September 4, 2024 5:03 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled Tuesday that Trump had not satisfied the burden of proof required for a federal court to take control of the case from the state court where it was tried. Hellerstein’s ruling came hours after Manhattan prosecutors raised objections to Trump’s effort to delay post-trial decisions in the case while he sought to have the federal court step in. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice late Tuesday appealing the decision to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
September 4, 2024 5:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a video statement Tuesday that the charges “are just one part of our effort to target every aspect of Hamas’ operations.” He said “these actions will not be our last.” The impact of the case may be mostly symbolic given that Sinwar is believed to be hiding out in tunnels.
September 4, 2024 5:00 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An official says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has resigned. Speaker of parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk said on his Facebook page that Kuleba’s resignation request on Wednesday will be discussed by lawmakers at their next plenary meeting. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed and 35 injured in an overnight strike on Lviv. Mayor Andrii Sadovyi says a child and a medical worker were among the dead and others are in critical condition.
September 4, 2024 5:04 am
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks are tumbling after Wall Street had its worst day since early August, as a week full of economic updates got off to a weak start. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei lost over 4%. U.S. futures were lower. Rising oil supply was driving down prices, as Libya moved closer to resolving a conflict over control of the country’s oil revenue that meant its oil production may soon increase. The S&P 500’s heaviest weight, Nvidia, fell 9.5% and led to a decline in global semiconductor-related stocks on Wednesday. The S&P 500 slumped 2.1% Tuesday after a report showed U.S. manufacturing shrank again in August, weighed down by high interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.5%. The Nasdaq composite fell 3.3%.
September 3, 2024 5:44 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled to their worst day since an early August sell-off after another report raised worries about the economy’s health. The S&P 500 slumped 2.1% Tuesday after a report showed U.S. manufacturing shrank again in August, weighed down by high interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.5% from its record set before Monday’s Labor Day holiday. The Nasdaq composite fell 3.3% as Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks led the way lower. Treasury yields also sank in the bond market. The worse-than-expected manufacturing data raised worries about the slowing U.S. economy and upped the stakes for the all-important jobs report looming on Friday.
September 3, 2024 5:13 am
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will focus almost all of their remaining time and resources on a small collection of undecided voters in just seven states. And they will try to train their message on three familiar issues above all: the economy, immigration and abortion — even as heated debates over character, culture and democracy rage in the background. Meanwhile, a sense of anxious uncertainty has begun to creep into both campaigns as an eight-week sprint to Election Day begins. (Photo: AP)
September 3, 2024 5:41 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled Tuesday that Trump had not satisfied the burden of proof required for a federal court to take control of the case from the state court where it was tried. Hellerstein’s ruling came hours after Manhattan prosecutors raised objections to Trump’s effort to delay post-trial decisions in the case while he sought to have the federal court step in.
September 3, 2024 5:04 am
A fire early Tuesday morning at Joe’s Bakery. Fire crews were called to the bakery along N. Main St. just after 3:30 a.m. Joe tells WJPA News that a combination of flour and lubricant caught fire in his large, commercial, revolving, gas-fired oven. He was able to control it but fire crews were called and helped to completely extinguish the blaze. The building was not damaged and there were no injuries. Joe says they will be open this week, however, he will only have donuts.
September 3, 2024 11:42 am
(WPXI) – A Pittsburgh woman is facing charges in the death of her granddaughter found on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Pittsburgh police said emergency crews were called to the 200 block of East Ohio Street in Allegheny Center at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday for an unconscious, not breathing and obviously deceased female. According to the criminal complaint, Ayla Miller, 3, was found to be cold to the touch, had an injury to the right side of the neck and her hip, significant bruising to both sides of the face, a scratch or scar in the area of the sternum, bruising on her arm, and blood on the bed she was lying in. The injuries to her face appeared to be dark bruising near the right eye with some sort of impact point in the center of the bruise. She also had an infected wound and a mark consistent with a cigarette burn on her ankle. Ayla’s mother said the toddler had been in the custody of her grandmother, Denise Johnson, for a month and a half at the time of her death, the complaint said. According to court documents, police spoke with someone who had a nine-minute conversation with Johnson a few hours after Ayla was found dead. Johnson immediately said she was sorry and that two days prior, she had punched Ayla in the face which caused her to fall backwards and hit her head off a coffee table. She then put Ayla in the bed for the next few days until she died. Johnson further told police that she was sorry and admitted in a lengthy text that she “beat her butt for not listening,” the complaint said. Another witness told police that they saw Johnson beat Ayla with a large wood stick alongside several other implements like a belt. They said Ayla could not move anymore because of the beating and they saw blood on her head and nose. Police recovered evidence consistent with the statements from the witness regarding the beating, the complaint said. Johnson, 56, is facing charges connected to the death, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and abuse of a corpse. Johnson was arrested and is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.
September 3, 2024 5:07 am
REDSTONE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead after a crash in Redstone Township. Fayette County dispatchers say police, firefighters and medics were called to the 250 block of Stone Church Road in Redstone Township at 4:46 p.m. on Sunday. The coroner’s office was called to the scene and Deputy Coroner Bob Furin announced Charles Bell, 35, from Brownsville dead at the scene. Officials say the crash only included one vehicle. Bell was the only person inside the vehicle when the crash happened.
