July 14, 2025 5:23 am
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Emergency crews temporarily suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas. The halt comes with new warnings that additional rain would again cause waterways to surge. The search and recovery efforts were paused most of Sunday as thunderstorms with heavy rainfall swept through the area. Ingram Fire Department officials had ordered search crews to immediately evacuate the Guadalupe River corridor in Kerr County. Late Sunday afternoon, rescue efforts in western Kerr County were allowed to resume. Search-and-rescue teams have been looking for missing victims of the July 4 weekend flooding that killed at least 132 people and left more than 170 missing.
July 14, 2025 2:12 pm
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park’s North Rim, along with cabins, employee housing and a waste water treatment plant, park Superintendent Ed Keable said Sunday. The fire was sparked by lightning on July 4 and grew rapidly due to high winds and dry conditions. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has called for a federal investigation into the National Park Service’s decision to initially manage the fire as a controlled burn. Officials have closed the North Rim for the rest of the year, evacuating hikers and rerouting rafters. No injuries have been reported, but up to 80 structures were lost. Firefighters continue battling multiple wildfires across the western U.S.
July 14, 2025 3:27 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced he will run for New York City mayor as an independent candidate. Cuomo, who lost to progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani in the June primary, says he aims to challenge Mamdani’s policies, calling them “slick slogans with no real solutions.” The general election is set for November. The current Mayor Eric Adams is also running as an independent, while Curtis Sliwa is set to represent the Republican Party. Critics of Mamdani’s progressive agenda worry that multiple candidates could split the anti-Mamdani vote, boosting his chances. This marks Cuomo’s latest comeback attempt after resigning as governor amid scandal. “The fight to save our city isn’t over,” Cuomo said. “Only 13 percent of New Yorkers voted in the June primary. The general election is in November and I am in it to win it.”
July 14, 2025 5:22 am
BRUSSELS (AP) — European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 30% tariffs on the European Union. The tariffs against the EU, America’s largest trading partner, could disrupt economies and raise prices on goods like French cheese and German electronics. Brussels has delayed retaliatory tariffs, initially set for Monday, to allow time for negotiations until August 1. European leaders emphasize unity but are preparing countermeasures if talks fail. Meanwhile, the EU is strengthening ties with Asian and South American nations, seeking to diversify its economic partnerships amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.
July 13, 2025 7:29 am
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are condemning Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after making a state-arranged visit. They are describing crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested conditions that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” But Republican legislators said they saw a clean and well-run facility while on the same tour Saturday. Five Democratic state lawmakers tried to visit the site July 3 but said they were denied access. The state subsequently arranged Saturday’s tour. The lawmakers have sued over the earlier denial, accusing the DeSantis administration of impeding their oversight authority. A DeSantis spokesperson has called the lawsuit “dumb.” The state rapidly built it on an isolated airstrip surrounded by swampland. DeSantis and fellow Republicans have touted the makeshift detention center, constructed in days as an efficient and get-tough response to President Donald Trump’s call for mass deportations. The first detainees arrived July 3, after Trump toured and praised the facility.
July 13, 2025 7:32 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s security agency said Sunday it tracked down and killed Russian agents suspected of shooting one of its senior officers to death in the Ukrainian capital. The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement that the suspected Russian agents were killed in the Kyiv region after they offered resistance to arrest. A video released by the agency showed two bodies lying on the ground. The agency said earlier that a man and a woman were suspected to be involved in Thursday’s assassination of Ivan Voronych, an SBU colonel, in a bold daylight attack that was caught on surveillance cameras. Media reports claimed that Voronych was involved in covert operations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine and reportedly helped organize Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last year.
July 13, 2025 7:35 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Witnesses and health workers say at least 31 Palestinians have been shot dead in Gaza while seeking food aid. Separately, hospitals say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians overnight and into Saturday. The Red Cross said its field hospital saw its largest influx of dead in more than a year of operation after the shootings. Israel’s military says it fired warning shots toward people it said were behaving suspiciously. The 21-month war has left much of Gaza’s population of over 2 million reliant on outside aid while food security experts warn of famine. There is no sign of a breakthrough in ceasefire talks. Israelis rallied yet again for a ceasefire deal. “Arrogance is what brought the disaster upon us,” former hostage Eli Sharabi said of Israeli leaders.
July 13, 2025 7:14 am
(WPXI) A newly released report found the U.S. Secret Service knew of a threat to President Donald Trump’s life more than a week before an assassination attempt at his Butler rally, but never relayed the information. The report is from the Government Accountability Office and was commissioned by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During the July 13 rally, Trump was hit in the ear, and attendee Corey Comperatore was killed after gunman Thomas Crooks started shooting. The report states the Secret Service received classified intelligence about a threat to Trump’s life 10 days before the Butler rally, but never relayed that information to federal and local law enforcement tasked with securing the event. The threat was reportedly “not specific to the July 13 rally or gunman.” The release of this report comes days after Channel 11 learned six Secret Service agents involved in securing the property at the Butler Farm Show were suspended without pay.
July 13, 2025 7:22 am
(WPXI) MCKEESPORT, Pa. — A person was stabbed as a fight broke out at the McKeesport Transportation Center. Port Authority Police said initial reports found an irate man approached the 61C-McKeesport-Homestead bus driver who was on their lunch break at 11:15 a.m. That person began taking off their clothes and fighting with bystanders. During that brawl, the irate person was stabbed in the chest and arm and was taken to a hospital. It is unclear who stabbed them. A second person suffered superficial cuts to their arm but was treated at the scene. The operator of the bus was not injured. Port Authority Police have charged Brayden Dixon, 21, of Indianapolis, Indiana, in this incident. He faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, indecent exposure, open lewdness and disorderly conduct.
July 13, 2025 7:19 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Saturday was the final day of the 2025 Whiskey Rebellion Festival in Washington County. It is held in the area of the Bradford History House, along Main Street, on the second weekend of July every year. The rebellion began in 1791 in Western Pennsylvania as a tax protest and ended in 1794 after George Washington sent 14,000 troops into the region. “Thankfully, it did not end in too much bloodshed but there were people who did get tarred and feathered,” said reenactor Noah Hilton. During the festival, whiskey is sold in the area for adults and reenactors bring history to life for families who visit. A local blacksmith showed off how some of the equipment used at the time was made. The free-to-attend festival ended with a series of musical and theatrical performances, including the Washington Symphony Orchestra.
