March 31, 2021 4:15 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Proposed overhauls of Texas’ power grid that buckled during February’s deadly winter storm are moving through the state legislature. Some of the reforms passed Tuesday in the Texas Capitol include new oversight and mandates that power plants prepare for more extreme weather. More than 100 people died in subfreezing weather in Texas as widespread blackouts spiraled into one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. Many families went without water and heat for days with no indication of when the power might be restored.
June 1, 2020 4:24 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – SpaceX has delivered two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule arrived Sunday morning, hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. It’s the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft has delivered a crew to the orbiting lab. The capsule docked automatically, barely 19 hours after liftoff. SpaceX launched the Dragon from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday afternoon, the first astronaut launch from the U.S. to orbit in nearly a decade.
August 11, 2019 7:58 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of weapons demonstrations that are seen an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States. The report by North Korean state media on Sunday came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North launching what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. North Korea’s fifth round of weapons launches on less than three weeks was seen as a protest at the slow pace of nuclear negotiations with the United States and continuance of U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises the North claims are an invasion rehearsal. Experts say the nuclear talks will likely resume after the drills are over later this month.
September 24, 2024 4:47 am
INDIANA, Pa. — (WPXI) – Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Kovalchick Center on Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s campus for more than 90 minutes, hitting on the economy, immigration, and the assassination attempt that happened at his rally in Butler in July. Trump arrived at a full house of supporters in Indiana for what was his second stop in western Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Trump spent much of his time talking about the economic policy differences between a second Trump term and the Biden/Harris administration. He also spent a large portion of his speech on immigration. He mentioned Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio — and then shifted to a local town. “The 4,000-person town of Charleroi, do people, do you know Charleroi?” Trump asked the audience, which got cheers from some Charleroi residents. Trump then spoke to them from the stage. “Has your beautiful town changed? Yes,” Trump repeated from a supporter. “You can’t do it.” Those comments about Charleroi were first made nearly two weeks ago and drew a rebuke from the borough council president, who said she doesn’t want politicians to use the town to score political points. “It’s composed of lawless gangs, we’re not going to do this,” Trump said. Trump acknowledged Pennsylvania is an important state in this year’s presidential race, noting only 42 days remain until Election Day.
November 28, 2023 4:24 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state lawmaker who’s helping lead the effort to impeach Philadelphia’s elected prosecutor is the newest candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general. Rep. Craig Williams declared his candidacy Tuesday after saying for months that he planned to run for the state’s top law enforcement office. Williams is a Republican who represents part of suburban Philadelphia. He’s also a former federal prosecutor and former U.S. Marine Corps pilot and prosecutor. He’s the third Republican to run. Democrats are facing a five-way primary. The office defended the integrity of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election against repeated attempts to overturn it in state and federal courts by Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican allies.
January 5, 2023 4:06 am
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — (WPXI) – Funeral arrangements for Brackenridge police chief Justin McIntire, who was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday, have been announced. Ross Walker Funeral Home, located at 217 Freeport Road in New Kensington, confirmed that they will be holding McIntire’s public visitation and funeral. The visitation will take place Monday, Jan. 9 and Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 2 to 8 p.m. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, Jan. 11 at noon at Mt. Saint Peters Church in New Kensington. Both services will be open to the public.
February 23, 2022 3:22 am
HONOLULU (AP) – The U.S. Navy says four people have died in the crash of a contractor’s helicopter on the Hawaii island of Kauai. The Pacific Missile Range Facility says the aircraft crashed on the north side of the installation shortly after 10 a.m. There were no survivors. The names of those killed were not yet available. The helicopter was being flown by Croman Corp. in support of a training operation. The National Transportation Safety Board says in a tweet the agency is investigating the crash of the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter. The missile range facility says an investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the accident.
March 31, 2021 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, says he is being investigated by the Justice Department but denies any criminal wrongdoing. Gaetz, who represents parts of western Florida, is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paying her to travel with him, and he is under investigation to determine if he violated federal sex trafficking laws. That’s according to a person familiar with the case who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Gaetz told Axios the allegations against him were “as searing as they are false.”
June 1, 2020 4:22 am
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) – The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline rose 8 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.05 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that the jump comes as gasoline demand increases amid widespread easing of stay-at-home orders. Lundberg says the current average price is 88 cents less than it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation for regular-grade gas is $3.10 per gallon in Honolulu. The lowest average is $1.55 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The average price of diesel is $2.55, up a penny.
August 11, 2019 7:57 am
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Three months after announcing his White House bid, Joe Biden remains atop early primary polling. He’s been buoyed by a long history with voters and a belief among many of them that his decades of experience best position him to defeat President Donald Trump. But Biden’s rivals remain confident that his frequent fumbles will eventually catch up to him.
Biden’s standing in the race is the subject of much debate within the Democratic Party. Advisers to other campaigns contend that polling at this stage is often fluid, reflecting little more than name recognition. Biden aides frequently note that Trump led polls throughout the summer of 2015 and never relinquished his lead. What is clear is that some of Biden’s rivals see an imperative to begin taking him on aggressively.
