April 27, 2025 8:00 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials. They say they will not accept any formal surrender of the peninsula, even though they expect to concede the territory to the Kremlin, at least temporarily. Experts say giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible. It would require a change to the Ukrainian constitution and a nationwide vote, and it could be considered treason. Lawmakers and the public are firmly opposed to the idea. (Photo: AP)
April 27, 2025 7:55 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Police in Canada say a car struck revelers at a street festival, killing at least nine and injuring an unknown number of people. The Vancouver Police Department says the vehicle drove into a crowd at a Filipino community festival at 8:14 p.m. Saturday. The exact number of casualties was not immediately available. Police say the driver was taken into custody and the incident is not being considered an act of terrorism. The Lapu Lapu Day festival was being held in South Vancouver. Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road. A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos.
April 27, 2025 7:53 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants met Francis’ coffin outside St. Mary Major Basilica, where he was buried, reflecting his priorities as pope. The Vatican said Saturday that about 250,000 people flocked to the pope’s funeral Mass. U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, the U.N. chief and European Union leaders, as well as Prince William and the Spanish royal family, were in attendance. Francis broke with recent tradition and was buried in the basilica outside the Vatican in a simple underground tomb. (Photo: AP)
April 27, 2025 7:51 am
(WPXI) – Firefighters battled a four-alarm fire at a large commercial building in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood for hours Saturday morning. A spokesperson with Pittsburgh Public Safety said police, fire and medics were called to the CleanCare warehouse on 51st Street just after 10 a.m. Flames could be seen shooting up from the roof of the hospitality and restaurant linen business. Heavy smoke was billowing out. A Pittsburgh Public Safety official says the fire spread rapidly through the industrial space used by a linen laundering business. With flames continuing to spread despite firefighter efforts and a sprinkler system, the blaze was raised from a first to a fourth alarm in less than an hour. At one point, all firefighters were evacuated from the building. The fire was deemed under control by 12:24 p.m., while crews were still working to put out hotspots throughout the facility. Crews maintained a fire watch for several hours after to prevent re-ignition. CleanCare COO Jason Preffer says the fire damaged some offices, including the break room and they lost some new inventory. Preffer, however, said it won’t stop them from serving customers, adding it’ll be business as usual at the two other plant locations in Pittsburgh and Buffalo.
April 27, 2025 5:07 am
China’s leaders have shrugged off the potential impact from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, saying they have the tools needed to protect jobs and limit damage from higher tariffs on Chinese exports. Several senior officials of different government ministries sought to shore up confidence with promises of support for companies and the unemployed, easier lending conditions and other policies to counter the impact of combined tariffs of up to 145% on U.S. imports from China. The briefing Monday followed a meeting of China’s powerful Politburo last week that analysts said had focused on ways to counter slowing exports due to higher costs in the all-important U.S. market.
April 27, 2025 4:52 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. coal industry has been in a steep decline for decades, and President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect it. He’s issued executive orders to allow mining on federal land. He’s used his emergency authority to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising demand. Trump has granted nearly 70 older coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce toxic chemical emissions. And Trump’s government efficiency team plans to terminate the leases of 34 offices within the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which enforces mine safety laws.
April 26, 2025 11:37 am
A massive explosion and fire has rocked a port in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant. A disaster official told Iranian state media that the blast on Saturday killed five people and injured more than 700 others. The blast happened as Iran and the United States met in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Authorities in Iran for hours offered no clear explanation for what caused the blast at the Shahid Rajaei port. But a private security firm says it took in missile fuel shipment in March.
April 26, 2025 10:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — An AP-NORC poll finds many Americans don’t agree with President Trump’s aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda, and even Republicans aren’t overwhelmingly convinced his attention has been in the right place. Americans are nearly twice as likely to say Trump has been mostly focusing on the wrong priorities as to say he’s been focusing on the right ones. The findings suggest Democrats are even unhappier with the reality of the second Trump term than before he was sworn in. While about 7 in 10 Republicans say Trump has been at least a “good” president so far, only about half say he’s emphasized the right things.
April 26, 2025 10:11 am
PITTSBURGH — Carla and Ecco, the peregrine falcon pair living in a nest box high up on the side of the Cathedral of Learning, have welcomed their first two hatchlings of the year! According to the National Aviary, both hatchlings were spotted on their livestream camera for the first time on Thursday. It’s the second time Carla had two of her chicks hatch in one day. Carla laid four eggs this year. The other two are expected to hatch soon. Chicks spend around six weeks with their parents before they are ready to fledge. The public can find updates of Carla, Ecco and their chicks — or watch the live stream of their nest — on the aviary’s website.
April 26, 2025 9:43 am
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s military says Pakistani soldiers shot at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night. The cross-border fire followed a gun attack on tourists in Kashmir that India blames Pakistan for. It was the worst assault targeting civilians in the restive region for years. Pakistan denies involvement. The killings set off tit-for-tat measures on visas, treaties and diplomats. India said Saturday that its troops responded appropriately during the overnight firing. In the past, each side has accused the other of starting border skirmishes in the Himalayan region, which both claim in its entirety.
