November 26, 2024 4:48 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – The opening day of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season is on Saturday. The Pennsylvania Game Commission says more than half a million hunters are expected to participate. “Growing up, I looked forward to the first day of deer season all year,” said Game Commission Executive Director Steve Smith. “I’m hardly alone that way. For many of us, hunting, and deer hunting in particular, isn’t just a hobby. It’s a part of the fabric of our lives.” The season starts Saturday, continues on Sunday and then runs from Dec. 2 through 14, excluding Sunday, Dec. 8. Hunters are allowed one antlered deer per year. To hunt antlerless deer, hunters must have a Wildlife Management Unit-specific antlerless license or Deer Management Assistance Program permit. The Game Commission says that last year, across all of the 2023-24 deer seasons, hunters harvested an estimated 430,010 white-tailed deer. The buck harvest was around 171,600 and the antlerless harvest was 258,410. Hunters must have a general hunting license which costs $20.97 for adult residents and $101.97 for adult nonresidents.
November 25, 2024 1:34 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. In court filings on Monday, the prosecutors cited longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. The decision by special counsel Jack Smith, who had sought to hold Trump criminally accountable for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election, represented the end of the federal effort against the former president who firmly won election this month despite the election-related cases and multiple other unrelated criminal charges against him. (Photo: AP)
November 25, 2024 5:13 am
DALLAS (AP) — The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million people in the U.S. will venture at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday — most of them by car. Thanksgiving Day falling so late this year has altered traditional travel patterns. At airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it could screen a record number of U.S. air travelers on Sunday. Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration says a shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays. Transportation analytics company INRIX says roads could be congested on Monday with both commuters and returning holiday travelers.
November 25, 2024 5:00 am
WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — Forecasters in the U.S. have warned of another round of wintry weather that could complicate travel leading up to Thanksgiving. California is bracing for more snow and rain while still grappling with some flooding and small landslides from a previous storm. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for California’s Sierra Nevada through Tuesday, with heavy snow expected at high elevations. Thousands remained without power in the Seattle area on Sunday after a “bomb cyclone” storm system hit the West Coast last week, killing two people.
November 25, 2024 5:55 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots Friday to authorize the work stoppage in North Carolina that started Monday morning. The companies contract with American Airlines to provide services including cleaning airplane interiors, removing trash and escorting passengers in wheelchairs. Airport officials say this holiday travel season is expected to be the busiest on record. The companies have acknowledged the seriousness of a strike during the holiday travel season.
November 25, 2024 9:15 am
Macy’s says it’s delaying the release of its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after it discovered an up to $154 million accounting-related issue. The company did provide some preliminary results for its third quarter, including that net sales fell 2.4% to $4.74 billion. It anticipates reporting its full third-quarter financial results by Dec. 11.
November 25, 2024 4:55 am
SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Bagpipers played a moving tribute during a final salute at a viewing for fallen Pittsburgh Battalion Fire Chief John Walsh. Family, friends and fellow firefighters showed up in the hundreds throughout the day at William Slater Funeral Home in Scott Township Sunday to pay their respects to the beloved firefighter and family man who died in the line of duty earlier this week. The 60-year-old battalion chief collapsed while commanding the scene of a house fire in East Hills Wednesday. Walsh later died at the hospital. His family believes he suffered a heart attack. The firefighter served the department for 37 years. Walsh’s SUV with Station 8 was parked outside the funeral home draped in a black ribbon in honor of the fallen battalion chief. Two firefighters stood watch over the battalion chief’s body overnight until his funeral procession Monday morning, which went from the funeral home to St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland.
November 25, 2024 4:59 am
Drivers with E-ZPass will no longer have to slow down to go through toll booths when entering the Ohio Turnpike from Pennsylvania. Just in time for the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period, the Ohio Turnpike announced that westbound open road tolling is operational at the Eastgate Toll Plaza near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. This means drivers with E-ZPass can drive through the plaza at highway speeds, using the left lanes of the roadway. Drivers without E-ZPass will still have to stop at a booth to pay a roundtrip flat-rate fee. Unlike Pennsylvania, the Ohio Turnpike does not utilize a system where tolls are billed through license plates. So, all drivers without E-ZPass must stop at a toll booth to avoid additional fees. There is not a toll eastbound through the Eastgate Toll Plaza.
November 25, 2024 5:05 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – SWAT responded to Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood early Sunday morning after a man was hurt in a shooting. A Pittsburgh police spokesperson says officers were sent to Bausman Street and Brownsville Road along the Knoxville and Mt. Oliver border around 3:30 a.m. because of two ShotSpotter alerts totaling 18 rounds. Officers found a man in the roadway who was grazed in the knee by a bullet. He was taken to an area hospital in stable condition. The spokesperson said the suspect was believed to be in a residence on nearby Amanda Street. SWAT responded to the area to search the residence. The suspect was not located and the building was cleared by 7:15 a.m., over two hours after SWAT arrived. Police located shell casings while processing the scene for evidence. The incident remains under investigation. No arrests have been made at this time.
November 25, 2024 5:10 am
(ap) – Egg prices are on the rise again as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with high demand during the holiday baking season. The average price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities was $3.37 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was up 63% from October 2023, when a dozen eggs cost an average of $2.07. Avian influenza is the main culprit. The current bird flu outbreak that began in February 2022 has led to the slaughter of more than 111 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens. But the American Egg Board says egg shortages at grocery stores have been isolated and temporary so far.
