November 23, 2024 7:26 am
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are recalling over 208,000 electric vehicles to fix a pesky problem that can cause loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. The recalls cover more than 145,000 Hyundai and Genesis vehicles including the 2022 through 2024 Ioniq 5, the 2023 through 2025 Ioniq 6, GV60 and GV70, and the 2023 and 2024 G80. Also included are nearly 63,000 Kia EV 6 vehicles from 2022 through 2024. The affiliated Korean automakers say in government documents that a transistor in a charging control unit can be damaged and stop charging the 12-volt battery. Dealers will inspect and replace the control unit and a fuse if needed. They also will update software.
November 23, 2024 5:32 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, as diplomats scramble to broker a cease-fire. The Lebanese civil defense said the death toll was provisional as emergency responders were still digging through the rubble looking for survivors Saturday morning. The strikes were the fourth on the Lebanese capital in less than a week. The escalation comes after U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire deal to end the more than 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which has erupted into full-on war in the past two months.
November 23, 2024 5:18 am
(WPXI) A teen is facing a second set of charges related to threats made against the Chartiers Valley School District. Allegheny County Police were called to investigate a handwritten document that was “threatening in nature.” The note caused the district to cancel in-person classes and switch to online learning. Their investigation led them to believe a 17-year-old boy was responsible. That same teen was charged with terroristic threats on Nov. 11 for a situation also involving the Chartiers Valley School District. The Parkway West Career and Technology Center was also threatened in the case. Police filed charges with the district attorney’s office and said the teen was taken into custody Friday evening.
November 23, 2024 4:59 am
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — A major storm continues to drop heavy snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets. Meanwhile on the opposite coast blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday for areas spanning from the Northeast to central Appalachia. The storm on the West Coast arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, before moving through Northern California. Forecasters predicted that both coasts would begin to see a reprieve from the storms as the system in the northeast moves into eastern Canada and the one in the West heads south.
November 23, 2024 4:56 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. He previously had worked on and off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought, 48, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position he held during Trump’s first term. And Trump chose Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, as his labor secretary, and Scott Turner, a former football player who worked in Trump’s first administration, as his housing secretary.
November 23, 2024 4:50 am
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The United Nations’ annual climate talks pushed into overtime Saturday as negotiators pressed on to get a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change. Several countries were left angry and disappointed at the latest proposed deal from the talks on Friday afternoon. That draft pledged $250 billion annually by 2035, more than double the previous goal of $100 billion set 15 years ago but far short of the annual $1 trillion-plus that experts say is needed.
November 23, 2024 4:47 am
VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging it would bring perpetrators to justice. Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened. In a short statement released to the media, the Lao government said it was “profoundly saddened over the loss of lives of foreign tourists” in the town Vang Vieng and offered its condolences to the families of the victims.
November 23, 2024 3:31 am
A drug raid Friday at a home in Charleroi. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says a search warrant was executed on a home at 805 Sixth Street. The warrant was executed by the Washington Regional SWAT, members of the DA’s Drug Task Force, Charleroi Regional Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Walsh states that Timothy Allen Pace was in the residence at the time of the raid. He was taken to jail on a probation warrant. Narcotics charges are pending on a known individual associated with the distribution of crack cocaine.
November 23, 2024 3:55 am
Motorists trying to use I-70 westbound through the city Friday afternoon found themselves sitting in delays they likely did not anticipate. A dump truck hauling gravel overturned on the interstate at the Chestnut Street exit shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon. The driver of the truck was not injured but the road was closed for several hours while crews cleared the scene. Traffic was backed up for miles through Washington on alternate routes like 18 and 136 as people scrambled to find ways around the closures and backups. All lanes were reopened before 5pm.
November 22, 2024 7:37 am
The State Police Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate a house fire Friday morning in the City of Washington. It broke out at a home along E. Prospect Avenue just after 7 a.m. Washington County 9-1-1 says it was initially called in as a dryer fire that spread to the home. Everyone inside the home did get out safely and no injuries are reported. The fire was brought under control about thirty-minutes later.
