September 17, 2025 5:53 pm
(AP) – Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years. He says the freedom the company used to have to speak up on social issues has been stifled. Co-founder Ben Cohen posted Greenfield’s letter on social media platform X on Greenfield’s behalf. Greenfield said that he felt the independence the brand had to speak on social issues and events was lost to Unilever. A spokesperson for The Magnum Ice Cream Company says it will be forever grateful to Greenfield for his contributions to Ben & Jerry’s, but it is not aligned with his viewpoint.
September 16, 2025 3:38 pm
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors have brought an aggravated murder charge against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk in Utah. Prosecutors on Tuesday outlined evidence including a text message confession to the suspect’s partner and a note saying he had the opportunity to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative voices and was “going to take it.” The charge means 22-year-old Tyler Robinson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem. Prosecutors say Robinson’s DNA was found on the trigger of the gun that fired the fatal shot. Kirk was gunned down Sept. 10 as he spoke with students. There’s no attorney listed in the Utah online court docket for Robinson
September 16, 2025 3:34 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state’s case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state’s second-degree murder charges against him. Judge Gregory Carro ruled Tuesday that although there is no doubt that the killing was not an ordinary street crime, New York law doesn’t consider something terrorism simply because it was motivated by ideology. The ruling came as Mangione made his first court appearance in the state case since February. The 27-year-old Ivy League graduate has attracted a cult following as a stand-in for frustrations with the health insurance industry after Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan in December.
September 16, 2025 9:11 am
Robert Redford has died at 89. The Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema died in Utah on Tuesday. His publicist didn’t immediately provide a cause of death. After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Redford was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s with such films as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and “The Way We Were.” Redford played the wily outlaw opposite Paul Newman in 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” a box-office smash from which Redford’s Sundance Institute and festival got its name.
September 16, 2025 9:37 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school purchases, even as President Donald Trump’s tariffs are starting to hurt the job market and lead to price hikes. The performance was also helped by the continued efforts by Americans to keep pushing up purchases ahead of expected price increases. Retail sales rose 0.6% last month from July, when sales were up a revised 0.6%, according to the Commerce Department’s report released Tuesday.
September 16, 2025 2:18 am
An Ellsworth man will face trial for his alleged shooting of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner. Christopher Harper, 18 is charged with felony homicide and carrying a firearm without a license in the August 17 shooting of Elijah Johnson, 21 of Carnegie on Walnut Steet in Ellsworth Borough. During his preliminary hearing, the victim’s girlfriend Samiya Kastner testified that she heard a loud boom and saw Harper in her bedroom. She looked at Johnson and saw him in a pool of blood. She testified that she used to date Harper. Earlier testimony from a juvenile placed Harper at the scene. The witness said that she saw Harper pull a gun from a backpack and reach into the bedroom where Johnson was located and heard a loud boom. State Police testimony spoke of an interview with Harper after he was apprehended. Harper stated that he stepped into the bedroom where Johnson was lying next to Kastner. He saw a gun at the end of the bed and Johnson threatened to kill him. Harper then said he shot Johnson. Harper faces additional charges of burglary and reckless endangerment. The judge held all charges for trial.
September 16, 2025 2:55 am
Two Cecil Township Police officers who were indicted by a grand jury waived their cases to court at their preliminary hearing. Cecil Township Police Sergeant John Holt and Officer Shawn McNaughton both face a list of misdemeanor charges. Chief among the charges are, obstruction of administrative law, un-sworn falsification to authorities of forged or altered documents and tampering with public records among others. According to investigators, the case stems from a September 2018 traffic stop where police were alerted to a man appearing to be driving drunk. The officers pulled the man over and said that they could smell alcohol coming from the car. The unidentified driver then told police to call a “senior township official.” They took the driver to the police station and found he had a BAC of .15. Police called the township official who said it is up to police to handle the matter. Initially the driver was written up for a DUI. Investigators say that charge was later changed to a traffic warning approved by Holt. Investigators also state that Holt drove the man home. Both officers are currently on administrative leave. They are free on $1,000 bond. Both will be arraigned in common pleas court on October 23.
September 16, 2025 4:47 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A man faces multiple felony assault charges after police say he fought with several officers at a Pittsburgh hospital. According to the criminal complaint, Naron Weaver, 24, of Pittsburgh, was discharged from UPMC Presbyterian when he got into an argument with a social worker. Police tried to escort him out but said he refused to leave. Officers say the situation escalated and he fought with them. Police said Weaver punched, kicked and bit them as they tried to handcuff him. Four officers were checked out in the emergency room after the incident. Weaver is to face a court hearing in early October.
September 15, 2025 4:51 am
LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive in the United Kingdom for a state visit. The British government hopes a multibillion-dollar technology deal will show strong transatlantic ties despite differences over Ukraine and the Middle East. Trump, who lands on Tuesday, will meet King Charles III at Windsor Castle and hold talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers. This is Trump’s second state visit to the U.K., a first for a U.S. president. The visit comes amid political turmoil in Starmer’s government, including the firing of Britain’s ambassador to Washington. The technology partnership due to be announced will bring billions in investment and thousands of jobs to the UK.
September 15, 2025 4:54 am
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors are looking at filing a capital murder charge against the Utah man jailed in the killing of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Charges against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson are expected to come Tuesday ahead of his first court hearing after he was arrested in last week’s shooting. Investigators are continuing to piece together evidence from the attack at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking on a nationwide campus tour. Prosecutors in Utah County are considering several charges, including aggravated murder. That charge could bring the death penalty if Robinson is convicted. Robinson will appear on camera for a virtual court hearing once the charges become official.
