April 24, 2024 2:33 am
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday morning for the four-point-five-million-dollar Char House Renovation Project at 251 Ninth Street in Charleroi Borough. Washington County Commissioners, along with federal, state and local officials were on hand to celebrate the project, which involved the replacement of the building’s electrical, plumbing and sanitary systems; new common area flooring and painting, the renovation of the community room kitchen and public restrooms, along with the kitchens, bathrooms, patio doors and windows of the apartments. In addition, the parking lot was also paved. Char House was built in 1979 on the site of the former Charleroi Ninth Street School. Residents of Char House must be sixty-two-years of age of older or persons with a disability, and their annual income cannot exceed 56-thousand-700-dollars for an individual or sixty-four-thousand-eight-hundred-dollars for two people.
April 25, 2024 4:10 pm
(WPXI) – A man is facing charges in the shooting death of his wife in Morgantown. Forty-nine-year-old Rick Cordes is charged with first degree murder for the death of his wife, 39-year-old Jennifer Hribar. The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office said officers were called to Falling Water Lane for a shooting on April 19th at around 8:30 p.m. First responders found Hribar with an apparent fatal gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.
April 25, 2024 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court have ended after more than 2 1/2 hours in Donald Trump’s bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The arguments had been scheduled to last for an hour Thursday but ran more than double the allotted time. The immunity case delved deep into the nuances and immunity, and key questions of when the high court might rule remain unclear. The court usually releases its opinions by the end of June, and the timing of the ruling could be as important as the outcome.
April 25, 2024 11:27 am
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial. The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the judge at the disgraced movie mogul’s landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced him with improper rulings, including by letting women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. The 72-year-old Weinstein is serving a 23-year sentence in New York. He’ll remain imprisoned because a 2022 conviction in a Los Angeles rape case resulted in a 16-year prison term. Weinstein’s lawyer called the reversal a “tremendous victory.” A dissenting judge called it part of a “disturbing trend” of reversals in cases involving sexual violence. (Photo: AP)
April 25, 2024 5:01 am
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering another abortion-related case while a repeal of Arizona’s abortion ban has picked up steam. Meanwhile, California’s governor has opened his state not only to Arizona patients seeking abortion but also their Arizona-based doctors. Those are among this week’s developments that could shape abortion policy in the U.S. as it continues to shift in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to undo a national right to abortion. States continue to diverge on the issue. Blue states like California are trying new ways to protect abortion access, and red ones like Idaho are trying to curtail it.
April 24, 2024 4:59 am
Palestinian hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip have killed at least five people. Among those killed in the strikes overnight and into Thursday were two children, identified in hospital records as Sham Najjar, 6, and Jamal Nabahan, 8. More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares for an offensive in the city. Meanwhile, a top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
April 25, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is thought to have extended its surprisingly healthy streak at the start of this year, with consumers still spending freely despite the pressure of high interest rates. The government is expected to report that the gross domestic product grew at a slow but still-decent 2.2% annual pace from January through March. Some economists envision a stronger expansion than that. A forecasting model issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta points to a first-quarter annual pace of 2.7%, propelled by a 3.3% increase in consumer spending, the principal driver of economic growth. Either way, the economy’s growth is widely expected to have decelerated from the vigorous 3.4% annual pace of October through December.
April 24, 2024 5:00 am
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people. Cases of resistance to antimalarial drugs and insecticides are increasing. Funding by governments and donors for innovation is slowing. And living conditions play a role, with crowded neighborhoods, stagnant water, poor sanitation and lack of access to treatment and prevention materials. For World Malaria Day on Thursday, here is what you need to know.
April 24, 2024 4:57 am
Incumbent Republican Bud Cook held off a challenger in the 50th Legislative District which includes all of Greene County and parts of Washington County. Cook defeated political newcomer Stephanie Waggett with some 63-percent of the vote. Now, the four-term incumbent is taking aim at what he calls “the politically connected and insiders”. One of those, he says, is Republican State Senator Camera Bartolotta who backed Waggett. It’s unclear if Cook will face a Democratic challenger in November.
April 24, 2024 7:27 am
South Strabane resident Chris Dziados it the winner in the Democratic race in the 14th Congressional District. He received 52-percent of the vote to defeat Ken Bach. The district includes Washington, Greene and Fayette counties, as well as part of Westmoreland, Indiana and Somerset counties. Dziados will now face incumbent Republican Congressman Guy Reschenthaler in the November general election.
