December 31, 2022 4:14 am
(AP) – Democrats in Congress have released thousands of pages of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The documents provide the most detailed picture to date of his finances over a six-year period, including his time in the White House, when he fought to keep the information private in a break with decades of precedent. The material shows how Trump used the tax code to lower his tax obligations and it reveals details about foreign accounts and the performance of some of his highest-profile business ventures. The disclosure marks the culmination of a years-long legal fight that has played out everywhere from the presidential campaign to Congress and the Supreme Court. The release of Trump’s tax returns show he maintained a bank account in China through 2017, his first year in the White House. Trump had claimed he closed the account before running for president. Trump also reported making no charitable donations in 2020, his final year in the White House. It’s unclear whether the totals include Trump’s pledge to donate his $400,000 annual presidential salary to the federal government. Trump pledged payback after the release of his tax returns Friday by a Democratic-controlled House committee. He says, “The Radical Left Democrats have weaponized everything, but remember, that is a dangerous two-way street!”
February 18, 2022 4:08 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A man is in custody for the death of a woman who was driving for Uber when she went missing and was found shot to death. According to investigators, Calvin Crew, 22, of Penn Hills, is believed to be the one responsible for the death of Christina Spicuzza. He was charged with criminal homicide, robbery and tampering with evidence. Spicuzza’s body was found dumped along a wooded hillside off of Rosecrest Drive in Monroeville days after she was reported missing. Investigators said she was driving for Uber when she was last heard from. Her Nissan Sentra was found Saturday morning in Pitcairn without the dash cam. She was found with a single gunshot wound. The criminal complaint for Crew states how investigators used cell phones, license plate readers and traffic cameras to track the movements of Spicuzza, her car and Crew. Additionally, detectives eventually were able to track down the dash cam. It showed Crew putting a gun to her head and ordering her to drive. She told him she had a family and children, but Crew allegedly kept the gun pointed at her neck. The document states Crew eventually reached up and grabbed the camera before the video ended.
March 25, 2021 12:55 pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – One of the most active natural gas exploration firms in Pennsylvania is agreeing to pay $1.9 million after it disclosed in 2014 that its construction work had damaged waterways and wetlands. Officials from Chesapeake Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City and federal and state environmental protection agencies signed a consent decree in December before it was filed in federal court in Williamsport on Wednesday. The consent decree must go through a 30-day public comment period and requires court approval to take effect. Chesapeake in 2014 disclosed possible violations in Beaver, Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties, including damming streams and filling in wetlands. Chesapeake is agreeing to clean up the sites, or offset the damage by improving sites elsewhere.
May 27, 2020 4:06 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Tuesday night that he would allow casinos to reopen June 4, welcoming tourists to return to the glitzy gambling mecca of Las Vegas. The Democratic governor told reporters that Nevada will welcome visitors from across the country to come to Las Vegas and have a good time. Sisolak shuttered the casinos 10 weeks ago as part of a broad shutdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The casinos typically draw millions of tourists to Las Vegas and power the state’s economy. The governor said he would also allow in-person religious services of up to 50 people starting Friday.
August 7, 2019 3:41 pm
MORTON, Miss. (AP) – U.S. immigration officials say raids at seven food processing plants in Mississippi resulted in 680 arrests. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Matthew Albence told The Associated Press that the arrest count from Wednesday’s raids may make it the largest workplace sting in more than a decade and probably the largest ever for a single state. Authorities say about 600 agents fanned out across the plants, surrounding the perimeters to prevent workers from fleeing. They targeted several companies. The raids happened in small towns near Jackson with a workforce made up largely of Latino immigrants. The towns hit include Bay Springs, Carthage, Canton, Morton, Pelahatchie and Sebastapol.
September 20, 2024 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production. The grants announced Friday will fund a total of 25 projects in 14 states, including battleground states such as Michigan and North Carolina. The grants mark the second round of EV battery funding under the 2021 infrastructure law. An earlier round allocated $1.8 billion for 14 projects that are ongoing.
November 21, 2023 5:01 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments on a request to revoke the bond of one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week filed a motion asking county Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee (pictured) to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd. She wrote in her motion that Floyd has been attempting to intimidate and contact likely witnesses and his co-defendants in the case in violation of the terms of his release. Floyd’s attorney says Willis’ allegations against his client are meritless. McAfee set a hearing on Willis’ motion for Tuesday afternoon.
December 31, 2022 4:12 am
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Roads have reopened in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continue searching for people who may have died or remain stranded after last week’s blizzard. Mayor Byron Brown announced that the driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday. He says significant progress has been made on snow removal, but he’s still asking residents not to drive if they don’t have to. Suburban roads, major highways and Buffalo Niagara International Airport had already reopened. At least 40 deaths have been reported in western New York from the blizzard that raged Friday and Saturday.
February 18, 2022 4:04 am
Washington County Commissioners met Thursday and the first order of new business was to pass a resolution that states they are against one of more than a dozen proposed redistricting maps that are currently under review. Commissioner Chairwoman Diana Irey-Vaughan states that the map they oppose connects Washington County with the city of Pittsburgh by a slim sliver of districts to join the two cities. Irey-Vaughan states that the commissioners feel that Washington does not share the same characteristics or values of Pittsburgh and that is why they passed the resolution. Commissioners were thanked by several residents during the public comment section for their meeting earlier in the day with Dr. Douglas Frank. Frank is the mathematician that says he can prove that the 2020 General Election was rigged using his polynomial equation. Irey-Vaughan stated that Frank was unable to provide commissioners with the information and documentation showing his concerns about election integrity in Washington County because of a lack of time to prepare. Frank was scheduled to do a presentation to Washington County citizens later on Wednesday evening showing his concerns about election integrity in Washington County. Commissioner Irey-Vaughan went on to state that Frank did believe that Washington County does not have an issue with election fraud, but that Dr. Frank believes we are working with corrupted data through no fault of our own and Washington County has agreed to review any data which he provides.
March 25, 2021 10:58 am
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Three days after he was led away in handcuffs from a Boulder supermarket where 10 people were fatally shot, the suspect appeared in court for the first time and his defense lawyer asked for a mental health assessment “to address his mental illness.” Kathryn Herold, the lawyer for suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, provided no other details Thursday about what he might suffer from. During the brief hearing, Alissa appeared in court wearing a mask. He didn’t speak other than to say yes to a question from the judge and did not enter a plea to the charges. Alissa, 21 remains held without bail on 10 charges of first-degree murder.
