November 27, 2024 4:27 am
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that allows a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member to play in the Mountain West Conference tournament after complaints said she should be ineligible on grounds that she’s transgender. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Magistrate in Denver was correct in allowing her to play. The magistrate and the appeals court said the players and others who sued should have filed their complaint earlier, rather than waiting until less than two weeks before the tournament was to begin to seek an emergency injunction.
November 27, 2024 5:15 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The worst November snowstorm in half century has hit Seoul, grounding hundreds of lights countrywide and disrupting commuter traffic in the capital. South Korea’s weather agency said 20 centimeters (7.8 inches) of snow fell on Wednesday in northern areas of the capital of Seoul and some nearby areas. The agency said it was the heaviest snowstorm Seoul has seen in November since November 28, 1972, when 12 centimeters (4.7) fell on the capital.
November 26, 2024 4:16 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
November 26, 2024 7:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. It would give millions of people access to weekly injectables that have helped people shed pounds so quickly that some people have labeled them miracle drugs.
November 26, 2024 2:01 am
Peters Township Council led off its final November meeting with a public hearing on the township’s preliminary budget for 2025. No increase in taxes is in store for Peters Township residents. The budget is a $43,777,036 spending plan that is paid for by $29,476,917 in revenues. There is a shortfall of $14,300,119. According to Assistant Township Manager Kyle Thauvette, that shortfall will be made up through bond issues to balance the budget. Capital projects that are primarily park projects scheduled for 2025 are a large portion of the deficit. The largest portion of that spending will be dedicated to phase two of the development of Rolling Hills Park. That development will include basketball courts and a dog park to name just a few additions. Staff cautioned council and residents that tax increases could be in the future as the township will be spending money on a new fire truck, expanded staff for the fire department and possible emergency services and environmental projects that may need to be addressed. Council will adopt the budget in December.
November 26, 2024 4:52 am
PITTSBURGH — If you’re driving to visit family for Thanksgiving, gas will cost a little bit less, according to AAA. Gas prices dropped by about 4 cents in western Pennsylvania this week. The average price in the region for regular gas is $3.33. This is down almost 30 cents from a year ago when the average price was $3.623. Here in Washington the average is down to $2.98.
November 26, 2024 5:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China as one of his first executive orders. The tariffs, if implemented, could dramatically raise prices for American consumers on everything from gas to automobiles to agricultural products. The U.S. is the largest importer of goods in the world, with Mexico, China and Canada its top three suppliers.
November 26, 2024 5:02 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, joining a growing list of major corporations that have done the same after coming under attack by conservative activists. The changes, confirmed by Walmart on Monday, are sweeping and include everything from not renewing a five-year commitment for an equity racial center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd, to pulling out of a prominent gay rights index. And when it comes to race or gender, Walmart won’t be giving priority treatment to suppliers. Walmart’s moves underscore the increasing pressure faced by corporate America as it continues to navigate the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 ending affirmative action in college admissions.
November 26, 2024 4:58 am
DETROIT (AP) — If President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his threat to kill federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, it’s likely that fewer buyers will choose EVs. Yet tax credits or not, auto companies show no intention of retreating from a transition away from gas-burning cars and trucks, especially given the enormous investment they have already made: Since 2021, the industry has spent at least $160 billion on planning, designing and building electric vehicles. In campaigning for the presidency, Trump condemned the federal tax for EV buyers — up to $7,500 per vehicle — as part of a “green new scam” that would devastate the auto industry. It is far from clear, though, that he could actually rescind the credits.
November 26, 2024 5:03 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has delayed until January his decision on whether to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago. Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic said he needed time to review 17 boxes of documents. Still he let the brothers’ aunts take the stand. They both testified on their behalf as the brothers seek to have their 1989 convictions reexamined in the shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez. They argued the convictions should be reexamined because of new evidence of sex abuse by the brothers’ father. The brothers were sentenced to life without parole.
