June 23, 2025 5:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling into question the future of Iran’s ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites. The move seemingly contradicts his administration’s earlier calls to resume negotiations and avoid an escalation in fighting. Trump says on social media, “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” The posting on Truth Social on Sunday evening marked something of a reversal from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s morning news conference that detailed the aerial bombing. Hegseth had said, “This mission was not and has not been about regime change.”
June 23, 2025 4:59 am
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. Relations between Pakistan and India plummeted after a deadly gun massacre of tourists in April that India blamed Pakistan for. The nuclear-armed rivals took a step closer to war in the weeks that followed, attacking each other until intense diplomatic efforts, led by the US, resulted in a truce that Trump took credit for. It was this “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” that Pakistan praised in an effusive message Saturday night on the X platform when it announced its formal recommendation for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
June 23, 2025 5:01 am
WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police chief says church staff fatally shot a man armed with a handgun and a long gun, averting a potential mass shooting at a church west of Detroit. Police Chief Ryan Strong said people gathered at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne spotted the man driving recklessly Sunday morning and then saw him exit his vehicle armed and wearing a tactical vest. Strong said the man began firing and a parishioner struck the suspect with his vehicle. The chief said at least two staff members at the church fatally shot the gunman. Strong said the suspect’s motive remains unclear, but it appears he was suffering from a mental health crisis.
June 23, 2025 4:43 am
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declined to get into specifics on the potential for the state to provide funding for any new sports arenas and said there were conversations about bringing NASCAR to Philadelphia. He made the comments Sunday at Pocono Raceway as he championed the state’s full sports slate next year. Shapiro said he would continue talking with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and the Rooney family in Pittsburgh about what their NFL teams need when it comes to the state of their stadiums. Shapiro also promoted the financial impact generated for the state each year because of the NASCAR weekend at Pocono.
June 22, 2025 5:42 am
The U.S. military has hit three sites in Iran and inserted itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe. U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers and a 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. strikes overnight have blown up any possibility of diplomacy with the Americans or Europeans.
June 22, 2025 5:37 am
BANGKOK (AP) — In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant. Those bombs were widely seen as the best chance of damaging or destroying Fordo, built deep into a mountain and untouched during Israel’s weeklong offensive. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation before an official briefing, confirmed their use in Sunday’s attack. The U.S. is the only military capable of dropping the weapons. Israeli leaders had made no secret of their hopes that President Donald Trump would join their week-old war against Iran, though they had also suggested they had backup plans for destroying the site. It remained unclear early Sunday how much damage had been inflicted.
June 22, 2025 5:35 am
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has returned to the U.S. Northeast after 104 days in custody for protesting against Israel and the war in Gaza. Khalil greeted supporters at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport on Saturday. He pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped the other in the air. Khalil told reporters he will continue to speak up for Palestine even if threatened with death. Khalil is a legal U.S. resident. He was not accused of breaking any laws during protests at Columbia. But the administration has said noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled for what it deems antisemitic views. It is appealing Khalil’s release.
June 22, 2025 5:30 am
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written message to a Peruvian journalist who documented a particularly egregious case of abuse and financial corruption in a Peruvian-based Catholic movement. In it, Leo said: “It is urgent to root in the whole church a culture of prevention that does not tolerate any form of abuse – neither of power or authority, nor abuse of conscience, spiritual or sexual abuse.” Leo spent two decades as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru.
June 22, 2025 4:19 am
Western Pennsylvania is anticipating an extreme heat warning that will begin this Sunday and last well into next week. Temperatures will reach the mid 90’s beginning Sunday and likely last through Wednesday. Heat indexes will make the temperatures feel like they are between 100 and 105 degrees. Medical experts say that heat related illnesses are the biggest weather killer, greater than hurricanes or tornadoes. They say that it is important to prepare for the heat. Experts say that you should know the signs of heat exhaustion. They are dizziness, weakness and excessive sweating. Stay indoors whenever possible. If you must go outside, hydrate in advance.
June 22, 2025 5:21 am
Firefighters battled a house fire in Independence Township on Saturday. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 1600 block of Avella Road at 6:30 p.m. Multiple fire companies responded to the incident. No injuries were reported. (Photo: WPXI)
