November 9, 2024 3:27 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada has won reelection. The Democrat won her second term over Republican challenger Sam Brown, who was endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump. Rosen positioned herself as a nonpartisan advocate for her state while hammering Brown for his opposition to abortion rights. Brown tried to tie Rosen to the rising cost of living in Nevada and leaned on his own biography as a former Army captain who was badly wounded in Afghanistan.
November 9, 2024 3:22 am
There has been no update on the condition of a South Strabane Firefighter who was hit by a tree yesterday while battling a brush fire. Authorities say they received a call for a fire along Dynamite Road around 3pm. About an hour after fire crews were dispatched to the scene they received word about the firefighter’s injury. He was flown to a local hospital. The South Strabane Fire Department urges residents to stop burning until it is safe to do so.
November 8, 2024 12:24 pm
Multiple fire departments and emergency services were called out around nine-thirty Friday morning for reports of a house fire at 139 Fifth Street in McDonald. Washington County 911 says one firefighter was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment of hypertension, otherwise, there were no other reported injuries. The home, which housed two adults and two children, was destroyed. Dispatchers tell us the family was displaced and the Red Cross has been called in to help them. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
November 8, 2024 10:49 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will keep their majority control of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives next year after holding onto a Johnstown area seat. The reelection of incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Burns means his party will have a one-vote margin, 102-101. That’s enough to retain the speakership and determine the chamber’s voting agenda. Burns is a conservative Democrat who supports gun rights and opposes abortion. He’s regularly found himself voting against his fellow House Democrats and has long been an electoral target of Republicans. The district includes Johnstown and a wide swath of Cambria County.
November 8, 2024 5:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter-point in response to the steady decline in the once-high inflation that had angered Americans and helped drive Donald Trump’s presidential election victory this week. The rate cut follows a larger half-point reduction in September, and it reflects the Fed’s renewed focus on supporting the job market as well as fighting inflation, which now barely exceeds the central bank’s 2% target. Annual inflation has since fallen from a 9.1% peak in 2022 to a 3 1/2-year low of 2.4%. Asked how Trump’s election might affect the Fed’s policymaking, Chair Jerome Powell said that “in the near term, the election will have no effects on our [interest rate] decisions.”
November 8, 2024 5:19 am
President-elect Donald Trump has not said what he would do on student loan forgiveness, leaving millions of borrowers facing uncertainty over what will happen with their payments once President Joe Biden leaves office. Biden promised the student loan cancellation program during his run for the presidency and Trump has criticized his efforts. From its launch, Biden’s loan forgiveness faced relentless pushback from Republican opponents. They say it heaps advantage on elites and comes at the expense of those who repaid their loans or did not attend college. Borrowers around the country are worried, student loan experts say.
November 8, 2024 5:18 am
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California firefighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures in two days could be assisted by a forecast of fierce wind gusts easing. The Mountain Fire started Wednesday morning in Ventura County and had grown to 32 square miles with 5% contained Thursday night. At least 88 additional structures have been damaged. Some 10,000 people remained under evacuation orders Friday morning. The fire continues to threaten about 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo in Ventura County. Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff says 10 people have suffered smoke inhalation or other non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
November 8, 2024 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as White House chief of staff, has decades of political experience but has largely shunned the spotlight. Now, in the position considered the president’s closest professional confidant, she’ll be more in the spotlight than ever before. Wiles was co-chair of Trump’s third presidential campaign, considered his most disciplined and smoothly run. She ran his 2016 and 2020 campaigns in Florida, where she has also advised gubernatorial campaigns for Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis.
November 8, 2024 5:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording. Some said the recipient was going to a “plantation” and instructed them to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings.” It wasn’t yet clear who was behind the messages and there was no comprehensive list of where they were sent, but high school and college students were among the recipients.
November 8, 2024 5:14 am
A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for a green card without first having to leave the country. The temporary relief from deportation brought a short-lived sense of security to some 500,000 immigrants estimated to benefit from the program. Texas-based U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled Thursday that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority by implementing the initiative. Its termination creates uncertainty for immigrant families as many are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
