September 20, 2023 4:52 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally gotten his long-coveted meeting with President Joe Biden. The sit-down Wednesday in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly is the first since Netanyahu took office at the helm of his country’s far-right government late last year. Biden opened the meeting by saying the U.S. relationship with Israel was “ironclad.” But he also said they would discuss “upholding democratic values that lie at the heart of our partnership, including checks and balances.” Netanyahu stressed common goals in his opening remarks. Netanyahu also said he would uphold democratic values, despite his proposed changes to Israel’s court system. (Photo: AP)
September 20, 2023 4:50 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in the Pennsylvania House will keep their one-vote majority after winning a Pittsburgh area seat in a special election. Voters on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell, bringing the partisan split to 102-101. Powell defeated Republican challenger Erin Connolly Autenreith in the heavily Democratic district. She replaces progressive former Democratic Rep. Sara Innamorato, who resigned in July to pursue local office. The House is expected to return next week to consider budget legislation two months into an ongoing stalemate.
September 20, 2023 4:48 am
Two Allegheny County men who are accused of traveling a Peters Township road and firing gunshots out of the window of a vehicle will face trial. Greg Devers, 48 of Bethel Park and his son Michael Devers, 31 of Pittsburgh faced their preliminary hearing on Tuesday and waived their charges to court. According to the criminal complaint police were summoned to the 100 block of Lamplighter Lane to investigate reports of guns being fired and found Michael Devers trying to elevate an intoxicated Greg Devers to his feet. While being taken into custody, Greg Devers threatened police stating he had a firearm and would kill the officers. During the arrest Michael Devers also threatened police. Greg Devers is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment among others. Michael Devers also faces multiple charges that include terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest. Greg Devers is free on $250,000 bond. Michael Devers remains in the Washington County Jaill on $100,000 bond. Both men are scheduled for their formal arraignment on October 26.
September 20, 2023 2:23 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate wants to move up the state’s 2024 primary election by five weeks to March 19. Lawmakers touted the move as a way to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover and to give voters more of a say in deciding presidential nominees. The bill passed Wednesday, 45-to-2, although it still requires passage in the state House of Representatives. Under the bill, the primary election would move from April 23 to March 19. That date falls after primaries in other big delegate states. Pennsylvania is a premier battleground in presidential elections, but it hasn’t hosted a competitive presidential primary since 2008.
September 20, 2023 1:39 am
A North Franklin Township woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her one-year-old daughter in June. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says 32-year-old Lindsey Reho has been charged with criminal homicide, endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person. Walsh says a toxicology report showed the infant died of fentanyl poisoning. Walsh says the baby’s father said that Reho had expressed her suspicion that the baby had gotten into drugs on the day she died. Walsh says Reho said she is a heroin addict and uses heroin every day. Walsh says that on the day of the baby’s death, Reho said she brought drugs and paraphernalia into their apartment, eventually throwing them into a garbage can in the kitchen. A short time later, she said she found the baby unresponsive in her pack and play.
September 19, 2023 3:33 pm
UNDATED (AP) – “Oppenheimer” is now the most successful biopic ever, passing “Bohemian Rhapsody.” As of yesterday, “Oppenheimer” has made nearly $913 million. It’s director Christopher Nolan’s third highest-grossing film, after the “Dark Knight” sequels, and it’s the third biggest film of the year, behind “Barbie” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” “Oppenheimer” producer Emma Thomas, who is married to Nolan, says the success of a three-hour film about a serious subject is “beyond our wildest imaginings.” Nine weeks after its release, “Oppenheimer” is still strong in theaters, and particularly IMAX theaters. Eleven of the 25 screens nationwide that can project IMAX 70-millimeter prints – Nolan’s preferred format – are still showing “Oppenheimer.” (Photo: ABC)
September 19, 2023 3:19 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings. The Sept. 28 hearing is expected to focus on “constitutional and legal questions” that surround allegations of Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s overseas businesses. That is according to a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee, which is leading the hearing. The committee also plans to subpoena the personal and business bank records of Biden’s son. The White House has called the effort by House Republicans “extreme politics at its worst.”
September 19, 2023 3:17 pm
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine. And he’s warning other world leaders that the same could happen to them. Zelenskyy spoke Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting. He noted the war’s effect on global food and fuel supplies highlighted the situation of Ukrainian children who were taken from their families after Moscow’s invasion. Russia hasn’t yet had its turn to address the assembly.
September 19, 2023 2:56 pm
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist has pleaded guilty to charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The Justice Department says Hardy Carroll Lloyd entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Wheeling, West Virginia. The Follansbee, West Virginia, resident was accused of sending threatening social media posts and emails along with comments on websites about the trial of Robert Bowers. Lloyd faces more than six years in prison if the plea agreement is accepted by the court. Bowers was sentenced to death in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
September 19, 2023 10:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans released by Iran after being detained for years have arrived back home and declared, “Freedom!” The former prisoners posed for a group photograph with their families at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, early Tuesday. The brother of one of the five freed Americans says “The nightmare is finally over.” The Americans were freed as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of $5.9 billion in frozen Iranian assets. The successful negotiations for the Americans’ freedom brought Biden profuse thanks from their families but heat from Republicans for the monetary arrangement with one of America’s top adversaries.
