June 10, 2023 4:53 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke is looming over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day, and it’s expected to persist as long as the weekend. The conditions Thursday sent asthma sufferers to hospitals, delayed flights, postponed ballgames and pushed back a White House Pride Month celebration. If the worrisome haze is an unnerving novelty for millions of people on the United States’ East Coast, it’s a reminder of what other places experience more regularly. And scientists say it’s a wake-up call about the future.
June 10, 2023 4:49 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional maps was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing gerrymandered political maps that dilute the political strength of communities of color. The court majority found that Alabama concentrated Black voters in one district, while spreading them out among the others to make it much more difficult to elect more than one candidate of their choice. Similar maps have been drawn in other states, primarily by Republican-controlled legislatures. Voting rights activists said they believe maps will have to be redrawn in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana ahead of the 2024 elections.
June 10, 2023 2:27 am
Washington City Council held their voting meeting on Thursday and acted on a measure that was the subject of a public hearing on Monday. Council unanimously denied a conditional use application from CMR Enterprises. The group was looking to develop the Holden House of Hope at 11 and 25 South College Street. Mayor Scott Putnam indicated that the city is very supportive of the recovery community. However, the project is not permitted in the central business district of the city. A development like this is permitted in other city areas. Christopher Rey, a representative of CMR Enterprises who spoke in favor of the development in the public comment section of the meeting did not wish to comment on the vote. In other city business council swore in officer Joseph Iannetta as a full time police officer. They also hired William Kocher as a firefighter.
June 10, 2023 2:26 am
It took less than four hours for a jury to deliver a split verdict in the trial of Michaela Hildreth. Hildreth, 27 of Ninevah avoided the most serious charge of attempted homicide. She was convicted of two felony counts of aggravated assault. She was also convicted of one misdemeanor charge of simple assault and three reckless endangerment charges. Hildreth and her boyfriend J.T. Mruk were with Amy Mruk searching for a missing rifle that belonged to the Mruk’s son. Amy Mruk was arguing with her estranged husband and Hildreth when she left the group to walk to a friend’s Chartiers Township home where they believed the gun may have been. Hildreth drove up to the home and met Amy Mruk in the street. Amy Mruk began assaulting Hildreth and when she was pulled away from the vehicle, she returned with her hands raised and Hildreth shot her. The judge revoked Hildreth’s bond and sheriff’s deputies led her to the Washington County Jail. Hildreth will be sentenced on September 6.
June 10, 2023 1:59 am
A Washington man was killed Thursday afternoon in a one-car crash in South Franklin Township. The Washington County Coroner’s Office says 32-year-old Derek Hartzog died in the Washington Hospital Emergency Room following an accident just before three o’clock on S Bridge Road. Authorities say he lost control of his vehicle and plowed into a tree. Officials say he was not wearing a seatbelt. State Police are investigating the cause of the crash and an autopsy is pending. Hartzog was the only person in the vehicle.
June 10, 2023 1:15 am
The Washington County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Matthew Heiskell the new Vice President and General Manager of the Hollywood Casino at the Meadows. In a Breakfast Briefing event held at the casino, Heiskell outlined his career from its start in Mississippi to his taking the job here in Washington County six months ago. He outlined the nuts and bolts operation of the casino but also highlighted much of what keeps customers returning to the casino. He boasted $400,000 in daily winnings and quality restaurants and lounges that pour 400 gallons of beer and 200 shots of liquor daily. Heiskell promoted near term and long term improvements that Hollywood Casino at the Meadows will be taking on. Currently, the casino is moving to a “3 C’s” payment system. The payment system will be contactless, cardless and cashless and controlled entirely by a customer’s phone. It will be used on slots, gaming tables and restaurants. Long term plans include the event center moving from a summer only tent format to a permanent structure that will hold concert events all year long.
June 9, 2023 2:49 pm
MIAMI (AP) — The indictment alleges Trump kept classified documents in the bathroom and shower at his Florida estate, as well as various other locations that included a ballroom, storeroom, office and bedroom. Prosecutors noted that “tens of thousands of members and guests” visited the “active social club” of Mar-a-Lago between the end of Trump’s presidency in January 2021 through the August 2022 search. They argued that “nonetheless” Trump stored documents “in a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, and office space, his bedroom, and a storage room.” The indictment featured photos of various rooms piled high with boxes full of documents. (Photo ABC)
June 9, 2023 4:50 am
PARIS (AP) — France’s president is heading to the Alps to be at the side of families traumatized by the savage stabbings of four very young children and two adults. Investigators were working Friday to unravel the motives of a Syrian man taken into custody after Thursday’s attack in Annecy, a lakeside town ringed by mountains. President Emmanuel Macron’s office said he and his wife Brigitte were traveling together to comfort wounded victims, meet their families and people who came to their aid. The four critically injured child victims are aged between 22 months and 3 years. They were rushed to hospitals in the French city of Grenoble and Geneva in neighboring Switzerland.
June 9, 2023 4:49 am
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate. The remarkable development makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw. The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if he’s convicted. But it also has enormous political implications, potentially upending a Republican presidential primary that Trump has been dominating. And it sets the stage for a sensational trial centered on claims that he willfully, and illegally, hoarded sensitive national security information. The Justice Department did not immediately confirm the indictment publicly.
June 8, 2023 10:05 pm
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House. The Justice Department did not immediately publicly confirm the indictment. But two people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to discuss it publicly said that the indictment included seven criminal counts. One of those people said Trump’s lawyers were contacted by prosecutors shortly before he announced on his Truth Social platform that he had been indicted. The indictment enmeshes the Justice Department in the most politically explosive prosecution in its long history. Its first case against a former president upends a Republican presidential primary that Trump is currently dominating, and any felony charges would raise the prospect of a yearslong prison sentence.
