July 1, 2024 3:29 am
Borough officials in Charleroi are alerting residents that construction activities will begin on the traffic island on 5th Street that runs between McKean Avenue and the Chamber Plaza parking area. Beginning today, crews will start dismantling that island. Charleroi Public Works employees will be removing curbs, concrete, old sign posts and utility boxes. They will also be working with the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi to bring a man hole entrance to ground level. The estimate to complete the project is five days. That does not include the 4th of July holiday. Borough officials hope to re-open the street each day at 3:00 PM to limit people’s inconvenience when trying to access the Chamber Plaza parking lot.
July 1, 2024 4:58 am
SPRINGDALE BOROUGH, Pa. — (WPXI) – Human remains were found inside a car in the Allegheny River in Springdale Borough, police said. Crews with the Murrysville Medic One dive team found the sedan underwater just before noon Sunday. The crews were completing training when the car was found. The remains were taken to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-833-ALL-TIPS.
July 1, 2024 4:52 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A temporary official is to be appointed to run the court system in one Pennsylvania county because the clerk and deputies have suddenly departed. Two officials quit and one was fired Friday on the eve of a contempt of court proceeding concerning performance by the office. PennLive.com reports that the staff had been warned to do better after months of chaos that included people being picked up on bench warrants that were supposed to be voided. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says the “unprecedented leadership void” in the Dauphin County clerk of courts office prompted it to declare a “judicial emergency.”
July 1, 2024 5:06 am
(AP) – A Palestinian health official says Israel has released 55 Palestinians it detained from Gaza, including the director of the territory’s main hospital. Mohammed Abu Selmia was detained in November when Israeli forces raided Shifa Hospital. Palestinian media aired video following his release Monday. Abu Selmia accused Israeli authorities of mistreating Palestinian detainees. Israeli authorities have denied such allegations. Israel accuses militants of sheltering in hospitals and using them for military purposes. Palestinian health officials say Israeli raids recklessly endanger civilians by forcing several hospitals to shut down or reduce services. Hospitals can lose their protection under international law if they are used for military purposes.
June 30, 2024 5:08 am
PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all. Official results suggest the far-right National Rally stands a good chance of winning a majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time. In the first round, the National Rally arrived ahead with an estimated one-third of the votes. Yet the outcome remains uncertain amid the complex voting system and political tactics. If the National Rally or another political force than his centrist alliance gets a majority, Macron will be forced to appoint a prime minister belonging to that new majority.
July 1, 2024 5:04 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un. That’s another sign the North is boosting his personality cult to the level bestowed on his late father and grandfather. North Koreans are required to wear pins over their hearts which for decades bore images of either the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, or his son Kim Jong Il, or both. The pins are part of a state-sponsored mythology surrounding the Kim family which treats Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il like gods. State media published photos showing officials wearing Kim Jong Un pins for the first time on Sunday.
July 1, 2024 5:02 am
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing has announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion. It says the move will improve plane quality and safety. Boeing previously owned Spirit, and the purchase would reverse a longtime Boeing strategy of outsourcing key work on its passenger planes. That approach has been criticized as problems at Spirit disrupted production and delivery of popular Boeing jetliners. Concerns about safety came to a head after the January blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 at 16,000 feet (4,876 meters) over Oregon.
June 30, 2024 5:58 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of deep concern is growing among some Democratic officials that leaders inside Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance. DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison did not acknowledge Biden’s weak showing or the avalanche of criticism that followed during a Saturday afternoon call with dozens of DNC members from across the country. Instead, the chief Biden ally offered a rosy assessment of the president’s path forward. Participants described the call as a one-sided conversation that ignored pervasive fears among the committee’s rank and file about Biden’s ability to win in November. The chat function was disabled and there were no questions allowed during the call.
June 30, 2024 6:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Hopes are lagging for a cease-fire in Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza that would calm attacks by Hezbollah and other Iranian-allied militias. With that in mind, American and European diplomats are warning Hezbollah about taking on the military might of Israel. Escalating strikes between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to at least level off this past week. But a former U.S. diplomat in the Middle East says Israelis still seem to be arranging themselves for “an entirely different magnitude of conflict.”
June 30, 2024 6:05 am
PARIS (AP) — Voters across mainland France are casting ballots in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election. The two-round vote could put France’s government in the hands of far-right parties for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome could impact European financial markets, Western support for Ukraine and how France’s nuclear arsenal is managed. Many French voters are frustrated about inflation and economic concerns. And they see President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership as out-of-touch. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally party has tapped and fueled that discontent and dominated all preelection opinion polls. A new coalition on the left is also posing a challenge to the moderate Macron.
