November 16, 2022 4:11 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s new moon rocket has blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard. Wednesday’s Florida launch brings the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well with the three-week flight, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon, before returning to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in December. NASA hopes to send four astronauts around the moon on the next flight, in 2024, and land humans there as early as 2025.
November 16, 2022 4:10 am
PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) – NATO’s chief and the president of Poland say there are no indications that a missile that fell on Polish farmland and killed two people was a deliberate attack. They said that Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile as it was fending off a Russian air assault. Tuesday’s incident came as Russia launched missiles and drones that savaged Ukraine’s power grid. Poland said the missile was Russian-made. U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that Russia fired it. Ukraine’s president said he did not believe the missile was Ukrainian and asked for more evidence. The NATO chief and others laid overall but not specific blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
November 16, 2022 4:05 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Uniontown City police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot in the head early Monday morning. According to a news release, officers were called to the area of North Gallatin Avenue and East Coffee Street, where a man was found shot in the head. The victim was taken by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. His condition was not stated in the release. Investigators identified the suspect as Ramon “Roscoe” Jerome Williams III. A warrant was issued for Williams for criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of firearm prohibited, possession of instruments of a crime and tampering with evidence. Williams is still at large, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call Uniontown City Police at 724-430-2929.
November 15, 2022 4:29 pm
MONACA, Pa. (AP) – Years in the works, a massive petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania fed by the vast natural gas reservoir underneath Appalachia is fully operational. Oil and gas giant Shell plc said Tuesday that the refinery will produce 3.5 billion pounds of polyethylene annually when it ramps up to full production by the second half of 2023. It is built on the site of a former zinc smelter along the Ohio River some 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The refinery produces ethylene, which is used to produce everything from plastics to tires to antifreeze. Environmental advocacy groups predict that it’ll generate more plastic pollution, compounds that form smog and planet-warming greenhouse gases.
November 15, 2022 1:55 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Beyonce has propelled herself into the highest Grammy echelon. The star singer claimed a leading nine nominations Tuesday, making her tied with her husband Jay-Z as the most nominated music act in the history of the awards show at 88 apiece. Kendrick Lamar came away with the second-most nominations with eight, while Adele and Brandi Carlile both received seven nods. Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Future, DJ Khaled, Randy Merrill and The-Dream picked up six. The ceremony will be held Feb. 5 in Los Angeles. Nearly half of this year’s leading nominees are women and more than half are people of color. (Photo: AP)
November 15, 2022 1:36 pm
(WPXI) – A woman, who police say was an innocent bystander, was grazed by a bullet in Downtown Pittsburgh Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to the intersection of Smithfield Street and Fourth Avenue just after noon. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety said that the woman was grazed in the leg by a bullet during a dispute between two males. Police said she is OK. There is no threat to the public following the shooting, according to police.
November 15, 2022 12:14 pm
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Police say four University of Idaho students found dead in an off-campus home were targeted and the killer or killers used a knife or other “edged weapon.” The Moscow Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that investigators were trying to establish a timeline to recreate the victims’ activities on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, following all leads and identifying persons of interest. The killings likely occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday and the bodies were discovered about nine hours later. Autopsies expected to be completed later this week could provide more information about how the victims were killed.
November 15, 2022 9:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Prices at the wholesale level rose 8% in October from a year ago, the fourth straight decline and the latest sign that inflation pressures in the United States are easing from painfully high levels. The annual figure is down from 8.4% in September. On a monthly basis, the government said Tuesday that its producer price index, which measures costs before they reach consumers, rose 0.2% in October from September. That was same as in the previous month, which was revised down from an initial reading of 0.4%.
November 15, 2022 4:24 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jay Leno says he’s doing OK after suffering serious burns in a gasoline fire. In a statement to Variety, Leno said he needs a “week or two” to get back on his feet. The cause and time of the fire wasn’t immediately clear. The 72-year-old former “Tonight Show” host is known for his famed car collection, which is housed at a garage in Burbank, north of Los Angeles. People magazine reported Leno had been set to appear at a financial conference in Las Vegas on Sunday but canceled citing a serious medical emergency. Leno’s publicist and production company had no immediate comment.
November 15, 2022 4:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has cleared the first major step toward becoming House speaker. The California Republican won the nomination Tuesday from his GOP colleagues in a secret ballot election. But it’s just the start. Republicans are on the cusp of House control and McCarthy will face a formal vote when the new Congress convenes in January. McCarthy will need to shore up support from no fewer than 218 lawmakers with potentially just a few votes to spare. (Photo: AP)
