March 10, 2023 2:21 am
Washington County 911 dispatchers tell WJPA that a fire broke out at a home on Lower Crowe Street in Long Branch Borough around three o’clock Thursday afternoon. Details were unavailable but dispatchers say there were no reported injuries, although firefighters remained on the scene for a couple of hours.
March 10, 2023 2:17 am
South Central Elementary School in Canonsburg was briefly locked-down Thursday afternoon after a woman was seen brandishing a shotgun in the area of the school. Canonsburg Mayor Dave Rhome tells WJPA News that she was detained by police and will likely be hospitalized. No motive was given for her actions. Rhome says the incident occurred around three-fifteen, as students were preparing to be dismissed. He says the students were held back for a brief period and then sent home. Rhome says there were no injuries.
March 9, 2023 5:39 pm
Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter that the shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers (miles) north of the downtown area of Germany’s second-biggest city. The German news agency DPA reported seeing rescue services taking people out of a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Unconfirmed reports say at least six people have been killed.
March 9, 2023 10:51 am
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is offering buyouts to most of its U.S. salaried workforce and some global executives in an effort to trim costs as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker wouldn’t say how many workers it is targeting, but confirmed that the move is aimed at accelerating attrition to meet a previously announced goal of $2 billion in cost cuts by the end of next year. GM has about 58,000 salaried workers in the U.S. The company says the offers also are designed to avoid any possible firings at a later date. Offers will go to white-collar workers with at least five years of service, and global executives with who have been with the company at least two years.
March 9, 2023 9:20 am
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 4 rose by 21,000 to 211,000 from 190,000 the previous week. It’s the first time in eight weeks that claims came in above 200,000. The four-week moving average of claims rose by 4,000 to 197,000, Applications for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs.
March 9, 2023 4:23 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the senator has been hospitalized after tripping and falling Wednesday at a hotel. Spokesman Doug Andres says the 81-year-old Kentucky Republican was attending a private dinner at a Washington hotel when he tripped. Andres says McConnell was admitted for treatment. In 2019, the GOP leader tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, suffering a shoulder fracture. The Senate, where the average age is 65, has been without several members recently due to illness.
March 9, 2023 4:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s new budget proposal aims to increase taxes on the wealthy and steer more money to popular programs such as Medicare. Overall, the spending blueprint released Thursday anticipates an additional $5.5 trillion in revenue over the next 10 years, plus $2.6 trillion in new spending. So that means an estimated $2.9 trillion reduction in the deficit. The proposal has no chance of becoming law now that Republicans are in charge of the House. But the budget plan will serve as a political talking point for a president preparing to run for reelection and trying to draw contrasts with the opposition party. Biden says the GOP should now come out with its alternative so the two sides can talk.
March 9, 2023 4:21 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has unleashed a massive rocket attack that hit critical infrastructure and residential buildings in 10 regions of Ukraine. Officials reported at least six deaths Thursday in the largest such night-time attack in three weeks. described the barrage that came while people slept as an attempt by Moscow “to intimidate Ukrainians again.” The onslaught came as the war largely ground to a battlefield stalemate over the winter. The Kremlin’s forces started targeting Ukraine’s power supply last October in an apparent attempt to demoralize the civilian population. The barrages became less frequent, with analysts speculating Russia may have been running low on ammunition. The last massive barrage took place on Feb. 16.
March 9, 2023 4:19 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for the districts that won a landmark school funding court case in Pennsylvania say that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal falls short of the money commitments that are needed to help the state’s poorest districts. Their criticism is being echoed in reactions from progressive groups and public school advocates that say the Democrat’s first response to the court ruling was lacking. On Wednesday, Shapiro said the budget should be viewed as a “two-step process” that includes the new budget plan and then, next year, when he returns with his second budget plan.
March 9, 2023 4:18 am
(AP) – Another Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday, this time in Calhoun County, Alabama, around 6:45 a.m. local time in the Quad Cities area of White Planes. It is estimated that 30 cars derailed, but no one was hurt and there were no hazardous materials leaked, but there is no indication as to what caused the train cars to leave the track. The train cars were empty and crews quickly responded to clear the wreckage. This is the third Norfolk Southern train that has derailed since last month. One derailed on Saturday on its way to Birmingham, Alabama. A train derailed on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, and that train was carrying hazardous materials which burned for days, forcing the evacuation of the surrounding community. The latest derailment came as a hearing was being held in the Senate where Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw apologized for the derailment and offered millions of dollars to the Ohio community to help it recover from the wreck.
