September 14, 2025 11:35 am
Pennsylvania hunters will have an extra day to hunt this weekend as the state’s new law allowing Sunday hunting takes effect. Act 36 of 2025 repealed the previous ban on Sunday hunting, providing hunters with more opportunities. Introduced as House Bill 1431 by Rep. Mandy Steele (D-District 33), Act 36 received Gov. Josh Shapiro’s signature in July. “This weekend is one for the history books,” said Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Steve Smith. “Pennsylvania hunters finally have an opportunity to hunt on a Sunday under the newly enacted law, and I couldn’t be more excited to ring in Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania in 2025.” Sunday hunting will be available for a variety of species, including squirrels, woodchucks, coyotes, antlerless deer on Ag Tag properties, crows, and bobwhite quail. As the hunting seasons progress, more Sunday hunting opportunities will become available. However, migratory game birds such as Canada geese, doves, rails and gallinules cannot be hunted on Sundays. A total of thirteen Sundays have been approved for hunting in 2025, from Sept. 14th through December 7th. In state parks, Sunday hunting is limited to three specific Sundays in the 2025-26 hunting seasons: Nov. 16, Nov. 23 and Nov. 30. The previously approved Sundays for hunting foxes, coyotes and crows will not change. The Game Commission has updated the hunting seasons to include new Sunday hunting opportunities, and a new edition of the 2025-26 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest is available to provide hunters with more information about the changes
September 14, 2025 7:25 am
(WPXI) SWISSVALE, Pa. — Two people were taken to a hospital after a multi-alarm fire at an apartment building in Swissvale. Swissvale Fire Chief Clyde Wilhelm tells Channel 11 that two people were trapped in an apartment when firefighters got on scene, and were located hanging out of a window. They were rescued and taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation. Wilhelm wasn’t aware of their current conditions. While the Allegheny County fire marshal’s investigation is ongoing, Wilhelm says that the initial investigation indicates the fire began when a candle fell on a couch. Wilhelm says six apartments were damaged, and those residents will be displaced. A Red Cross spokesperson confirms the organization is assisting the residents who’ve been displaced.
September 14, 2025 7:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is temporarily keeping measures in place to prevent the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody. Judge Timothy J. Kelly’s decision on Saturday stops the removal of children who came to the U.S. alone and are living in shelters and foster care. The decision follows a Labor Day weekend operation where the administration attempted to deport dozens of children. Immigration advocates sued, arguing the children were fleeing abuse or violence. Kelly’s order extends protection until Sept. 16. The government initially claimed the parents requested their return but later backtracked.
September 14, 2025 7:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel is bracing for scrutiny over his leadership of the Charlie Kirk investigation and other areas when he appears before Congress this coming week for oversight hearings. He raised eyebrows hours after Kirk’s killing when he posted on X that “the subject” in the killing was in custody when he in fact remained on the loose. That confusion was an early misstep in an investigation that has become the most consequential test of Patel’s young career as director. The hearings are expected to give a glimpse into the sustained tumult at the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency. (Photo: AP)
September 14, 2025 7:18 am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s foreign minister says a U.S. warship illegally boarded a Venezuelan fishing boat in Venezuelan waters. The incident, involving nine fishermen, adds to tensions between the two countries. The US had previously deployed warships in the Caribbean, citing a fight against drug cartels. Venezuela accuses the US of seeking to provoke a military escalation. The Venezuelan government also claims the US committed extrajudicial killings in a separate incident involving a drug-laden vessel. Venezuela is urging citizens to join militias amid fears of a potential US incursion.
September 13, 2025 4:43 am
OREM, Utah (AP) — A 22-year-old Utah man who was booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting. That’s what authorities said Friday as they announced the arrest of Tyler Robinson, which marked a major break in a case that shocked the country and raised fresh alarms about political violence in a deeply polarized United States. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Robinson had become “more political” in the run-up to the shooting and mentioned during a dinner with family that Kirk would be visiting Utah. Cox credited Robinson’s family with helping turn him in.
September 13, 2025 4:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Qatar’s prime minister Friday before he visits Israel this weekend. It shows how the Trump administration is trying to balance relations between key Middle East allies days after Israel targeted Hamas leaders in a strike on Doha. The trip to Israel is a show of support for the increasingly isolated country before the United Nations holds likely contentious debate on the creation of a Palestinian state. Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff had dinner with the Qatari premier later Friday. The Trump administration is walking a delicate line between two major allies after Israel’s strike in Doha, where Hamas leaders had gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.
September 13, 2025 4:37 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them. The officer was attempting to arrest a man Friday with a history of reckless driving who had entered the country illegally. The department says the man refused orders and drove his car at the officers. One officer was hit and dragged, prompting him to open fire. Both the officer and the suspect were taken to a hospital, where the suspect was pronounced dead. ICE says the incident occurred in Franklin Park, amid an ongoing enforcement operation in Chicago.
September 13, 2025 4:34 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate. That characterization that could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud. President Donald Trump has sought to fire Cook “for cause,” relying on claims that Cook claimed both the condo and another property as her primary residence simultaneously. Trump is trying to reshape the central bank, in part to orchestrate a steep cut to interest rates. Documents obtained by The Associated Press also showed that on a second form submitted by Cook to gain a security clearance, she described the property as a “second home.”
September 13, 2025 4:32 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, to address crime concerns there. The president told Fox News on Friday that “the mayor is happy” and “the governor is happy” about the pending deployment. Democratic Mayor Paul Young pushed back on Trump’s assertion, saying “I did not ask for the National Guard and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime.” Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee confirmed the deployment was coming and said he planned to speak with the president Friday to work out details of the mission. Trump has also mused about sending troops to New Orleans, another majority-Black city in a Republican-leaning state.
