September 22, 2024 4:06 am
CALIFORNIA, Pa. —(WPXI)- The California Area School District is warning parents after students were potentially exposed to whooping cough. The district did not say which school or building the potential exposure is impacting. Whooping cough begins with cold symptoms and a cough, which becomes worse over the next couple of weeks. Any parent whose child is coughing is encouraged to contact their pediatrician. Students who come down with whooping cough can return to school after taking medication for five days, the district said. Anyone with questions about whooping cough can call the Pennsylvania Department of Health at 1-877-PA-HEALTH.
September 22, 2024 5:56 am
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. —(WPXI)- A police officer was hit by a man suspected of driving drunk in Robinson Township. According to court documents, police officers were responding to an accident at the 4300 block of Campbells Run Road when a Ford Expedition came at them at a high rate of speed. Police say the area was clearly closed with a fully marked patrol vehicle with activated light being used in all directions. The Ford was coming towards Kieners Lane from Baldwin Road when it hit a police officer’s vehicle. The officer who was hit reported initially that he was okay but was later taken to a hospital to be further evaluated. Court documents say the driver was Joseph E. Price, 54, from Carnegie. Officers say they smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the car. Police said they took Price to the ground after asking him to get out of his car and he refused. He was placed into handcuffs. Price allegedly told police he had been drinking for most of the day while at a golf outing. He could not tell officers where he lived when they asked. A small vile of white powder was found in Ford. Police said Price told them it was cocaine when they asked him. Price faces an aggravated assault by vehicle charge, a charge of recklessly endangering another person, a charge of driving other the influence and several other driving charges.
September 21, 2024 4:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Generative artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the presidential campaign, even if the greatest fears about how it could threaten the U.S. presidential election haven’t materialized yet. Fake AI-generated images regularly ricochet around the web. Many of them are so cartoonish and absurd that even the most naïve viewer couldn’t take them seriously. Still, even these memes can be problematic. Eye-catching AI-generated photos and videos, some striving to be funny, have become useful tools for spreading false, sometimes racist messages with a clear political bent — and candidates and their supporters are among those sharing them on social media.
September 21, 2024 4:18 am
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has given a speech focused squarely on abortion rights. She did so Friday in Georgia, where she highlighted the death of a woman who developed sepsis while waiting for a routine procedure. Her speech described Republican candidate Donald Trump as a threat to women’s freedom and their very lives, calling such deaths preventable and predictable. Harris’ campaign is hoping reproductive rights will be a strong motivator for Democrats in the November election. Trump, meanwhile, continues to take credit for appointing Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. Harris held a rally later Friday in the swing state of Wisconsin.
September 21, 2024 4:16 am
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races. The court’s decision Friday comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot. Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer had disagreed on what status the voters should hold. The swing state is unique in that it distinguishes between voters who can participate only in federal elections and those who can vote in federal, state and local elections. Eligibility for the latter classification requires submission of proof of citizenship.
September 21, 2024 4:12 am
An Israeli airstrike in Beirut has killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 60, according to Lebanese health officials. The strike Friday was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months. The Israeli military says the airstrike killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official. It came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. In Gaza, Palestinian authorities said 15 people were killed overnight in multiple Israeli attacks. Gaza’s Civil Defense said an airstrike early Friday in Gaza City hit a family home, killing six people including an unknown number of children.
September 21, 2024 4:03 am
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has awarded nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 173 eligible museums and county historical societies statewide. Locally four agencies were included in that group. They include the Senator John Heinz History Center that received $14,200, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum with $26,800, The National Duncan Glass Society with $4000 and the Washington County Historical Society, Inc. received $8000. The grants help museums and historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs with their general operations expenditures.
September 20, 2024 5:50 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. That’s according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. A five-page document summarizing the Secret Service report’s key conclusions finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania., campaign rally where Trump was wounded in the ear by gunfire.
September 20, 2024 5:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball. The new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds about 4 in 10 registered voters say Trump would do a better job handling the economy, while a similar number say that about Harris. The finding is a warning sign for Trump, who has tried to link Harris to President Joe Biden’s economic track record. It suggests Harris may be escaping some of the president’s baggage on the issue, undercutting what was one of Trump’s major advantages.
September 20, 2024 5:54 pm
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel has launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiya district killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant described the Israeli strike that targeted Akil as part of “a new phase of war.” Several hours later, Hezbollah confirmed Akil’s death.
