November 4, 2024 5:07 am
BELLE VERNON, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man is facing multiple animal cruelty charges after police found a dog living in a crate filled with feces in a Belle Vernon home. Officers received a tip from in-home care providers that the animal was living in deplorable conditions inside a house on the 400 block of Main Street. A Humane Society Police Officer with the Angels of Mercy Animal Rescue said the dog’s owner was David Allen Richards, one of the people living at the house. The officer, who has covered over 200 other animal neglect and cruelty investigations in their career, said the dog was the thinnest living dog they recalled seeing. Court documents Richards told police the dog had been sick for around a month but he could not afford to take her to the vet. The dog’s name is Emmy. Her ribs, spine and hips were all readily visible and prominent. Court documents say her head was abnormally large and her nails were longer than appropriate. Her crate was almost completely covered with a blanket. The crate had two empty bowls and an excessive amount of feces inside. 9-year-old Emmy was surrendered to veterinarians.
November 4, 2024 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast. History will be made regardless of who wins. America will either elect its first woman president in Democrat Kamala Harris or its first person convicted of a felony in Republican Donald Trump. And in a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up. We know that there are seven battleground states that will ultimately decide the outcome. But major questions loom about the timing of the results, the makeup of the electorate, the influx of misinformation — even the possibility of political violence.
November 4, 2024 5:11 am
Unionized factory workers at Boeing are voting on Monday whether to accept a contract offer or to continue their strike. The walkout has lasted more than seven weeks, shut down production of most Boeing passenger planes and cut off a key source of cash for the company. A Seattle-based district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is recommending that its members approve the Boeing offer, which would raise pay rates by 38% over four years. Workers also would receive ratification and productivity bonuses. However, Boeing didn’t meet their demand to restore a pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.
November 4, 2024 5:10 am
Quincy Jones has died at age 91. His publicist says he died Sunday night at his home in Los Angeles. Jones’ historic career ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s record-setting “Thriller” to prize-winning film and television scores and collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles. Jones rose from music school dropout to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood. Over the past 60 years, it was hard to find someone in the music, television or movie industries who did not have some connection to Jones. He kept company with presidents and dignitaries, movie stars and musicians, philanthropists and business leaders.
November 3, 2024 6:38 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are zeroing in on Sunbelt states as they embark on one last weekend quest to sway undecided voters in battleground states that will determine the next president. On Saturday, Harris encouraged supporters in Atlanta to vote early while Trump spoke in North Carolina about his days as a candidate coming to a close with this election. Harris ended her day in Charlotte, North Carolina, with rocker Jon Bon Jovi and actress Kerry Washington. Trump was in Salem, Virginia — which isn’t a battleground state — and rallied in Greensboro in North Carolina.
November 3, 2024 6:36 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning. Harris appeared in a mirror opposite Maya Rudolph’s impression of her. She told Rudolph’s version of Harris “you got this” and the pair in sync delivered the signature “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” Harris arrived in New York on Air Force Two earlier after a campaign stop in North Carolina. She was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once in the air, aides said she’d be making an unscheduled stop.
November 3, 2024 6:32 am
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community has passed its midway point following more than two weeks of testimony about the 2017 killings. Prosecutors rested their case against Richard Allen on Thursday after jurors heard recorded telephone calls in which Allen was heard confessing to his wife that he killed 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. The defense then began presenting its witnesses. The trial began Oct. 18 in the girls’ hometown of Delphi and is scheduled to run through Nov. 15. Allen faces up to 130 years in prison if convicted on all four murder counts.
November 3, 2024 6:29 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds. For the first time in the U.S. territory’s history, a third-party candidate has a powerful second lead in the polls. Some experts say there’s a possibility he could win. Juan Dalmau is running for Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement. A Gaither international poll this month shows Dalmau closing in on Jenniffer González, a member of the New Progressive Party and Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress.
November 3, 2024 6:18 am
Several regional projects have been awarded grants from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RCAP). The grants will fund an array of projects from infrastructure to revitalization. A few of the largest grants are;
Cool Valley II-$4 million for infrastructure installation on a 900 acre development
Canonsburg Hospital Revitalization Plan-$2.5 million to help relocate helipad and heliport
Brockway Glass Site Development-$1.6 million to redevelop obsolete buildings and brownfield site
Canonsburg Educational and Cultural Institute-$1 million for former middle school acquisition and renovation
Epi-Center at Tanger Outlets-$800,000 to develop athletic and dining destination
RCAP is a Commonwealth grant initiative managed by the Office of the Budget and is dedicated to supporting design, acquisition and construction of projects intended to stimulate regional economic cultural, civic and recreational development.
November 3, 2024 6:14 am
Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh jointly announced that due to the confluence of two presidential campaign rallies scheduled for downtown on November 4, an early dismissal will take place for non-essential employees beginning at noon. They also are asking individuals and businesses to avoid unnecessary travel into the city to avoid traffic and parking congestion. The County Office Building will remain open until 4:30 on Monday for ballot return. Other ballot return sites will remain open until 7:00 pm on Monday.
