November 22, 2024 5:13 am
The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO. Hours after Thursday’s strike touched off a debate over whether the Ukrainian plant was hit by an intercontinental ballistic missile, President Vladimir Putin cleared up the mystery in a rare and surprise appearance on Russian television. He described it as a new, intermediate-range ballistic missile that raced to its target at 10 times the speed of sound and couldn’t be stopped by modern anti-missile systems. One Western expert said it was the first time that such a missile was used in the war — and perhaps in any conflict.
November 22, 2024 5:15 am
FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California has toppled trees and dropped heavy snow and record rain after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon. Forecasters warn that the risk of flash flooding and rockslides will continue through Friday. The National Weather Service has extended a flood watch for areas north of San Francisco as a plume of moisture known as an atmospheric river inundates Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Up to 16 inches of rain is forecast in Northern California and southwestern Oregon. The storm system unleashed winds earlier this week that left two people dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Washington.
November 22, 2024 5:14 am
VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian media. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition in a hospital in Bangkok for days following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago. Australian Network 10 read aloud a short statement from the Bowles family, saying “we are so sad to say that our beautiful girl Holly is now at peace.” An officer at Vang Vieng’s Tourism Police office said a “number of people” had been detained in the case but that no charges have yet been filed.
November 21, 2024 4:16 pm
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has ordered United States and Commonwealth flags on all state facilities, public buildings and grounds in Allegheny County to fly at half-staff immediately, in honor of Battalion Chief John P. Walsh, who died while in the line of duty on Wednesday. Authorities say Walsh died after he suffered a medical emergency at the scene of a house fire in Pittsburgh’s East Hills on Wednesday night. Emergency crews were called to the 700 block of Wilkinsburg Avenue around 9 p.m., Allegheny County 911 said. The 60-year-old was taken to a local hospital from the scene where he died. (Photo: WPXI)
November 21, 2024 12:52 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday. Gaetz’s withdrawal is a blow to Trump’s push to install steadfast loyalists in his incoming administration and the first sign that Trump could face resistance from members of his own party. Trump said in a social media post that Gaetz “did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect.”
November 21, 2024 5:02 am
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave. That’s according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a Fox News personality and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing, the report said. The police report offers the first detailed account of what the woman alleged to have transpired — one that is at odds with Hegseth’s version of events.
November 20, 2024 4:52 am
Get ready for a little blast of winter. We’ll see rain Thursday morning but that will turn over to all snow by 2 p.m. The National Weather Service says total daytime accumulation will be less than a half-inch. Tonight we will see a chance for more snow and it will be windy with gusts approaching 30 mph. Any new accumulation will be less than one-inch. As for Friday, we can expect snow before 1 p.m with any new accumulation of less than a half-inch. It will still be windy and the snow will change over to all rain by Friday afternoon.
November 21, 2024 2:54 am
The City Mission released its’ annual community impact report on Wednesday. In the 2023/2024 fiscal year, the City Mission served 1,453 unique individuals, serving street homeless, sheltered homeless, and the working poor in our area. The Mission provided 84,912 meals, 47,288 nights of shelter, 14,319 medical clinic services, and 9,390 grocery bags to residents and community. Additionally, the Mission helped 150 homeless individuals transition into their very own homes. Their Career Training and Education Center helped 129 individuals obtain jobs. City Mission’s compassionate and holistic residential programs and services guided their residents who stay in the program for at least 90 days to a 69% overall success rate. President and CEO Diana Irey Vaughan commented on the significance of the annual impact, “City Mission continually measures the impact we are making in the lives of our residents and the community. Our mission to share Christ, to shelter, to heal, and to restore the homeless to independent living—without discrimination. (Photo: City Mission President and CEO Diana Irey Vaughan)
November 21, 2024 5:03 am
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade. The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent Android from favoring its search engine. Regulators also want to ban Google from forging multibillion-dollar deals to lock in its dominant search engine as the default option on Apple’s iPhone and other devices.
November 20, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on their long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz. That’s according to the top Democrat on the panel, Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania. She said the ethics panel, which is evenly split between the two parties, voted at a lengthy closed-door meeting, and no Republican joined Democrats who wanted to release the report. The panel will meet again Dec. 5. Meanwhile, Gaetz met for hours behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him. At least one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, decried the “lynch mob” forming against Gaetz.
