November 24, 2023 2:16 am
Freedom Transit is announcing complimentary rides on all fixed routes on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. According to Freedom Transit this will allow customers access to popular shopping locations during the holiday shopping weekend. Locations served will be the Crown Center Mall, Donaldson’s Crossroads, Gabes, The Hollywood Casino, Home Depot, Old Mill Plaza, South Hills Village, Strabane Square Plaza, Target, Tanger Outlets, Trinity Point Walmart, and the Washington Mall. For more information visit their website at www.freedom-transit.org
November 23, 2023 11:13 am
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused in a legal filing of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993. The three-page summons filed Wednesday does not contain details of the alleged assault but names Adams, the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the New York Police Department Guardians Association as defendants. In a statement, a City Hall spokesman said the mayor does not know the person making the accusation and denied the claim. The filing comes as Adams has been dogged by an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign that prompted agents to seize his phones and raid the home of his chief campaign fundraiser.
November 23, 2023 4:28 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made from North Korea’s capital region on Wednesday night. It came a day after North Korea launched a spy satellite and claimed to have put it into orbit. South Korea says it has decided to partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement and restart front-line aerial surveillance of North Korea. U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibit any satellite liftoffs by North Korea, viewing them as covers for testing its long-range missile technology.
November 23, 2023 4:25 am
City of Washington Police were called to the 400 block of Broad Street at approximately 1:30 Thursday morning for a report of shots being fired. According to Washington County 9-1-1, a man was shot and drove himself to Washington Hospital. The hospital was put on a lock down as per their protocol. No other details are available.
November 23, 2023 4:16 am
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the vehicle crash and explosion that left two people dead at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge. The vehicle was speeding Wednesday from Niagara Falls, New York, toward the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. The crash raised concerns on both sides of the border. But the FBI said its investigation found no explosive materials or “terrorism nexus.” It added that it had turned the matter over to local police “as a traffic investigation.”The incident prompted the closing of the border crossing and three others in the area. The other three later reopened.
November 23, 2023 4:13 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Beloved cartoon characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants are taking to the skies above New York City in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade, marking its 97th year, starts Thursday on Manhattan’s upper west side and makes its way alongside Central Park in front of big crowds before ending up in front of Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street. At street level, more than two dozen floats will go by, interspersed with marching bands from around the country. Among the big names performing is Cher, who just released her first Christmas album.
November 23, 2023 4:11 am
The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extremes fueled by human-caused climate change. That’s according to a report released Thursday. The International Energy Agency says the current investment of $800 billion a year for the oil and gas sector will need to be slashed in half and emissions need to fall by 60% to give the world a fighting chance to meet its climate goals. It also found that the sector’s investment into clean technologies like solar and wind only account for 1% of the global total.
November 23, 2023 4:08 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar says a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war will begin at 7 a.m. Friday, with aid “going in as soon as possible.” A spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, made the announcement in a news conference in Doha, Qatar. The cease-fire had been anticipated after a deal was reached, though details were still being sorted out over the last day. Spokesman Majed al-Ansari said the first batch of captive civilians will be delivered around 4 p.m., including 13 women and children.
November 23, 2023 4:01 am
(WPXI) – Bentleyville police are looking for a woman they say has nearly a dozen active warrants in several local counties. According to police, Megan Lynn Trombetta has 11 active warrants in Washington, Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Trombetta is known to frequent Uniontown, Belle Vernon and Monessen, according to police. Anyone with information on Trombetta’s whereabouts is asked to call 724-239-2701 or 911. All tips can remain anonymous.
November 23, 2023 4:01 am
South Strabane Township Manager Jeffrey Ziegler told WJPA News on Wednesday that the rumors surrounding the resignation of long-time board member Bracken Burns were true – he has resigned. Ziegler says Burns submitted a letter of resignation to the board of Supervisors, dated November 7th, the day of the general election. Burns, a Democrat, lost his bid for re-election. Ziegler says the board has forty-five days to accept the resignation. In the meantime, Ziegler says the board has reached out to Burns, asking him to reconsider, however they have received no response. The supervisors next voting meeting will take place on December 12 because of the Christmas holiday. WJPA News also reached out to Burns for comment, but have received no response.
