June 1, 2025 7:51 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Americans are losing an array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health departments responsible for invisible but critical work including inspecting restaurants, monitoring wastewater for new and harmful germs, responding to outbreaks — and a host of other tasks to protect both individuals and communities — are being hollowed out. The Trump administration is cutting health spending on an unprecedented scale, pulling $11 billion of direct federal support and laying off tens of thousands of workers at national health agencies that support local public health work. It wants billions more slashed. (Photo: AP)
June 1, 2025 7:53 am
(AP) – The Food and Drug administration has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna but with limits on who can use it. Moderna’s new option is a lower-dose version that is a step toward next-generation coronavirus vaccines. The company said in a statement Saturday that it expects to offer both the new vaccine and its existing COVID-19 shot this fall. The FDA approved the new vaccine for all adults 65 and older, and for people age 12 to 64 who are at higher risk from the coronavirus. That’s the same limit that the FDA set in licensing another vaccine option from Novavax. (Photo: AP)
June 1, 2025 7:00 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The ten men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help from at least fifteen people, many of them friends and family who provided food, cash, transport and shelter according to court documents. Some are held on bonds $1 million or higher. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show how some of the fugitives received aid before and after their escape — including from a number of people named in police reports but not facing charges, such as an apparent former jail employee. Authorities upped the reward to $50,000 for each of the two remaining fugitives.
June 1, 2025 7:46 am
(AP) – Pride Month, a global celebration of LGBTQ+ people, is starting this weekend in many places. It’s always a mixture of party and protest. Some of the celebrations this year will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage nationally. A lot of the protest in the U.S. are expected to be against President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose restrictions across several fronts on transgender people. The event emerged in 1970 as a response to the violent police raid of New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969. (Photo: AP)
June 1, 2025 7:00 am
According to a post on the Charleroi Fire Department’s Facebook Page, firefighters were called out Saturday afternoon for a reported house fire in the 800 block of Crest Avenue. Fire officials say there were no injuries and everyone inside of the house escaped without injury.
June 1, 2025 8:02 am
(WPXI) – Multiple people are facing criminal charges after a missing girl from Beaver County was found safe in Ohio. Isabella Phillips was reported missing from New Sewickley Township on Friday. The New Sewickley Township Police Department said she was walking in the area of Glen Eden Road and Zeigler Road on Friday at 11 a.m. when she was last seen. Saturday night, at 11:30 p.m., the department said she was found in central Ohio and was reunited with her family. The search effort for her was massive and police say they are filing charges against multiple people because of that. At this time, their names have not been released.
June 1, 2025 7:58 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza. It’s also eliciting pushback in places where an influx of data centers has caused friction with neighboring communities. Activity in state legislatures — and competition for data centers — has been brisk. Many states are offering financial incentives or tax breaks worth tens of millions of dollars. In some cases, those incentives are winning approval only after a fight or efforts to attach riders that require data centers to pay for their own electricity or meet energy efficiency standards. In Pennsylvania, lawmakers are writing legislation to fast-track permitting for data centers. The state is viewed as an up-and-coming data center destination, but there is also a sense that Pennsylvania is missing out on billions of dollars in investment that’s landing in other states. “Pennsylvania has companies that are interested, we have a labor force that is capable and we have a lot of water and natural gas,” said state Rep. Eric Nelson. “That’s the winning combination. We just have a bureaucratic process that won’t open its doors.”
May 31, 2025 8:48 am
Would U.S. companies go back to Russia if there’s a peace deal over Ukraine? President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have raised that possibility. But a lot has changed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russia has enacted a slew of new restrictions on foreign companies from countries allied to Ukraine and shown its willingness to seize businesses. The changed environment means it’s unlikely that U.S. companies would be in any hurry to return to Russia. There are also several factors that could deter U.S. companies from ever going back.
May 31, 2025 8:45 am
PITTSBURGH — A school van driver is in jail after police say he crashed into another vehicle while driving under the influence, all while students were on board. According to our news partners at Channel 11, Pittsburgh Police said they went to the north side of the 16th Street Bridge Friday afternoon after receiving reports of a van being involved in a crash with another vehicle. They said the van fled the scene. The van contained the man driving it and six passengers, all around 10 years old, according to police. The students began contacting their parents, who police said quickly called 911 and began tracking their children’s phones. Officers caught up to the van at 4:15 p.m. in Mt. Oliver at the intersection of Becks Run Road and Wagner Street.
May 31, 2025 7:55 am
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Manitoba’s premier says the Canadian prairie city of Flin Flon hasbeen virtually deserted and more evacuees were expected as wildfires raged in the province. Premier Wab Kinew told a news conference that the mayor, councilors, health-care staff and other officials have had to depart Flin Flon, a city of 5,000 people. The evacuees are among 17,000 people reported so far to have left their homes due to a number of wildfires burning in remote regions from Manitoba’s northwest to the southeast. Kinew said as the fires grow, thousands more evacuees can be expected and that communities like Winnipeg, Thompson and The Pas have already stepped up to help provide food and shelter.
