November 23, 2024 5:32 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, as diplomats scramble to broker a cease-fire. The Lebanese civil defense said the death toll was provisional as emergency responders were still digging through the rubble looking for survivors Saturday morning. The strikes were the fourth on the Lebanese capital in less than a week. The escalation comes after U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire deal to end the more than 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which has erupted into full-on war in the past two months.
November 23, 2024 4:59 am
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — A major storm continues to drop heavy snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets. Meanwhile on the opposite coast blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday for areas spanning from the Northeast to central Appalachia. The storm on the West Coast arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, before moving through Northern California. Forecasters predicted that both coasts would begin to see a reprieve from the storms as the system in the northeast moves into eastern Canada and the one in the West heads south.
November 23, 2024 4:56 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. He previously had worked on and off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought, 48, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position he held during Trump’s first term. And Trump chose Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, as his labor secretary, and Scott Turner, a former football player who worked in Trump’s first administration, as his housing secretary.
November 23, 2024 4:50 am
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The United Nations’ annual climate talks pushed into overtime Saturday as negotiators pressed on to get a deal on money for developing nations to curb and adapt to climate change. Several countries were left angry and disappointed at the latest proposed deal from the talks on Friday afternoon. That draft pledged $250 billion annually by 2035, more than double the previous goal of $100 billion set 15 years ago but far short of the annual $1 trillion-plus that experts say is needed.
November 23, 2024 4:47 am
VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging it would bring perpetrators to justice. Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. A New Zealander also has been sickened. In a short statement released to the media, the Lao government said it was “profoundly saddened over the loss of lives of foreign tourists” in the town Vang Vieng and offered its condolences to the families of the victims.
November 23, 2024 3:55 am
Motorists trying to use I-70 westbound through the city Friday afternoon found themselves sitting in delays they likely did not anticipate. A dump truck hauling gravel overturned on the interstate at the Chestnut Street exit shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon. The driver of the truck was not injured but the road was closed for several hours while crews cleared the scene. Traffic was backed up for miles through Washington on alternate routes like 18 and 136 as people scrambled to find ways around the closures and backups. All lanes were reopened before 5pm.
November 23, 2024 3:31 am
A drug raid Friday at a home in Charleroi. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says a search warrant was executed on a home at 805 Sixth Street. The warrant was executed by the Washington Regional SWAT, members of the DA’s Drug Task Force, Charleroi Regional Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Walsh states that Timothy Allen Pace was in the residence at the time of the raid. He was taken to jail on a probation warrant. Narcotics charges are pending on a known individual associated with the distribution of crack cocaine.
November 22, 2024 7:37 am
The State Police Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate a house fire Friday morning in the City of Washington. It broke out at a home along E. Prospect Avenue just after 7 a.m. Washington County 9-1-1 says it was initially called in as a dryer fire that spread to the home. Everyone inside the home did get out safely and no injuries are reported. The fire was brought under control about thirty-minutes later.
November 22, 2024 5:15 am
FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California has toppled trees and dropped heavy snow and record rain after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon. Forecasters warn that the risk of flash flooding and rockslides will continue through Friday. The National Weather Service has extended a flood watch for areas north of San Francisco as a plume of moisture known as an atmospheric river inundates Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Up to 16 inches of rain is forecast in Northern California and southwestern Oregon. The storm system unleashed winds earlier this week that left two people dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Washington.
November 22, 2024 5:14 am
VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian media. Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition in a hospital in Bangkok for days following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago. Australian Network 10 read aloud a short statement from the Bowles family, saying “we are so sad to say that our beautiful girl Holly is now at peace.” An officer at Vang Vieng’s Tourism Police office said a “number of people” had been detained in the case but that no charges have yet been filed.
