January 25, 2024 2:57 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another Trump White House official convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack has been sentenced to four months behind bars. Peter Navarro was the second Trump aide convicted of contempt of Congress and was sentenced Thursday. Steve Bannon also got four months but is free pending appeal. Navarro served as a trade adviser under President Donald Trump and promoted the Republican’s baseless claims of voter fraud after he lost the 2020 election. Navarro was found guilty of defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House Jan. 6 committee. Navarro’s attorneys have filed a notice of appeal.
January 25, 2024 11:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of Robitussin cough syrup is recalling several lots of its medicine due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems. The recall affects eight lots of Robitussin cough syrup for adults containing honey. The Food and Drug Administration posted the company’s announcement to its website Wednesday. The products could cause “severe or life-threatening adverse events,” if taken by people with weakened immune systems. For most healthy individuals, any infections resulting from the products are unlikely to be serious. The recalled products were Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups.
January 25, 2024 10:26 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy grew at an unexpectedly brisk 3.3% annual pace from October through December as Americans showed a continued willingness to spend freely despite high interest rates and price levels that have frustrated many households. The latest figures reflected the surprising durability of the world’s largest economy, marking the sixth straight quarter in which GDP has grown at an annual pace of 2% or more. Consumers drove the fourth-quarter growth. Their spending expanded at a 2.8% annual rate, for items ranging from clothing, furniture, recreational vehicles and other goods to services like hotels and restaurant meals. The GDP report also showed that despite the robust pace of growth, inflationary measures continued to ease.
January 25, 2024 5:18 am
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental. Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to die Thursday night for his conviction in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett. This is Alabama’s second attempt to execute the 58-year-old. His 2022 lethal injection was called off at the last minute because authorities couldn’t connect the IV line. The execution will be the first attempt to use a new execution method since lethal injection was introduced in 1982.
January 25, 2024 5:17 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has testified for a total of less than three minutes at a New York trial where an advice columnist seeks over $10 million in defamation damages against him. He took the stand in his own defense Thursday in Manhattan federal court. The writer, E. Jean Carroll, says Trump ruined her reputation after she accused him of sexually abusing her in the mid-1990s. He testified that he “just wanted to defend myself, my family” and the presidency. Carroll seeks damages regarding things Trump said about her in 2019, after she revealed her claims in a book. A jury last year agreed Carroll was abused by Trump in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store. Trump denies it.
January 25, 2024 5:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is zeroing in on an expected rematch against Donald Trump after this week’s New Hampshire primaries. Ten months from Election Day, Biden’s write-in victory in a New Hampshire race he didn’t formally contest put a fork in any plausible path to deny him a second turn at the Democratic nomination. Now Biden and his team want to clarify the choice voters will face, believing that the stakes of the election, and Trump’s solidifying grip on the GOP, will appeal to voters in the center. Biden sees a rematch with Trump as both his easiest path to reelection and a validation of his decision, at 81, to seek another four-year term.
January 25, 2024 5:14 am
Investigators searching the site where a Russian military transport plane crashed in a border region near Ukraine have reportedly found the flight recorders. The report Thursday by a state-run Russian news agency came a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, and Ukraine’s president demanded an international investigation. The Il-76 fell from the sky and crashed in a huge ball of flame in a rural area of Russia on Wednesday. Russian authorities said all 74 people on board were killed and accused Kyiv of shooting down the plane with a missile. They claimed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board but offered no evidence.
January 25, 2024 5:11 am
MONESSEN, Pa. — (WPXI) – The doors to the 6 Deuce Fit gym are boarded up, and the fire tape was still up Wednesday after a fire tore through the gym late Sunday night in Monessen. Investigators say they are looking into this fire as suspicious. The fire department posted on Facebook and said crews took an offensive attack against the fire, and one of the firefighters was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Monessen’s Mayor confirmed to Channel 11 the fire is being investigated as suspicious, and that the state fire marshal’s office has been called to assist in the investigation. Neighbors said the gym has been a bright spot for their community, and they’re sad someone may have started this fire.
January 25, 2024 5:06 am
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Aliquippa football team has lost its appeal to the PIAA and will play in Class 5A moving forward. Aliquippa won the Class 4A state title in November and the team was moved up due to the PIAA’s competition classification formula in the beginning of January. The program announced it would appeal the decision on Jan. 9. Legislation was introduced on Wednesday aimed to resolve problems with the way Pennsylvania schools are classified for athletic competition. liquippa has won a total of five state titles and has three alumni in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Head coach Mike Warfield confirmed Aliquippa will be taking the issue to court.
January 25, 2024 2:40 am
Washington County Commissioners have confirmed that the county’s computer system was targeted by hackers. Republican Chairman Nick Sherman tells WJPA news that they received notice from the Department of Homeland Security early in the morning to shut down their servers because there was a security breach. Sherman said federal officials warned them of a phishing expedition taking place on their servers and at that time the servers were shut down. Sherman said the Washington County Courthouse remained open with hearings taking place and paperwork being filed by hand, but some departments that rely heavily on computers did send some employees home. Sherman says they are waiting for an official update from Homeland Security to say if this is a cyber attack, ransomware attack or if they caught the breach early enough to prevent that. So far, Sherman says, there has been no mention of any ransom.
