December 29, 2024 4:02 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says it seized more than 20,000 counterfeit Pennsylvania vehicle inspection stickers that were shipped from Israel to an address in Philadelphia. The agency said that customs officers found the stickers in two different shipments that arrived on different days, Nov. 26 and Dec. 9. The agency didn’t say in a Thursday statement who sent the stickers, who was to receive them and what purpose the stickers were going to serve. The agency said it made no arrests. Pennsylvania requires that motor vehicles be inspected annually to ensure they meet minimum mechanical, safety and emissions standards.
December 27, 2024 3:54 pm
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display. The argument previews fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — that is, wealthy members of the tech world who want more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies.
December 27, 2024 3:51 pm
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli troops have stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the territory’s north and forced many of the staff and patients outside. Then they had to remove their clothes in winter weather. Friday’s incident was the latest assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital. Staff say it has been hit multiple times in the past three months by Israeli troops waging an offensive against Hamas fighters in the surrounding neighborhoods. Israel’s military says Hamas uses the hospital as a base. It did not provide evidence, and hospital officials have denied it.
December 27, 2024 5:44 am
One person was injured in a crash late Thursday night in Chartiers Township. Washington County 9-1-1 says a vehicle rolled over and struck a utility pole in the 19-hundred block of Henderson Avenue just after 10 p.m. Dispatchers say the driver was entrapped and was eventually flown to a Pittsburgh hospital by medical helicopter. There is no word on their identity or condition. We are told West Penn Power crews were called to the scene to make repairs to the pole but power was not knocked out as a result of the crash.
December 27, 2024 4:51 am
The Food and Drug Administration has raised the risk level of recalled Costco eggs to Class I, the highest category. More than 10,800 cartons of Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised eggs produced by Handsome Brook Farms were initially recalled in November, USA Today reported. But this week the FDA has raised the level to a Class I recall, saying there is “a reasonable probability” that it “will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” The recall was first initiated after the company found that eggs that were not meant for retail distribution were packaged and sent to stores. They were potentially contaminated with salmonella. The eggs, which came in a 24-count package – had a UPC of 9661910680 and a best-by date of Jan. 5, 2025. They were distributed in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, the FDA said. They were sold at only 25 Costco locations, NBC News reported. It has 624 stores across the country. (Photo: Handsome Brook Farms)
December 27, 2024 4:44 am
CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. – (WPXI) – A winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold in Beaver County. The ticket was sold at the Sunoco in Center Township on Pleasant Drive. The numbers matched all five of the white balls drawn on Christmas Eve. They were: 11, 14, 38, 45 and 46. It did not match the yellow Mega Ball 3. The Mega Millions jackpot is currently worth $1.15 billion.
December 27, 2024 4:55 am
DALLAS (AP) — Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas are under severe weather watches as the National Weather Service predicts a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the region. The storm watches have continued early Friday after more than 100 flights were delayed and dozens more were canceled Thursday at airports in Dallas and Houston. The weather service says the greatest weather risk stretched from just east of Dallas and between Houston and portions of southern Arkansas and western Louisiana. The risk includes the possibility of tornadoes, wind gusts between 60 and 80 miles per hour and large hail.
December 27, 2024 4:57 am
Aviation experts say that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of the crash. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons yet unclear and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan. Cellphone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball.
December 27, 2024 4:58 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo. The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing party lawmakers boycotted the vote. Han, the No. 2 official in South Korea, has been the caretaker leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the assembly over his short-lived imposition of martial law earlier this month. Han’s impeachment further deepens South Korea’s political crisis and damages its international image.
December 28, 2024 1:14 am
A Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church has begun. It is a special period of grace and celebration that takes place every twenty-five-years and is designed to offer the faithful a unique opportunity for spiritual renewal and a closer relationship with God. This year’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and locally, St. James Parish has a special place in the celebration. Bishop Zubik has named one church in each of the six counties of the Diocese of Pittsburgh as a place for Pious Visit. Father Ed Yuhas, Pastor of St. James Parish, says they are blessed that Bishop Zubik has selected Saint James Parish/Immaculate Conception church as the place in Washington County for Pious Visits – where pilgrims can make visits and obtain an indulgence all throughout the Jubilee Holy Year. The Diocese of Pittsburgh will celebrate the opening Mass of the Jubilee 2025 on Saturday, December 28th at Saint Paul Cathedral. Father Yuhas also mentioned a new addition to the Vatican, Luce (Lucy), which means light in Italian. She was introduced as part of the Jubilee Year Celebration to show the light of the Catholic Faith and a means to draw younger people into the church.