October 1, 2025 4:42 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nicole Kidman has filed to divorce Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage. The Oscar-winning actor petitioned in a court in Nashville, Tennessee, to end her marriage to the Grammy-winning country singer. The entertainers who were both raised in Australia. They met in Los Angeles in 2005 and married in Sydney in 2006. They have two teenage daughters together. This was Urban’s first marriage and Kidman’s second, following her marriage to Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001. Kidman has two older children with Cruise. Kidman is known for films like “The Hours” and TV series like “Big Little Lies.” Urban has been a major country star since the 1990s.
October 1, 2025 4:41 am
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years. The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams as they fish for salmon, and then cast ballots in a bracket-style tournament that lasts a week. Chunk — known officially as Bear 32 — beat out Bear 856 for the crown. A glut of sockeye salmon fueled a memorable feast this summer for the contest, and more than 1.5 million people voted.
September 30, 2025 5:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans are trying to “bully” Democrats by refusing to negotiate as a standoff over health care and spending threatens to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years. Schumer says President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans have until midnight Tuesday “to get serious.” Trump is threatening retribution, saying that a shutdown could include “cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like.” The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks. Senate Democrats say they won’t vote for it unless Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits.
September 30, 2025 8:59 am
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump is proposing using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces. He’s suggesting U.S. military might be deployed against what he describes as the “invasion from within.” Addressing military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia on Tuesday, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of the military’s role in domestic affairs. He was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who declared an end to “woke” culture and announced new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness. The messages underscored the Trump administration’s efforts not only to reshape contemporary Pentagon culture but to enlist military resources in the president’s priorities and in everyday American civic life. (Photo: AP)
September 30, 2025 4:53 am
CANONSBURG, Pa. — Canonsburg officials have a mystery on their hands. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of tiny rubber ducks appeared in Canonsburg. They’re lining store windows, sitting on statues, and hanging out on benches. No one seems to know where they came from or why they were left in the community. “I think it grabs somebody’s attention. You stop and you look at it and you’re like ‘Oh, what a cute rubber duck,’” said Canonsburg Borough Manager Angela Senay. The ducks are perched on East Pike Street lining store windows, sitting on light poles and covering the borough building. “We’re always about doing something different and great and you know, someone anonymously put ducks up and down Pike Street here in Canonsburg, all over the municipal building area,” said Canonsburg Mayor David Rhome. “Whenever we first arrived this morning, it couldn’t do anything but bring smiles to your face.” People are spreading the fun on Facebook. Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church called them “little bright ducks of joy.” So, what’s next for the ducks and whoever placed them? “For me, I want to leave them. They bring smiles to not only our faces but the residents’ faces,” Senay said. “As long as they’re not bothering anybody and their business, I think they’re fine to stay.” “Someone did a wonderful job to bring laughter once again back to Canonsburg,” said Rhome. So far, no one has come forward to take responsibility for the little rubber ducks.
September 29, 2025 1:42 am
A Washington woman faces felony and misdemeanor charges relating to an accident in Canton Township earlier this month that sent a 70 year old retired college professor to the hospital. Gina Dalessandro, 41 waived felony accidents involving death or injury and aggravated assault by vehicle along with a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment to court. According to the criminal complaint, Dalessandro is accused of hitting Robert Pebley in the 600 block of Grove Road while he was walking and carrying groceries. According to Greene-Washington Regional Police, witnesses saw Dalessandro’s car strike Pebley and drag him several feet before he fell off of the windshield and she fled the scene. Police say his injuries were extensive and was flown to an area hospital. Dalessandro said that she thought she hit a deer. Dalessandro remains in the Washington County Jail unable to post a $50,000 bond. She will be formally arraigned on October 23.
September 29, 2025 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are planning to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person at a base in Virginia. Administration officials have released few details about the reasons for suddenly convening top commanders from around the world. The meeting Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico near Washington has fueled intense speculation about the value of summoning such a large number of generals and admirals. Many are stationed in more than a dozen countries that include conflict zones. Meetings between top military brass and with civilian leaders are nothing new. But experts say the scale of the gathering and the haste with which it was called are particularly unusual.
September 30, 2025 5:02 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration growing federal intervention across U.S. cities. Illinois leaders warned Monday of a National Guard deployment. Memphis, Tennessee and Portland, Oregon have also braced for a surge of federal law enforcement, residents in the nation’s third-largest city met a brazen weekend escalation of immigration enforcement tactics with anger, fear and fresh claims of discrimination. But Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into American cities necessary, blasting Democrats for crime and lax immigration policies.
September 30, 2025 5:42 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug-maker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump made the announcement Tuesday with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at the White House. Under the agreement, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favored-nation pricing to Medicaid and guarantee the same pricing on newly launched drugs. That involves matching the lowest price offered in other developed nations. The agreement by Pfizer builds on an executive order Trump signed in May setting a deadline for drug-makers to electively lower prices or face new limits on what the government will pay. (Photo: AP)
September 29, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has laid out a 20-point proposal that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages. It is supported by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who met with Trump at the White House on Monday. Hamas is now reviewing the proposal, which leans heavily into conditions the militants have previously rejected. The U.S. president has become increasingly frustrated by the bloody conflict. He seems to be betting that the militants are now so decimated that they have no choice but to accept what he and Netanyahu are framing as a last, best offer.
