May 24, 2025 3:45 am
A Friday night barn fire broke out in Donegal Townhship. According to Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers, several fire departments were dispatched to the 500 block of Lake Road at approximately 9:00 p.m. The fire was extinguished quickly but several animals did perish in the blaze. No other casualties were reported.
May 23, 2025 2:10 pm
Billy Joel announced that he has canceled all of his scheduled concerts, including Pittsburgh, after being diagnosed with a brain disorder. Joel was scheduled to perform at Acrisure Stadium with Rod Stewart on July 5th. According to a post on his Facebook page, he has been diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, which has gotten worse with recent performances. It has led to problems with his hearing, vision and balance. Joel is now undergoing physical therapy and has been advised not to perform while he’s recovering. (Photo: AP)
May 23, 2025 10:19 am
(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 host international students with visas to study in the U.S.
May 23, 2025 8:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on Apple products unless iPhones are made in America. The threats were delivered over social media on Friday. They reflect Trump’s ability to disrupt the global economy with a burst of typing, as well as the reality that his tariffs aren’t producing the sufficient trade deals he’s seeking or the return of domestic manufacturing he’s promised to voters.
May 23, 2025 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The much-anticipated “Make America Healthy Again” report, led by Kennedy and other top Trump administration officials, was released on Thursday. It calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule, a review of the pesticides sprayed on American crops, and describes the nation’s children as overmedicated.
May 23, 2025 4:59 am
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency says more than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition in Gaza this year, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. Experts also warn the territory could plunge into famine if Israel doesn’t stop its military campaign and fully lift its blockade. The blockade was in place for more than two months, preventing all food, medicine and other goods from entering the territory that is home to some 2 million Palestinians. Meanwhile, Israel has carried out waves of airstrikes and ground operations. Palestinians in Gaza rely almost entirely on outside aid to survive because Israel’s offensive has destroyed almost all the territory’s food production capabilities.
May 23, 2025 4:57 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The music agency Sound Talent Group says three of its employees died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday. The music agency says the dead include Dave Shapiro, the agency’s co-founder. Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license. Sound Talent Group has represented artists including Hanson, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton. The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who were killed. The private jet crashed early Thursday into a neighborhood of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego during foggy weather, igniting at least one home and numerous vehicles parked on the street.
May 23, 2025 4:53 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State University’s trustees are backing a plan to close seven of its 19 branch campuses amid declining enrollments. Thursday night’s 25-to-8 vote by the trustees came after a nearly two-hour public meeting that was streamed live online. The campuses to close are Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Together they enrolled slightly over 3,000 students this year. The branch campuses collectively have about 23,000 students. No campus will close before the end of the 2026-27 academic year and, under the plan, every student who begins a degree at a closing campus will have the opportunity to complete their degree at Penn State.
May 23, 2025 4:52 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Security is ramping up in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community in response to a deadly shooting in Washington, D.C. A young couple, employed at the Israeli Embassy, were gunned down after leaving an event at a Jewish museum. The suspect reportedly yelled “Free, free Palestine” after being arrested. Pittsburgh is home to the deadliest attack on Jewish people in American history. The incident in D.C. comes days after antisemitic fliers were dropped in Squirrel Hill and a week after a woman pleaded guilty to vandalizing a synagogue.
May 23, 2025 2:14 am
GASTONVILLE, Pa. — The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in Washington County during severe storms on Wednesday. NWS meteorologists said the strong winds came in a straight line from Finleyville. The tornado was an EF-1 and estimated to have reached a peak wind speed of 90 m.p.h. “We’ve seen damage from a tornado. We see uprooted and snapped trees, shingle damage, actually the most structural damage we’ve seen in our survey today,” said NWS meteorologist Matthew Kramar. The Chartiers Township Fire Department posted on Facebook that their department responded to multiple reports of trees and wires down. The majority of the damage was on Silver Maple, Green, Walnut and Locust Streets. Two other tornadoes were confirmed in Butler County.
