September 17, 2024 4:51 pm
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people — including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a young girl. Officials in Lebanon say more than 2,700 were wounded on Tuesday, 200 critically. Hezbollah officials tell The Associated Press that the explosions affected a new brand of pagers used by the militant group. The explosions occurred in the suburbs of Beirut and in other areas that are Hezbollah strongholds. Hezbollah blamed the explosions on Israel. AP has reached out to the Israeli military, which declined to comment.
September 16, 2024 5:12 am
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The FBI says Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. It’s been just nine weeks since the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president says he’s safe and well, and authorities are holding a man in custody. Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course. A sheriff says an agent fired and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled, leaving it behind along with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro camera.
September 16, 2024 2:36 am
PennDot has several maintenance and paving projects occurring in the region. Beginning Wednesday September 18, and lasting through September 30, paving on Interstate 70 will occur between Exit 20 (Beau St.) and Exit 18 (North Junction-Pittsburgh). Only one lane will be open during the construction and motorists are advised to expect significant delays. Paving will begin on the westbound side on September 18 and last through September 23. Eastbound paving will begin September 25 and run through September 30. Additionally, pavement marker installation will begin on Interstate 70 from New Stanton to the West Virginia state line. It will also occur on Interstate 79 from the Allegheny County line to the West Virginia state line. This will be overnight work beginning on September 16 and lasting through early October.
September 16, 2024 5:00 am
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A brush fire left a trail of destruction behind in Rostraver Township. Firefighters from the Rostraver Central Fire Department say a large brush fire began at the intersection of Salem Church Road and Weddell Drive on Sunday. It consumed 3-4 acres of land. The fire also reached a truck sitting in a field and destroyed it before the fire was put out. No one was injured. (Photo: Rostraver Central Fire Deparment)
September 16, 2024 5:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: That it’s cutting its key interest rate from a two-decade peak. It’s likely to be just the first in a series of rate cuts that should make borrowing more affordable now that the Fed has deemed high inflation to be all but defeated. At the same time, plenty of uncertainty still surrounds this week’s Fed meeting. How much will the policymakers reduce their benchmark rate? By a traditional quarter-point or by an unusually large half-point? Will they keep cutting when they meet later this year and into 2025?
September 16, 2024 5:03 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Before he ran for the Senate in Pennsylvania, David McCormick was a big name on Wall Street as CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund. But McCormick’s Wall Street days have provided grist for attacks by Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. Casey is pressing the case that the hedge fund invested in Chinese companies that are considered part of Beijing’s military and surveillance industrial complex. But McCormick’s fund was hardly alone. American investment in Chinese companies surged while McCormick was CEO. Now, each candidate is trying to show he’s the tougher one on China.
September 16, 2024 5:16 am
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients’ immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023. Neither state will report immigration status answers to law enforcement. Doctors and advocate groups in Florida say people were scared to get treatment at hospitals and clinics but that the fear is subsiding thanks to education campaigns telling people they don’t have to provide their status. A Florida state report shows between 7-8% of people declined to give their status and fewer than 1% said they were in the U.S. without legal permission.
September 16, 2024 5:09 am
Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70. Tito was the third of nine Jackson children, which include global superstars Michael and sister Janet, part of a music-making family whose songs are still beloved today. His sons TJ, Taj and Taryll announced their father’s death late Sunday in a post on Instagram. The Jackson 5 included brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael. The family group, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, produced several No. 1 hits in the 1970s including “ABC,” “I Want You Back” and “I’ll Be There.”
September 15, 2024 6:07 am
A child was hit by a vehicle in Washington County. Washington County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the intersection of 12th Avenue and Lincoln Avenue in Charleroi at around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday. Officials confirmed a child was hit by a vehicle in that area and was flown to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Charleroi Fire Cheif Bobby Whiten confirmed to WJPA News that the victim was a female of toddler age. (PHOTO: Charleroi Fire Department Facebook)
September 15, 2024 6:21 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth. SpaceX’s capsule carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas early Sunday. Their predawn return ended a five-day spaceflight that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s spacewalkers. They pulled off the first private spacewalk on Thursday, testing brand new spacesuits. Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX. He was joined on the mission by two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
