World Briefly
1995
January 21, 2025
• When Wes Bash ran back into his Penn Vista Road home, which was already in flames, he wasn’t looking for his shoes. Instead he was trying to save his beloved dog. Bash and his pet were apparently th...
World Briefly
January 20, 2025
On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
World Briefly
January 20, 2025
• In 1841, the island of Hong Kong was ceded by China to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997. • In 1936, Britain’s King George V died after his physician injected the mortally i...
World Briefly
January 20, 2025
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 95. Olympic figure skating gold medalist Carol Heiss Jenkins is 85. Rock musician Paul Stanley (KISS) is 73. Comedian Bill Maher is 69. Olympic swimming gold medalist J...
World Briefly
1995
January 20, 2025
• A former Perry Township supervisor was ordered to stand trial Wednesday for allegedly receiving $36,000 in unauthorized pay. State police from the Belle Vernon barracks arrested Adam Muccinli, 61, o...
Three hostages arrive in Israel for tearful reunions
World Briefly
January 20, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ...
World Briefly
1995
January 18, 2025
• The Belle Vernon Area School Board reported that the district’s budget was on track halfway through the fiscal year. According to the report, the district received $18.6 million of the $26.2 million...
For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as ban looms
World Briefly
January 18, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. But many ...
World Briefly
WORLD BRIEFLY
January 17, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ‘s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent F...
World Briefly
1995
January 17, 2025
• The area’s first significant snowfall of the season fell on the Mon Valley. Nearly three inches of snow were recorded at the Mon Valley Sewage Authority by this morning. The snow and ice made for sl...
At Senate hearing, Hegseth confronts misconduct allegations
World Briefly
January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon and confronted allegations of sexual assault an...
Stronger winds threaten to spread wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area
World Briefly
January 14, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing force of firefighters battled massive infernos across the Los Angeles area on Monday as more powerful winds moved in and threatened recent progress against wildfires that ...
World Briefly
January 10, 2025
TODAY IN HISTORY 10 Today is Friday, Jan. 10, the tenth day of 2025. There are 355 days left in the year.
World Briefly
January 10, 2025
On Jan. 10, 1982, San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left in the NFC Championship Game; one of the most famous plays in NFL history, “Th...
World Briefly
January 10, 2025
• In 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British rule. • In 1860, the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Mass., coll...