November 1, 2024 2:45 am
United States Senator Bob Casey visited Washington County on a campaign stop and addressed the closing of the Corelle Glass factory in Charleroi. Casey said that he has released a report outlining questionable practices of the private equity firm Centre Lane Partners who are moving forward with the closure of the plant and moving operations to Lancaster, Ohio. Casey said that he is using every tool available including investigation and litigation to halt the closure asking the FTC to investigate the method of how Centre Lane Partners became owners of the plant. Daniele Byrne, Vice President of United Steelworkers Union 53G said that the owners of the plant began dismantling press number 111 on Monday to begin moving it to Ohio. She said that the efforts from Casey’s office have been incredible and she hopes that the owners of the plant go to jail. The plant is scheduled for closure in the beginning of 2025.
November 1, 2024 4:54 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris says Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights to make decisions about their own lives. Harris spoke Thursday in Wisconsin before spending the day campaigning in the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. The remarks by Trump come as he has struggled to connect with women voters and as Harris courts women in both parties with a message centered on freedom. She’s making the pitch that women should be free to make decisions about their bodies and that if Trump is elected, more restrictions will follow.
November 1, 2024 4:56 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has launched another attack on former Rep. Liz Cheney, calling the Republican former Wyoming congresswoman a “war hawk” and suggesting she might not be as willing to send troops to fight if she had guns pointed at her. Cheney has vocally opposed Trump since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and has endorsed his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. During an event Thursday in Glendale, Arizona, the Republican presidential candidate called Cheney “deranged,” “very dumb” and “a radical war hawk.” He then added: “Let’s put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see how she feels about it.”
November 1, 2024 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers tasked with recording the president’s remarks for posterity. That’s according to two U.S. government officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity and an internal email obtained by The Associated Press. The White House found itself scrambling to respond to a wave of queries from reporters after Biden appeared to refer to Trump supporters as “garbage” during a call with Latino activists. In that moment, there also was a difference of opinion between the press office and the official stenographers on just what Biden said.
November 1, 2024 4:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year’s election. A new poll finds that Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats that ballots will be counted accurately. The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that voters generally show more distrust toward nationwide voting results compared to the tallies done by their own local election offices. The survey also found older voters have more faith in the vote count at all levels than younger voters. This year’s election marks the first presidential race since former President Donald Trump began a campaign of lies about a stolen 2020 election. Election experts warn that Trump may be laying the groundwork to once again challenge the election if he loses.
November 1, 2024 2:27 am
The Mon Valley is looking to increase its footprint in the world of filmmaking and potential tourism. The 2nd annual Mid-Mon Valley Business symposium held Thursday morning, focused on business opportunities for the area. The group invited the Pennsylvania Film Commissioner, Hollywood actor, writer and director Gino Pesi to speak to the crowd. Pesi, a Charleroi and Belle Vernon native, said his interest in bringing film and opportunities to the area focuses on the dollars behind film-making and tourism. He also says it’s important for local kids like himself to be able to follow their dreams and not have to move thousands of miles away from their families. Pesi said any aspiring filmmakers can reach out to the PA film office to get more information on resources available.
November 1, 2024 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans on Friday will get their last major look at the state of the U.S. economy — the October jobs report — just four days before Election Day. The view, though, is likely to be obscured by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. The government is expected to report that employers added just under 118,000 jobs last month, which would be a decent if hardly spectacular gain. But it would mark a sharp drop from the unexpectedly strong 254,000 jobs the economy added in September. Economists have cautioned, though, that Hurricanes Helene and Milton, combined with ongoing strikes, including at Boeing, had the effect of pushing down net job growth in October.
November 1, 2024 4:52 am
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, though casualty numbers are not yet known. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the attack early Friday morning destroyed dozens of buildings in several neighborhoods. Recently, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the northeastern city of Baalbek and nearby villages, as well as different parts of southern Lebanon. International mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, circulating new proposals to wind down the regional conflict. Lebanon’s Heath Ministry said more than 2,800 people have been killed and 13,000 wounded since Oct. 8, 2023. That’s when Hezbollah began firing rockets almost daily into Israel, drawing retaliation.
November 1, 2024 5:01 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation. The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any other weapon North Korea has tested. But foreign experts still doubt North Korea has functional missiles that can carry warheads to the U.S. mainland. North Korea on Friday identified the missile as a Hwasong-19 and called it “the world’s strongest strategic missile” and “the perfected weapon system.” But experts say the ICBM and its launch vehicle are oversized. That would make them harder to move and easier for enemies to see.
October 31, 2024 5:58 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court. The giveaways aim to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through Election Day. Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner calls the America PAC sweepstakes an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law. Experts on election law question whether it violates federal law against vote-buying. Judge Angelo Foglietta heard motions from both sides on Thursday in a City Hall courtroom. (Photo: AP)
