March 30, 2024 5:03 am
SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. —(WPXI) – A person involved in an ATV crash on a hillside was rescued in South Park Township on Friday. Broughton Volunteer Fire Department said firefighters were called to the area of Green Mans Tunnel in the afternoon after Allegheny County dispatchers received a call about a person who had an ATV in an unstable position. The SHACOG Technical Rescue Team was also sent to the scene. When firefighters arrived they found an injured patient on a hillside. Rescuers used a UTV to get to the person. Paramedics began treating them and rescue teams used a rope to lower them off of the hillside. A medical helicopter was called to the scene but was later dismissed after the patient was ruled stable. The Library Volunteer Fire Company, South Park Township Police Department, Baldwin Emergency Medical Service and Peters Township EMS also helped in the rescue.
March 30, 2024 4:55 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in the 1997 slaying of a 70-year-old woman even though their DNA never matched what was found at the scene. They will remain in prison while a prosecutor decides whether to appeal. The Delaware County judge on Thursday ordered new trials for Derrick Chappell, who was 15 at the time of his arrest, and cousins Morton Johnson and Sam Grasty. The legal director of the nonprofit group Centurion says the three should have never been charged. A bail hearing is set for May.
March 30, 2024 5:06 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Engineers in Maryland are focused on the daunting task of removing what had been the Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River. A massive cargo ship felled the span Tuesday after striking one of its main supports. Salvage crews will want to break the broken bridge parts into even smaller pieces to lift them out of the water. The tools needed for that are coming into place. They include seven floating cranes, 10 tugboats and nine barges. Clearing the river will allow officials to reopen the economically vital Port of Baltimore.
March 30, 2024 5:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that aims to spend more — and spend faster. His campaign is making significant early investments both on the ground and on air and hopes to create a massive organizational advantage that leaves Republican Donald Trump scrambling to catch up. But while the money pouring in has given Biden and the Democrats a major cash advantage, it’s also becoming clear Biden will need it. Throughout his life in business and politics, Trump’s provocations have earned him near limitless free media attention. Robby Mook, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid, says, “It’s one of the stubborn challenges of Trump.”
March 30, 2024 5:09 am
Televised images have swept Peru of government agents from an investigative team breaking into the president’s residence with a sledgehammer. The raid was authorized by the judiciary at the request of the attorney general’s office. Dina Boluarte is being preliminarily investigated for possessing an undisclosed collection of luxury watches since she came to power in July 2021 as vice president and Social Inclusion minister, and then as president in December 2022. Earlier in the week, the attorney general criticized Boluarte’s request to delay her appearance before the court for two weeks, emphasizing her obligation to cooperate with the investigation. Critics accuse Boluarte’s government of taking an increasingly authoritarian bent as it staves off demands for early elections.
March 30, 2024 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks: While the Fed expects to cut interest rates this year, it won’t be ready to do so until it sees “more good inflation readings’’ and is more confident that annual price increases are falling toward its 2% target. Speaking at a conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Powell said he still expected “inflation to come down on a sometimes bumpy path to 2%.″ But the central bank’s policymakers, he said, need to see further evidence before they would cut rates for the first time since inflation shot to a four-decade peak two years ago.
March 30, 2024 5:07 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — A dramatic decision by Israel’s Supreme Court on drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the Israeli military could spell political trouble for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ruling Thursday calls for an end to state subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men who do not serve in the country’s military, beginning next week. Netanyahu’s fragile coalition is split into two camps: ultra-Orthodox lawmakers who say they will fight any attempt to compel their base to serve, and popular centrist leaders who believe that all sectors of Israeli society should contribute equally to the war effort. Netanyahu has until Monday to come up with a plan to present to the court.
March 29, 2024 8:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a sign that price pressures continue to ease. The government reported that prices rose 0.3% from January to February, decelerating from a 0.4% increase the previous month in a potentially encouraging trend for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Compared with 12 months earlier, though, prices rose 2.5% in February, up slightly from a 2.4% year-over-year gain in January. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices rose 0.3% from January to February, down from 0.5% in the previous month. Core prices rose 2.8% from a year earlier last month, down from a revised 2.9% in January.
March 29, 2024 8:45 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and some big names from the entertainment world have delivered a rousing New York embrace of President Joe Biden at a campaign fundraiser that hauled in a record-setting $26 million-plus for the incumbent’s reelection campaign. The mood at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night was electric as Obama said he was offering a “positive case” for someone who’s been an outstanding president. Clinton urged people to “stay with what works” in this election. Democrat Biden has a significant fundraising advantage over Republican rival Donald Trump, with more than four times as much cash on hand at the end of February.
March 29, 2024 4:53 am
The Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital sponsored an educational event Thursday. The “Breaking Barriers: Understanding Substance Use Disorder, Trauma and Stigma” allowed addiction and recovery experts to weigh in on issues that hinder recovery for addicts. Leading off the discussion was Joey Pagano. He is a licensed social worker and Project Supervisor for SPHS and author of the book “No Addict Left Behind”. Pagano spoke of his experiences in trying to break his addiction and the stigma he faced from not only people in the general public, but from medical personnel that would tell him that he would never get clean. He also spoke of education. He stressed that in 2024, children are much more advanced and prevention education must be integral not only in high schools, but in middle schools as well. Dr. Gopi Vadlamudi is the Medical Director of hospital’s CNX Foundation Substance Recovery Unit. He spoke of to the way substances affect the brain. He stated that it could take up to five years from the first SUD event before someone actually seeks treatment. If that person maintains sobriety, they are still susceptible to relapse for an additional five years. He says that it takes that long for the brain to recover from the damage caused by the abuse of the chosen substance. Adam Gillingham is the Lead Counselor for the Substance Recovery Unit. He says that it is important for the hospital to build a solid base for a patient to recover, but it is equally important for that patient to find appropriate surroundings once they leave to continue their recovery. Rachel Carpenter from the University of Pittsburgh Program Evaluation and Research Unit presented information that reminded the community that addiction is a disease. It is initially set off by some sort of trauma and that stigma about addiction is the main reason that it takes so long for addicts to seek treatment.
