June 1, 2023 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are media reports that Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified document related to a potential attack on Iran. CNN first reported that Trump suggested on the recording that he wanted to share with others information from the document but that he knew there were limitations about his ability to declassify records after he left office. The comments on the recording, made in July 2021 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, would appear to undercut his repeated claims that he declassified the documents he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, after leaving office.
June 1, 2023 5:01 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say the latest pre-dawn Russian missile attack on Kyiv has killed at least three people, including a 9-year-old child and her mother. Ukrainian air defenses shot down all 10 cruise and ballistic missiles launched by the Kremlin’s forces Thursday, but falling debris caused damage and casualties on the ground, wounding 16 people. Russia has kept up a steady barrage of the Ukrainian capital and other parts of the country in recent weeks as Kyiv readies what it says is a counteroffensive to push back Moscow’s troops, 15 months after their full-scale invasion. Kyiv was the target of a reported 17 drone and missile attacks last month.
June 1, 2023 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — After sailing through the House on a bipartisan vote, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package now goes to the Senate. President Joe Biden negotiated the deal with Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a U.S. default crisis. They worked to assemble a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans to push it to approval. A similar bipartisan effort will be needed in the Senate to overcome opposition. The U.S. was facing a potentially disastrous default in less than a week if Congress failed to act. Despite deep disappointment from hard-right Republicans that budget cuts don’t go far enough, it was approved on a bipartisan House vote with Democrats. The Senate is expected to act quickly by the end of the week.
June 1, 2023 4:55 am
CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A townhome in Cecil Township, Washington County erupted in flames just before 4:00 Wednesday afternoon along Old Farm Road in the Georgetown Estates development. The fire started in a garage and quickly spread to homes on either side, said Cecil Township Fire Chief Noel McMullen. According to McMullen, six townhomes suffered damage. Four are destroyed. But the outcome could have been much worse if it hadn’t been for neighbor Ed Kramer. He jumped into action from a few blocks away and helped rescue multiple people, including a hearing-impaired elderly woman. As his firefighters worked for multiple hours, McMullen noted the temperature posed an additional challenge. “The heat did play a role,” McMullen said. “I don’t know what the temperature is, but our firefighters were overcome fairly quick just from the heat today.” The cause of this fire is still under investigation by the State Police Fire Marshal.
June 1, 2023 4:51 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Testimony has resumed in the trial of a suburban truck driver charged with carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Carol Black told a federal jury in Pittsburgh on Wednesday about how she and her fellow New Light congregants, including her 65-year-old brother, Richard Gottfried, heard loud noises as they started Sabbath services in the basement of the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. She says they quickly realized it was gunfire and that some of them hid. Black says she watched as the gunman killed an 87-year-old member of her congregation. She found out later that her brother was among the 11 people killed that day. Robert Bowers could get the death penalty if convicted.
June 1, 2023 2:52 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh has ruled that a Charleroi business owner who shot an intruder earlier this month was justified. Charges of criminal trespass and terroristic threats have also been filed against Tony Troutman of California, who allegedly broke into a building at 513 McKean Avenue in Charleroi on May 25th. Walsh says Troutman threatened the building owner, telling him he had a gun while hiding behind a closed bathroom door. The business owner told police he feared for his life, so he shot through the door. There is now a warrant for his arrest.
June 1, 2023 2:45 am
A Washington man faced his preliminary hearing on Wednesday facing multiple felony counts of child pornography. Trevor Korba, 21 will face trial on 20 counts of child pornography possession and one count of criminal use of a communication device. Drop Box alerted law enforcement officials in January that an account related to Korba had 20 files of child pornography downloaded to it. State Police obtained a search warrant in April and found a cell phone containing 20 files of child pornography. Korba denies knowledge of the files. An agreement between the prosecution and public defender had all charges held for court. Korba is free on a $20,000 bond. He will be arraigned on June 29.
June 1, 2023 2:30 am
Emergency crews were called out just after two o’clock Thursday afternoon for an accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. Washington County 911 tells WJPA that it happened at the blinking light at the intersection of Route 40 and 519. Dispatchers say the operator of the motorcycle and a passenger on the bike were transported by medical helicopters to a Pittsburgh hospital. There was no word on what caused the crash or the nature of the injuries.
May 31, 2023 5:36 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to launch his second campaign for the Republican nomination for president next week in New Hampshire. Christie is planning to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics. That word comes from a person familiar with Christie’s thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity to confirm Christie’s plans. The Associated Press had previously reported that Christie was expected to enter the race “imminently.” Christie also sought the GOP nomination in 2016. Christie dropped out of that race a day after finishing sixth in New Hampshire’s primary. (Photo: AP)
May 31, 2023 5:35 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa next week. That adds another candidate to the growing GOP field and puts Pence in direct competition with his former boss, Donald Trump. Pence will hold a kickoff event in Des Moines on June 7, the date of his 64th birthday, according to two people familiar with his plans who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details ahead of the official announcement. He’ll also release a video message as part of the launch. (Photo: AP)
