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Trump’s campaign against law firms dealt another setback as judge blocks executive order
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s campaign against the legal profession hit another setback Tuesday as a federal judge struck down an executive order that sought to sanction one of the country’s most prestigious law firms. The ruling in favor of WilmerHale marks the third time this month that a federal...
Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd, Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle that prosecutors said was boosted by bank fraud and hiding earnings from tax authorities. The Chrisleys...
Feud among fire departments flares during Memorial Day blaze in Springdale Township
Seven fire departments and about 50 firefighters responded to a blaze that destroyed a home in Springdale Township on Memorial Day, but Springdale Volunteer Fire Department members, who were close enough to watch smoke rise from the fire, were not among them. According to Dan Copeland, a borough council member...
As Trump cuts research money, Shapiro pitches $50M for science, innovation
While President Donald Trump yanks critical federal funding from universities and research institutions across the country, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to invest tens of millions of dollars each year in life sciences and innovation. During a visit Tuesday to a University of Pittsburgh research facility in Bloomfield, Shapiro spoke...
Trump says Putin ‘playing with fire’ as Russia seizes Ukrainian border villages
Russian forces have taken four border villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, a local official said Tuesday, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered troops to establish a buffer zone along the border. Sumy borders Russia’s Kursk region, where a surprise Ukrainian incursion last year captured a...
Southwest Airlines grounds free bag policy
Southwest Airlines, long favored by travelers for its free checked bags, is ending that popular policy. Starting Wednesday, most Southwest passengers will pay $35 for their first checked bag and $45 for the second, the New York Times reported. However, customers flying Business Select or those with high loyalty status...
Greensburg-area woman wins $1 million on scratch-off lottery ticket
A Greensburg-area woman took a chance on spending $20 for a Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket and is a $1 million richer for it. “She just bought one ticket” on May 14 and that was the winner, said Kim Rodman, manager of Rick’s Tobacco Outlet at 857 S. Main St. in...
Pa. is the last state to elect poll workers. Local officials say they’re short thousands of candidates
This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Pennsylvania voters went to the polls last week to help carry on a centuries-old practice that no other state does: elections to choose their election workers. “It was a...
U.S. government to have control in Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal, Trump and Sen. McCormick say
HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. David McCormick said Tuesday that an arrangement that will allow Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel will guarantee an American CEO, a majority of board members from the United States and U.S. government approval over certain corporate functions. The Pennsylvania senator spoke on CNBC,...
Blairsville woman charged in 2024 fatal Derry Township crash
A Blairsville woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with a 2024 fatal crash in Derry Township. State police charged Ashley L. Kelley, 33, with homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and related offenses. She tested positive for marijuana after the crash, according to troopers. State police said...
Prospect of Springdale data center meets mixed reactions among neighbors
Dale Remai likes the idea of a data center in Springdale where a power plant used to stand. A resident of Shady Avenue, adjacent to the former power plant site, Remai, 69, thinks it could be a boon to the borough in terms of attracting other employers. At least, it’s...
Retired Greensburg cop Regina McAtee sentenced to 36 months’ probation
A retired Greensburg police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months’ probation in a drug conspiracy case that involved the city’s former police chief. Regina McAtee, 52, of New Kensington pleaded guilty in May 2024 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. “Ms. McAtee, I think...
Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk
It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives once described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. The airline announced the change in March, saying...
Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for HarvardVideo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has...
Parkway East outbound restrictions to last the week as part of larger bridge project
Drivers on the Parkway East will see outbound lane and shoulder restrictions from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange, weather permitting. Crews are building a retaining wall outside of the tunnel near the site of the new Commercial Street...
Morning Roundup: 3 out-of-state men charged with trespassing at vacant Pittsburgh school
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, May 27: 3 out of state men charged with trespassing at vacant Pittsburgh school Pittsburgh police said three men traveled halfway across the country to break into an abandoned school Monday in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood. Sean Alvarez,...
Lower Burrell man dead after motorcycle crash in city
A Lower Burrell man died Monday after his Harley Davidson motorcycle collided with a sedan in the city. The incident occurred just before 4 p.m. The motorcycle rider, William Hartman, 20, died about an hour and a half later, according to a report from the Westmoreland County Coroner’s office. The...
Westmoreland GOP concedes endorsements had little impact on county primary
Days after two Republican row officers were ousted by former longtime Democrats who only recently switched to the GOP, party officials in Westmoreland County are looking for reasons why. The apparent primary victory of Katie Pecarchik over Register of Wills Jon Wian and John Ackerman’s defeat of incumbent Coroner Tim...
Allegheny County Parks create economic spillover in nearby municipalities
Dave Brooke spends at least three days a week at Harrison Hills Park, checking for nesting success in the wooden bluebird boxes that dot the lawns in the Allegheny County-owned space. Birding and conservation are among a number of activities that draw people to the 500-acre park off Freeport Road...
Sons of Union Veterans pay tribute at Westmoreland’s last Civil War veteran gravesite
A Plum woman who teaches students about American history learned about her own ties to one of the most significant chapters in that history Monday when she joined fellow descendants of Civil War veterans at the Irwin gravesite of her great-great-great-great-grandfather. Local members of the Sons of Union Veterans presented...
Communities mark Memorial Day with parades, salutes to honor those who died in fight for freedom
As a cacophony of marching bands Monday helped power Memorial Day parades that snaked through small-town streets — marchers and onlookers alike draped in red, white and blue — it was the small details that resonated loudest for one Alle-Kiski Valley veteran. Don Donahue, a Veterans of Foreign Wars commander...
Driver arrested after his minivan plows through soccer fans celebrating in Liverpool
LONDON — A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said. There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and...
Neighbor pulls man off property after blaze guts his Springdale Township home
Editor’s note: This story was updated to show the location of the fire is in Springdale Township. Della Mayfield didn’t think much Monday morning when she saw smoke starting to billow from her elderly neighbor’s Springdale Township home. She just looked out her window, then ran. “There was so much...
Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington, calling them ‘America’s best and bravest’
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, in an address that honored the “great, great warriors” yet also briefly veered into politics as he boasted of a nation he is “fixing after a long...
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided by City...
