June 20, 2025 4:04 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids. Thursday’s decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally by activating the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The deployment was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor’s permission since 1965 and the court case could have wider implications on the president’s power to deploy soldiers within the United States. Trump argued the troops were necessary to restore order, but Newsom said the move inflamed tensions and usurped local authority.
June 20, 2025 4:02 am
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will decide within two weeks on whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Trump sought to keep open the door to diplomacy on Tehran’s nuclear program. Israel and Iran exchanged attacks for a seventh day Thursday. Israel’s defense minister threatened Iran’s supreme leader after Iranian missiles damaged a hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv. At least 240 people were wounded. Defense Minister Israel Katz said “this man absolutely should not continue to exist.”
June 20, 2025 3:57 am
Iranian missiles have hit a major hospital in southern Israel and struck residential buildings in Tel Aviv, wounding 240 people and causing extensive damage. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said the military “has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist.” Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor on Thursday. It was Israel’s latest attack on Iran’s sprawling nuclear program. Iranian state television said there was “no radiation danger whatsoever.”
June 20, 2025 3:54 am
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region. Authorities reported landslides, blocked highways, downed power lines and some flooding. At least one death was confirmed late Thursday, a 1-year-old boy who drowned in a swollen river. Acapulco residents and remaining tourists emerged to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of Hurricane Erick scraped by just inland of the resort.
June 20, 2025 3:42 am
The Third Street Park in Charleroi is now seeing long awaited renovations. Work began this week to install a new retaining wall, shade structure, picnic table and other amenities for visitors to enjoy. The project is a joint venture between Charleroi Borough and the Mon Valley Alliance. Borough Councilman Jerry Jericho says that this is the first of three park improvement projects. New pavilions at the Crest Avenue and Woodland Street parks are also planned. Council President Kristin Hopkins says “it is always a great feeling when we are able to improve our neighborhoods and make Charleroi better for our residents.” The total cost of the project is $125,255. The project was cooperatively funded by the Charleroi Neighborhood Partnership Program that was coordinated by the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation, and a $25,000 contribution from the Borough of Charleroi. The Mon Valley Foundation oversaw the design of the park project. No timeline has been set for completion, contractors expect the project to be completed quickly.
June 20, 2025 1:45 am
Washington County Commissioners announced a project that has begun in Meadowlands using the Blight Mitigation and Demolition Fund. Right now, three properties on Pike Street in Meadowlands are being torn down for future development. The properties at 500, 506 and 516 Pike Street have been described as abandoned and unsafe. They have also been deemed structural hazards. According to Commissioner Chairman Nick Sherman, these properties encapsulate the whole reason that the Blight Mitigation and Demolition Fund was conceived. The properties are recognized as prime targets for commercial revitalization and new visual appeal will be welcomed. Sherman said that it can be possible that someone coming off of Interstate 79 could see the potential for them to relocate their business to Washington County as they are on their way to visit the Washington County Fair. The fund is also available to individual owners should they meet the requirements for participation. According to Sherman, the whole reason for the fund is to bring properties that have long been off local tax rolls back to life and contribute once again. He said it is a method to have Washington County “shake off the rust.” The biggest property to participate in the Blight Mitigation Fund is the Washington Mall. $5.9 million has been dedicated to help tear down the structure to make way for an RV dealer and a Costco store.
June 20, 2025 3:51 am
GREENSBURG, Pa. — (WPXI)-After a hearing lasting more than two hours, a judge said all charges against a man accused of murdering a woman in Rostraver in April would be held for trial. Dorian Jeri-Greene is charged in the shooting death of Jennah Seibert. She was found dead in her bed on April 11. Prosecutors called four witnesses to the stand. Prosecutors showed surveillance video from Seibert’s home from the morning of the shooting. It shows a man they say is Jeri-Greene coming out from the back of a shed and coming toward the house — before the power was cut to the home. The defense argued that in one of the videos, it appears the man has a white sleeve, not black as in the other surveillance images, and argued there is no evidence directly linking Jeri-Greene as the man in these surveillance videos, or the one who shot Seibert. Detectives said Jeri-Greene stole Seibert’s Lexus SUV and ditched it in New Eagle. Lexus was able to track it. When police took it into custody, they say there were visible bleach stains inside the SUV, with a strong odor of bleach. Jeri-Greene’s next court date has not yet been scheduled.
June 19, 2025 4:55 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Four people are now facing charges after police say an arrow filled with cocaine was fired at the Fayette County Jail in June. Police said that arrow was fired from the opposite side of Route 21, or McClellandtown Road, toward the jail in Uniontown. They said it was being aimed toward a window, but ended up hitting the building and not reaching the intended target — two inmates who were already in the jail. Staff found the arrow on the ground on June 6. Police checked surveillance video and saw the arrow hit the jail just after 8 p.m. on June 2. Police used bolt cutters to cut the arrow open and found something odd – tips that were cut off of the fingers of a rubber glove. Inside those glove tips? “A significant amount of cocaine,” District Attorney Mike Aubele said. Now, several people are charged with trying to smuggle cocaine into the jail. Charles Smith, Alfonso Pugh, Amanda Frey, and Seth Stepich — who is not yet in custody. Smith and Pugh were already in the jail on other charges, and police say Smith and Frey are in a relationship.
June 18, 2025 5:02 am
Officials in West Virginia have now recovered an eighth victim from Saturday’s flooding. An unidentified male was recovered but his identity is not being released pending notification of next of kin. One person is still presumed missing. Samaritan’s Purse, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization is to begin helping residents recover today. Led by Franklin Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham, Samaritan’s Purse travels to globe to crisis areas to provide spiritual and physical aid to those in need. According to the organization’s website, Disaster Relief Unit 3 – a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment – is en route to West Virginia. Volunteers will start working in the community starting Thursday, helping homeowners remove waterlogged walls and flooring and salvage personal belongings.
June 19, 2025 5:05 am
An Iranian missile hit the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing “extensive damage” but no serious injuries, the medical facility said. Other missiles hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. At least 240 people were wounded by the Iranian missiles, four of them seriously, according to Israel’s Health Ministry. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said he “should not continue to exist.” Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on Iran’s sprawling nuclear program. Iranian state TV said the facility had been evacuated before the attack.
