April 26, 2024 5:10 am
No injures are reported after a house fire in Houston Thursday night. The blaze broke out just after 11 p.m along McNary Street. The home was occupied at the time. The Red Cross has been called in to assist the occupants. There is no word on what may have sparked the fire.
April 26, 2024 5:07 am
SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Multiple kids were on board when a school bus and a pickup truck collided in South Fayette Township on Thursday. The crash happened near the intersection of Robinson Run Road and Battle Ridge Road at 3:55 p.m. A school bus and a pickup truck were involved in the crash. The school district confirmed four children and two employees were on the bus at the time of the crash. Minor injuries were reported.
April 26, 2024 5:04 am
A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy. The Cumberland Valley School District’s board voted 5-4 Wednesday to allow Pancholy, who is gay, to speak against bullying during a May 22 assembly at Mountain View Middle School. The event was canceled after a board member cited concerns about what he described as the actor’s activism and “lifestyle.” The board reversed the decision after hearing from district leaders, residents and students. Pancholy said in a statement Thursday that he looks forward to the event. He said it was moving to see students speak out and share messages of inclusion.
April 26, 2024 5:01 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants a series of three debates with his Republican challenger David McCormick ahead of the November election, and McCormick is readily accepting. Casey says in a statement Thursday he intends to participate in debates in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Asked about it at a campaign event, McCormick said it’s a great idea. A series of three such meetings would give the debate stage the most robust presence in a Senate race in Pennsylvania since 2006, when Casey and then-GOP Sen. Rick Santorum joined four debates. Pennsylvania’s last five Senate contests featured either two debates or one.
April 26, 2024 5:16 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial are poised to dig into a former tabloid publisher’s accounts of how he worked to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign. David Pecker will return to the witness stand for the fourth day as defense attorneys try to poke holes in the testimony of the former National Enquirer publisher. The prosecution’s first witness has described helping bury embarrassing stories Trump feared would hurt his campaign. It will cap a consequential week in the criminal cases Trump is facing as he vies to reclaim the White House in November.
April 26, 2024 5:15 am
Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are digging in at Columbia University for a 10th day, part of a number of demonstrations roiling campuses from California to Connecticut. Hundreds have been arrested across the nation, sometimes amid scuffles with police. In New York, Columbia is negotiating with student protesters who have rebuffed police and doubled down. Other schools have been quick to call law enforcement to douse demonstrations before they can take hold. Columbia officials have said they will seek other options if the negotiations with protesters fail.
April 26, 2024 5:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is expected to announce that it will provide about $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine. It will include much sought after munitions for Patriot air defense systems and other weapons. The officials say the aid package will be funded through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which pays for longer-term contracts with the defense industry and means that it could take many months or years for the weapons to arrive. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public.
April 26, 2024 5:13 am
BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China are butting heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials. Friday’s meetings started with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and then Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong. Talks between the two sides have increased in recent months even as differences have grown. Blinken and Wang underscored the importance of keeping lines of communication open, but they also lamented that divisions were becoming more serious. Their opening comments hinted at a long list of differences to be discussed, including Taiwan, the South China Sea, trade, human rights and China’s support for Russia.
April 25, 2024 5:24 pm
(WPXI) – Multiple kids were on board when a school bus and a pickup truck collided in South Fayette Township on Thursday. The crash happened near the intersection of Robinson Run Road and Battle Ridge Road at 3:55 p.m. A school bus and a pickup truck were involved in the crash. The school district confirmed four children and two employees were on the bus at the time of the crash. Minor injuries were reported.
April 25, 2024 12:45 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that’s “pushing our planet to the brink.” The new limits unveiled Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-powered electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector. The rules are a key part of President Joe Biden’s pledge to eliminate carbon pollution from the electricity sector by 2035 and economy-wide by 2050. The National Mining Association claims the EPA is “dismantling the reliability of the U.S. electric grid.″
