October 10, 2025 4:47 am
CANONSBURG, Pa. — A woman was hit by a vehicle in Canonsburg. Washington County dispatchers say crews were called to the intersection of North Central Avenue and West Pike Street at 6:06 p.m. on Thursday. She was transported to Canonsburg Hospital but there is no word on her identity or condition.
October 11, 2025 4:50 am
A Pennsylvania state trooper remains hospitalized in serious condition and another was treated and discharged after they were both shot by a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store before leading police on a high-speed chase. The suspect in the Wednesday evening shooting near Chambersburg was identified as 31-year-old Lamar Lorenzo Foy. Investigators say he was shot and killed when troopers returned fire. Two woman in the van are charged with retail theft and drug offenses. Troopers Thomas Pack and Lucas Amarose are recovering from multiple gunshot wounds.
October 10, 2025 4:56 am
National Guard troops are expected to begin patrolling in Memphis. The patrols are expected Friday after a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday to block a deployment in the Chicago-area for at least two weeks. President Donald Trump is pushing to deploy the National Guard to several U.S. cities. His administration claims crime in those cities is rampant, despite statistics not always backing that up. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee supports the deployment. A president can dispatch active duty military in states that fail to put down an insurrection or defy federal law. The judge in Illinois says she found no substantial evidence of rebellion.
October 10, 2025 4:57 am
CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year war that has destabilized the Middle East. A brief statement issued early Friday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Cabinet approved the “outline” of a deal to release the hostages, without mentioning other aspects of the plan that are more controversial. The broader ceasefire plan included many unanswered questions, such as whether and how Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza. But the sides appeared closer than they have been in months to ending the war.
October 9, 2025 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are laboring to find a way to reopen the government but find themselves struggling to overcome a fundamental lack of trust between the two parties. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has floated an “off ramp” to the government funding impasse. He suggests that he could pledge to hold a later vote on expiring health care subsidies if Democrats would first support a stopgap spending bill to reopen the government. But Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer seemed to dismiss the idea. Pressure is growing on congressional leaders to reach a deal as rank-and-file lawmakers grew anxious about the lack of progress on ending the shutdown.
October 10, 2025 7:56 am
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and representative government. Machado has faced serious threats and lives in hiding, inspiring many with her courage. President Nicolás Maduro’s government disqualified her from running in last year’s presidential election. Machado’s ally, Edmundo González, replaced her but later sought asylum in Spain. Machado becomes the 20th woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, joining a distinguished group of laureates.
October 9, 2025 4:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has been charged as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration. She becomes the latest foe of the president to be prosecuted by his Justice Department. James, who infuriated President Donald Trump by suing him and his company for fraud in a case that played out as he was running for office, was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. In a statement Thursday, James decried the indictment as “nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.”
October 9, 2025 5:49 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged Thursday as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration. She becomes the latest foe of the president to be prosecuted by his Justice Department. James, who infuriated President Donald Trump by suing him and his company for fraud in a case that played out as he was running for office, was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. In a lengthy statement, James decried the indictment as “nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.”
October 9, 2025 5:02 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania House has approved a budget. The vote was 105-98 sending it to the Senate. It comes with the commonwealth’s spending plan 100 days overdue. The House plan reportedly totals more than $50 billion. It now needs to be approved by the Senate and then signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. The deadline to pass the state budget was June 30. As the standoff dragged on, some county governments and school districts were forced to borrow money, withhold payments to contractors, and scale back services.
October 8, 2025 2:21 am
Testimony on day three in the trial of Joshua George, 33 of Smith Township has concluded with differing opinions by expert witnesses. Prosecutors called Dr. Adelaide Eichman, a child advocacy pediatrician that worked at UPMC/Children’s Hospital that reviewed the case of the infant that died of trauma suffered sometime between the time prior to Joshua George dropping his son off for babysitting at the home of grandmother Cheska Rotellini and the time that she called 9-1-1 for medical care. Eichman says that the baby died of blunt force trauma to the head and severe shaking, but would not commit to a definitive timeline as to when symptoms would occur after the trauma was committed. She maintained that symptoms could occur two to four hours after the trauma occurred. Defense attorneys called Dr. Todd Luckasevic, a forensic pathologist that performed the autopsy on the infant and agreed that blunt force trauma and violent shaking caused the death. He characterized the death as a homicide. He stated that the severity of the injuries would have caused near immediate symptoms of being inconsolable. His opinion is that the injuries suffered by the infant probably occurred shortly after 10:00 am that day. He stated that this is the first time in his twenty year career that he has testified on behalf of defense counsel. Testimony will resume on Thursday
