November 1, 2024 4:56 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has launched another attack on former Rep. Liz Cheney, calling the Republican former Wyoming congresswoman a “war hawk” and suggesting she might not be as willing to send troops to fight if she had guns pointed at her. Cheney has vocally opposed Trump since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and has endorsed his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. During an event Thursday in Glendale, Arizona, the Republican presidential candidate called Cheney “deranged,” “very dumb” and “a radical war hawk.” He then added: “Let’s put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see how she feels about it.”
November 1, 2024 4:54 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris says Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights to make decisions about their own lives. Harris spoke Thursday in Wisconsin before spending the day campaigning in the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. The remarks by Trump come as he has struggled to connect with women voters and as Harris courts women in both parties with a message centered on freedom. She’s making the pitch that women should be free to make decisions about their bodies and that if Trump is elected, more restrictions will follow.
November 1, 2024 4:52 am
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, though casualty numbers are not yet known. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the attack early Friday morning destroyed dozens of buildings in several neighborhoods. Recently, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the northeastern city of Baalbek and nearby villages, as well as different parts of southern Lebanon. International mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, circulating new proposals to wind down the regional conflict. Lebanon’s Heath Ministry said more than 2,800 people have been killed and 13,000 wounded since Oct. 8, 2023. That’s when Hezbollah began firing rockets almost daily into Israel, drawing retaliation.
November 1, 2024 3:49 am
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco has identified the passenger killed in a head-on crash Tuesday night in Fallowfield Township as 36-year-old Tiffany Rider of Uniontown. The accident happened just before nine o’clock in the six-hundred block of Old Route 71. Warco says Rider was a front-seat passenger in the vehicle that was traveling east when an oncoming vehicle traveling west crossed the center line and collided head-on. Warco says Rider was not wearing a seatbelt. Four people were airlifted to hospitals while one person was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance. State Police continue to investigate the cause of the crash.
November 1, 2024 2:53 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The national and state Republican parties are appealing a Pennsylvania court ruling that would relax the rules for mail ballots. The GOP filed an emergency request on Thursday that asks the state Supreme Court to put on hold a lower-court ruling that says the envelopes voters use to send in mail ballots don’t need to have been accurately hand-dated. The Republican groups say that if the high court doesn’t stay the Commonwealth Court order, it should at least modify it to say it’s not in force for the voting that concludes on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday that 69 mail ballots should be counted in two Philadelphia special elections last month. (Photo: AP)
November 1, 2024 2:45 am
United States Senator Bob Casey visited Washington County on a campaign stop and addressed the closing of the Corelle Glass factory in Charleroi. Casey said that he has released a report outlining questionable practices of the private equity firm Centre Lane Partners who are moving forward with the closure of the plant and moving operations to Lancaster, Ohio. Casey said that he is using every tool available including investigation and litigation to halt the closure asking the FTC to investigate the method of how Centre Lane Partners became owners of the plant. Daniele Byrne, Vice President of United Steelworkers Union 53G said that the owners of the plant began dismantling press number 111 on Monday to begin moving it to Ohio. She said that the efforts from Casey’s office have been incredible and she hopes that the owners of the plant go to jail. The plant is scheduled for closure in the beginning of 2025.
November 1, 2024 2:27 am
The Mon Valley is looking to increase its footprint in the world of filmmaking and potential tourism. The 2nd annual Mid-Mon Valley Business symposium held Thursday morning, focused on business opportunities for the area. The group invited the Pennsylvania Film Commissioner, Hollywood actor, writer and director Gino Pesi to speak to the crowd. Pesi, a Charleroi and Belle Vernon native, said his interest in bringing film and opportunities to the area focuses on the dollars behind film-making and tourism. He also says it’s important for local kids like himself to be able to follow their dreams and not have to move thousands of miles away from their families. Pesi said any aspiring filmmakers can reach out to the PA film office to get more information on resources available.
November 1, 2024 2:21 am
Senator Bob Casey was in Washington Thursday on a campaign swing through western Pennsylvania. Casey was accompanied by Pennsylvania junior Senator John Fetterman and Pennsylvania Attorney General Candidate Eugene DePasquale. Casey outlined for supporters why he feels that he is the candidate of choice for all residents of Washington County. He outlined benefits to county residents that he voted for in Washington D.C. just in his last term. Those benefits were varied and included the $1 million West Wheeling Street Bridge over Catfish Creek in the City of Washington through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, $36 million in school funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, and $35 insulin price caps for seniors through the Inflation Reduction Act. He made comparisons between him and what his opponent may favor by indicating he is there for all Pennsylvanians as opposed to Dave McCormick, who he says has policies that favor only those who are the wealthiest of his constituents. Casey thanked his supporters and encouraged them to keep knocking on doors through election day.
October 31, 2024 5:58 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court. The giveaways aim to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through Election Day. Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner calls the America PAC sweepstakes an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law. Experts on election law question whether it violates federal law against vote-buying. Judge Angelo Foglietta heard motions from both sides on Thursday in a City Hall courtroom. (Photo: AP)
October 31, 2024 4:50 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans are feeling a lot of emotions heading into Election Day, but excitement is not one of them. A new poll from The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about 7 in 10 Americans report feeling anxious or frustrated about the 2024 presidential campaign, and a similar share say they’re interested. Only about one-third say they feel excited. About 7 in 10 Americans say “anxious” describes how they are feeling ahead of Tuesday. For partisans, anxiety is dialed a little higher than before. About 8 in 10 Democrats say “anxious” describes how they are feeling now, up slightly from the last election. About two-thirds of Republicans are anxious, a moderate uptick from 2020.
