December 3, 2023 6:55 am
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military has ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate as it shifts its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding. Heavy bombardments were reported overnight and into Sunday in the area of Khan Younis and the southern city of Rafah, as well as parts of the north that had been the focus of Israel’s blistering air and ground campaign. Many of the territory’s 2.3 million people are crammed in the south after Israeli forces ordered civilians to leave the north in the early days of the 2-month-old war.
December 3, 2023 6:52 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Muslim community leaders from several swing states are pledging to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden, citing his refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Democrats in Michigan have warned the White House that Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could cost him enough support within the Arab American community to sway the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Leaders from Michigan, Minnesota, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania gathered behind a lectern that read “Abandon Biden, ceasefire now” in Dearborn, Michigan, the city with the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States.
December 3, 2023 6:50 am
On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. But will it really be the end? During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — transformed themselves into avatars to perform “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.” The cutting-edge technology will be used to tease a new chapter of the rock band. After 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of virtual immortality.
December 3, 2023 6:48 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks have turned their focus on contagious effects on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, participants at the COP28 summit moved beyond lofty rhetoric and calls for unity to curb global warming to concerns like the deaths of at least 7 million people globally from air pollution each year and the spread of diseases like cholera and malaria as global warming upends weather systems. In the background and off-stage — participants were also turning attention to tough negotiations over the next nine days to push for more agreement on ways to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.
December 3, 2023 5:56 am
ROBINSON, Pa. – (WPXI) – A woman is sharing a frightening ordeal after she said an Uber driver hit a car and fled the scene all with her in the backseat. The young woman, Kiara, said she begged her Uber driver to stop after hitting the other vehicle. But when he didn’t, she feared for her own life, that’s when she jumped out along a busy stretch of highway into traffic. Photos taken by the woman show the vehicle’s damage: a missing tire, mangled back door, and damaged bumper. Kiara said she ordered the Uber from Washington Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, a roughly 40-minute drive. She explained things were going smoothly until just before 1 a.m. when the driver missed her exit along Interstate 79 near Robinson. “He put it in reverse to get back onto the exit,” Kiara said. State police confirmed that’s when the Uber driver, identified as Gue Cristiano, rammed into another vehicle causing it to roll over. But instead of stopping, he kept going, with Kiara still in the back seat begging him to pull over. “I kept saying please stop just please stop the car. I want to get out. I asked several times and at that point had to just jump out,” she said. After she jumped out the Uber driver finally stopped, and Kiara grabbed her cell phone and called for help. She endured several serious friction burns and had to be taken to the hospital. Now she wants accountability from not only the driver but the company. “It’s hard to contact for help on the Uber app, I feel like there should be some type of emergency button,” she explained. No charges have been filed but Uber confirmed that they are working with police to help with the investigation.
December 3, 2023 4:31 am
PennDot is announcing utility relocation work on Route 50 in Collier Township. That work will continue on Monday, December 4. Single lane restrictions will be in place as needed between the I-79 Interchange and Landgraff Avenue. The work will continue through January. The restrictions will occur Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm and from 7:00 pm through 6:00 am. On Saturday and Sunday the restrictions will run from midnight through 11:00 am and from 2:00 pm through midnight. One lane of traffic in each direction will remain open at all times. Motorists should prepare for changing traffic patterns
December 3, 2023 3:38 am
PennDot is announcing overnight single lane restrictions are planned for Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township this week. Restrictions will be in place eastbound and westbound at the Route 201 interchange (Exit 43), from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am only. The planned drilling operations began on Sunday and run through Friday, December 8. Operations could extend into the week of December 10 but no drilling will be done on December 8 or 9. Motorists should prepare for traffic delays.
December 3, 2023 2:58 am
A boil water advisory in Donegal Township has been lifted. Township officials say that a water main break Tuesday afternoon caused the water to be shut off throughout the township. Repairs to the break are now done. The water has been tested for purity and everything was good. Pure tests must be obtained for two days before the advisory can be lifted.
December 2, 2023 4:20 am
A Castle Shannon man pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to deliver. Michael Hunsinger, 58 pleaded guilty to that single count where he intended to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of cocaine. Castle Shannon Police executed a state court search warrant on Hunsinger’s home. Officers seized large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine from his car. They found smaller quantities in his home with digital scales and $1,046 in cash. Hunsinger admitted to officers that he intended to distribute the drugs. Hunsinger will be sentenced on April 10. He could receive a prison sentence of 5-40 years, a $5,000 fine or both.
December 2, 2023 4:06 am
Federal prosecutors say Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the former Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd. John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a week after the Nov. 24 attack at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona. Prosecutors say he told correctional officers he would have killed Chauvin had they not responded so quickly. Turscak is serving a 30-year sentence for crimes committed while a member of the Mexican Mafia gang. A lawyer for Turscak was not listed in court records.
