July 25, 2024 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. Harris launched her campaign Sunday after President Joe Biden bowed to pressure from his own party to step aside. That leaves her with a historically compressed timeline to make a selection before next month’s Democratic National Convention. Her party could make her its nominee as soon as Aug. 1 in a virtual vote, and could formalize the nomination of her running mate soon after.
July 25, 2024 5:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a long-awaited White House visit to meet with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at an important moment for all three politicians. Netanyahu’s White House visit on Thursday comes at a time of growing pressure on all three leaders to find an endgame to the nine-month war and to engineer the return of dozens of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Biden, who is not seeking reelection, is aiming to get Israel and Hamas to seal his proposal to release remaining hostages in Gaza over three phases as a legacy-affirming achievement. White House officials say that the negotiations are in the closing stages, but there are still issues that need to be resolved.
July 25, 2024 5:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police deployed tear spray and demonstrators were taken into custody as thousands of protesters against the war in Gaza converged on Washington to condemn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit. Demonstrators filled several blocks as they weaved through the streets of the nation’s capital carrying Palestinian flags and signs with messages such as “arrest Netanyahu” and “end all U.S. aid to Israel.” Outside Washington’s Union Station, protesters removed American flags and hoisted Palestinian ones in their place to massive cheers in the crowd.
July 24, 2024 5:08 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of attack lines against his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. At a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday he called her his “new victim to defeat” and accused Harris of deceiving the public about President Joe Biden’s ability to run for a second term before he withdrew his reelection bid. The rally was Trump’s first public campaign event since Biden dropped out of the 2024 matchup that both major parties had spent months preparing for. It signaled the next phase of the campaign may be especially brutal and personal. Harris’ campaign called the speech “unhinged” and “rambling.”
July 25, 2024 5:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” That word comes from FBI Director Christopher Wray during testimony Wednesday before Congress. He’s revealing new details about a suspect who seems to have taken a keen interest in public figures but had otherwise not left behind clear clues of an ideological motive. The online search was recovered from a laptop tied to 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks. It’s a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooter who killed President John F. Kennedy from a sniper’s perch in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
July 24, 2024 4:07 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” That word comes from FBI Director Christopher Wray during testimony Wednesday before Congress. He’s revealing new details about a suspect who seems to have taken a keen interest in public figures but had otherwise not left behind clear clues of an ideological motive. The online search was recovered from a laptop tied to 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks. It’s a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooter who killed President John F. Kennedy from a sniper’s perch in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
July 24, 2024 4:06 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to bolster U.S. support for his country’s fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed militants in a speech before Congress. More than 50 Democratic lawmakers boycotted his appearance and thousands of protesters amassed around the Capitol Wednesday to condemn the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it created. Netanyahu also wants to project the image of a respected statesman for an increasingly critical audience back in Israel. But that task is complicated by Americans’ divided views on Israel and the war, which has emerged as a key issue in the U.S. presidential election. (Photo: AP)
July 24, 2024 4:10 pm
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has told members of the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta that “we are not playing around,” and asked for their support in November. Voters in Indiana haven’t backed a Democratic presidential candidate in nearly 16 years. But the biennial meeting of roughly 6,000 people, mostly women, is part of a constituency she hopes will turn out for her in massive numbers: women of color. President Joe Biden stepped away from the race on Sunday. The Democratic campaign previously saw a narrow path for Biden but now sees a wider one for Harris, who’s of Black and South Asian descent.
July 24, 2024 5:09 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – Since the Canon-McMillan School District is growing and more students are enrolling, they plan to build a new elementary school behind Wylandville Elementary School. Once it is built — the old school will be knocked down. The new elementary school will be able to hold around 1,000 students from kindergarten through fourth grade. Once construction for the new school is finished — the old school will be demolished and that area turned into an entrance — parking — and a potential turf sports field. The new school will offer full-day Kindergarten, which is a top priority. It will also be bigger – to hold more students – as more families continue to move into the district. There will be a public hearing about these plans and a rendering of what the new school will look like will be shown at that meeting in August. Construction for the new school is expected to begin early next year and be finished in the summertime of 2026.
July 24, 2024 5:03 am
North Strabane Township Supervisors met Tuesday and made changes to their fee schedule. One of the biggest changes is in electrical inspection fees. Building permit fees will increase .05% but now will come with in house electrical inspectors. Builders will no longer have to hire third party inspectors for electrical inspections. This was attained by the township hiring building inspectors that are certified electrical inspectors. Other changes in the fee schedule involve athletic court reservations. Residents will now be able to reserve court times for pickleball or basketball in one hour blocks. Walk up play is still available but if the court is reserved those reservations will take priority. Additionally, supervisors tabled a measure that would have rezoned a land parcel at the corner of Morganza Road and Curry Road for the construction of a personal warehouse. Township officials are still struggling with a way to define what a personal warehouse is and what activities would be listed as permitted uses in the warehouse and which would need to have a special exception condition granted. More detail will emerge at the Planning Commission’s August 12 meeting.
