January 2, 2023 3:40 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation warnings were in place in rural Northern California on New Year’s Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, breaching levees, snarling traffic and closing major highways. Major flooding occurred in agricultural areas south of Sacramento, where rivers swelled and floods inundated dozens of cars along State Route 99. Residents of one low-lying community were ordered to leave, and others were told to prepare to leave before roadways are cut off by rising water. More than 4 feet of snow fell in the Sierra. It was the first of several storms expected to roll across California over the span of a week.
February 21, 2022 2:01 am
MONONGAHELA, Pa. — A Van Voorhis woman is dead after getting hit by a train in downtown Monongahela Saturday afternoon. The Washington County Coroner says Jaimyn Grace Rauchfuss, 22, was the operator and sole occupant of a vehicle that was struck by a Norfolk Southern train at the 4th Street railroad crossing at 2:20 p.m. The accident took place along Railroad Street near the Monongahela Aquatorium. Rauchfuss’ cause and manner of death are pending an investigation and autopsy. The Monogahela City Fire Department responded with Tri-Community EMS on scene. The incident is under investigation by the Monongahela Police Department.
March 27, 2021 4:24 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is threatening to sue the federal government if it doesn’t lift its pandemic ban on cruise lines using U.S. ports. Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General Ashley Moody said Friday that the state is being harmed economically by the industry’s U.S. shutdown. They said cruises are being operated safely around the globe with restrictions and protocols and no new coronavirus outbreaks have been tied to a ship. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shut down the industry a year ago after several outbreaks early in the pandemic were tied to cruise ships. It did not respond to an email seeking comment.
May 29, 2020 4:07 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, has been arrested and charged with murder. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, after his office gathered enough evidence to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. He did not have immediate details, but said a criminal complaint would be made available later. The charges come after three days of protests, which had been escalating in violence.
August 9, 2019 4:13 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Jerry Sandusky will be taken from prison to a central Pennsylvania courtroom next month for resentencing on his 45-count child sexual abuse conviction, six months after a state appeals court ruled mandatory minimums had been improperly applied. Judge John Foradora filed an order Wednesday scheduling the proceeding for Sept. 23 in the Centre County Courthouse. Foradora also directed the county sheriff to arrange for the 75-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach to be transported to the hearing from his cell in the State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands. Sandusky had been sentenced to 30 to 60 years for child molestation. The state Supreme Court last month declined to grant him a chance to argue he deserves a new trial. Sandusky was convicted of the sexual abuse of 10 boys.
September 22, 2024 1:27 am
Employees, retirees, and community members showed up at a rally on Friday in support of Corelle Glass plant workers who have been notified that their jobs are being moved to Lancaster, Ohio. On hand also to lend his support was Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick who said he stood in solidarity with the plant workers. During the rally, Union vice president Daniele Byrne called for a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the transaction that saw the plant acquired by Anchor Hocking and investors Centre Lane Partners. Workers at the rally related how the plant is just like a family. They told of how their parents and grandparents worked at the 118 year old plant. Charleroi Borough Councilman Larry Celaschi pointed out the economic toll the closing of the Corelle plant and the Quality Pasta plant will have on residents. Borough Manager Joe Manning states that even though negotiations are still going on to save the plant, he and other officials are actively seeking other companies to invest in those plants and the workforce of Charleroi.
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.
January 2, 2023 3:39 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russia deployed multiple drones overnight to attack parts of Ukraine and dozens were shot down. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Monday that 40 exploding drones had “headed for Kyiv” overnight according to air defense forces. He said all of them were destroyed. Energy infrastructure facilities in the capital were damaged and an explosion occurred in one district. But the causes were not clear. An official said a “critical infrastructure object” and residential buildings were hit in the outlying Kyiv region. Seven drones were shot down over the southern Mykolaiv region and three more were shot down in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
February 20, 2022 8:09 am
TORONTO (AP) — Most of the streets around the Canadian Parliament are quiet now. The Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by policemen in riot gear. The relentless blare of truckers’ horns has gone silent. But the trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-U.S. border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could echo for years in Canadian politics and perhaps south of the border. The protest, which was first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers also encompassed fury over the range of COVID-19 restrictions and hatred of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “I think we’ve started something here,” said Mark Suitor, a 33-year-old protester from Hamilton, Ontario, speaking as police retook control of the streets around Parliament. Protesters had essentially occupied those streets for more than three weeks, embarrassing Trudeau. Suitor believes the protests will divide the country, something he welcomes.
March 27, 2021 4:23 am
DALLAS (AP) – Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines pilot whose R-rated rant about liberals in Northern California was captured on air traffic control transmissions. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the investigation Friday. He says FAA rules prohibit pilots from talking about things other than the flight while taxiing and at low altitudes. It happened earlier this month as a Southwest plane was getting ready to take off from San Jose, California. The pilot makes a profanity-filled tirade, apparently against liberal attitudes in the San Francisco Bay Area. He mixes in a few G-rated words too, like “weirdos.”
