October 1, 2023 8:06 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter will put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains. The gathering will take place in the same one-story structure where the Carters lived before he was first elected as a state senator in 1962. Carter’s family views it as a way to honor his personal legacy. But tributes have come from around the world, with celebrities and political figures wearing “Jimmy Carter 99” caps as they offer video messages to the former president. The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum and The Carter Center scheduled a full weekend of festivities, including a naturalization ceremony Sunday for 99 new U.S. citizens.
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PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Police say SWAT operators responded to a Pittsburgh home early Saturday morning after learning a man with outstanding warrants was inside. Pittsburgh police dispatched to a home on the 3200 block of Edwards Way around 5:15 a.m. after a third party called and informed them a man with outstanding warrants showed up at a family member’s home. When police arrived, they found a woman outside, unharmed. The man, who was wanted for aggravated assault and burglary, was inside. SWAT operators responded to try and make contact with him — but were unable to. Police say the man eventually jumped from a second-story window and ran. He was later apprehended on the 3100 block of Mary Street after a brief foot pursuit.
October 1, 2023 5:08 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump has Pennsylvania’s voting rules in his sights, and it’s a familiar target. Trump has never stopped attacking mail-in ballot changes made through the courts during the pandemic and he falsely claimed it was one reason for his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state. Now the former president is seizing on a decision by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to bypass the Pennsylvania Legislature and start automatic voter registration. Shapiro’s recent executive order has drawn complaints from Republicans. They’re concerned about non-US citizens and minors being able to register. Trump has called the move a “scam.”
September 30, 2023 8:24 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers will be furloughed from national park sites if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement. But Arizona and Utah officials say they’ll make sure visitors can still enjoy the dramatic depths of the Grand Canyon and the soaring red cliffs of Zion Valley if a cutoff comes Sunday. The parks’ economic impact is so huge that Arizona’s Democratic governor and Utah’s Republican governor will invest to keep Grand Canyon, Zion, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands national parks open. South Dakota says it will pay to keep Mount Rushmore and Badlands accessible.
September 30, 2023 8:21 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Watch for areas of fog this morning, especially north and southwest of the city. Visibility will improve everywhere by 9-10 a.m., with lots of sunshine ahead today and the entire weekend. Temperatures today will climb into the upper 70s, and tonight will be comfortable again. A ridge of high pressure will take control of the northeast next week, allowing for plentiful sunshine and summer-like afternoons. Several 80-degree days are expected beginning Monday, although little to no humidity means overnight lows should still drop into the 50s. For all you fall lovers, you’ll have to wait until Friday for the next cool-down.
September 30, 2023 6:52 am
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. (WPXI) — A federal government shutdown is looming. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Westmoreland Food Bank CEO Jennifer Miller is concerned. “This could not be worse timing,” she said. According to Miller, the food bank is already busier than ever thanks in part to inflation and rising gas prices. “We used to see three to five emergencies, that’s people who walk in and say, ‘I need food, or I need to get started in the pantry system,’ we used to see three to five a month. We’re seeing three to five a day,” Miller explained. Despite that, Miller says the Westmoreland Food Bank is prepared to handle an influx of visitors throughout the pending shutdown, including Westmoreland County’s 200 federal employees. “That’s 200 people, 200 households that will not have an income because of the shutdown,” Miller said. “They’re going to get it eventually, but what do they do in the meantime?” According to Miller, WIC benefits for women, infants, and children under 5 could run out in just a matter of days. That would impact more than 178,000 people statewide, including 2,500 in Westmoreland and 9,800 in Allegheny Counties. “The fact that children could not get the nourishment that they need because of the shutdown, that’s going to increase the reliance on food banks,” Miller said. SNAP benefits — relied on by 14% of Pennsylvanians — will continue briefly, but a lengthy shutdown could disrupt those as well. “Everybody is going to get their SNAP benefits through October, for sure, however, after October, if it continues to last that long, November is not a guarantee,” Miller said. To get help from the Westmoreland Food Bank, visit westmorelandfoodbank.org or call 724-468-8660.
September 30, 2023 3:34 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of the last living witnesses to the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas was charged with murder Friday in the 1996 killing, a long-awaited breakthrough in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public. A Nevada grand jury indicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis on one count of murder with a deadly weapon, Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo announced in court Friday. Davis has long been known to investigators and has himself admitted in interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” that he was in the Cadillac from which the gunfire erupted during the September 1996 drive-by shooting. DiGiacomo described Davis as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Shakur, who was killed at 25. The charges were revealed hours after Davis, 60, was arrested this morning while on a walk near his home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, according to DiGiacomo.
September 29, 2023 9:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday. She was 90. Feinstein served as California’s senior senator since 1992 and was one of several trailblazing women elected to Congress that year. She was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground. The pivotal moment in Feinstein’s political career came in 1978 when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were killed at City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. Feinstein was president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and automatically succeeded Moscone as mayor.
