October 28, 2024 5:12 am
PITTSBURGH — Sunday marked six years since the deadliest antisemitic attack on American soil. On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 Jewish worshipers in the hate-fueled attack. A commemoration was held at the Jewish Community Center to honor the innocent lives taken on that day and stand united against hate. The remembrance ceremony was filled with songs, prayers and stories of the victims. Dried-out bouquets were on display for people to see for the first time. The flowers were part of a memorial that was left outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the hours following the mass shooting. The mass shooting was one of the darkest days for the Jewish community. During the somber ceremony, victims’ families, survivors, Jewish community leaders and first responders hugged and shared tears as they read the 11 names aloud and lit a candle in their memory.
October 28, 2024 5:07 am
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – Several agencies are investigating a bomb threat made to a Republican Committee Office in Pennsylvania. NBC News affiliate WCAU reports the threat was made at an office in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, after 11 a.m. Saturday. Someone allegedly threatened to “shoot up the building” or “bomb it.” In a post on X, Pennsylvania State Police confirms it’s investigating the threat with the FBI, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township. The Pennsylvania GOP says the office was forced to close after the threatening phone call.
October 28, 2024 5:04 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s says testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to its Quarter Pounders. The company said Sunday it will resume selling Quarter Pounders at hundreds of affected restaurants in the coming week. McDonald’s said in a statement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to believe that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination. Federal health officials said that as of Friday, the outbreak had expanded to at least 75 people sick in 13 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one person has died in Colorado.
October 28, 2024 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are stepping up their attacks on Donald Trump a day after a comedian opening a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” The comment at Madison Square Garden drew wide condemnation and highlighted the rising power of a key Latino group in the swing state of Pennsylvania. The Trump campaign distanced itself from the remarks on Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe (pictured). The political fallout underscores the importance of Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes and the last-minute efforts to court growing numbers of Hispanic voters there. Trump did not directly mention the controversy during his appearances in Georgia. At a rally in Atlanta, Trump criticized Harris for calling him a fascist, declaring: “I’m not a Nazi.”
October 28, 2024 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow. They are worried about the potential for political violence, attempts to overturn the results and the implications for democracy. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research speaks to persistent concerns about the fragility of the world’s oldest democracy. It comes nearly four years after former President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 results inspired a mob of his supporters to violently storm the Capitol. About 4 in 10 registered voters say they are extremely or very worried about violent attempts to overturn the election results. A similar share is concerned about legal efforts to do so.
October 28, 2024 5:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. At Sunday’s rally, Trump’s childhood friend David Rem referred to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who is vying to become the first woman to be elected president, as “the Antichrist” and “the devil.” Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris ”and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.” With just over a week before Election Day, the marquee event reflected the former president’s tone throughout his third White House campaign, in which he has torn into Harris in offensive and personal terms.
October 28, 2024 4:57 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris is seeking to energize voters in Philadelphia, a crucial Democratic stronghold. She needs strong turnout in the city to overcome Republican Donald Trump’s strength in Pennsylvania’s rural areas. On Sunday, she attended church services, then visited a barbershop, a bookstore, a Puerto Rican restaurant and a youth basketball facility. During a rally at the end of the day, Harris said “no one can sit on the sidelines” in the election. She also said that Trump is only focused on himself while she’s running for president to help Americans.
October 28, 2024 4:54 am
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Westbound I-70 in Buffalo Township is open again after a tractor-trailer rollover. PennDOT says it reopened just before noon Sunday. The westbound lanes were closed between Exit 11 to PA 221 Taylorstown and Exit 6 to PA 231 Claysville early Sunday morning. A PennDOT official said that a tractor-trailer rolled over by mile marker 8.5 in Buffalo Township. In a post on Facebook, the Claysville Volunteer Fire Department states a semi rolled over around 5:45 a.m. The PennDOT official tells Channel 11 that Hazmat responded to the scene. (Photo: Claysville Volunteer Fire Department)
October 27, 2024 9:02 am
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel (AP) — Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children. Israel’s offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week Sunday as aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. In a separate development, Israeli medics say a truck rammed into a bus stop near Tel Aviv, wounding 35 people. Iran’s supreme leader, meanwhile, said Israeli strikes on the country over the weekend “should not be exaggerated nor downplayed,” while stopping short of calling for retaliation, suggesting Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack.
October 27, 2024 9:00 am
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was her first appearance on the campaign trail since the Democratic National Convention over the summer. Obama’s speech focused on abortion rights and challenged men to vote for Harris to be the country’s first female president. She said men should not allow their anger at the country’s slow pace of progress to prevent them from thinking of the women that could be harmed under a second Donald Trump presidency. Harris promised she would keep their interests at heart while Trump would not. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden went to a union hall in Pittsburgh to urge support for Harris and criticized Donald Trump as an opponent of organized labor.
