May 22, 2024 5:03 am
GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people have died and at least a dozen were injured since a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of the small Iowa town of Greenfield. Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Alex Dinkla says at least a dozen people were injured amid widespread devastation in Greenfield. Tuesday saw multiple tornadoes, giant hail and heavy rain in several states. The storms and tornado warnings have moved into Wisconsin, including a warning for the state’s capital city of Madison.
May 22, 2024 5:04 am
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month. The case had been set for trial on May 20 but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon cited numerous unresolved issues as a basis for canceling the trial date. On Wednesday, Cannon was scheduled to hear arguments on a Trump request to dismiss the indictment on grounds that it fails to clearly articulate a crime and instead amounts to “a personal and political attack against President Trump” with a “litany of uncharged grievances both for public and media consumption.”
May 22, 2024 4:59 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state in a historic move. It was a lightning cascade of announcements on Wednesday. Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the Scandinavian country will officially recognize a Palestinian state as of May 28. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said his nation made the move in coordination with Spain and Norway and that it was “an historic and important day for … Palestine.” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist leader since 2018, made the expected announcement to the nation’s Parliament. Norway’s Gahr Støre also said “there cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition” and that it was the way forward to a two-state solution.
May 22, 2024 5:01 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Without adequate air defenses to counter assaults and allow for repairs, though, the shortages could still worsen as need spikes in late summer and next winter. The airstrikes targeting the grid have brought blackouts to the capital, Kyiv, which hadn’t experienced them since the first year of the war. During a trip to a destroyed power facility Tuesday, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said there are no quick fixes to the electricity shortages and that Ukraine is appealing to its Western allies for more air defense systems and spare parts to fix its Soviet-era plants.
May 22, 2024 5:47 pm
(WPXI) – Charlie Colin, a founding member and bassist of the band Train, died at the age of 58. Colin’s mother reportedly shared the news of his death with TMZ, according to Deadline. She claimed that he was house-sitting in Brussels, Belgium when he slipped in the shower. Colin’s mother said that he had moved to Brussels to teach a music master class at a conservatory, People magazine reported. He was also working on some music for a film. Colin’s body was found by the people who owned the house about five days ago, Rolling Stone reported. Colin’s sister also confirmed his death to Variety, according to Billboard. The exact cause of death and the day he died have not been released, according to Deadline.
May 22, 2024 3:26 pm
(AP) – Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol. The research was published Wednesday in the journal Addiction. It’s based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a highly regarded source of self-reported estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use. High-frequency marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking for the first time in 2022. Other research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana and more likely to develop cannabis-associated psychosis, a severe condition where a person loses touch with reality. (Photo: AP)
May 21, 2024 4:50 am
The Peters Township School District approved their preliminary budget for the 2024-2025 school year. The $83,070,291 spending plan was unanimously approved and will include a .29 mill tax increase. According to Business Manager Brad Rau, that will mean an increase of $29 for each $100,000 of assessed value of a resident’s home. The budget is balanced and does not include any extraordinary spending items. All items are general maintenance and planned upgrades. Rau went on to say that no programs are being eliminated. The budget will be formally adopted at the board’s June 24 meeting.
May 21, 2024 2:28 am
No injuries were reported in a chemical fire at a CONSOL Energy Plant in East Finley Township. The fire broke out just before six-thirty Monday morning at the Bailey OMNIS Plant. Washington County Public Safety Director Gerry Coleman tells WJPA that a portion of the three-story building collapsed. He says this situation was complicated because the building that caught fire is actually located in Greene County, so crews from there were on site as well. Coleman says officials monitored the air and found no danger to the public. He says a few residents were evacuated early in the day but were then allowed to return to their homes. Coleman says more than twenty-two emergency agencies worked to secure the scene. In a written statement, CONSOL officials said they are aware of the structure fire, but the incident has no direct impact to CONSOL’s mining operations, preparation plant, or its employees. They say OMNIS is a third-party project partner who has confirmed that all employees were accounted for and there were no injuries. The State Police Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate the cause of the blaze.
May 21, 2024 4:56 am
A teen in Western Pennsylvania had to be resuscitated after going into cardiac arrest when he drank a now-discontinued Charged Lemonade from Panera in March. A lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania over the incident. Luke Adams, 18, bought and consumed a chicken sandwich and a large Charged Lemonade on March 9 in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. He then went to a movie with friends. One noticed Adams was making “unusual sounds” and was unresponsive. Two nurses and a cardiologist who were at the theater performed CPR and used an external defibrillator to keep him alive. Adams had no known health conditions before the incident. Adams also suffered two seizures. Charged Lemonade was discontinued by Panera about two weeks before Adams’ suit — which is one of several — was filed. Before it was discontinued and after the first lawsuits were filed, Panera put a warning on the drink saying to enjoy it in moderation and that it should not be drunk by children, people sensitive to caffeine or pregnant or nursing women.
May 21, 2024 5:06 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested their defense without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial. The jury was sent home Tuesday until May 28, when closing arguments are expected. Trump did not stop to speak as he left the courthouse and ignored a question about why he wasn’t testifying.. Prosecutors have accused Trump of a scheme to bury negative stories to fend off damage to his 2016 presidential campaign and then falsifying internal business records to cover it up. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
