September 24, 2024 2:47 am
PITTSBURGH — Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Pittsburgh this week to attend an event for her presidential campaign. Harris will be in the area Wednesday afternoon. An exact time or location has not been set yet. This will be Harris’ fourth visit to the Pittsburgh area since she launched her campaign for president.
November 28, 2023 2:13 am
The results of the November General Election in Washington County have been certified. Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander says the results were certified Monday afternoon and with the exception of one race, there were no issues. A petition had been filed last week by Mark Kennison, an Independent candidate who lost to Democrat Jo Jo Burgess by just thirty-nine votes in the race for Washington Mayor. Kennison had filed the petition to challenge the results, citing what he said were irregularities on Election Day. However, when the case went to court, Kennison withdrew the petition, setting the stage for Jo Jo Burgess to be sworn in as the city’s first black mayor in January. As for the only other issue, Ostrander says there was a tie for the fourth seat on East Washington Borough Council. As a result, she says lots will be drawn on December 8th at noon and the winner will take the fourth seat. The drawing will be between Democrats Mumbi Mundia-Howe and Kent James.
January 5, 2023 4:03 am
CINCINNATI — Days after collapsing and requiring CPR on-field in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition but is showing signs of improvement. Jordon Rooney, a spokesman for the family and a friend of Hamlin’s, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the player’s recovery is moving in “a positive direction” and “we all remain optimistic.” He told the AP he could not go into further detail, citing a request by Hamlin’s family. The Buffalo Bills said Wednesday afternoon on Twitter that Hamlin remained in the intensive care unit in critical condition “with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight.” The team said Hamlin is expected to remain in the ICU. “My greatest fear has flashed in front of me that particular moment, but to the goodness and Grace of God, Damar is still here and he’s still fighting,” Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations, told reporters in a news conference on Wednesday, according to CNN. Rooney told the AP that Hamlin’s family was staying positive and was touched by the outpouring of support from fans and fellow athletes.
February 23, 2022 3:21 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United States and France are criticizing mercenaries in the Central African Republic from the Russian security company Wagner, accusing them of executing civilians, attacking U.N. peacekeepers and targeting predominantly Muslim communities. Russia never mentioned mercenaries or Wagner in responding Tuesday at a U.N. Security Council meeting, but said that “Russian specialists” are working “successfully” in the African nation at the request of its government. The exchange came at a council session at which outgoing U.N. special representative Mankeur Ndiaye said that “the Central African people are still awaiting the dividends of peace.”
March 31, 2021 4:12 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities searching for a man who viciously attacked an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square are asking the public for help – not only in locating the suspect, but also in doing its part to disrupt further assaults. Police on Tuesday blanketed the midtown Manhattan neighborhood with wanted posters and offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of the man seen on surveillance video Monday brutalizing the woman as she walked to church. Officials admonished bystanders for doing nothing to stop the man as police say he kicked and stomped the 65-year-old woman.
June 1, 2020 4:21 am
Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart have all temporarily closed certain locations due to protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. In some cases stores were damaged. Minneapolis-based Target closed or shortened hours at more than 200 of its stores over the weekend, but it says most would reopen Sunday or Monday. Six will remain closed for an extended period due to damage from the protests. CVS has closed stores in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Apple and Walmart also closed some locations, but wouldn’t say how many. Floyd, who was black, died after a white Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin his neck down for several minutes.
August 11, 2019 7:56 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, including a ban on the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines used in some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. How long those types of laws will stand is a growing concern among gun control advocates in California and elsewhere. A federal judiciary that is becoming increasingly conservative under President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has gun control advocates on edge. They worry that federal courts, especially if Trump wins a second term next year and Republicans hold the Senate, will take such an expansive view of Second Amendment rights that they might overturn strict gun control laws enacted in Democratic-leaning states.
September 24, 2024 4:59 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, and the threat of an even larger conflict in the wider Middle East. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres previewed his opening “State of the World” speech to presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and ministers at Sunday’s “Summit of the Future,” saying “our world is heading off the rails — and we need tough decisions to get back on track.” One notable moment at Tuesday’s opening assembly meeting: U.S. President Joe Biden’s likely final major appearance on the world stage, a platform he has tread upon and reveled in for decades.
November 27, 2023 3:46 pm
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — The family of Rosalynn Carter has begun three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. The Carter Center confirms that former President Jimmy Carter plans to attend a memorial church service Tuesday in Atlanta for his partner of more than seven decades. Rosalynn Carter’s remains were placed in a hearse Monday morning in the Carters’ native Sumter County, Georgia. After brief ceremonies there, the family’s motorcade began the trip to Atlanta, where Rosalynn Carter will lie in repose at The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Two funerals are set for Tuesday in Atlanta and Wednesday in the Carters’ hometown of Plains. Both are for invited guests. Rosalynn Carter’s burial is private. (Photo: AP)
January 5, 2023 2:32 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats for defending the city’s 2020 vote-counting against former President Donald Trump’s lies will be nominated for the top election administration post in Pennsylvania. Al Schmidt will be nominated to be Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro’s secretary of state, the campaign said Thursday, setting him up to oversee what is expected to be a hard-fought 2024 election in the critical presidential battleground. Shapiro, a Democrat, made the post his first Cabinet selection to be publicly announced ahead of his Jan. 17 inauguration. “Al Schmidt has a proven track record of defending our democracy, protecting voting rights and standing up to extremism — even in the face of grave threats,” Shapiro said in a statement. Schmidt, 51, is a Republican, fitting in with Shapiro’s theme of fashioning a bipartisan administration in politically divided Pennsylvania. Schmidt is currently president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a good-government group in Philadelphia. Before he joined the group a year ago, Schmidt spent a decade as a Republican elected to the three-member board that oversees elections in Philadelphia. Holding the post of secretary of state is subject to confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.
