March 8, 2024 4:57 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Bethel Park police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl. Isabella Grooms is 5 feet, 3 inches and weighs 165 pounds. She has shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. Isabella was last seen wearing a black hoodie with a skull design on it and gray leggings. She was last seen at 5:30 p.m. Thursday before leaving a friend’s house on Bertha Street. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 412-833-2000.
March 8, 2024 2:19 am
Jim Roddey, the first elected Allegheny County Chief Executive, has died. He was 91 years old. A Marine Corps veteran, Roddey defeated long-time Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht in 1999 by slightly less than 6,000 votes. He is the only Republican to ever hold the post. Allegheny County Republican Chairman Sam DeMarco, said Roddey was a “civic leader unlike any other.”
March 8, 2024 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fake images of Donald Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election. The images, which have not been linked back to Trump’s campaign, could mislead people about the former president’s support among African Americans. Some in Trump’s campaign have expressed frustration with the images, which they said could undermine the campaign’s outreach to Black voters. Powerful AI programs that can easily generate lifelike audio and video are now cheaper and easier to use than ever, making it hard to distinguish what’s real from what’s not.
March 8, 2024 5:01 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel’s bombardment, offensives and siege, children are starting to die. Hunger is most acute in the north, where at least 20 people — almost all children — have died from malnutrition and dehydration, according to the Health Ministry. But also in the south, where access to aid is more regular, particularly vulnerable children are also beginning to succumb. At the Emirati Hospital in Rafah, 16 premature babies have died of malnutrition-related causes over the past five weeks, the director told The Associated Press.
March 8, 2024 5:03 am
PARIS (AP) — France’s leaders used a press from the time of Napoleon to seal the right to abortion into the country’s constitution. Friday’s historic ceremony was open to the public and designed to show support to women across the world on International Women’s Day. France is the first country to explicitly guarantee abortion rights in its national charter with the amendment French legislators approved on Monday. The ceremony is a key event on a day focused on advancing women’s rights globally. Marches, demonstrations and conferences were held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere.
March 8, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping bank regulatory proposal will be significantly revised by year’s end, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday, a potential victory for the large banks that have aggressively opposed the likely changes. The proposed rule, issued last summer by the Fed and other regulatory agencies, is intended to implement changes that were negotiated internationally after the 2008 global financial crisis. Among other things, the rule would require the largest banks — those with more than $100 billion in assets — to hold more funds in reserve to protect against bad loans and other potential losses. Large banks have resisted the proposal, which they say would limit their ability to lend.
March 8, 2024 5:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House. Lawmakers advanced legislation against TikTok Thursday as they voiced concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans. The measure gained the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday and could soon come up for a full vote in the House. The White House has provided technical support in the drafting of the bill, though White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the TikTok legislation “still needs some work” to get to a place where President Joe Biden would endorse it.
March 7, 2024 12:46 pm
State Police are searching for two people whom they say stole over $2,000 worth of cigarettes and hundreds of dollars in cash from a Greene County convenience store. Troopers said the suspects entered the BFS Foods store on Jefferson Road around 5 a.m. on Feb. 29th. They had a gun and were wearing face masks and gloves and one of the suspects was also wearing a brown fur-lined hat. State police said they stole a large amount of cigarette cartons, totaling more than twenty-one-hundred-dollars. They also got away with $220 in cash. Police say the suspects are known to be armed and dangerous and may be traveling in a dark colored vehicle.
March 7, 2024 12:42 pm
Check your tickets! A Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball ticket worth $100,000 was sold in Washington County. The ticket matched four of the five white balls and the red Powerball drawn Wednesday: 6-19-28-44-60, Powerball 10. The Powerball multiplier was two. The ticket was sold at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington, which earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket, the Pennsylvania Lottery said. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
March 7, 2024 2:29 am
The Washington City Mission may get another chance to receive Local Share Account Funding (LSA) this year. At the Washington County Commissioner’s Agenda meeting on Wednesday, Democrat Larry Maggi requested that a $500,000 grant for the mission’s women’s shelter project be put on the agenda for their regular meeting on Thursday. The women’s shelter project was removed from the LSA’s final list of recipients that was approved by the commissioners last month. Republican chairman Nick Sherman, however, said the grant request needs to be sent back to the LSA Board to see if they would agree to reconsider it – and possibly – vote on it. Fellow Republican Electra Janis also agreed with that action. Commissioners say they plan to contact LSA Committee Chairman Jeff Kotula and request that the board reconvene. In an email to WJPA Thursday morning, Kotula said he has not been contacted by Commissioners concerning the City Mission project. Commissioners meet Thursday at 2 p.m.
