May 6, 2025 4:51 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The 20-year-old man who fell from the top of a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a Pittsburgh Pirates game last week has taken his first steps since the accident. Kavan Markwood still has a long way to go in his recovery after Monday’s steps. He slipped off a railing and onto the field during the seventh inning of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs last Wednesday. Jennifer Phillips, the organizer of a GoFundMe page for Markwood, says seeing him up and moving lifted everyone’s spirits. She says he is dealing with a broken neck, clavicle and back.
May 6, 2025 3:18 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — City officials in Philadelphia say an eighth person has died from the crash of a medical transport plane in January. They say 34-year-old Dominique Goods-Burke died in a local hospital on April 27, months after her fiance died after their vehicle was hit by debris. The other six victims were all in the plane. They include a girl from Mexico who was traveling home after receiving medical treatment in Philadelphia. About two dozen people were injured on the ground and more than a dozen homes damaged when the plane crashed in the busy northeast Philadelphia neighborhood. (Photo: AP)
May 5, 2025 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds. But there’s still a lot of work to do, with “bumps in the road,” in the words of Republican Jason Smith, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The tax cuts portion is still a work in progress, as are the reductions in Medicaid and other mainstay government programs. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s goal is to pass the package out of his chamber by Memorial Day. Mostly, the Republicans in Congress have made progress on spending, adding some $350 billion to the Pentagon and Homeland Security.
May 6, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers. The deep cuts are part of what the Trump administration says is an effort to promote efficiency but that critics worry could result in a more politicized force. Hegseth also is telling the National Guard to shed 20% of its top positions. In a memo dated Monday, he said the cuts will remove “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership.” The Pentagon is under pressure to slash spending and personnel as part of the broader federal government cuts pushed by President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
May 6, 2025 5:00 am
Russia said it intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen of its regions in an attack that forced all four airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights. The overnight assault came two days ahead of a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in the more than three-year war announced by President Vladimir Putin to coincide with celebrations in Moscow marking Victory Day in World War II. The day celebrating Moscow’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 is Russia’s biggest secular holiday when foreign dignitaries will gather in the Russian capital.
May 5, 2025 4:58 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A bipartisan group of President Donald Trump’s critics is launching a new organization, dubbed the Cost Coalition, to highlight Trump’s struggle to control rising costs in the early months of his new presidency. The group expects to be active ahead of upcoming elections in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. That’s according to preliminary plans shared with The Associated Press ahead of a formal announcement. The Cost Coalition plans to push its message through a combination of paid advertising, social media, press interviews and on-the-ground events. Trump vowed to “end inflation” on Day 1 of his new presidency, but he’s launched a trade war that has pushed some costs higher and threatens to send the economy into recession.
May 6, 2025 4:57 am
Rite Aid is again seeking bankruptcy protection as the struggling drugstore chain says it will try to sell substantially all of its assets. The company said Monday that its stores will remain open as it starts Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Major drugstore chains and independent pharmacies have been closing stores and struggling with several challenges. Rite Aid initially filed for bankruptcy protection in October 2023, with plans to sell parts of its business and restructure. Rite Aid said then the voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization would help slash debt and resolve litigation.
May 5, 2025 5:46 pm
(AP) – The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their “self-deportations” would get the money and be “deprioritized” for detention and removal. Trump announced on social media that he’s ordered federal agencies to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious and crumbling former island prison in San Francisco Bay. And he threatened a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, leaving unclear how that could possibly be implemented.
May 5, 2025 5:45 pm
LEETSDALE, Pa. (AP) — Cleveland Browns linebacker Devin Bush faces charges of harassment and misdemeanor simple assault after allegedly chasing a woman through his suburban Pittsburgh house and smashing her cellphone. Officers said they responded to a 911 call on Sunday from Bush’s home in Sewickley. The woman, who was identified only as his girlfriend, alleges Bush assaulted her, took her car keys and broke her phone to prevent her from calling for help. Investigators say Bush admitted he smashed the phone but denies getting physical with the woman. Police say they saw injuries on her wrist and foot.
May 4, 2025 4:53 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — An investigation is underway after human remains were found in the City of Washington on Sunday. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says a passerby made the discovery in a wooded area near I-70 East around 10:30 a.m. The remains have not yet been identified. Warco says the death does not appear to be suspicious. The identity, age and cause and manner of death are all pending investigation. The Washington Police Department are investigating. No other details have been released.
