November 2, 2022 5:23 pm
DALLAS (AP) – Pilots at another big airline are rejecting a contract offer to seek bigger pay raises. The Allied Pilots Association said Wednesday that its board voted 15-5 to reject an offer by American Airlines that included wage hikes of 19% over two years. Union spokesman Dennis Tajer says American’s management is focusing on keeping pay increases as low as possible. The pilots can’t legally strike unless federal mediators allow it, and that hasn’t happened. The decision by the union board at American follows rejection of a contract offer by United Airlines pilots and a strike-authorization vote by Delta Air Lines pilots.
November 2, 2022 4:56 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been formally sentenced to life in prison without parole. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced him Wednesday for the 2018 murder of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Scherer could not sentence him to death because the jury in his recently concluded trial could not unanimously agree that he deserved execution. Before Cruz was sentenced, parents and other relatives of Cruz’s victims spent two days telling him of their anger and hate toward him. They called him evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.
November 2, 2022 12:26 pm
(WPXI) – Two Pittsburgh men have been charged in connection with a North Side shooting that killed three people. Twenty-one-year-old Jaylone Hines and nineteen-year-old Charron Troutman have been charged and are being held in the Allegheny County Jail. Betty Averytt, Jacquelyn Mihalic and John Hornezes Jr. were killed in the 300 block of Cedar Avenue on Oct. 15th and another man was injured by the gunfire. Hines was charged with two counts of criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and prohibited possession of a firearm. Troutman is charged with one count of criminal homicide, one count of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal conspiracy and one count each of persons not to possess a firearm and carrying a firearm without a license. Mehalic and Averytt were innocent bystanders who were killed as they waited for a bus. Police say Hornezes was one of the shooters. Six people were shot outside his funeral last week. The investigation is ongoing and police ask anyone with additional information to call VCU at 412-323-7161.
November 2, 2022 6:25 am
UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Elrama Volunteer Fire Company of Union Township addressed a controlled implosion In Washington County near the Monongahela River Tuesday. The department said a controlled implosion was set off at the former Duquesne Light Elrama Power Station at 1 Duquesne Light Way in Union Township. Typically, the fire department in the area would have been given advance warning of an event like this. The department said in a social media post they were not notified. They said they, along with other public safety agencies, are investigating. In the comment section, a resident said her house shook when the implosion took place. A 911 dispatcher confirmed the incident.
November 2, 2022 4:24 am
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reportedly told members of the country’s Supreme Court Tuesday night that his election battle against leftist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has come to an end — marking one step closer toward a concession after his defeat on Oct. 30. Earlier, the far-right leader stopped short of conceding and instead used his first comments since his loss to thank his supporters and encourage their protests, as long as they remain peaceful. Moments after Bolsonaro’s initial remarks, the outgoing president’s chief of staff, Ciro Nogueira, announced that the president had authorized him to begin the process of handing over power.
November 2, 2022 4:22 am
JERUSALEM (AP) – After four inconclusive elections, it looks like the fifth time finally worked for Benjamin Netanyahu. With about 85% of the ballots counted, it appears voters gave him and his far-right allies what looks like a stable majority in parliament. Votes are still being counted and results are not final, but Israel was likely headed to its most right-wing government, bolstered by a strong showing from the ultra-nationalist Religious Zionism party, whose members use inflammatory anti-Arab and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Initial results point to a continued rightward shift in the Israeli electorate, further dimming hopes for peace with the Palestinians and setting the stage for possible conflict with the Biden administration.
November 2, 2022 4:21 am
A new study suggests vaccinating pregnant women protects their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV. The virus is a nuisance for most healthy people but it can be severe for babies and older adults. Efforts to create a vaccine have failed for decades but some recent promising studies are raising hopes that one might finally be getting close. Pfizer reported preliminary results of its pregnancy vaccine Tuesday, a shot it also tested successfully in older adults. Rival GSK also has reported success with its vaccine version in seniors.
November 2, 2022 4:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Help-wanted signs are everywhere. Employers are posting nearly two job openings for every unemployed American. Hiring is on track for its second-strongest year in government records dating to 1940. And the economy grew solidly over the summer. From certain angles, the nation’s economic picture looks like a healthy one. But the scene is being photo-bombed by an unsightly intruder: Chronically high inflation. Surging prices are straining family budgets and inflicting hardship on the most economically disadvantaged households. What’s more, the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation through much higher interest rates is raising the risk of a recession by next year. With voting underway in the midterm congressional elections, America’s economy is in a confusing place.
November 2, 2022 4:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve pumped up its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time but hinted that it could soon reduce the size of its rate hikes. It was the Fed’s sixth rate hike this year – a streak that has made mortgages and other loans increasingly expensive and heightened the risk of a recession. The persistence of inflated prices and higher borrowing costs has undercut the ability of Democrats to campaign on the health of the job market as they try to maintain control of Congress. Republican candidates have hammered Democrats on the punishing impact of inflation in the run-up to the midterm elections that will end Tuesday.
November 2, 2022 4:16 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics. Musk has said he won’t make major decisions about content or restoring banned accounts before setting up a “content moderation council” with diverse viewpoints. But his own behavior as a prolific tweeter has signaled otherwise. He’s engaged directly with figures on the political right who are appealing for looser restrictions. Those include a Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state who credits Musk for enabling him to begin tweeting again after his account was briefly suspended Monday.
