June 15, 2025 7:50 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump. Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstrations said millions marched in hundreds of events. Huge, boisterous crowds marched in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. Atlanta’s 5,000-capacity rally quickly reached its limit in front of the state Capitol. In Minnesota, organizers canceled demonstrations as police tracked a suspect in the shootings of two legislators and their spouses there. Trump was in Washington for a military parade marking the Army’s 250th anniversary. Governors across the U.S. urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the National Guard.
June 15, 2025 7:47 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran’s nuclear program, which could provide an off-ramp, were called off. The region braced for a protracted conflict after Israel’s surprise bombardment of Iran’s nuclear and military sites on Friday killed several top generals and nuclear scientists, and neither side showed any sign of backing down. Israel reportedly targeted a gas installation, raising the prospect of a broader assault on Iran’s heavily-sanctioned energy industry that could affect global markets.
June 15, 2025 7:18 am
PennDot is announcing the closure of Sugar Run Road for bridge repair. The closure will begin on Monday June 16 to rehabilitate the bridge that carries Sugar Run Road over Peters Creek. The closure will be between Venetia Road in Peters Township and Mingo Church Road in Nottingham Township. The posted detour for the construction is Sugar Run Road to Venetia Road, To Rt. 88 to Mingo Road and back on to Sugar Run Road. General maintenance and a full depth deck replacement is planned. The work is anticipated to last through late August.
June 15, 2025 7:17 am
Details are few, but a man walked into Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital with gunshot wounds on Saturday night. According to Washington County 9-1-1, the hospital was put on lock down as a normal procedure. The Donora Police Department was alerted to the incident. Upon arrival they found a car in the parking lot riddled with bullet holes. No other information is available at this time.
June 15, 2025 2:51 am
Washington County 911 reportedly went into storm mode Saturday evening when a slow-moving thunderstorm, with heavy downpours stalled over the area. Flooded homes, basements and roads were reported all around the area, including Jefferson Avenue near Washington Financial Bank in Tylerdale, in the city. South Strabane Township Firefighters posted a warning on their Facebook page, saying they were experiencing life-threatening flooding and told residents to stay in their homes and go to the highest level possible. South Strabane Fire Chief Jordan Cramer also confirmed that the flooding created a very large sinkhole on Oak Spring Road. Cramer says it measures fifteen-feet across and ten feet deep – with an active gas leak. Oak Spring Road was shut down just before eleven o’clock Saturday night so Columbia Gas crews can work on containing the leak. Eat’n Park was evacuated while emergency responders cleared the area. Many roads may remain unpassable. If you are traveling over the next twenty-four hours, use caution. (Photo: Cameron Stadium on Park Avenue in Washington)
June 15, 2025 1:25 am
The steps of the Washington County Courthouse was the site for a “No Kings’ rally. Nearly 200 rally participants gathered on Saturday afternoon to protest actions by the Trump Administration that they describe as imperialistic, dictatorial and authoritarian. Several organizations were present, Donna Patrina represented the Washington And Greene Counties Central Labor Council. Her organization was there to call for health protections and labor benefits taken away by the current administration. Rally goers had different reasons for participating. A woman who wanted to be known only as Judy was there because she loves her country. Wendy McGrath wanted to make sure her grandchildren knew that she did not sit idly by while her country was under siege from the Trump administration. Kevin Massimino is ashamed of the direction the country is headed and wants Trump impeached. There were a few Trump supporters that stayed across the street to observe. Joe Roach could not understand the reason for the rally, saying that Trump is doing everything he said that he was going to do. Rally organizers put forth a plan of action to better organize a plan to halt the Trump administration from carrying out any other actions they deem unacceptable.
June 14, 2025 4:34 pm
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her home in what Gov. Tim Walz called “a politically motivated assassination.” Authorities said the same suspect also shot and wounded a second lawmaker and was believed to be trying to flee the area. Democratic former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at their Champlin address, about nine miles (about 15 kilometers) away. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said at an afternoon news conference that authorities were looking for 57-year-old Vance Boelter and he has not yet been caught. He did not give details on a possible motive. Boelter is a former political appointee who served on the same state workforce development board as Hoffman, state records show, though it wasn’t clear if or how well they knew each other. The early morning attacks targeting lawmakers in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis prompted warnings to other elected officials around the state and the cancellation of planned “No Kings” demonstrations against President Donald Trump. Authorities say the suspect had “No Kings” flyers in his car and writings mentioning the names of the victims as well as other lawmakers and officials, though they could not say if he had any other specific targets. (Photo: AP)
June 14, 2025 4:29 am
Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces. Israel’s assault used warplanes, as well as drones smuggled into the country in advance, to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists. Iran’s U.N. ambassador said 78 people were killed and more than 320 wounded in the attacks. Israel said the barrage was necessary before Iran got any closer to building an atomic weapon. The Israeli attack also threw talks between the United States and Iran over an atomic accord into disarray days before the two sides were set to meet Sunday.
June 14, 2025 4:26 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a week of protests over federal immigration raids, about 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building and personnel in the city. Meanwhile, communities across the country are prepping for what’s anticipated to be a nationwide wave of large-scale demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend. The troops with rifles, combat gear and walkie-talkies took over some posts from National Guard members who were deployed to the city after the protests erupted last week. Those protests sparked dozens more over several days around the country, with some leading to clashes with police and hundreds of arrests.
June 14, 2025 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status. That’s according to an internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press. Trump officials have been reaching deep into communities across the country to ramp up deportations and fought for the health data on immigrants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The dataset released this week includes the information of people living in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., which all allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to enroll in relatively new Medicaid programs that pay for their expenses using only state taxpayer dollars.
