July 31, 2024 5:06 am
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A hangar caught fire at Rostraver Airport Wednesday. Westmoreland County dispatch said the call for the fire came in just after 9:40 a.m. No one was injured in the blaze, Rostraver Central Fire Department said. Airport officials say three privately owned planes were heavily damaged. The manager was also damaged, but the official expects it can be rebuilt. State police are investigating the cause of the fire being electrical. Officials don’t think it’s suspicious.
August 1, 2024 5:11 am
(AP) – As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top potential contenders for the role are largely unknown to voters. The survey, which was conducted after President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing from the race and Harris became the likely Democratic presidential nominee, highlights the strengths and weaknesses that different politicians could bring to the ticket. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as a prospect who has more name recognition — and higher favorability, particularly among Democrats. And others, like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, while less known nationally, could draw on a deeper well of support in their home states and regions.
August 1, 2024 5:13 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But as JD Vance’s rocky rollout continues, the Republican presidential nominee is in the rare position this week of having to defend someone else’s controversial comments. Trump said on Wednesday that Vance is “strongly family-oriented” when asked repeatedly to explain Vance’s well-documented history of criticizing childless Americans. Trump’s latest defense of his vice presidential pick came more than two weeks after he announced Vance’s selection. Since the announcement, Trump’s team has been confronted with multiple reports of the Ohio senator’s controversial statements that have made his rollout among the most turbulent in recent history. A senior Trump adviser says there has been “zero conversation” about replacing Vance as his running mate.
July 31, 2024 5:08 am
A group of nearly 70 people allege they were sexually abused as children while housed in detention centers in Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs filed suit in state or federal court Wednesday against 10 different juvenile facilities across Pennsylvania, three of them state-operated. Some of the plaintiffs said they were repeatedly raped by staff members and threatened with harm if they reported it. Others said their reports of sexual abuse were ignored. Their lawyers say none of the facilities protected the children in their care. The litigation adds to earlier lawsuits targeting what the accusers’ lawyers say is Pennsylvania’s broken juvenile justice system.
August 1, 2024 5:15 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only promoted her Indian heritage. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said while addressing the group’s annual convention.
August 1, 2024 5:14 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The F-16 fighter jets that have been delivered to Kyiv by Western countries will be flying sorties in Ukrainian skies and helping the country’s current fleet of Soviet-era jets to counter Russia’s invasion. Analysts say the used F-16s will enhance Ukraine’s military strength, especially by upgrading its air defenses. But they won’t turn the tide of the war on their own. Ukraine faces a series of challenges using the complex F-16s and protecting them from Russian attacks when they are on the ground. The planes also require numerous support personnel. Ukrainian pilots have been on training courses in the U.S. and Europe. Russia will be looking to destroy the F-16s.
August 1, 2024 5:16 am
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion. Green told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he’s hoping to finalize the details in coming days, perhaps as soon as Aug. 6. That would be two days before the one-year anniversary of the fire that killed 102 people and wiped out historic Lahaina. He said all the plaintiffs and defendants have agreed to the global settlement number but final details are pending. Hawaiian Electric declined to comment. Maui County didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
July 31, 2024 1:56 pm
Multiple roads in Washington County are closed after a tractor-trailer hit a bridge. PennDOT says the roadways that are shut down in both directions include Route 40 (National Pike) between Route 43 (Mon-Fayette Expressway) in California Borough and Route 88 (California Road)/Blaine Hill Road in West Brownsville Borough, Route 2079 (Knob Road) overpass between Wilson Road in California Borough and Old National Pike in West Brownsville Borough. Drivers are being asked to seek alternate routes. Washington County 911 tells WJPA that a tractor-trailer ran into the Knob Road Bridge around noon. There were no injuries. There’s been no word on how the accident happened. (Photo: WPXI)
July 31, 2024 12:18 pm
(AP) – The popular deli meat company Boar’s Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products made at a Virginia plant as an investigation into a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning continues. The U.S. Agriculture Department says the new recall includes 71 products made between May 10 and July 29 under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. It follows an earlier recall of more than 200,000 pounds of sliced deli poultry and meat. The new items include meat intended to be sliced at delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold in stores. They include liverwurst, ham, beef salami, bologna and other products made at the firm’s Jarratt, Virginia, plant.
July 31, 2024 2:55 pm
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, giving her union firepower for the likely contest this November against Republican Donald Trump. UAW President Shawn Fain says the union’s “job” in this year’s election is to defeat Trump. The union has more than a million active and retired members with a strong base in what the Democrats call the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
