August 29, 2025 4:34 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators in Minneapolis say the shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded 18 other people inside a church was obsessed with the idea of killing defenseless children. Police said Thursday that the shooter idolized mass killers and wanted to terrorize innocent children. The police chief in Minneapolis says the shooter, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, fired 116 rifle rounds through stained-glass windows Wednesday morning. The children were celebrating Mass during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School. Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson says videos and writings the shooter left behind show Westman expressed hatred towards almost every group imaginable.
August 29, 2025 4:32 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration has asked a military base outside of Chicago for support on immigration operations. The move offers a clue of what its expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nation’s third-largest city. A base spokesperson says the Department of Homeland Security asked Naval Station Great Lakes for “limited support in the form of facilities, infrastructure, and other logistical needs to support DHS operations.” The spokesperson says no decisions have been made on the request, and that the base hasn’t received an official request to support a National Guard deployment. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have pushed back against a possible mobilization, saying crime has fallen in Chicago. They plan to sue.
August 29, 2025 4:30 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. The order comes after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased against the men. U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued the order for a new trial for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith. The three were found guilty in October 2024 of obstruction of justice through witness tampering in the January 2023 beating death of Nichols after he fled a traffic stop.
August 29, 2025 4:27 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim O’Neill, a deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two Trump administration officials confirmed the move, requesting anonymity to discuss a personnel change that has not been formally announced. The administration wants O’Neill to replace Susan Monarez, who is fighting her removal just a month after starting the job. The situation has caused bipartisan concern as Kennedy pushes anti-vaccine policies. The turmoil comes before a key meeting of an advisory committee that Kennedy has reshaped with vaccine skeptics. Two Republican senators have called for oversight, and some Democrats want Kennedy fired. Monarez’s removal has left the CDC in chaos.
August 29, 2025 4:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence. No president has sought to fire a Fed governor in the institution’s 112-year history until President Donald Trump posted a letter on his Truth Social media platform late Monday saying that Cook was fired. Trump said the reason for her removal were allegations that she committed mortgage fraud in 2021, before she was appointed to the board.
August 28, 2025 1:55 am
Washington County Commissioners held a special meeting Thursday afternoon to vote on a change in the demolition order for tearing down the Courthouse Square building. The board voted two to one to award a contract for more than one-point-four-million dollars to JG Contracting Company of Carnegie to supply structural support to enable a safe and efficient demolition. Democrat Larry Maggi voted against the measure, saying it was a costly oversight, a hasty decision and a waste of hard-earned taxpayer dollars.
August 28, 2025 1:54 am
A federal jury in Pittsburgh has found a Donora man guilty of one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Authorities say 31-year-old Robert Goins fled from a traffic stop in Allegheny County and led police on a high speed chase that ended with Goins totaling his vehicle. From the vehicle, police say they recovered drugs and a stolen, loaded firearm. Sentencing has been set for October
August 29, 2025 4:04 am
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. —(WPXI)- Fire damaged an auto body shop in Bridgeville on Thursday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said firefighters were called to My #1 Mechanic on the 600 block of Baldwin Street at 8:15 p.m.“The building was up in flames from the inside,” said Dana Achille, who called 911 after seeing the fire. “I’ve never seen anything like this.” An antique car may also have been damaged by the flames. No injuries were reported.
August 28, 2025 1:42 am
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday afternoon at Washington’s Main Street Pavilion to showcase a new speaker system. The system, which features twelve speakers and internet connectivity was funded thru a nineteen-thousand-five-hundred dollar grant from the Washington County Tourism Promotion agency. Main Street Manager Bradly Martin says the remainder of the cost was paid for through rentals of the pavilion. Officials say those who rent the pavilion will have access to the speakers to play the music of their choice. Martin says they installation of the speaker system was done with the future in mind. He says that eventually they would like to have speakers up and down main street. The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency also used the ceremony to announce fifty-nine-thousand-dollars in new tourism grants. President of the chamber and tourism, Jeff Kotula, says that during this final cycle of grant funding for 2025, tourism grants have been awarded to the Borough of Canonsburg, County Home Shows, Little A Town Arena, Little Lake Theatre Company, Sarris Candies, and Trax Farm Market to support a variety of marketing efforts to help attract visitors to these unique assets.
August 28, 2025 11:26 pm
Emergency crews from multiple departments and areas are working to rescue a man from a collapsed trench in Charleroi. Washington County 911 dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 800 block of McKean Avenue in Charleroi just before eight-thirty Thursday evening. Authorities say a man was working in a trench at a construction site near the intersection of McKean Avenue and Eighth Street when it collapsed and trapped him, burying him from the chest down. Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the trench is about 15 feet deep and it’s likely to take hours to free the individual, who Whiten says, is alive and in good spirits. As for what caused the collapse, that is at this time, unknown. This is a developing story, check back for the latest updates. (Photo: WPXI)
