November 10, 2021 9:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, gas and housing left Americans grappling with the highest inflation rate since 1990. The year-over-year increase in the consumer price index exceeded the 5.4% rise in September. From September to October, prices jumped 0.9%, the highest month-over-month increase since June. Inflation is eroding the strong gains in wages and salaries that have flowed to America’s workers in recent months, creating political headaches for the Biden administration and congressional Democrats and intensifying pressure on the Federal Reserve as it considers how fast to withdraw its efforts to boost the economy.
November 10, 2021 8:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday. Final clearance for the shots was granted by federal regulators on Nov. 2, with the first doses to kids beginning in some locations the following day. Now nearly 20,000 pharmacies, clinics and physicians’ offices are administering the doses and the Biden administration estimates that by the end of Wednesday more than 900,000 of the kid doses will have been administered. Kids who begin the two-dose regimen by the end of next week will have full protection from the vaccines by Christmas.
November 10, 2021 8:56 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000 last week, another sign that the job market is recovering from last year’s sharp coronavirus downturn. Jobless claims fell by 4,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out weekly ups and downs, dropped by nearly 7,300 to 278,000, also a pandemic low. Altogether, 2,2 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits the week that ended Oct. 30.
November 10, 2021 4:22 am
A mobile home was destroyed by fire, overnight, in Chartiers Township. Fire officials say the blaze broke out around 11 p.m. along Galaxy Drive in the Washington Estates mobile home park. Two unidentified occupants got out safely after neighbors smelled smoke and alerted them to the fire. A vehicle parked near the home was also damaged. Officials say the fire began in the kitchen but an exact cause has not been released. The occupants are now staying with relatives.
November 10, 2021 4:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency. They are part of a committee’s effort to find out more about what the president was doing and saying as his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a bid to overturn his defeat. The subpoenas issued Tuesday include demands for documents and testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany (pictured). They bring the House panel tasked with investigating the insurrection even closer inside Trump’s inner circle – and to Trump himself.
November 10, 2021 4:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday declined to issue a preliminary injunction, saying Congress has a strong public interest in obtaining records that could shed light on a violent insurrection mounted by the former president’s supporters. Barring a court order, the National Archives plans to turn over Trump’s records to the committee by Friday. Trump’s lawyers swiftly promised to appeal the ruling, and the case is likely to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
November 10, 2021 4:09 am
BALTIMORE (AP) – When Donald Trump was in the White House, he referred to Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” But for President Joe Biden, the city is the first stop in what will likely be a national tour to showcase the value of his agenda. Administration officials say Biden on Wednesday plans to hold up Baltimore’s port as a blueprint for the rest of the nation on how to reduce shipping bottlenecks that have held back the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Biden sees in Baltimore a test case for his agenda that goes beyond the ports to include child tax credits modernizing rail transit for the region.
November 10, 2021 4:06 am
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge – surging food prices and supply chain issues. The higher costs and limited availability mean some families may get smaller servings or substitutions for staples like peanut butter, which costs nearly double what it did a year ago. As holidays approach, some food banks worry they won’t have enough turkeys stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Residents picking up free groceries in Oakland said they’re grateful for the extra help as the price of dairy, meat and fuel has shot up.
November 10, 2021 4:05 am
NEW YORK (AP) – A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation says that people who trust Fox News Channel and other outlets that appeal to conservatives are more likely to believe COVID-19 falsehoods than those who go elsewhere for news. While Kaiser found that correlation, it wouldn’t say whether it was because of what they are seeing on these outlets or because skeptics are more naturally drawn to them. The study illustrated how the clear partisan divide in trust of different news outlets extends to COVID news. There’s also a deep mistrust of coronavirus news among people who are not vaccinated, Kaiser said.
November 10, 2021 4:02 am
North Franklin Supervisors offered good news to township residents in their announcement of the preliminary budget for 2022. Supervisor Chairman Bob Sabot states that the budget is a $2.2 million dollar spending plan. The budget is balanced and does not include a tax increase. Sabot summed up this year by saying the road projects this year went very well. As far as projects for next year, the township will be concentrating on the building of a new municipal building. Plans for the new building are still being finalized. Supervisors hope to break ground in the spring.
