AT LEAST one person has died and dozens injured after a massive explosion ripped through a steel plant in Pennsylvania on Monday.
An urgent rescue operation is underway to save workers who were left trapped under the piles of rubble left by the fiery boom.
Fire crews raced to the scene to battle the flames after the explosion at US Clairton Coke Works right outside Pittsburgh.
Many people were injured in the incident, and Senator John Fetterman said at least one person has died, according to CBS affiliate KDKA.
Terrifying aerial images show the piles of singed wreckage left by the explosion.
First responders say that workers are still trapped under the mountains of heavy materials, and that fire crews are trying to pull them out.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wrote that he is in touch with local officials as they continue to work through the scene.
“The scene is still active, and folks nearby should follow the direction of local authorities,” he said on X.
“Please join Lori and me in praying for the Clairton community.”
Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis also said that the state would be sending “whatever resources and manpower are needed” for the rescue.
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CAITLIN Clark has been sidelined for ages due to injury, and she is starting to get antsy.
The Indiana Fever superstar says she feels a “responsibility” to get back on the court to grow the game.
Clark has played just 13 games in her second WNBA season, and the games she did play weren’t her best.
Because of those factors, she is feeling a bit of pressure to get back on the court.
Not just for her and the Fever’s sake, but for the sake of the entire league.
“It’s hard, because obviously I do feel this responsibility of being out there and playing,” Clark told Sue Bird on the Bird’s Eye View podcast.
Clark also said that she believes the WNBA’s growth won’t come to a halt because she’s been off the court.
However, she wants to play in order to give the fans more to cheer for.
“And not that I think there’s a fear of any of this going away. That doesn’t happen when like, LeBron or Steph get hurt. [Fans] are always going to be there,” Clark said.
“But you do want to play, you want to give people something to cheer about or scream about.
“People spend so much time, and money, and resources to come and watch you play.
“And it’s been cool to see people continue to show up for my teammates, whether they’re fans of the Fever just fans of myself, they’re continuing to show up and support.”
The Fever’s TV viewership is still going strong despite Clark being off the court.
Fans are also still packing WNBA arenas to see the Fever play when Clark is on the bench.
Because of that loyalty, Clark has spent extra time engaging with fans before and after games.
Despite putting in that effort, Clark knows fans would be even happier if she was on the court.
Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier have been named captains of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game.
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Still, Clark won’t rush back from this injury and is going to make sure she is 100 percent before returning to play.
“Early on with the first couple injuries, I was like, ‘I need to get back,'” she said.
“But I think my mom texted after this last injury, and they know how hard it’s been on me, but my mom was like, ‘You’ve taken so much time for everybody else, you have to take time for yourself now.’
“So I’m just trying to do that the best I can, too.”
IT seems like Ghislaine Maxwell is still in the doghouse after being moved to a fancy prison camp in Texas last week.
As the Jeffrey Epstein case has come to the forefront of the Trump administration in past weeks, Maxwell, 63, will be missing out on one of the prison’s best perks.
She won’t be able to hang out with puppies as a part of their service dog training, according to NBC News.
“We do not allow anyone whose crime involves abuse towards minors or animals — including any crime of a sexual nature,” Paige Mazzoni, the CEO of Canine Companions, told the outlet.
“Those are crimes against the vulnerable, and you’re putting them with a puppy who is vulnerable.”
The convicted sex trafficker was transferred to an easygoing prison after meeting with the deputy attorney general in July.
Maxwell was moved from Tallahassee, Florida, to the Lone Star state in the famed Federal Prison Camp Bryan, where famed convicts like Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah are serving out their sentence, too.
The prison has been dubbed as “Club Fed” due to its cushy amenities.
It’s also the lowest level federal security prison in the country, with not even a fence around the perimeter.
“That’s a hard policy we have, so she will not be able to,” Mazzoni continued.
The organization, founded in 1975, wrote on their website that Canine Companions is “leading the service dog industry so our clients and their dogs can live with greater independence.”
It costs no money to its clients.
The move to her new home came after she spoke with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for two days straight, with the conversations yet to be revealed.
Ghislaine is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted in 2021.
She has been seeking a pardon from the president, who has said he could do it but has not made it clear if he would.
Maxwell has said she wouldn’t testify in front of Congress unless immunity was granted.
By Chief Foreign Reporter, Katie Davis
JEFFREY Epstein’s “overly self-confident nature” has made a lawyer who represented his victims doubt whether he took his own life.
Spencer Kuvin, who met Epstein several times, said the shamed criminal never thought he had done anything wrong – and arrogantly believed he wouldn’t be jailed.
He told The Sun: “From the times I met him and deposed him, and sat in mediations with him, he never, ever struck me as someone who questioned whether he had done anything wrong.
“He was always overly self-confident in what he had done and his belief that he had never done anything inappropriate at all, ever.
“There was never any inclination that he ever felt he wasn’t going to get out.
“He always felt ‘this is something I got to go through, I’ll be out of here in a flash, it’s not a big deal’.
“So it was rather surprising to me when he died in jail.”
When asked whether he thought Epstein was murdered, Mr Kuvin said: “I don’t know. I’m not one for wild speculation.
“I deal in reality and proof and evidence.
“And what I could tell you is that the evidence is circumstantial but overwhelming that it was not suicide.”
People from both sides of the political aisle were angered after the current administration concluded early last month that there was no client list for Epstein.
MAGA supporters in particular have relentlessly called for the release of the supposed list after Donald Trump had said he’d publicize never-before-seen documents on the campaign trail.
But Donald Trump has referred to the flurry of attention as “the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” which he says was peddled by the “Fake News and the success-starred Dems.”
He did agree, however, that all “credible” information on Epstein should be released.
“I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody,” he said at the White House.
“It’s pretty boring stuff.”
