June 24, 2024 5:22 pm
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom. Plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday include parents of Louisiana public school children, represented by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Opponents argue that the law is a violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. Proponents say the measure is not solely religious and has historical significance. In the language of the law, the Ten Commandments are “foundational documents of our state and national government.” (Photo: AP)
June 24, 2024 4:50 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)-The Pittsburgh community came together on Sunday to go down the path toward healing and transformation after the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. People packed into a tent on the grounds of the Tree of Life Synagogue. Members of the congregation, politicians, faith leaders, survivors and their families gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony. The site will now become a new building and stand as a memorial. The new building will house a sanctuary for the Tree of Life congregation, an education center dedicated to combating bigotry and a museum dedicated exclusively to chronicling the long history of antisemitism in America, which will be the first of its kind in the country. Victims families, survivors and leaders joined the stage to break glass — a tradition at Jewish wedding ceremonies to remember the pain of the past and the broken world amid great joy.
June 23, 2024 6:54 am
A new mom reveling in her daughter’s development was among four people shot and killed when a gunman opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store. Callie Weems’ mother, Helen Browning, says her daughter died in the shooting Friday in the city of Fordyce. Browning says Weems had a 10-month-old daughter who was a constant source of entertainment and wonder. In all, 15 people were wounded in the attack, including the alleged gunman. It’s at least the third mass shooting at a grocery store in recent years. A gunman in Buffalo, New York, killed 10 people at a store in 2022. That was about a year after a store shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
June 23, 2024 6:50 am
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s southern region of Dagestan is holding the first of three days of mourning following a rampage by Islamic militants that killed 19 people, most of them police, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults in two cities. Sunday’s violence was the latest that officials blamed on Islamic extremists in the predominantly Muslim region in the North Caucasus. It also was the deadliest in Russia since March, when gunmen gunmen opened fire at a concert in suburban Moscow, killing 145 people. That attack was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. but no group has taken responsibility for Sunday’s attacks in Dagestan’s cities of Makhachkala and Derbent. All five gunmen were reported killed.
June 24, 2024 5:37 pm
(AP) – A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name. Tamayo Perry died in the attack near Goat Island on Sunday. Perry was most famous as a surfer around in the early 2000s. His specialty was surfing huge Pipeline waves, and he won the Pipeline Master trials in 1999. His other passion was acting. He had several small roles credited to him, including playing a buccaneer in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in 2011. That same year, he appeared in an episode of the television series “Hawaii Five-0.”
June 24, 2024 6:48 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries has swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight. Official say the fire began Monday after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul. An investigation is ongoing. The dead include 18 Chinese, two South Koreans and one Laotian. China has a sizable ethnic Korean minority and in recent years, some have migrated to South Korea to seek work.
June 23, 2024 4:52 am
A cold front brought strong thunderstorms throughout southwestern Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon. Several severe thunderstorm watches and warnings were issued. A tornado watch was issued for Washington County as well. Those storms did cause power outages. Currently, West Penn Power’s outage map indicates that there are just under 20 power outages in Washington County.
June 24, 2024 4:51 am
A woman from North Carolina was killed in a roll over accident on Interstate 70 near the West Virginia state line on Sunday morning. According to a coroner report, 18 year old Kaylee Ogea lost control of her car before rolling it over. Reports indicate that the accident occurred around 3:07 am. Ogea was pronounced dead at 4:44 am at UPMC Washington Hospital.
June 24, 2024 7:50 am
Greene County, PA-(WPXI)-A man was killed and three people hurt in a Greene County crash involving two motorcycles and a deer on Saturday. A report from Pennsylvania State Police in Waynesburg says the crash happened on N 88 Road in Jefferson Township around 4:10 p.m. as two motorcycles were traveling south. Police say a deer jumped into the road, and the first motorcycle driver, identified as Alan Tretinik, 60, of Clarksville, could not slow down. He hit the deer, lost control of the bike and fell into the center of the southbound lane. Tretinik was taken to an area hospital but died of his injuries. A passenger riding Tretinik’s motorcycle was taken to a hospital for a suspected minor injury. The driver and passenger of the second motorcycle also had suspected minor injuries but were not taken to area hospitals.
June 24, 2024 5:39 pm
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new federal rule aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. The rule was finalized Monday. Firefighters responding to last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond. The local East Palestine fire chief said it took 45 minutes for him to learn exactly what was on that train. A federal official says those running towards a fire need to know the unique risks they face, so they can have the right gear and evacuate everyone in danger. (Photo: AP)
