June 14, 2024 5:39 pm
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales says she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William has not made any public appearances this year. She announced in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer. She says in a statement Friday: “I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days.” She added that she faces “a few more months” of treatment. (Photo: AP)
June 13, 2024 10:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. It’s the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices ruled Thursday that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and the FDA’s subsequent actions to ease access to it. The case had threatened to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, including in states where abortion remains legal. It’s one of two abortion cases at the high court this term.
June 13, 2024 6:27 am
Emergency crews were called to the Town and Country mobile home park in Canton Township early Thursday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers tell WJPA News that they received numerous calls about an explosion just after 5 a.m. According to dispatchers, fire crews discovered a shed on fire upon their arrival in the 300-block of Beacon Avenue. We are told a nearby trailer was also damaged. One person was transported from the scene for smoke inhalation. No other details are currently available.
June 13, 2024 2:15 am
DONORA, Pa. — (WPXI) – One house is destroyed and two others are damaged after flames tore through the homes on Thompson Avenue in Donora, Wednesday. Fire crews were called to the scene just before 4 p.m. “It’s hard to wrap my head around this. I’ve never had this happen,” Edward Povrzenich said. He owns that home. He tells Channel 11 he was at work when a neighbor called him and told him his house was on fire. His sister-in-law was inside babysitting three kids at the time. The babysitter says she heard kids screaming then saw a door light up orange. He says the family has no insurance. No one was in either of the other two homes. The state police fire marshal is investigating.
June 13, 2024 2:55 am
The merger of the Washington Health System and UPMC was confirmed earlier this month and on Wednesday, a celebration was held to commemorate the partnership. The Washington Health System will now be known as UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. The announcement comes a year after the two entities announced an affiliation agreement in June of 2023. “We are elated that the affiliation is complete and look forward to starting a new chapter of collaboration with UPMC,” said Brook Ward, president of UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. “This affiliation protects the vitality of an essential community asset and solidifies a healthy future for Washington and Greene counties for generations to come.” According to the statement, UPMC has committed to invest at least $300 million over 10 years to enhance clinical services and upgrade facilities at UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. These investments by UPMC, combined with contributions the WHS Foundation has made and will continue to make, ensures UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene can provide state-of-the-art health care for local residents for years to come and maintain its position as one of the largest employers in Washington and Greene counties. UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene will maintain a local Board of Directors consisting of 11 legacy WHS board members and five newly appointed members from UPMC. The affiliation does not affect community members’ in-network access to WHS hospitals or doctors. UPMC Washington, UPMC Greene and their affiliated outpatient facilities will continue to honor the contracts that are in place with regional and national insurers.
June 13, 2024 4:56 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. — (WPXI) – Sen. John Fetterman is at fault for a car crash he was involved in over the weekend, according to a report from Maryland State Police. The crash happened Sunday at the Interstate 70 and Interstate 68 interchange. The police report says a Chevrolet Traverse rear-ended a Chevrolet Impala and identifies Fetterman as the driver of the Traverse. A witness told police that Fetterman’s vehicle passed her at a “high rate of speed, well over the posted speed limit” before the crash.
June 13, 2024 5:00 am
PITTSBURGH — If you’re headed into downtown Pittsburgh from the South Hills, and depend on the T’s red line to get you there, your commute will be changing. Starting Sunday, the red line from Overbrook to South Hills Junction will be closed entirely as part of a $150 million construction project. Construction crews were already at the Overbrook junction days before it’s scheduled to close for most of the summer. The red line construction is the second part of Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s light rail rehabilitation project. The start of the closure comes on a busy weekend — as Juneteenth activities are kicking off downtown. The project is scheduled to last until 2028.
June 13, 2024 5:04 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance that brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida delayed flights at two of the state’s largest airports and left vehicles waterlogged and stalled in some of the region’s lowest-lying streets. Travelers across the area were trying to adjust their plans on Thursday morning after more than 20 inches of rain has fallen in some areas of South Florida since Tuesday, with more on the way. The disorganized storm system was pushing across Florida from the Gulf of Mexico at roughly the same time as the early June start of hurricane season, which this year is forecast to be among the most active in recent memory amid concerns that climate change is increasing storm intensity. (Photo: AP)
June 13, 2024 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to set in motion a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral. Details of the deal are being hashed out by G7 leaders at their summit in Italy. The money could reach Kyiv before the end of the year. The plan is to use profits from Russia’s roughly $260 billion in frozen central bank assets as collateral. President Joe Biden said the move was part of a “historic agreement.” Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, called it “a vital step forward in providing sustainable support for Ukraine in winning this war.” (Photo: AP)
June 12, 2024 5:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by Trump’s bid to retake the White House. This is despite the federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and his recent guilty verdict in an unrelated hush money trial. He is expected to visit House and then Senate Republican campaign headquarters near the Capitol to discuss party priorities. It’s his first as the party’s presumptive nominee. He’s also speaking at the Business Roundtable.
