May 9, 2025 5:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. He made the announcement in a post Thursday on Truth Social. Pirro cohosts the show “The Five” on Fox on weekday evenings. She was elected as a judge in New York’s Westchester County Court in 1990 before serving three terms as the county’s elected district attorney. Trump tapped Pirro to lead the nation’s largest U.S. Attorney’s office after pulling his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. for the position.
May 9, 2025 4:59 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass after his historic election as the first North American pope. He will meet on Friday with the cardinals who chose him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ reform-minded footsteps. Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world on Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, since there had long been a taboo against a pope from the United States. He spoke to the crowd in Italian and Spanish, but not English, and honored Pope Francis for his final salute to the crowd on Easter Sunday.
May 9, 2025 5:01 am
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy volleys of shells and gunfire across their frontier in Kashmir overnight, killing at least five civilians amid a growing military standoff that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of the disputed region. In Pakistan, an unusually intense night of artillery exchanges left at least four civilians dead and wounded 12 others in areas near the Line of Control that divides Kashmir, local police official Adeel Ahmad said. In India, military officials said Pakistani troops barraged their posts overnight with artillery, mortars and gunfire at multiple locations. A woman was killed and two other civilians were injured in Uri sector, police said.
May 9, 2025 5:00 am
MOSCOW (AP) — A military parade has begun on Red Square in Moscow, marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. President Vladimir Putin and a host of foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, attended the parade. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia on May 9, the country’s most important secular holiday. The Red Square parade and other ceremonies underline Moscow’s efforts to project its power and cement the alliances it has forged while seeking a counterbalance to the West amid the 3-year-old war in Ukraine. The festivities were overshadowed by reports of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow, disrupting service at the capital’s airports.
May 9, 2025 4:57 am
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Kennywood’s record-setting rollercoaster, the Steel Curtain, is set to reopen at the end of this month. The park made the big announcement on Thursday morning, saying the work is officially complete and that test runs have already begun. The Steel Curtain will reopen on Saturday, May 24, at 11 a.m. The coaster has been closed since April of last year, before the 2024 season started. The park called it an extensive modification project “to increase ride reliability and longevity” as the reason for closing. The Steel Curtain was introduced to Kennywood in 2019 and quickly became a flagship attraction.
May 8, 2025 1:37 pm
Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said “Peace be with you” in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue “without fear.” From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, history’s first American pope recalled he was an Augustinian priest, but that he was above all a Christian above all and a bishop, “So we can all walk together.” He spoke in Italian and then switched to Spanish, recalling his many years spent as a missionary and then archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru. The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers, priests made the sign of the cross and nuns wept as the crowd shouted “Viva il papa!” after the white smoke wafted into the sky.
May 8, 2025 2:32 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on British autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal. But the Republican on Thursday played down the possibility of other nations receiving similarly favorable terms on his import taxes, which are roiling the global economy. The announcement provides a political victory for U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a degree of validation for Trump’s claims his turbulent approach on trade may be able to rebalance the global economy on his preferred terms. Terms of the deal have yet to be completed so it can be signed. Trump says the agreement would lead to more beef and ethanol exports to the U.K.
May 8, 2025 2:27 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries. The emergency appeal filed Thursday asks the justices to halt a lower-court order keeping in place legal protections for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The Republican administration argues the decision wrongly intrudes on the Department of Homeland Security’s authority. The order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked the administration from putting an early end to the immigrants’ temporary legal status.
May 8, 2025 4:47 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Washington County Coroner has a preliminary identification on the human remains found in a wooded area next to Interstate 70. Coroner Tim Warco is reassuring the public that there’s nothing to be concerned about regarding this case, after receiving multiple calls. “I want to reassure the community there is no danger of an actor out there hurting anyone,” said Warco. “The skeletal remains have been there for a number of years, just haphazardly found by a walker, a passerby, who got lost, and came across what I’m sure was very earth-shattering to her.” The coroner’s office is working with an anthropologist and the team from Mercyhurst, who carefully collected and removed the remains. While early forensic reports don’t know show anything suspicious, Warco says it will still be hard to determine the exact cause of death. “We probably will never know the cause of death, simply because of the advanced age of the skeletal remains found in the woods,” said Warco. Warco believes the body may be that of a person who was reported missing during what he called, ‘the Covid period.’ And they have contacted a family member. However, he won’t be making an official identification until a lengthy and thorough investigation.
May 8, 2025 4:41 am
Pennsylvania State Police troopers gathered with community members Tuesday morning for a solemn memorial service honoring fallen officers at the Fraternal Order of Police National Lodge 47 in Eighty Four. Troopers from surrounding barracks, including Uniontown and Washington, joined together to commemorate their fellow officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. The ceremony served as a powerful reminder of the risks law enforcement officers face daily and the deep sense of solidarity among them. “I hope people take a moment to realize that police officers lay down their lives every day,” said Lieutenant Michael Irwin of the Uniontown barracks. “We took an oath and we hold to that oath year in and year out.” Seventeen fallen officers were recognized during the service. Their names were read aloud, each one echoing through the crowd, followed by the traditional playing of “Taps.” A ceremonial gun salute was also held, with troopers firing blanks in a time-honored tribute to the fallen. Local officials and residents joined in the ceremony which emphasized the unity between law enforcement and the communities they serve. The event was hosted as part of an annual ongoing commitment to honor the legacy of those who served with dedication and bravery.
