September 10, 2024 5:01 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others. Israel says it targeted “significant” Hamas militants and disputes the death toll. Gaza’s Civil Defense said it had recovered 40 bodies from the strike in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone known as Muwasi and was still looking for people. It said entire families were killed as they huddled in tents. An Associated Press camera operator saw three large craters at the scene, where first responders and displaced people were sifting through the sand and rubble with garden tools and their bare hands by the light of mobile phones.
September 10, 2024 5:03 am
Officials say over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war. A Russian regional governor says drones hit two multistory residential buildings and started fires in the town of Ramenskoye just outside Moscow. A woman was killed and three people were injured. He says five residential buildings were evacuated due to falling drone debris. The attack also prompted the authorities to temporarily shut down three airports just outside Moscow. A total of 48 flights were diverted.
September 10, 2024 5:00 am
TASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population. It’s held Tuesday on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed in 1989 during the nation’s fight for independence from Indonesia. While other papal Masses have drawn millions of people in more populous countries and there were certainly other nationalities attending Tuesday’s Mass, the crowd in small East Timor is believed to represent the biggest turnout for a papal event ever, in terms of the proportion of the population.
September 10, 2024 4:55 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage in Philadelphia, they’ll both know there’s little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency. The most populous presidential swing state has sided with the winner of the past two elections, each time by just tens of thousands of votes. The stakes may be especially high for Harris because no Democrat has won the White House without Pennsylvania since 1948. The debate Tuesday night takes place before voting starts, in Pennsylvania and everywhere else. The debate is set for the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
September 11, 2024 7:00 am
Washington County Tourism Promotion Director Jeff Kotula says Washington County Pennsylvania is home to some of the country’s finest historical and cultural attractions, and continues to lead the southwestern Pennsylvania region in both economic and tourism growth. To support this growth and leverage tourism’s impact on economic development, he says the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency (WCTPA) – as part of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce – has awarded $150,230 in new tourism investments, bringing the agency’s 2024 grant total to $533,205. Kotula says the grants are awarded to public and private organizations for both marketing and capital projects in the 2025 tourism season. Historical, cultural and entertainment organizations such as the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington County Historical Society, Canonsburg Educational and Cultural Institute, Sarris Candies, National Pike Trail Council, and others are receiving grants to promote their events and for capital improvements.
TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS
Borough of Burgettstown: To promote cycling in Hillman State Park & the Panhandle Trail $ 6,750.00
Canonsburg Educational & Cultural Institute: Comprehensive site evaluation & developmental plan $ 40,000.00
County Home Shows: To promote visitation to the 2025 Washington Co. Home Show $ 8,480.00
National Pike Trail Council: To install lighting within a 1,000 ft curved tunnel along the trail $ 20,000.00
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: To install swinging door operators to meet ADA standards $ 20,000.00
Sarris Candies, Inc.: To promote visitor interest and events at new production facility $ 35,000.00
Washington County Historical Society: To restore the main hallway & staircase of the LeMoyne House $ 20,000.00
September 9, 2024 3:55 pm
(WPXI) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a bomb threat to an Indiana County school district. Authorities say troopers were sent to Penns Manor Area School District just before 10 a.m. Monday after a note was found in the high school indicating there was a bomb in the building. Students were dismissed early while troopers, including the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Emergency and Special Operations Explosives Detection K9 Unit, were investigating. Police say no explosive devices were found during a sweep of the building. Anyone with information on this bomb threat should contact police by calling 724-357-1960.
September 9, 2024 5:07 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – There was an increased police and security presence at Woodland Hills’ Edgewood Elementary School on Monday. In a letter sent to families on Sunday afternoon, Woodland Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel Castega said this was being done out of an abundance of caution due to a social media post threatening a shooting at a school named Edgewood High School. Castenga says the Edgewood Police Department contacted him on Sunday morning because Edgewood Elementary School was formerly Edgewood High School. The post, which has since been taken down, was made just before midnight Saturday and was traced to Fayette County by Pennsylvania State Police. Police do not think there is a threat to Edgewood Elementary School or the Woodland Hills School District.
September 9, 2024 2:23 am
A McMurray woman was killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon just after twelve o’clock in Peters Township. Washington County Coroner, Tim Warco, tells WJPA News that 77-Year old Sandra Zuraw was the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle traveling north on Washington Road when she somehow lost control of the vehicle and and crashed near 4007 Washington Road. There were no other vehicles involved. Police, who are investigating the crash, say she died in the emergency department at Canonsburg Hospital. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. Warco, meanwhile, says his office is investigating it as a probable medical event.
September 9, 2024 5:12 am
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Police were called to a busy scene in Fayette County on Saturday. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Naomi Road in Allegheny Township at 1:03 p.m. District Attorney Michael Aubele said a woman was found dead in a house in that area and a man who had been shot was also found in that area. The man was flown to a hospital and is in stable condition. Authorities say the woman was not shot. An official cause of death has not been released at this time. A suspect has been taken into custody. Their identity has not been released at this time. Pennsylvania State Police said they have also been called to investigate.
September 9, 2024 5:11 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent fight that broke out on the South Side early Saturday morning left one of the city’s officers hurt. Pittsburgh Police said the officer’s ankle was broken as he and others on patrol were making an arrest on East Carson Street near 15th Street around 1 a.m. During that arrest, police said people on the sidewalk started to fight. Surveillance video from inside a bar called Oddballs shows how it all started. One of the bar’s owners told Channel 11, that there was an argument between two people inside the bar when security and a police sergeant quickly stepped in to remove them. Surveillance video from outside a business shows a man stumbling out of the bar and an officer separating him from someone else. He’s then seen pushing that officer and struggling with the police. Video from a different camera angle shows a fight between a crowd of people breaking out further up the sidewalk. The group drags someone to the ground along with the injured officer.
