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...

ATLANTA (AP) — A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest dau...

• 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...

The Department of Government Efficiency’s first order of business was itself: It’s now down to one leader. Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer part of the commission that President Donald Trump championed, o...

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.

• 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...

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...

• 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...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to...

• 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...

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 ...

TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started...

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...

• 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...

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...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly in the minority, Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accu...

TODAY IN HISTORY 10 Today is Friday, Jan. 10, the tenth day of 2025. There are 355 days left in the year.

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...