November 28, 2025 5:16 am
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters have found dozens more bodies during an intensive search of a high-rise complex after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings. The death toll has risen to at least 128 people, making it one of the city’s deadliest blazes. Crews prioritized apartments from which they received calls for assistance during the blaze. The fire started midafternoon Wednesday and took firefighters about 24 hours to control. Authorities suspect some materials on the exterior walls did not meet fire resistance standards. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
November 28, 2025 5:14 am
The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. The program, called Operation Allies Welcome, was created in 2021. Then-President Joe Biden said the U.S. owed it to those who opposed the Taliban to provide a safe haven. Critics argued the resettlement process was poorly planned. The accused shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan. Resettlement groups emphasize that one individual’s actions shouldn’t reflect on all Afghan refugees.
November 28, 2025 5:13 am
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the shooter who had worked with the CIA in his native country a “savage monster.” As part of his Thanksgiving call to U.S. troops, Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life.” The suspect who is in custody also was shot and had wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening. Officials say the 29-year-old suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome.
November 28, 2025 2:44 am
There was a garage fire in Marianna this morning. Fire crews reported to the detached garage on Fulton Street in just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Fulton Street. No one was reportedly injured. According to 9-1-1 Dispatch, the Fire Marshall was called to the scene to investigate.
November 28, 2025 2:27 am
The Washington County Coroners Office has identified the person killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in South Strabane Township Thursday. Coroner Timothy Warco says 64-year old Jamie Wiles of Wheeling, West Virginia was a front seat passenger and was pronounced dead at the scene. 13 vehicles were involved in the crash. It happened just after 5:30 p.m. South Strabane Fire Chief Jordan Cramer says first responders arrived to find a “complex crash” involving multiple vehicles, including a semi. Warco says the driver and another passenger were taken to area hospitals and are last reported in critical condition. A mass casualty incident was declared and the interstate was closed. At the same time, there was a crash involving two vehicles at the north junction of I-79 and I-70. Interstate 70 was closed between Taylorstown and Jefferson Avenue but did reopen by 9 p.m. PennDOT says a snow band moved through the area and Cramer says the incidents occurred due to iced-over roadways. (Photo courtesy of South Strabane Fire Department)
November 28, 2025 2:08 am
It will be a Happy Thanksgiving for thousands of Washington County residents thanks to your generosity. This years 2000 Turkeys campaign was record breaking at $263,743! We were able to exceed our goal thanks to donations big and small from residents and businesses throughout the region. All of the money goes to providing a complete Thanksgiving Day dinner to 19,000 county residents. There were plenty of highlights to this years effort including Range Resources staff members and hundreds of area school kids taking to the streets of downtown Washington and Canonsburg to collect donations. That effort alone raised more than $50-thousand dollars with a $20-thousand dollar match from Range Resources. You can still donate and any donation amount is appreciated. You can donate directly by sending a check to: 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, Pa. 15301.
November 28, 2025 2:05 am
Washington Police are investigating another shooting along Main Street. Officers were called to the Community Club in the 100-block early Thursday. They found a man with non-life-threatening gun shot wounds. The unidentified man was transported to a Pittsburgh hospital. Police say the shooting occurred after an individual had been removed from the club. Anyone with information to call the City of Washington Police Department confidential tip line at 724-223-4108. Just last month, 20 year old Julian Lassic was shot and killed in that same area.
November 27, 2025 9:36 pm
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the suspect, who had worked with the CIA in his native country, a “savage monster.” As part of a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops, Trump announced that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life.” “She’s just passed away,” Trump said. “She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her.” The president called Beckstrom an “incredible person, outstanding in every single way.” The White House said he spoke to her parents after his remarks.
November 27, 2025 4:44 am
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state television Wednesday saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace, three days after national elections. The president told French media he had been deposed and arrested. It is the latest of several coups in recent years in West Africa. “The High Military Command for the re-establishment of national and public order decides to immediately depose the president of the republic, to suspend, until new orders, all of the institutions of the republic of Guinea-Bissau,” spokesperson Dinis N’Tchama said in a statement. He said they acted in response to the “discovery of an ongoing plan” that he said aimed to destabilize the country by attempting to “manipulate electoral results.” The soldiers said they were immediately suspending the electoral process and the activities of media outlets, as well as closing all borders. The presidential and legislative elections were held Sunday. Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and opposition candidate Fernando Dias each claimed victory Tuesday, even though official provisional results were not expected until Thursday.
November 27, 2025 4:22 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is heading to Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a message of peace to the region at a crucial time for efforts to end the war in Ukraine and ease Mideast tensions. Leo is arriving first in Ankara, where he has a meeting planned with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a speech to the country’s diplomatic corps. He’ll then move on to Istanbul for three days of ecumenical and interfaith meetings that will be followed by the Lebanese leg of his trip. Leo’s visit comes as Turkey, a country of more than 85 million people of predominantly Sunni Muslims, has cast itself as a key intermediary in peace negotiations for the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. Ankara has hosted rounds of low-level talks between Russia and Ukraine and has offered to take part in the stabilization force in Gaza to help uphold the fragile ceasefire, engagements Leo may applaud in his arrival speech.
