June 14, 2024 2:16 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh announced Thursday that they now believe a Wellsburg, West Virginia man who is wanted in connection with the robbery last week of the First National Bank on Route Nineteen in North Strabane Township is the same man who robbed the Washington Financial Bank on East Wylie Avenue in Washington two days earlier. Walsh said earlier this week that warrants had been issued for the arrest of Brandon Scerri and Kayla Pruett for the hold up of the First National Bank and now, investigators believe Scerri is also the man who robbed the Washington Financial Bank on East Wylie Avenue in Washington two days earlier.. Authorities say say the two were identified using their tattoos and driver’s license photos, along with the description of their car, a blue-colored Ford Focus. Walsh says Scerri got away with more than seventy-four-hundred-dollars in the North Strabane robbery, but only a little over one-hundred and fifty-dollars in the Washington hold-up. Police did not include Pruett in the arrest warrant for the Washington bank robbery. (Photo: North Strabane Township Police)
June 13, 2024 5:00 am
READING, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP to open a “Latino Americans for Trump” office in Reading. It’s a town with a fast-growing Hispanic population. Trump and top Republicans are looking to boost their support among Latino voters in a swing state that could well decide the election, betting that promises to prioritize entrepreneurship and smaller government can resonate with a voting block that historically has favored Democrats. President Joe Biden has seen his support drop among Hispanic adults in national polls, but it’s unclear if Trump can capitalize.
June 14, 2024 5:04 am
BARI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence. He warned that human relations themselves could be reduced to algorithms. Francis brought his moral authority to bear on the Group of Seven. In doing so, he became the first pope to attend the G7, offering an ethical take on an issue that is increasingly on the agenda of international summits, government policy and corporate boards alike. The final G7 communique largely reflected his concerns. The leaders pledged to better coordinate the governance and regulatory frameworks surrounding AI to keep it “human-centered.”
June 13, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone. The narrow decision on Thursday came two years after the high court overturned the nationwide right to abortion. Rather than fully dive into the issue, the high court found that anti-abortion doctors lacked the legal right to sue. That could leave an opening for anti-abortion states or other opponents to keep up the legal fight.
June 13, 2024 5:08 am
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders have voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year. Vote totals were not immediately announced. The favorable vote doesn’t mean CEO Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon. The package is likely to remain tied up in the Delaware Chancery Court for months as Tesla appeals the rejection. The court ruled in January that Musk essentially controlled the Tesla board when it approved the package in 2018, and that it failed to fully inform shareholders who approved it the same year. Tesla has said it would appeal, but asked shareholders to reapprove the package at Thursday’s annual meeting.
June 14, 2024 5:06 am
MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile and highly dependent on the weather. But the record-high prices the world is seeing for OJ right now may be on the table for a while. An invasive pest that has been killing Florida’s orange trees since 2005 also is spreading in Brazil, the world’s largest orange juice exporter. Extreme weather is another factor. This year’s orange harvest in Brazil is likely to be the worst in 36 years due to flooding and drought. Florida’s orange production fell 62% last year in the wake of Hurricane Ian. In the U.S., a 12-ounce can of frozen orange juice concentrate cost 42% more in April than a year earlier
June 14, 2024 5:39 pm
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales says she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William has not made any public appearances this year. She announced in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer. She says in a statement Friday: “I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days.” She added that she faces “a few more months” of treatment. (Photo: AP)
June 13, 2024 10:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. It’s the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices ruled Thursday that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and the FDA’s subsequent actions to ease access to it. The case had threatened to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, including in states where abortion remains legal. It’s one of two abortion cases at the high court this term.
June 13, 2024 6:27 am
Emergency crews were called to the Town and Country mobile home park in Canton Township early Thursday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers tell WJPA News that they received numerous calls about an explosion just after 5 a.m. According to dispatchers, fire crews discovered a shed on fire upon their arrival in the 300-block of Beacon Avenue. We are told a nearby trailer was also damaged. One person was transported from the scene for smoke inhalation. No other details are currently available.
June 13, 2024 2:15 am
DONORA, Pa. — (WPXI) – One house is destroyed and two others are damaged after flames tore through the homes on Thompson Avenue in Donora, Wednesday. Fire crews were called to the scene just before 4 p.m. “It’s hard to wrap my head around this. I’ve never had this happen,” Edward Povrzenich said. He owns that home. He tells Channel 11 he was at work when a neighbor called him and told him his house was on fire. His sister-in-law was inside babysitting three kids at the time. The babysitter says she heard kids screaming then saw a door light up orange. He says the family has no insurance. No one was in either of the other two homes. The state police fire marshal is investigating.
