May 25, 2020 3:44 am
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14 days. It’s not going to happen. A review by The Associated Press found that at least half of the states are not going to meet White House’s Monday deadline and many aren’t even bothering to try. Many say the logistics, costs and manpower needs are too great to accomplish the testing goal in a two-week window. Some say they need another week or so, while others say they need much more time.
August 6, 2019 9:29 am
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) – Hundreds of people held vigil outside the National Rifle Association’s headquarters in Virginia for the dozens slain in mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Gun control groups including March for Our Lives organized Monday’s “Vigil for Remembrance and Change,” which sought to honor the dead and call for stronger gun laws. The back-to-back weekend shootings cost a total of 31 lives and left more than 50 people wounded. Vigil attendees held moments of silence punctured by the recitation of victim names, including those gunned down in Chicago and the 13 black transgender women killed so far this year. Democratic Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton joined the crowd in decrying political inaction. The NRA has said it wouldn’t take part in “politicizing” the shootings, but would work to find solutions.
September 18, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans spent a bit more at retailers last month, providing a small boost to the economy just as the Federal Reserve considers how much to cut its key interest rate. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales ticked up 0.1% from July to August, after jumping the most in 18 months the previous month. Online retailers, sporting goods stores, and home and garden stores reported higher sales. The data indicate that consumers are still able to spend more despite the cumulative impact of three years of excess inflation and higher interest rates.
November 19, 2023 7:31 am
(WPXI) – The 2023 holiday season kicked off in Pittsburgh with Light Up Night. People from all around the area came out to check out the city’s iconic trees and enjoy some shopping and celebrating. Ellie Cordes, a 7-year-old cancer survivor kicked things off by lighting the PPG Place tree. The three iconic Sister Bridges on the North Shore lit up in all their glory as a new addition to Light Up Night. The display will now be a permanent feature during the holidays. And, the big guy in red made an appearance all the way from the North Pole. “If I could make one kid happy, one kid smile, it’s all worth it,” said Santa “Skip” Claus. “I enjoy my job”
December 28, 2022 4:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump’s tax returns are expected to be released by the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. That’s according to a congressional aide, who was not authorized to discuss the timing of the release publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Friday is the next time the House is scheduled to meet for a routine pro forma session. The Democratic-controlled committee voted last week to release Trump’s returns, with some redactions of sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers and contact information. The new Congress, with Republicans in control of the House, begins Jan. 3.
February 16, 2022 4:22 am
Federal safety officials aren’t ready to give back authority for approving new planes to Boeing when it comes to the large 787 jet, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. The plane has been plagued by production flaws for more than a year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it will retain authority to issue certificates for each new 787 until it’s confident that Boeing is consistently churning out Dreamliners that meet federal design standards. For years, the FAA has relied on employees of aircraft manufacturers to perform key safety checks and certify the airworthiness of individual planes. That practice came under fire after two deadly crashes involving Boeing 737 Max jets.
March 23, 2021 4:10 am
BERLIN (AP) – Germany is extending its lockdown measures by another month and imposing several new restrictions in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced early Tuesday that the measures include largely shutting down public life for several days over Easter. Speaking after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, Merkel stressed that regions with high rates of infection would need to pull an “emergency brake” agreed at a previous meeting three weeks ago. Amid concern over the rise in Germans traveling abroad on holidays, authorities also agreed on a blanket requirement for air travelers to be tested for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to Germany.
May 25, 2020 3:43 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House has broadened its travel ban against countries hard-hit by the coronavirus by denying admission to foreigners who have been in Brazil in the two weeks before they sought entry to the U.S. President Donald Trump has now banned travel from China, Europe and the United Kingdom and Ireland. He had said last week that he was considering similar restrictions for Brazil. The restrictions are scheduled to take effect late Thursday. The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed cases, followed by Brazil, now Latin America’s hardest-hit country. Third on the list is Russia.
August 6, 2019 4:36 am
In a departure from contentious meetings for Cecil Township Supervisors, the most recent meeting was busy but very civil in tone. Highlighting a busy agenda was the passage of an ordinance to allow township fire departments to receive reimbursements for their expenditures from their rescue responses. Chief William Cass of the Cecil #1 Fire Company explained that all Cecil Twp Fire Companies are now authorized to seek reimbursement from insurance companies for services rendered during a rescue. These reimbursements are being sought for rescues when the companies are called out to assist victims especially on Interstate 79 where services are for victims of other places and not residents of the township. It is not the intent of the reimbursements to be used against residents. In other township business, supervisors created a Capital Parks Account to allow long term savings for park improvements. Chairperson Cindy Fisher explains that this account is different from the General Park Improvement Account as the monies deposited here will accrue from year to year and not get swept back into the township’s general fund at the end of the fiscal year. Upon creation of the account, supervisors authorized a $150,000 transfer from the General Park Improvement Account.
September 18, 2024 4:00 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has declined to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate has sufficient support from the 1.3 million-member union. Vice President Harris met Monday with a panel of Teamsters, having long courted organized labor and made support for the middle class her central policy goal. Trump also met with a panel of Teamsters and even invited President Sean M. O’Brien to speak at the Republican National Convention, where the union leader railed against corporate greed. The Teamsters said Wednesday that internal polling of its members showed Trump with an advantage over Harris.
