May 14, 2019 6:37 pm
Peters Township Council is still trying to figure out just what to do about an aquatics facility. Council held a public hearing recently and was unable to really come to some consensus. What the meeting did do is bring out more questions than answers. Several self described younger residents attended the meeting and voiced strong support for a pool. Council is struggling with just what to build and when. Councilman David Ball wonders if spending $11 million dollars on an outdoor facility used 3 months a year is the right idea. Should a year round facility be under consideration? Council Chairman Frank Kosir is looking to make sure that what is built is what best suits residents now and in the future. He wants to make sure that whatever is built is something that everyone can be proud of 20 years from now. In an effort to answer some of these questions, council did authorize a marketing survey to be done.
May 14, 2019 6:37 pm
BEIJING (AP) – U.S. trade officials have issued a $300 billion target list of Chinese imports including laptop computers for more tariff hikes, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing.
The U.S. Trade Representative said the list is aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump’s threat to extend punitive 25% duties to all Chinese goods shipped to the United States. The release follows Beijing’s announcement of tariff hikes on $60 billion of American imports in response to U.S. higher duties imposed on Chinese imports last week in an escalation of their fight. The U.S. list includes laptop computers, industrial equipment and a range of farm goods. The USTR noted it excludes pharmaceuticals and rare earths. The flurry of penalties and retaliatory moves has deepened concerns the dispute will hobble economic growth, shaking financial markets.
May 14, 2019 6:30 pm
Witness testimony in the civil trial against the NCAA took a small detour as Judge Michael Lucas granted a departure from the order of witness presentation. Defense for the NCAA called Dr. Robert Harbaugh, Director of Penn State Institute of Neurosciences to the stand. Testimony took all day as the defense used Harbaugh’s expertise to refute testimony from last week given by Dr. Julie Schwartzbard. Harbaugh’s testimony centered on reports indicating that there is no known cause of ALS, and that other documentation was not available during the playing career of Matt Onyshko, a former football player at California University of Pennsylvania and the plaintiff in this case. Under cross examination, an opinion expressed by Dr. Harbaugh was highlighted. In previous interviews, Harbaugh stated that removing facemasks from football helmets could positively influence the decrease of concussions in football as players would be reluctant to use their heads while tackling for fear of doing other damage. Harbaugh indicated that he agreed with the idea as presented by other football coaches he consulted with. Testimony resumed this morning.
January 31, 2019 9:33 am
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) – West Virginia’s governor has fired 34 correction officer trainees who were photographed giving a Nazi salute, and he fired their instructor. He also says four instructors are being suspended without pay. Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced his decision Monday after receiving a report from state investigators that the trainees regularly gave the Nazi salute “as a sign of respect” for their instructor in the weeks prior to the release of the photo. Its release earlier this month triggered widespread outrage. A three-page executive summary was released Monday detailing the state’s inquiry into the controversial image. (Photo: CNN)
November 28, 2023 4:40 am
A boil water advisory in Donegal Township remains in effect. Township officials say that a water main break Tuesday afternoon caused the water to be shut off throughout the township. Repairs to the break are now done. The water is now being tested for purity. Pure tests must be obtained for two days before the advisory can be lifted. Details on further developments will be announced as they become available.
January 5, 2023 4:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Pressure is building on Republican Kevin McCarthy to determine whether or not he can win over enough fellow Republicans to become House speaker. Thursday is Day 3 of the standoff between McCarthy and 20 colleagues withholding the support he needs for the job. So far, ten votes have failed to elect a speaker. The impasse has left the House unable to fully form and govern. McCarthy said after a round of late talks Wednesday that progress is being made. But Colorado Republican Ken Buck has told the GOP leader to “figure out” the path forward. His right-flank detractors appear intent on waiting him out, as long as it takes.
February 23, 2022 3:23 am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida House Republicans have advanced a bill to forbid discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, rejecting criticism from Democrats who said the proposal demonizes LGBTQ people. The measure, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is now set for a final vote in the House after GOP lawmakers refused a series of Democratic amendments Tuesday. The proposal has drawn intense national scrutiny and has served as the one of the latest battlegrounds between the White House and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection and is widely considered to be a potential 2024 presidential candidate.
March 31, 2021 4:15 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Proposed overhauls of Texas’ power grid that buckled during February’s deadly winter storm are moving through the state legislature. Some of the reforms passed Tuesday in the Texas Capitol include new oversight and mandates that power plants prepare for more extreme weather. More than 100 people died in subfreezing weather in Texas as widespread blackouts spiraled into one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. Many families went without water and heat for days with no indication of when the power might be restored.
June 1, 2020 4:24 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – SpaceX has delivered two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule arrived Sunday morning, hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. It’s the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft has delivered a crew to the orbiting lab. The capsule docked automatically, barely 19 hours after liftoff. SpaceX launched the Dragon from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday afternoon, the first astronaut launch from the U.S. to orbit in nearly a decade.
August 11, 2019 7:58 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of weapons demonstrations that are seen an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States. The report by North Korean state media on Sunday came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North launching what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. North Korea’s fifth round of weapons launches on less than three weeks was seen as a protest at the slow pace of nuclear negotiations with the United States and continuance of U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises the North claims are an invasion rehearsal. Experts say the nuclear talks will likely resume after the drills are over later this month.
