May 18, 2025 6:13 am
A law enforcement official says the person believed responsible for an explosion at a California fertility clinic posted online ramblings including a belief that the world should not be populated. The official is not authorized to discuss details of the attack and has spoken to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The suspect died in the blast Saturday that ripped through the clinic in the upscale city of Palm Springs. The FBI says it is investigating the attack as terrorism. The agency has not released the suspect’s name and investigators are still piecing together a motive.
May 18, 2025 6:05 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people, presidents, patriarchs and princes. In his homily, Leo said he wanted to be a servant to the faithful through the two dimensions of the papacy: love and unity. His call for unity was significant, given the polarization in the Catholic Church in the United States and beyond.
May 18, 2025 6:09 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian officials confirmed to the Associated Press. Russia fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday. Of those, 88 were intercepted and a further 128 lost, likely having been electronically jammed. According to Kyiv regional Gov. Mykola Kalashnyk, one woman was killed in a drone attack on the region and three other people were wounded. The barrage came after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years on Friday failed to yield a ceasefire.
May 18, 2025 1:33 am
A graduate of Washington High School that went on to play college football is returning home to sponsor a youth football camp. Chase Mitchell went on to play college football at Liberty University. Liberty is a Christian school. Mitchell felt the school looked down on him because he had a child in January of 2022. One of Mitchell’s coaches at Liberty helped him through his situation and taught him to embrace fatherhood and grow as a person. That coach was Chris Klenakis. Mitchell said he grew up without a father and leaned on Klenakis for support. Mitchell felt the Christian school did not look favorably being unmarried with a child. He said Klenakis embraced him and helped him grow. Mitchell entered the transfer portal in 2024 and was reunited with Klenakis at Vanderbilt University for his final season of football. Mitchell will be funding his youth football camp with NIL (name, image and likeness) money he earned at Vanderbilt. The camp will take place on May 18 from 1-5 pm. at Washington High School Stadium. There are 200 free slots for kids 8-16. Check in starts at noon. Mitchell says there will be several guest coaches on hand.
May 18, 2025 4:07 am
Daily single lane and shoulder restrictions are scheduled for Interstate 70 in Twilight Borough next week. PennDot has announced the restrictions will occur between mile marker 39 and 39.1. They begin on Monday May 19 and will last through Friday May 23. The hours of construction begin at 7:00 a.m. and continue through 5:00 p.m. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is installing a closed circuit television pole foundation. All work is dependent on weather.
May 18, 2025 5:40 am
MIAMI (AP) — Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown says he was briefly detained by police following an altercation in which gunshots were fired outside Adin Ross’ celebrity boxing event in Miami. Miami police confirmed in a written statement that officers responded to the area at about 3 a.m. after receiving an alert from the gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter. Officer Kiara Delva, a department spokeswoman, said police questioned several people but made no arrests. Brown posted on social media that he had been “jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me” at the popular streamer Ross’ event.
May 16, 2025 4:01 am
Pennsylvania American Water issued a release advising motorists of paving work to be performed on Friday. As part of their project of installing a new water main, contractors will pave both lanes of McClelland Road. The work will begin at McDowell Lane and stretch to Anderson Drive. Traffic restrictions will begin on May 16 and run through May 30. All work will be done between 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. All work is dependent on weather. Motorists are asked to consider alternate routes.
May 17, 2025 4:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are in the final rounds of negotiations over a sweeping budget plan that has been significantly influenced by President Donald Trump’s priorities. Many GOP lawmakers expect the bill will only make it through the finish line if Trump personally weighs with members. It is not unusual in the modern era for a president to direct the legislative priorities in Congress, but many House Republicans see Trump’s role as singular and decisive as they aim to pass the bill before Memorial Day.
May 17, 2025 4:39 am
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has told the Trump administration that its explanation for state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is “inadequate.” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis made those remarks Friday afternoon in a Maryland courtroom. She had ordered Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador in April after he was mistakenly deported. She has since directed the Trump administration to provide information about what it’s done to bring him back. Government lawyers say those details are protected state secrets and shouldn’t be released. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys say the U.S. has done nothing to bring him back.
May 17, 2025 4:37 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. Seven of them are still on the lam. One was caught soon after the Friday morning escape. Two others were caught later. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says there are indications that the men received help in their escape from people in the department. Authorities say the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food at the time. Jail officials first noticed the men were missing during a Friday morning headcount. Three employees have been placed on suspension pending the outcome of an investigation.
