September 30, 2025 4:57 am
Check your freezers. More than 59 million pounds of corn dogs and sausages-on-a-stick have been recalled because they may have wood in the batter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that the Hillshire Brands Company issued the recall. The items were packaged from March 17 to Sept. 26, 2025, and have establishment number EST-582 or P-894 on the packaging. They were sold online, shipped to retail and food service locations nationwide and sold to school districts and Department of Defense locations nationwide. The issue was discovered after the company received customer complaints. There were five incidents that caused injuries, the FSIS said. An investigation discovered that the wooden sticks entered the production process before the items were dipped in the batter. If you have the recalled items, you should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. For more information, call Hillshire Brands at 888-747-7611.
September 29, 2025 4:24 am
Cat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf, announced Monday that he has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues. Stevens wrote on social media that his team waited months for visa approvals but “at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be arranged in time.” The tour was to support the singer’s memoir, “Cat on the Road to Findout,” releasing in the U.S. on Oct. 7. The tour had been set to start Oct. 2 in Philadelphia. An Oct. 8 tour stop in Toronto, Canada, was also postponed.
September 29, 2025 9:22 am
DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police say no formal complaint has been filed regarding an early morning incident in Dublin involving Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Skylar Thompson and that they haven’t established if there was a robbery. The Steelers said the 28-year-old Thompson was involved in a weekend “situation” in the Irish capital, but neither the team nor police have confirmed reports in Irish media that the player was robbed early Saturday. The Irish Independent newspaper reported that “a number of males were involved in an assault on Thompson near the Temple Bar area” and that the player’s phone was stolen. Police didn’t comment on reports of an assault.
September 29, 2025 4:55 am
REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Six people were injured in a stabbing incident in Fayette County on Sunday. Troopers were called to the 50 block of Park Street in Redstone Township around 12:30 p.m. for a “domestic-related stabbing,” according to state police. Troopers found six people were involved in the incident. Two were taken to area trauma centers by medical helicopter, and three were taken by ambulance to local hospitals. One person was treated on scene and released. The investigation is ongoing.
September 29, 2025 2:00 am
The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Washington County’s elections board must notify voters when their mail-in ballots contain errors and give them a chance to cast provisional votes, according to the Tribune-Review. The decision affirms a ruling by the state Commonwealth Court in September 2024. “We have no hesitation in concluding the right to vote constitutes a legitimate, protected liberty interest,” wrote Justice Kevin M. Dougherty for the four-person majority. The court found the board “’interfered,’” with voters’ liberty interests when it changed the process for notifying voters of mail-in ballot errors in April 2024. Prior to that date, Washington County voters were alerted to errors on their mail-in ballots and had the chance to fix them. But a vote by the board of elections on April 11 changed how defective ballots were entered into Pennsylvania’s registry.
September 28, 2025 1:35 am
A social media post from the City of Washington Police Department announced that a man involved in a string of unauthorized transactions has been identified and taken into custody. The individual has been identified as Justin Tyler Harris. He was being sought after both by the City of Washington and the Mt. Lebanon Police Department of Allegheny County. He is currently being held in Washington County Jail on his charges. The City Police made a point of thanking the community for their assistance in tracking him down.
September 29, 2025 5:07 am
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and authorities were searching the building ruins for more victims. It happened in Grand Blanc Township, a community outside Flint. Law enforcement officials said the man got out of his pickup and started shooting, apparently using gas to start the fire. The attacker was identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, who served in the Marines and was from a nearby town. The FBI is investigating the attack as an targeted act of violence.
September 29, 2025 5:09 am
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk will have a court hearing Monday where he and his newly appointed legal counsel will decide whether they want a preliminary hearing where the judge will determine if there is enough evidence against him to go forward with a trial. Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and plan to seek the death penalty. The hearing in Provo is open to the public, just a few miles from the Utah Valley University campus where many students are still processing trauma from the Sept. 10 shooting.
September 29, 2025 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown. But both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge. If government funding legislation is not passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices will be temporarily shuttered and non-exempt federal employees will be furloughed. Republicans are daring Democrats to vote against legislation that would keep government funding mostly at current levels. But Democrats are holding firm and using one of their few points of leverage to demand action on extending health care benefits.
September 29, 2025 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a U.S. plan on postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The White House has just released a Trump plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and Gaza governance. There’s no immediate word on whether Israel or Hamas has accepted 20-point plan. The plan was unveiled by the White House shortly before Trump and Netanyahu were to hold a press conference. It calls for a temporary governing board that would be headed by Trump and include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
