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Trump maps new course with allies and autocrats in first foreign trip
Donald Trump made no secret during the presidential campaign of his disdain for America’s trading partners, his skepticism of longtime alliances and his eagerness to refocus U.S. foreign policy on the single-minded pursuit of American security.That was...

Donald Trump's first 100 days, in tweets
(CNN)The story of Donald Trump's first 100 days in the White House is best told through the President's favorite medium -- Twitter. Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found....

Trump: 'I thought it would be easier'
(CNN)President Donald Trump, reflecting on a first 100 days in office that has featured no major legislative wins and low approval ratings, said Thursday he thought the job would be easier.Source: CNN

U.S. urges new sanctions on N. Korea and warns of catastrophe
The United States called for new sanctions on North Korea Friday and threatened to punish international companies doing banned business with the pariah nation's nuclear and missile programs. Doing nothing could be "catastrophic," top diplomat Rex...

Trump: 'I thought it would be easier'
(CNN)President Donald Trump, reflecting on a first 100 days in office that has featured no major legislative wins and low approval ratings, said Thursday he thought the job would be easier.Source: CNN

5 things we learned from Trump's 100-day interview
(CNN)US President Donald Trump looked back at a turbulent first 100 days of his presidency in a wide-ranging interview Thursday, taking in a variety of topics to the standoff on the Korean peninsula to his new friendship with China's President Xi Jinping....

Allegheny County's Port Authority hires interim CEO for $14K a month
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 2 minutes ago David Donahoe, former executive director of the Allegheny Regional Asset District, will serve as the Port Authority interim CEO, the board decided Friday. Donahoe, 68 of Stanton Heights, will...

Trump: 'I thought it would be easier'
(CNN)President Donald Trump, reflecting on a first 100 days in office that has featured no major legislative wins and low approval ratings, said Thursday he thought the job would be easier.Source: CNN

North Korea celebrates as South Korea, US keep watch
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- A U.S. guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea on Tuesday and envoys from the U.S., Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo, as North Korea marked the anniversary of the founding of its military.Though experts thought a nuclear...

O'Reilly surprised by Fox firing, but says 'truth will come out'
Five days after being fired from his top-rated Fox News Channel perch, Bill O'Reilly used a podcast to express his dismay and vowed that "the truth will come out.""I am sad that I'm not on television anymore," he said in an episode Monday...

Police: Robbers in cop shooting stole food and beer
CaptionClosePolice say the gunman who shot Seattle police officers used this revolver during the shooting on April 21, 2017.Police say the gunman who shot Seattle police officers used this revolver during the shooting on April 21, 2017.This Armor Express...

Charges: Man goes on meth-fueled rampage against family
CaptionCloseA 57-year-old man was charged with several counts of assault last week for what police describe was a meth-fueled tirade against his toddler sons and adult daughter.A 57-year-old man was charged with several counts of assault last week for what...

Mt. Pleasant site to undergo environmental study
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 14 hours ago An environmental study will help determine the appropriate reuse of a former Mt. Pleasant glass factory by assessing the level of any residual contaminants. The study will determine what, if any,...

The Latest: Hernandez's lawyer vows own death investigation
MILFORD, Mass. -- The Latest on the death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local):11:45 a.m.Aaron Hernandez's lawyer says he intends to conduct his own investigation into the NFL star's hanging death.Jose Baez says he was "shocked and surprised"...

McKeesport woman charged with hiding fugitive husband
Sign up for one of our email newsletters.Updated 7 hours ago Allegheny County Sheriff's deputies arrested a McKeesport woman Wednesday on charges of trying to hide her fugitive husband, who is wanted for warrants including failure to register as a sex...

Trump administration defends how it described ship movements amid North Korean tensions
Trump administration officials on Wednesday denied misleading the public about the location of an aircraft carrier and whether it was redeployed as a show of strength against North Korea.The whereabouts of the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier,...

Who can afford to live here? Not restaurant workers
CaptionCloseYou may not need a new report to tell you that Seattle is increasingly unaffordable, but new numbers from Trulia show that the city is varying shades of unaffordable depending on what you do.Trulia's latest affordability report argues that median...

Healdsburg City Council is poised to limit the number, location of tasting rooms
Healdsburg, one of Wine Country’s most visited destinations, is dotted with tasting rooms. But now it looks like the city is saying “enough.”With more than 30 tasting rooms downtown, most centered on or near the Healdsburg Plaza, the City Council is...

Heroin overdose in bathroom leaves Connellsville library on alert
How to help: • Make checks payable to Carnegie Free Library Security Fund • Mail them to the fund in care of Somerset Trust Co., 904 W. Crawford Ave., Connellsville, PA 15425• Drop a donation off at the Somerset Trust Co. branch on West Crawford Avenue.Sign...

Syria and Russia issue rebuke after U.S. airstrike
Syrian officials early Friday denounced a U.S. missile strike on one of the country’s air bases in retaliation for a poison gas attack, calling it a "blatant aggression" that killed and wounded several, and caused “significant material damage.”“This...

Student newspaper sleuths uncover principal's secret
(CNN)Armed with the power of Google and some healthy skepticism, students at a Kansas high school launched an investigation that led to the resignation of their brand-new principal. Source: CNN

Trump strikes at Assad regime. What comes next?
For President Donald Trump, choosing targets and launching cruise missiles to punish the Syrian regime for using chemical weapons this week may have been a relatively clear-cut decision. The big problem is what comes next.The military had been preparing options...

Former Penn State assistant McQueary gets $1.7M in whistleblower fees
Sign up for one of our email newsletters. HARRISBURG — A former Penn State assistant coach will be getting his legal fees paid after winning a whistleblower claim over his treatment by the university after Jerry Sandusky's child molestation arrest....

I-85 collapse in Atlanta: What caused it?
Atlanta (CNN)A major question hovered in the hours after a fire caused Thursday's collapse of a section of Interstate 85 in Atlanta: What caused the flames? When you're just trying to get home and Atlanta is on fire again. #hotlantaA post shared by Jono...

Pa. beats N.J. in Easton Lions Club Wrestling All-Star Classic
The Pennsylvania all-star team defeated New Jersey's all-stars 26-21 in the 37th annual Easton Lions Club Wrestling All-Star Classic at Easton Area High School. Bethlehem Catholic's Niko Camacho won a 3-2 decision over Charlie Tordik of North Hunterdon...