May 26, 2020 4:17 am
NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) – Joe Biden has marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a park near his Delaware home. It was the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s first public appearance in more than two months. Biden and his wife, Jill, placed a wreath of white flowers tied with a white bow, and bowed their heads in silence at the park. It was a low-key, unannounced appearance, and there was no crowd waiting for him. Yet the appearance was a milestone in a presidential campaign that has largely been frozen by the coronavirus outbreak. Biden wore a mask, unlike Trump at his public events.
August 7, 2019 4:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and the first lady spent time at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, Wednesday, where many of the victims of Sunday’s attack were treated. The White House says Trump visited Miami Valley Hospital to thank first responders and hospital staff, as well as meet with victims and their families. At least 200 protesters gathered outside the hospital. Connor Betts opened fire in Dayton’s Oregon district early Sunday morning, killing nine people, including his 22-year-old sister, before officers fatally shot. Later, Trump will travel to El Paso, Texas – the site of the second mass shooting last weekend. (Photo: CNN)
September 19, 2024 5:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds voters view Vice President Kamala Harris slightly more favorably than they did in July, just after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that the Democratic presidential nominee is now seen more positively than negatively. Former President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings remained steady, although the poll was conducted prior to the apparent assassination attempt of the Republican nominee on his golf course in Florida on Sunday. Even a small uptick in Harris’ favorability rating is a positive sign for the Democratic candidate. Shifts in favorability ratings for national figures like Biden or Trump have been rare over the past few years. (Photo: AP)
November 20, 2023 5:08 am
OLIVER, Pa. — (WPXI) – A mobile home was heavily damaged by fire in Fayette County. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to Easter Street at the Holiday Mobile Home Park in Oliver at 3:37 p.m. on Sunday. The fire appears to have caused severe damage inside the home and has even destroyed some of the siding. Investigators say no one was hurt. People do live inside of the mobile home but were not home when the flames began to spread. The Red Cross has been called to help those residents.
December 29, 2022 8:56 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, the latest sign that the labor market remains strong despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and hiring. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 24 climbed 9,000 to 225,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Unemployment benefit applications are a proxy for layoffs, and are being closely monitored by economists as the Fed has rapidly raised interest rates in an effort to cool job growth and inflation. Should the Fed’s rate hikes cause a recession, as many economists fear, a jump in layoffs and unemployment claims would be an early sign.
February 17, 2022 4:06 am
Wednesday evening found nearly 100 Washington County citizens inside the Washington American Legion to listen to Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz make his case for their vote. Oz appeared with U.S. Representative for the 14th district Guy Reschenthaler. In both of their opening remarks, they stated that they are forming an early alliance that will allow them to cooperatively represent the citizens of Pennsylvania on the federal level even though they would be in separate chambers of congress. Reschenthaler endorsed Oz’s candidacy for the seat being vacated by Senator Pat Toomey’s retirement. Topics discussed included Oz stating that election integrity especially with voter ID is important. He indicated that Medicare monies need to be spent more effectively to deliver better results for senior citizens. Oz blamed Washington DC politics for a lot of the reason that the economy is in its current shape. He joked that it took him two and a half months to find an employer that is not in need of employees. He said it was a chocolate manufacturer. Oz stated that the reason he believes he is the best candidate is that he fought his whole life for the values that are dear to all throughout his career and he is the sane voice that can articulate why Washington DC is not getting things straight.
March 24, 2021 4:13 am
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Police and former associates of the man accused of opening fire at a Colorado supermarket describe the suspect as sometimes prone to rage or delusions. But a motive behind the shooting that killed 10 people, including a police officer, remains unknown. Authorities say Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa purchased an assault weapon less than a week before Monday’s attack in Boulder. It was not immediately known where the suspect purchased the weapon. Alissa, who is from the Denver suburb of Arvada, was booked into jail on murder charges. He is due to make a first court appearance on Thursday.
May 26, 2020 4:14 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday. The firings come a day after a bystander’s video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck and kept his knee there for several minutes after the man stopped moving. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced the terminations on Twitter, and said the firings were the “right call.” Monday’s death of George Floyd was under investigation by the FBI and state law enforcement authorities. It drew comparisons to the case of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in 2014 in New York after being placed in a police chokehold. (Photo: CNN)
August 7, 2019 4:07 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been charged with selling machine guns and other firearms and ammunition stolen from a federal storage facility in West Virginia. Richard Adam Schreiber of Everett was indicted Tuesday after federal agents seized about 100 guns, more than 1,300 gun components and nearly 124,000 rounds of ammunition. Prosecutors say Schreiber plotted with a security guard who pilfered the weapons and ammunition from a gun-disposal facility operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The guard, Christopher Lee Yates, has pleaded guilty in the case and is due to be sentenced in late August. Prosecutors say Schreiber bought the stolen weapons from Yates and then sold them over the internet.
September 19, 2024 5:11 am
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians, journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — people are attempting to carry on. Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield’s schools and the near daily afternoon media briefings, a hush comes over the city that residents say is uncanny, haunting even. They’re dismayed at being transformed overnight into a target for the nation’s vitriol. Residents say people are hunkered down and hoping the attention sparked by former President Donald Trump spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the city’s legal Haitian immigrants eating house pets during last week’s presidential debate will blow over.
