurray Road in both directions and to add a westbound right turn lane to Bebout Road. Construction on the entire project is anticipated to last through late November.
May 26, 2025 3:48 am
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI)-Two people were injured in a crash on I-70 near the Belle Vernon Bridge. The Rostraver Township Fire Department said units were called to a multi-vehicle crash on I-70 West near Exit 41. This is near the Belle Vernon Bridge. According to PennDOT, the crash happened at 6:13 p.m. on Sunday. Photos of the crash show a car crashed into the back of an SUV. Firefighters said Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services took two people to hospitals. Their conditions are unknown at this time. (Photo: Rostraver Twp. Fire Department)
May 26, 2025 3:45 am
SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI)-Officials have identified the man found deceased in a pond in South Park this morning. Allegheny County police are investigating the death of Kevin Ryan Stewart, 36, of Bethel Park, whose body was found in a small pond near Maple Springs Drive. Police say 911 dispatchers were notified of the body at 7:45 a.m. Initial reports from police said there were no obvious signs of trauma. The investigation is ongoing, pending the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s final determination on cause and manner of death, police say. Anyone with information is asked to call the county police tip line at 1 (833) ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
May 25, 2025 6:34 am
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump has used the first service academy commencement address of his second term to laud graduating West Point cadets for their accomplishments and career choice. But he also veered sharply into a campaign-style recitation of political boasts and long-held grievances. Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, the Republican president told the 1,002 graduating cadets assembled Saturday at Michie Stadium on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy that the United States is the “hottest country in the world” and he underscored an “America First” ethos for the military.
May 25, 2025 6:30 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog. Thursday’s crash stunned the alternative music industry because the victims included 42-year-old music executive Dave Shapiro, drummer Daniel Williams, who used to play in the popular Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, and two employees of Shapiro’s Sound Talent Group agency. The agency said both Kendall Fortner and Emma Huke were good at their jobs as booking associates. The other victims were professional photographer Celina Kenyon and a 41-year-old man named Dominic Damian. It could take a year to sort out exactly what caused the crash.
May 25, 2025 6:27 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have swapped hundreds more prisoners of war, the third part of a major swap that became a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. The exchange on Sunday saw each side bring home 303 more soldiers, after each released a total of 307 combatants and civilians on Saturday, and 390 on Friday. The swap was the biggest since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and came just hours after Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and other regions came under a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens. Ukrainian officials sad the attack was the largest aerial assault of the war.
