November 15, 2024 5:00 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, with the contest headed toward a state-mandated recount. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead. As of Thursday, McCormick led by about 24,000 votes out of more than 6.9 million ballots counted. The lawsuits filed ask courts not to allow counties to count mail-in ballots where the voter didn’t write a date on the return envelope or wrote an incorrect date.C
November 15, 2024 4:58 am
A federal judge will not stop the planned closure of the Pyrex Glass Plant in Charleroi. According to reports, U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan has ruled that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office failed to prove that the company’s move to close to the plant violates antitrust laws. In a 20-page opinion, he wrote that “the court is sympathetic to employees whose jobs might be at risk and a long-time local facility that may cease production, in the specific context of this case, the court must narrowly consider the requirements of federal antitrust law and determine whether they have been met, they have not.” The move would eliminate nearly 300 jobs. Late last month, they began removing equipment from the plant and the state Attorney General’s Office filed a complaint and obtained a temporary restraining order halting the action. A spokesperson for the Attorney General, however, said that although the ruling is disappointing, the decision makes clear that the case is not over, so their antitrust litigation will go on. When asked to clarify what that means – he said, “We’ll leave it at that. We have to review the decision fully and determine the next steps.”
November 14, 2024 5:39 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street. Organizers revealed Thursday that Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and Billy Porter will all perform, an upping of the star wattage over previous years. The trio will be in front of Macy’s iconic Herald Square flagship store, while also added to the parade is “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo. They will join the already-announced parade stars: reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop’s T-Pain and members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty. The holiday tradition will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 28th. (Photo: AP)
November 14, 2024 5:36 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a former Democrat who ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race, abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy in the administration. HHS is a massive Cabinet agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. (Photo: AP)
November 14, 2024 4:39 pm
(WPXI) – Flames ripped through a popular Irish Pub in Carnegie Thursday afternoon. Allegheny County dispatchers say police officers, firefighters and medics were called to 215 E Main Street, at 1:11 p.m. on Thursday. Authorities say when they arrived Riley’s Pour House was engulfed by flames. Half of the business has completely burned down. As of 1:40 p.m., the emergency crews had raised the fire response to four alarms. The fire has spread to neighboring businesses. There are no reported injuries at this time and the cause of the fire has not been released.
November 14, 2024 4:22 pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans went to court in Pennsylvania on Thursday amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, as the campaigns prepare for a recount and press counties for favorable ballot-counting decisions. The lawsuits ask courts not to allow counties to count mail-in ballots where the voter didn’t write a date on the return envelope or wrote an incorrect date. The two GOP suits could be among many before the last vote in the Senate race is counted, especially with the contest headed toward a state-mandated recount. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead. As of Thursday, McCormick led by about 26,000 votes out of more than 6.9 million ballots counted — inside the 0.5% margin threshold to trigger an automatic statewide recount under Pennsylvania law. The national and state Republican parties asked the state Supreme Court to bar counties from counting the ballots, saying those decisions violate both the court’s recent orders and its precedent in upholding the requirement in state law.
November 14, 2024 1:55 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats. With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the federal government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country.
November 14, 2024 5:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent much of his first term feeling stung and betrayed by those he’d placed in power. This time, he’s not taking chances. As he works to fill his administration a second time, Trump has turned to a head-spinning mix of candidates. Many of those he’s chosen are personal friends. Others are familiar faces on Fox News Channel or other conservative outlets. Some have extensive experience in the areas they’ve been chosen to lead, while others have seemingly none. Some seem chosen to shock and awe, some to reassure, others to unleash chaos.
November 14, 2024 5:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a former Democrat who ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race, abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy in the administration. Trump also announced Thursday that he has chosen Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, and said he was nominating North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior.
November 14, 2024 5:02 am
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get. That’s according to a new analysis Thurdsay from Climate Action Tracker, a group of scientists and analysts who study government policies and calculate projections of warming. The group also said that recent developments in China and the United States are likely to slightly worsen the outlook. They said Earth is on a path to be 2.7 degrees Celsius, or 4.9 Fahrenheit, warmer than pre-industrial times. That’s far above the 1.5-degree Celsius target set at 2015 climate talks in Paris. The world has already warmed 1.3 degrees, and climate scientists say the heat is driving ever more extreme and damaging weather around the globe.
