June 24, 2024 6:48 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries has swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight. Official say the fire began Monday after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul. An investigation is ongoing. The dead include 18 Chinese, two South Koreans and one Laotian. China has a sizable ethnic Korean minority and in recent years, some have migrated to South Korea to seek work.
June 23, 2024 4:52 am
A cold front brought strong thunderstorms throughout southwestern Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon. Several severe thunderstorm watches and warnings were issued. A tornado watch was issued for Washington County as well. Those storms did cause power outages. Currently, West Penn Power’s outage map indicates that there are just under 20 power outages in Washington County.
June 24, 2024 4:51 am
A woman from North Carolina was killed in a roll over accident on Interstate 70 near the West Virginia state line on Sunday morning. According to a coroner report, 18 year old Kaylee Ogea lost control of her car before rolling it over. Reports indicate that the accident occurred around 3:07 am. Ogea was pronounced dead at 4:44 am at UPMC Washington Hospital.
June 24, 2024 7:50 am
Greene County, PA-(WPXI)-A man was killed and three people hurt in a Greene County crash involving two motorcycles and a deer on Saturday. A report from Pennsylvania State Police in Waynesburg says the crash happened on N 88 Road in Jefferson Township around 4:10 p.m. as two motorcycles were traveling south. Police say a deer jumped into the road, and the first motorcycle driver, identified as Alan Tretinik, 60, of Clarksville, could not slow down. He hit the deer, lost control of the bike and fell into the center of the southbound lane. Tretinik was taken to an area hospital but died of his injuries. A passenger riding Tretinik’s motorcycle was taken to a hospital for a suspected minor injury. The driver and passenger of the second motorcycle also had suspected minor injuries but were not taken to area hospitals.
June 24, 2024 5:39 pm
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new federal rule aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. The rule was finalized Monday. Firefighters responding to last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond. The local East Palestine fire chief said it took 45 minutes for him to learn exactly what was on that train. A federal official says those running towards a fire need to know the unique risks they face, so they can have the right gear and evacuate everyone in danger. (Photo: AP)
June 23, 2024 2:05 am
North Franklin Township held a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday to debut their new municipal building. The new center is located at 345 Franklin Farms Road. The building is a $4 million dollar project that is 7000 square feet in size. Not only will it house township offices, it will also have a multi-purpose room available for public use. The building sits adjacent to the township’s Waterside Park that is undergoing development. The 89 acre park has a lake with walking trail. The township is also repurposing a former water company building. Supervisor Chairman Bob Sabot calls the opening of the building a “beginning.” He cited studies that indicate that people desire recreation areas in their communities and he says that this building and the park will go a long way to fill those needs. Sabot also stated that the building was built without raising taxes on North Franklin Township residents.
June 23, 2024 6:49 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has told a group of evangelicals that they “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines” of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to “go and vote, Christians, please!” He also endorsed displaying the Ten Commandments in schools and elsewhere. Trump, speaking to a group of politically influential evangelical Christians in Washington on Saturday, drew cheers as he invoked a new law signed in Louisiana this week requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, calling it “a crazy world” that people would be opposed to it.
June 23, 2024 6:47 am
Behind the pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before. The pact he signed with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un envisions mutual military assistance between Moscow and Pyongyang. Putin also said Russia could provide weapons to the isolated country, a move that could destabilize the Korean Peninsula and reverberate far beyond. He described the arms shipments as a response to NATO providing Ukraine with longer-range weapons to attack Russia. And he bluntly declared Moscow is prepared to go “to the end” to achieve its goals in Ukraine.
June 23, 2024 6:44 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters in several states have used the citizen initiative process to protect access in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to the procedure. But voters in half the states don’t have that right, including many of the Republican-controlled states in the South that have passed near total abortion bans since the court ruling. Citizen initiatives are avenues of direct democracy that have allowed voters to circumvent their legislatures and preserve abortion and other reproductive rights in a number of states over the past two years.
June 23, 2024 6:41 am
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran-backed groups in the Middle East say thousands of their fighters are offering to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel. The offer comes amid fears the situation could escalate into a full-blown war along Israel’s northern frontier with Lebanon that has seen almost daily exchanges since the Hamas attack on southern Israel in early October. Iran-backed groups from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and other countries fought alongside Syrian government forces during Syria’s 13-civil war. Hezbollah’s leader says it has enough fighters and doesn’t need foreigners to join. Israeli officials have threatened a military offensive in Lebanon if there is no negotiated end to push Hezbollah away from the border.
