May 21, 2025 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts ordered an emergency hearing for Wednesday, after attorneys for immigrants said in court documents that up to a dozen people from several countries, including Myanmar and Vietnam, may have been sent to Africa earlier Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
May 21, 2025 6:08 pm
(AP) – A person attended a Shakira concert at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey while infectious with measles. Health officials are asking people who attended to monitor for symptoms. More than 1,000 measles cases have been confirmed across the U.S. this year, with major outbreaks in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and eight other states. There are also many international outbreaks including in Mexico and Canada as childhood vaccination rates have declined since the pandemic.
May 20, 2025 2:49 am
NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died. He was 76. Wendt in later life crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf.” Despite a long career of roles onstage and on TV, it was as gentle and henpecked Norm Peterson on “Cheers” that he was most associated, earning six straight Emmy Award nominations for best supporting actor in a comedy series from 1984-89. The series was centered on lovable losers in a Boston bar and starred Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger, Kirstie Alley and Woody Harrelson. (Photo: AP)
May 20, 2025 4:59 am
Voters across Pennsylvania went to the polls Tuesday for the Primary Election. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 8 p.m. There were countywide races for Controller, Recorder of Deeds, and Sheriff. There were also four magisterial district judge races. Locally, there were municipal and school board races. Statewide races for Superior Court and Commonwealth Court Judge were also on the ballot. Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander told WJPA that because it was an off-year election, she expected a very low voter turnout, just about twenty-percent.
May 20, 2025 4:51 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The heavily Democratic cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will elect new nominees for top jobs in Pennsylvania’s primary election. The winners of those two Democratic primaries on Tuesday are all-but assured of victory in November’s general election. In Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner is seeking a third term as the top prosecutor in the nation’s sixth most populous city. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is seeking a second term. Both ran originally as progressives and are facing a primary challenger. Krasner’s opponent is Pat Dugan, a former Philadelphia Municipal Court judge. Gainey’s opponent is Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor. Ballots will also feature contests for two statewide courts seats.
May 19, 2025 2:20 am
The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Washington County during storms Friday afternoon. The NWS went out to survey the area on Monday and found damage in a heavily wooded area south of East Finley between Birch Road and Elwood Day Road. It was determined that winds reached 65 mph and only lasted one minute, from 2:52 p.m. to 2:53 p.m. A tornado warning had been issued for the area at the time. This is the 6th tornado confirmed in the Pittsburgh area so far this year.
May 20, 2025 5:01 am
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Another round of tornadoes has struck the central U.S. after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people. At least four tornadoes were confirmed in Oklahoma and Nebraska on Monday evening, thousands lost power in several states and homes were destroyed. The National Weather Service says the region can expect even more dangerous weather. Worst hit is Kentucky, where residents around the city of London were trying to clean up three days after a storm arrived near midnight. London’s airport is a beehive of activity as people pick up water, food, diapers and other supplies.
May 19, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. The court’s order Monday, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month. The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.
May 20, 2025 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has implored House Republicans on Capitol Hill to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill. He spoke privately for at least an hour trying to unite House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week. Trump was upbeat afterward, saying there was “unity.” But negotiations are slogging along. It’s not at all clear the package, with its sweeping tax breaks and cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs, has the support needed. With all Democrats opposed, the Republicans can handle only a few defections from their slim House majority.
May 20, 2025 4:45 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. It’s a major shift in FDA’s approach to updating vaccines that protect against the virus. It comes as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his appointees continue to scrutinize the use of vaccines for a number of diseases. The FDA said Tuesday annual COVID shots will still be regularly approved for seniors and younger people with increased health risks from the virus.
