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NEW YORK (AP) — Disney and YouTube TV reached a new deal to bring channels like ABC and ESPN back to the Google-owned livestreaming platform Friday, ending a blackout for customers that dragged on for over two weeks.

“As part of the new deal, Disney’s full suite of networks and stations — including ESPN and ABC — have already begun to be restored to YouTube TV subscribers,” The Walt Disney Co. said in a statement.

YouTube TV also confirmed the return of Disney content on its platform, noting that subscribers should see channels back “over the course of the day.” It apologized for the disruption and thanked customers for their “patience as we negotiated on their behalf.”

Disney content went dark on YouTube TV the night of Oct. 30 after the two sides failed to reach a new licensing deal. In the days that followed, YouTube TV subscribers were left without Disney channels on the platform — notably disrupting coverage of top college football matchups and professional sports games, as well as news and entertainment programming.

Beyond ESPN and ABC, other Disney-owned content removed from YouTube TV during the impasse included channels like NatGeo, FX, Freeform, SEC Network, ACC Network and more.

Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said Friday that they were “pleased that our networks have been restored in time for fans to enjoy the many great programming options this weekend, including college football.”

When talks broke down last month, YouTube TV said Disney was proposing costly terms that would lead to higher prices for and fewer choices for its subscribers. It accused Disney of using the blackout as a negotiating tactic — claiming the maneuver also benefited Disney’s own streaming products like Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.

Disney, meanwhile, said that YouTube TV had refused to pay fair rates for its channels. The California entertainment giant also accused Google of “using its market dominance to eliminate competition.” And executives blasted the platform for pulling content “prior to the midnight expiration” of their deal in late October.

Both sides also publicly sparred over negotiations and content available leading up to Nov. 4 elections across the U.S.

By the time Disney’s channels returned to YouTube TV, Google’s streamer said it had “reached an agreement with Disney that preserves the value of our service for our subscribers and future flexibility in our offers.” Disney executives maintained that the deal reflected the company’s “continued commitment to delivering exceptional entertainment and evolving with how audiences choose to watch.”

The two-week blackout is among a growing list of licensing disputes seen in the streaming world today, particularly as competition grows overs hosting live content. And consumers often pay the price when company negotiations break down.

The showdown between Disney and YouTube was not their first. YouTube TV subscribers lost access to all Disney content after 2021 contract talks broke down, but that disruption lasted less than two days.

And YouTube TV has removed other content from its platform after expired agreements. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has been unavailable on YouTube TV since Sept. 30, for example. Parent company TelevisaUnivision decried Google’s move, saying it would strip “millions of Hispanic viewers of the Spanish-language news, sports, and entertainment they rely on every day,” and called on the platform to reverse course.

YouTube TV’s base subscription plan costs $82.99 per month — which, beyond Disney content, currently includes live TV offerings from networks like NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS and more. The platform previously said it would give subscribers a $20 credit its dispute with Disney lasted “an extended period of time” — which it reportedly allowed customers to start claiming on Nov. 9.

Disney also doles out live TV through both traditional broadcasting and its own lineup of streaming platforms. ESPN launched its own streamer earlier this year, starting at $29.99 a month. And other Disney content can be found on platforms like Hulu, Disney+ and Fubo. Disney currently allows people to bundle ESPN along with Hulu and Disney+ for $35.99 a month — or $29.99 a month for the first year.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Tarentum, PA) Police are investigating after disturbing flyers were left in multiple Western Pennsylvania towns recently. Specifically, Tarentum and Brackenridge have been places where police have been asking the public to provide footage of suspects who are leaving flyers advertising the Klu Klux Klan in Indiana Borough. One mother in the area noted that a dozen KKK flyers were left overnight on the front lawn of her home.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A police vehicle collided with another vehicle on East Liberty Boulevard at North Highland Avenue in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, around 7 p.m. on Saturday night, a Pittsburgh Police vehicle was involved in the crash when they were responding to a call for backup at a traffic stop on Black Street. EMS responded and the vehicle of the driver in the regular vehicle was not hurt even though that vehicle was rendered inoperable. The officers inside the police vehicle were not hurt either, but the driver of the police vehicle was taken to the hospital to undergo alcohol and drug testing.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Martin County, FL) According to authorities, a former doctor who worked at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh was arrested in an undercover child sex sting in Florida. That person was thirty-eight-year-old Mohamed Mesregah, who the Florida attorney general confirms was one of six people recently arrested in an operation which targeted people that sexually exploited children online. Investigators confirmed that the suspects posed as fourteen-year-old girls on an online escort website. Mesregah has charges including using a computer to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child, traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony and a UPMC spokesperson states that he had been fired from his position at UPMC Children’s Hospital.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh will remain closed through this week as Pittsburgh Regional Transit will prepare a report for two state oversight agencies and coordinate both inspections and plans for its reopening. The incline closed on November 1st, 2025, which is when twenty-seven passengers inside of it saw both cars unexpectedly stop during a trip because of a motor controller failure. The trapped passengers have since been rescued after this incident occurred.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) One person was taken into custody and two men were wounded after a late-night stabbing that occurred in the South Side of Pittsburgh last night. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the suspect was arrested in connection with the stabbing that happened around 10:30 p.m. last night along East Carson Street in its 1200 block. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials say that both victims were stabbed in the chest area and that charges will be filed against the suspect. Both victims were taken to the hospital, with one of them in critical condition and the other in stable condition. The cause of the incident is unclear at this time. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, a man was shot and killed yesterday in the Middle Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Police went to the 2400 block of Webster Avenue on Sunday evening because of a ShotSpotter alert there, and officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying in the street. Officers performed CPR on him before medics took him to an area hospital, which is where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation into this incident is ongoing.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Marion Township, PA) An eleven-year-old boy was flown to the hospital after being shot in Marion Township on Friday. According to Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible, two cousins, ages 11 and 14, were running around in the 14-year-old’s yard playing cops and robbers or cowboys, carrying guns they thought were inoperable, when one of the weapons fired. Specifically, the fourteen-year-old shot the eleven-year-old in the stomach on Herman Road at around 11:22 a.m. with a .22 handgun not knowing that it was loaded even though the cousins found the guns in a safe that was locked and unlocked it with a key they found and started playing with them. The boy that was shot was flown to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and Bible does not anticipate that charges will be filed at this time. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate, June 2, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being hospitalized due to what his office said was a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an early morning walk Thursday.

Fetterman, D-Pa., posted a picture Saturday on X that showed the aftereffects to his nose and forehead, saying “20 stitches later and a full recovery, I’m back home” with his wife, Gisele, and their children.

The smiling Fetterman also said he was grateful for the medical team in Pittsburgh that “put me back together.”

“See you back in DC,” he concluded.

Ventricular fibrillation is the most serious form of abnormal heartbeat and can lead to cardiac arrest — when the heart suddenly stops beating — and sudden cardiac death, according to the American Heart Association.

Ventricular fibrillation occurs in the heart’s lower chambers, and the heart association says its causes include cardiomyopathy, which Fetterman was diagnosed with in 2022. Cardiomyopathy can impede blood flow and potentially cause heartbeats so irregular they can be fatal.

Fetterman, 56, disclosed that he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and another type of abnormal heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, after he had a stroke during his 2022 campaign.