May 29, 2024 5:16 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is congratulating Justice Samuel Alito for rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over Alito’s homes. Alito says in letters to members of Congress on Wednesday that his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his Virginia home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year. Both flags were like those carried by rioters who violently stormed the Capitol in January 2021 while echoing Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Alito says neither incident at his homes merits his recusal.
May 28, 2024 4:54 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post says it reported on a story about a controversial flag being flown outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito years ago, but chose not to write about it. The story broke in The New York Times earlier this month about an upside-down U.S. flag outside of the Alito house shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection — a symbol that had been used by some supporters of former President Donald Trump that day. The Post said it had accepted the explanation that Alito’s wife was responsible for the flag, and it wasn’t sure the dispute was political.
May 29, 2024 4:55 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Storm-weary Texas has been hammered again by powerful storms bearing forceful winds that left one person dead, collapsed homes under construction and uprooted trees. In Dallas, where some homes were damaged by trees, the city has opened respite centers where people can get shelter and air conditioning. The high winds were blamed for the collapse of a house under construction Tuesday in the Houston suburb of Magnolia. A 16-year-old construction worker was killed in the collapse. The storms were a continuation of deadly storms over the Memorial Day weekend, when 24 people were killed in seven states.
May 29, 2024 4:56 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah. That’s according to witnesses, first responders and hospital officials. The bombardment overnight and into Tuesday pummeled the same area where Israeli strikes triggered a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians days earlier, killing 45 people. The tent camp inferno has drawn widespread international outrage over Israel’s expanding offensive into Rafah. The U.N. says more than a million people have fled the city in recent weeks. And in a sign of Israel’s growing isolation on the world stage, Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday.
May 29, 2024 5:21 pm
DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at high risk of exploding in a crash and hurling metal fragments. The urgent request comes after one person in a Nissan was killed by an exploding inflator and 58 others have claimed they were hurt. Nissan said the “do not drive” warning covers certain 2002 through 2006 Sentra small cars, as well as some 2002 through 2004 Pathfinder SUVs, and 2002 and 2003 Infiniti QX4 SUVs. The company says owners should contact their dealer to set up an appointment to have inflators replaced for free. (Photo: AP)
May 29, 2024 5:20 pm
(AP) – T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile will get U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. T-Mobile will also enter into a new master license agreement on more than 2,000 towers and extend the lease term for the approximately 600 towers where T-Mobile is already a tenant.
May 29, 2024 5:18 pm
(AP) – ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices soar and big oil companies reap massive profits. The deal announced Wednesday is valued at $22.5 billion when including $5.4 billion in debt. Marathon Oil shareholders will receive 0.2550 shares of ConocoPhillips common stock for each share of Marathon Oil common stock that they own. ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that the transaction will add highly desired acreage to its existing U.S. onshore portfolio.
May 28, 2024 5:03 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the hush money case against him by calling the star witness a liar in closing arguments. Trump’s attorneys sought to discredit weeks of testimony that prosecutors say prove the former president interfered in the 2016 election through a scheme to suppress stories seen as harmful to his campaign. The prosecution was to speak to the jury in the afternoon. The arguments gave both sides one last chance to address the Manhattan jury and to score final points with the panel before it starts deliberating the fate of the first former American president charged with felony crimes.
May 28, 2024 4:47 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man was found shot to death in Uniontown over the weekend after what police say was some sort of neighbor dispute. Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker said the coroner’s office was called to Murray Avenue at around 8:45 p.m. Sunday for a 20-year-old man who died from a gunshot wound. The death has been ruled as a homicide, the coroner’s office said. Baker identified the victim as Jacob Forcina-Wilson. He was visiting the house where he was found shot, police said. According to Uniontown Police, Wilson was shot at 48 Murray Avenue just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday while visiting with friends. Lt. Tom Kolencik said the shooting came after some sort of neighbor dispute while a group of people were hanging out. At this time, there is no suspect or person of interest named in the investigation. Police said this is the third shooting, and second fatal shooting in Uniontown within recent weeks.
May 27, 2024 2:46 am
South Strabane Township emergency responders were dispatched to an accident at the intersection of E. Beau Street and Davis School Road Sunday afternoon. At 2:00 PM a three car accident occurred. According to Washington County 9-1-1 officials, one victim was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, that victim was 93 year old Rose Marie Gillespie. She died shortly before 5:00 PM at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Two other victims were transported to the hospital by ambulance. East Beau Street was closed to traffic for approximately two hours on Sunday. (photo credit: South Strabane Fire Dept. Facebook page)
