May 26, 2025 1:00 am
Freedom Transit is reminding riders that their Washington Transit Center will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day. Fixed route service will not be operating. Shared ride services will operate on a normal schedule. More information regarding Freedom Transit may be found here.
May 25, 2025 11:32 am
May 25, 2025 6:34 am
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump has used the first service academy commencement address of his second term to laud graduating West Point cadets for their accomplishments and career choice. But he also veered sharply into a campaign-style recitation of political boasts and long-held grievances. Wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, the Republican president told the 1,002 graduating cadets assembled Saturday at Michie Stadium on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy that the United States is the “hottest country in the world” and he underscored an “America First” ethos for the military.
May 25, 2025 6:30 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog. Thursday’s crash stunned the alternative music industry because the victims included 42-year-old music executive Dave Shapiro, drummer Daniel Williams, who used to play in the popular Ohio metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, and two employees of Shapiro’s Sound Talent Group agency. The agency said both Kendall Fortner and Emma Huke were good at their jobs as booking associates. The other victims were professional photographer Celina Kenyon and a 41-year-old man named Dominic Damian. It could take a year to sort out exactly what caused the crash.
May 25, 2025 6:27 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine have swapped hundreds more prisoners of war, the third part of a major swap that became a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. The exchange on Sunday saw each side bring home 303 more soldiers, after each released a total of 307 combatants and civilians on Saturday, and 390 on Friday. The swap was the biggest since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and came just hours after Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and other regions came under a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens. Ukrainian officials sad the attack was the largest aerial assault of the war.
May 25, 2025 1:50 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “planned partnership” between the iconic American steelmaker and Japan-based Nippon Steel, which has sought to buy it. Trump’s statement Friday comes after Nippon Steel’s nearly $15 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel was blocked by former President Joe Biden and, since Trump became president, subject to another national security review. Trump’s called it a “planned partnership” that’ll add $14 billion to the U.S. economy, although it wasn’t clear what the terms of the deal would be. The companies didn’t immediately comment. Trump said he will be in Pittsburgh at U.S. Steel on May 30th to hold a rally. (Photo: AP)
May 24, 2025 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows the school to sponsor international students as they obtain visas to study in the U.S. Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts earlier Friday. In its lawsuit, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.” The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.
May 24, 2025 4:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people. The Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reached an “agreement in principle” that will require the company to pay and invest more than $1.1 billion and, in return, the department will dismiss the criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. The deal still needs to be finalized. Attorney Paul Cassell said the families of victims he represents will object to the deal and “hope to convince the court to reject it.”
May 24, 2025 3:59 am
CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the 3-year-old war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first phase of the exchange brought home 390 Ukrainians, including soldiers and civilians, with further releases expected over the weekend that will make it the largest swap of the war. Russia said it had received the same number from Ukraine. Kyiv and Moscow agreed in Istanbul last week to the exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side in their first direct peace talks since the early weeks of Russia’s 2022 invasion.
May 24, 2025 3:49 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of trying to burn down Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence is seeking to delay his next court appearance because he’s receiving mental health treatment. Cody Balmer’s lawyer said Friday that his hearing scheduled for Wednesday will be postponed to ensure he’s mentally fit when he appears in court. The hearing was scheduled to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to take the case to trial. Balmer is currently being held at a state prison with a mental health unit. Balmer’s mother and brother say he suffers from mental illness, something that Balmer denied in one brief court appearance. Authorities say Balmer expressed hatred for Shapiro.
