October 22, 2024 5:00 am
MACON, Ga. (AP) — There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don’t. That’s four times the number of votes that President Joe Biden carried the state by in 2020. But most of those voters are Black and poor, and not even the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy is likely to get them to the polls. Nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the presidency.
October 22, 2024 4:59 am
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is blasting federal emergency responders whose work in North Carolina has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation. Trump’s campaign and that of his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, are ramping up their campaigning in the final two weeks before Election Day. Trump had three stops in the state Monday. After the Asheville area, he held a rally across the state in Greenville and spoke at a faith leaders event in Concord, outside Charlotte. At the latter event, he appealed to Christian voters by repeating his criticism of transgender athletes and his proposal to conduct a large-scale deportation operation.
October 22, 2024 4:57 am
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s capital was largely paralyzed on Monday and the rest of the island was bracing for the fourth night of a massive blackout. That has generated both a handful of small protests and a stern government warning that any unrest will be punished. Hurricane Oscar was crossing the island’s eastern coast with winds and heavy rain, leaving at least six dead after a night that saw protests of several dozen people each in urban neighborhoods. The Cuban government has a low tolerance for civil disobedience and President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned on national television Sunday that ‘we’re not going to allow any vandalism, or let anyone disturb people’s tranquility.’
October 22, 2024 4:55 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel on his 11th visit to the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. He is expected to meet with top officials as the United States looks to revive cease-fire efforts after the killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but so far none of the warring parties appear to be backing down on longstanding demands. Israel is still at war with Hamas more than a year after the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack, and with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where it launched a ground invasion earlier this month. Israel is also expected to strike Iran after its ballistic missile attack on Oct. 1.
October 22, 2024 4:52 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking for rabbit hunters to help track a contagious virus. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 is highly contagious and poses a threat to the state’s rabbits and hares. The Game Commission says it can cause mass die-offs, between 75 and 100% of local populations. There is no treatment for the disease and it can remain on the landscape for months. Early detection is the best way to stop the spread. Anyone who finds two or more dead hares or rabbits at the same location is asked to report it by calling 1-833-PGC-WILD or the Game Commission’s online wildlife health survey.
October 22, 2024 4:48 am
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man is charged with homicide after police say he stabbed another man to death on the Montour Trail Monday. Emergency crews were called to the trail near Hassam Road just before 3 p.m. Once on scene, first responders found the man suffering from a stab wound. The victim, later identified as 44 year old Benjamin Brallier of Coraopolis, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Anthony Quesan was arrested in connection to the stabbing. A bike found near the scene is believed to be Quesan’s, police said. It is being processed for evidence.
October 22, 2024 1:26 am
North Strabane Township Police are asking for your help in identifying a robbery suspect. Police were dispatched to the Coen Market on Hill Church Houston Road at 8:40 Sunday night. They were sent for an armed robbery with the suspect wielding a knife at the clerk. The male suspect made off with several hundred dollars and Newport cigarettes. If you have any information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect, please contact North Strabane Township Police at tips@nstpd.com or call them at 724-746-4090. (PHOTO: North Strabane Township Police Department)
October 21, 2024 8:19 am
One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughters calls Donald Trump’s references to her father’s genitalia “a poor choice of approaches” to honoring his memory. Peg Palmer Wears told The Associated Press on Sunday that she wasn’t upset by the remarks. Trump opened his rally Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, which is Palmer’s hometown, with a detailed, 12-minute story about Palmer that included praise of the the golfer’s genitalia. Wears said that she had only had passing encounters with Trump but that her father and Trump, an avid golfer, had primarily shared a kinship over the sport they both enjoyed. Arnold Palmer died in 2016 at age 87.
October 21, 2024 7:51 am
A man is facing multiple counts of aggravated animal cruelty after State Police were called to a home along Beacon Avenue in Canton Township Sunday morning. State Police say neighbors reported hearing dogs crying from inside a trash can. Troopers say four pit bull-style puppies were found in plastic grocery bags inside the trash can. One of the puppies was deceased. The other three had suffered severe injuries. Police say neighbors performed life-saving measures on those puppies until troopers arrived. The three injured puppies were transported for veterinary care and are awaiting surgery to address serious leg injuries. The ongoing investigation is being assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Animal Cruelty Officer and the Washington County Humane Officer.
October 21, 2024 5:19 am
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions from reporters through the drive-thru window. After an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in the oil, the former president took his turn Sunday and even helped fill some takeout bags after a bit. Trump’s assessment? “It requires great expertise, actually, to do it right and to do it fast.” The visit came as he dug into his claim — one that’s spreading without offering evidence — that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris never worked at the fast-food chain while in college.
