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Trump to order halt to strikes against Iran

National News August 3, 2026

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the 5-month old war. The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” Trump wrote in a Saturday evening social media post. “Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to ...

Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

International News August 3, 2026

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has shared “serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza. The remarks by Doron Spielman, spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, were some of the first public comments since U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement. Spielman told The Associated Press that Israel’s intelligence assessment is that Hamas remains committed to ...

Police: Suspect in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound

National News August 3, 2026

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Sunday, crediting an off-duty officer and a citizen with firing shots that diverted him. Investigators are confident that the gunman, identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, acted alone during the shooting Saturday at an In-N-Out location in Twin Falls, Police Chief Matthew Hicks said at a news conference. In all, four people died, including Williams, and seven others were injured at the recently opened restaurant in the southern Idaho city of ...

Eastern Washington fires burn 600 structures, force 60,000 to flee

National News August 3, 2026

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday. The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second largest city, burned about 8.2 square miles ...

Local news in brief

Local News August 3, 2026

Warren Twp to remember firefighter WARREN TOWNSHIP — The Warren Township Fire Department will have a celebration of life event Sunday for longtime fire Lt. Tom Bumgardner who died on Friday. He served the Warren Township Fire Department for 26 years, starting in April 2000. Bumgardner also served as a firefighter/ emergency medical technician in Bristol and Champion. The Warren Township Fire Department social media site states Bumgardner would work night shifts at Warren Township, often after he completed a shift working at LaBrae schools as a janitor. He and his wife Pam were ...

National Night Out events set

Community News August 3, 2026

National Night Out is marked on the first Tuesday in August. The event enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community and provides an opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances, according to the National Night Out website. Local communities hosting events, which include seeing police, fire and emergency medical service vehicles, music, games and food are: • Liberty — 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Churchill Park off Belmont Avenue in conjunction with the rescheduled America250 celebration ...