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February 7, 2025
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed in a house fire Wednesday. Bentley Beckinger, 61, was pronounced dead at 11:27 a.m. following a residential fire in the 200...
WORLD BRIEFLY Senate confirms Vought to lead White House budget office
World Briefly
February 7, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into...
World Briefly
February 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by ...
World Briefly
January 31, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming on Saturday, but he’s still considering whether to include oil from those countries as part of his import ...
World Briefly
1995
January 31, 2025
• Crews were working to clear a landslide that closed a section of Bunola Road in Forward Township. A two-mile stretch of the road was closed since a landslide dumped more than 100 tons of rocks, tree...
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Thais today
January 30, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of ...
Trump offering buyouts to federal workers in effort to shrink government
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January 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. go...
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Probation given in identity theft case
January 29, 2025
A former resident of McKeesport pleaded guilty to a federal firearms violation before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon, according to a release from Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti. Paul Kirk, 29, f...
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January 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. ...
World Briefly
1995
January 27, 2025
• Crews were working to stabilize a slide of fly or bottom ash that forced a number of Forward Township residents to temporarily evacuate their homes. Bill Hess Sr., assistant chief of the Gallatin- S...
World Briefly
January 24, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and st...
Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records
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January 24, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of classified governmental documents about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which has fueled conspiracy th...
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January 22, 2025
President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and...
Trump defends pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
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January 22, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on his first full day in office defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and sugges...