September 29, 2025 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are planning to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person at a base in Virginia. Administration officials have released few details about the reasons for suddenly convening top commanders from around the world. The meeting Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico near Washington has fueled intense speculation about the value of summoning such a large number of generals and admirals. Many are stationed in more than a dozen countries that include conflict zones. Meetings between top military brass and with civilian leaders are nothing new. But experts say the scale of the gathering and the haste with which it was called are particularly unusual.
September 30, 2025 5:02 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration growing federal intervention across U.S. cities. Illinois leaders warned Monday of a National Guard deployment. Memphis, Tennessee and Portland, Oregon have also braced for a surge of federal law enforcement, residents in the nation’s third-largest city met a brazen weekend escalation of immigration enforcement tactics with anger, fear and fresh claims of discrimination. But Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into American cities necessary, blasting Democrats for crime and lax immigration policies.
September 30, 2025 5:42 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug-maker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump made the announcement Tuesday with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at the White House. Under the agreement, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favored-nation pricing to Medicaid and guarantee the same pricing on newly launched drugs. That involves matching the lowest price offered in other developed nations. The agreement by Pfizer builds on an executive order Trump signed in May setting a deadline for drug-makers to electively lower prices or face new limits on what the government will pay. (Photo: AP)
September 29, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has laid out a 20-point proposal that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages. It is supported by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who met with Trump at the White House on Monday. Hamas is now reviewing the proposal, which leans heavily into conditions the militants have previously rejected. The U.S. president has become increasingly frustrated by the bloody conflict. He seems to be betting that the militants are now so decimated that they have no choice but to accept what he and Netanyahu are framing as a last, best offer.
September 30, 2025 4:57 am
Check your freezers. More than 59 million pounds of corn dogs and sausages-on-a-stick have been recalled because they may have wood in the batter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that the Hillshire Brands Company issued the recall. The items were packaged from March 17 to Sept. 26, 2025, and have establishment number EST-582 or P-894 on the packaging. They were sold online, shipped to retail and food service locations nationwide and sold to school districts and Department of Defense locations nationwide. The issue was discovered after the company received customer complaints. There were five incidents that caused injuries, the FSIS said. An investigation discovered that the wooden sticks entered the production process before the items were dipped in the batter. If you have the recalled items, you should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. For more information, call Hillshire Brands at 888-747-7611.
September 29, 2025 4:24 am
Cat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf, announced Monday that he has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due to unspecified visa issues. Stevens wrote on social media that his team waited months for visa approvals but “at this point, the production logistics necessary for my show cannot be arranged in time.” The tour was to support the singer’s memoir, “Cat on the Road to Findout,” releasing in the U.S. on Oct. 7. The tour had been set to start Oct. 2 in Philadelphia. An Oct. 8 tour stop in Toronto, Canada, was also postponed.
September 29, 2025 9:22 am
DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police say no formal complaint has been filed regarding an early morning incident in Dublin involving Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Skylar Thompson and that they haven’t established if there was a robbery. The Steelers said the 28-year-old Thompson was involved in a weekend “situation” in the Irish capital, but neither the team nor police have confirmed reports in Irish media that the player was robbed early Saturday. The Irish Independent newspaper reported that “a number of males were involved in an assault on Thompson near the Temple Bar area” and that the player’s phone was stolen. Police didn’t comment on reports of an assault.
September 29, 2025 4:55 am
REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Six people were injured in a stabbing incident in Fayette County on Sunday. Troopers were called to the 50 block of Park Street in Redstone Township around 12:30 p.m. for a “domestic-related stabbing,” according to state police. Troopers found six people were involved in the incident. Two were taken to area trauma centers by medical helicopter, and three were taken by ambulance to local hospitals. One person was treated on scene and released. The investigation is ongoing.
September 29, 2025 2:00 am
The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Washington County’s elections board must notify voters when their mail-in ballots contain errors and give them a chance to cast provisional votes, according to the Tribune-Review. The decision affirms a ruling by the state Commonwealth Court in September 2024. “We have no hesitation in concluding the right to vote constitutes a legitimate, protected liberty interest,” wrote Justice Kevin M. Dougherty for the four-person majority. The court found the board “’interfered,’” with voters’ liberty interests when it changed the process for notifying voters of mail-in ballot errors in April 2024. Prior to that date, Washington County voters were alerted to errors on their mail-in ballots and had the chance to fix them. But a vote by the board of elections on April 11 changed how defective ballots were entered into Pennsylvania’s registry.
September 28, 2025 1:35 am
A social media post from the City of Washington Police Department announced that a man involved in a string of unauthorized transactions has been identified and taken into custody. The individual has been identified as Justin Tyler Harris. He was being sought after both by the City of Washington and the Mt. Lebanon Police Department of Allegheny County. He is currently being held in Washington County Jail on his charges. The City Police made a point of thanking the community for their assistance in tracking him down.
