December 3, 2024 5:02 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people. The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles earlier on Monday as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. This was apparently the first time Hezbollah took aim at Israeli forces after the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last week. The increasingly fragile ceasefire aims to end more than a year of war between Hezbollah and Israel — part of a wider regional conflict sparked by the devastating Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
December 3, 2024 4:57 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – After more than a year of negotiations, the union that represents paramedics and emergency medical technicians in the City of Pittsburgh has reached a tentative contract agreement with the city. The details of the agreement have not been released but some of the sticking points have been compensation and time off. The union had been working without a contract for more than year. A couple months ago, medics and EMTs voted down a contract offer, but sources say they have now agreed to the city’s latest offer.
December 3, 2024 4:56 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Pittsburgh is about to be Thunderstruck! Rock legends AC/DC is hitting the road across the United States for the first time in nine years. As part of their 13-stop “Power Up” tour, the Grammy award-winning rock band will shake Acrisure Stadium all night long on May 8. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m.
December 3, 2024 4:50 am
RESERVE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Travelers heading home from the busy Thanksgiving weekend were met with surprisingly smooth airport conditions at Pittsburgh International Airport Monday afternoon. With 194 flights scheduled to take off and land, nearly 35,000 passengers passed through the airport, but lines remained manageable, and many found the experience less stressful than expected. Nathan Harshman, who was flying to Miami, said the airport felt much calmer than anticipated. “I was worried it would be busy, but it hasn’t been busy at all. The lines are moving quickly, and in Miami, it was basically empty, so it was good,” he said. Keith Steuer, heading to Atlanta, also found the experience pleasant. “It’s been perfect. It’s not the chaos that people might expect,” he said. AAA is already anticipating a busy holiday season for travelers in the coming weeks, with Christmas travel expected to bring long lines and crowded parking lots once again.
December 3, 2024 2:56 am
Washington City Council is set to approve a 1.5 mill tax increase. During the agenda meeting Mayor JoJo Burgess voiced his displeasure with having to raise taxes. He thanked City Clerk Michele Sperl for her efforts this year on collecting fees on vacant properties. According to Burgess, more than $37,000 has been collected this year. Last year only $10,000 was collected and in 2022, Burgess stated that a mere $2000 was collected on those vacant property fees. Burgess also went after business owners. He said that if businesses are not up to date on taxes, their business privilege licenses will not be renewed. He said he is working on other actions so that people who are delinquent in taxes will pay their fair share so that tax increases on residents will be held at a minimum. Council will vote on the measure at their next meeting.
December 2, 2024 9:35 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared an “emergency martial law,” accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Yoon made the announcement in a televised briefing Tuesday, vowing to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces and protect the constitutional democratic order.” The move drew immediate opposition from politicians, including the leader of his own conservative party, Han Dong-hoon, who called the decision “wrong” and vowed to “stop it with the people.” Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election, called Yoon’s announcement “illegal and unconstitutional.”
December 2, 2024 6:49 am
No injuries resulted after a report of a stove fire at a unit in the Bellmead Apartments along S. Main Street in North Franklin Township. Washington County 9-1-1 says the call came in just after 5 a.m. The fire alarm was pulled and the building was evacuated. Emergency crews from various departments responded. Dispatchers tell WJPA News that the fire was apparently out when fire fighters arrived but there was smoke in the building. Residents were allowed back in a short time later. The State Police fire marshal has been called in to investigate.
December 2, 2024 5:25 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as another cold, rainy winter sets in. Hundreds of thousands of people are living in squalid tent camps and rely on international food aid. And in Israel, a former defense minister and fierce critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and a hard-liner on the Palestinians — accuses the government of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where a military offensive continues.
December 2, 2024 5:24 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Ukraine for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years. The visit Monday comes just weeks after he was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for having a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Their call came at a time of widespread speculation about what the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump will mean for Ukraine. Scholz said that in his meeting with Zelenskyy he will announce further military supplies this month totaling 650 million euros. He said that “Ukraine can rely on Germany — we say what we do and we do what we say.”
December 2, 2024 5:23 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter. That spares the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reverses the president’s past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after his convictions in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.
