August 27, 2024 4:56 am
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Johnstown on Friday afternoon. The rally will be held at 4:30 p.m. at 1st Summit Arena at Cambria County War Memorial. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Friday’s rally will mark Trump’s fourth time back to Pennsylvania since the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler. The former president plans to return to Butler in October. An exact date has not been set yet.
August 27, 2024 4:53 am
BEIJING (AP) — A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, will be in China from Tuesday to Thursday. He’s been Biden’s point person for often unannounced talks with the Communist Party’s top foreign policy official to try to manage the growing differences between Washington and Beijing. Sullivan’s trip is meant to maintain communication in a relationship that broke down for the better part of a year in 2022-23. His meetings could lay the groundwork for a possible final summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Biden steps down in January.
August 27, 2024 4:52 am
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has issued a temporary pause on the Biden administration’s new protections that would allow immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. The order Monday by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the program in a lawsuit filed last week. President Joe Biden launched the program in June and the application process has been open for a week. The policy offers spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status, who meet certain criteria, a path to citizenship by applying for a green card and staying in the U.S. while undergoing the process.
August 27, 2024 4:50 am
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — It’s been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States. Millions of people are enduring dangerous heat and humidity in the Midwest, while an Alaska landslide killed one man and a woman died in a Grand Canyon National Park flash flood. Additionally, Hawaii was pounded with rain from Tropical Storm Hone and mountains in the West saw early-season snow.
August 27, 2024 4:48 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces rescued a hostage found alone underground in Gaza, freeing a living captive from Hamas’ vast tunnel network for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that ignited the war. The 52-year-old Israeli man was taken Tuesday to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion. The rescue brought a rare moment of joy to Israelis after 10 months of war but also served as a painful reminder that dozens of hostages are still in captivity as international mediators try to broker a cease-fire in which they would be released.
August 27, 2024 4:44 am
Peters Township Council approved a measure that will remove No Parking signs on Meredith Drive and Bruni Drive in Peterswood Park. The Peters Twp. Junior Football Association was the main driver behind the decision. They state that there is not enough parking for teams that play their games on Hofbauer Field and lifting those restrictions will help immensely. Because of concerns for emergency vehicle access, there will still be parking restrictions in place. There will be no parking on a grass circle adjacent to Hofbauer Field and on Meredith Drive for the length of road immediately in front of Hofbauer Field. Those restrictions will only be in effect during football season. In other township business, council approved a preliminary land development plan for The Courtyards At Valleybrook. It is a 12 unit townhome development located at 350 Valleybrook Road.
August 27, 2024 2:51 am
On Friday, Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Brandon Neuman handed down his decision on a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and the Public Interest Law Center against the Washington Count Board of Elections, that asked the court to allow voters that use mail in ballots to be allowed to be notified of deficiencies on their ballot and afford them the right to vote provisionally. Neuman granted that request and said notice must be given and provisional ballot voting must be allowed. He did not allow the practice of ballot curing that had been in place as late a 2023. Mimi McKenzie, Legal Director of the Public Interest Law Center says that they are pleased with the decision. She encouraged the Washington County Board of Elections to revert back to their practice of ballot curing, but is pleased that voters will be notified so that they can vote provisionally. She said that voting should not be a “gotcha” kind of practice. Efforts to get a response from the Washington County Special Counsel David Berardinelli have gone unanswered. It is not known at this time if the county will file an appeal. If an appeal is filed, the order to notify voters could be reversed.
August 26, 2024 12:26 pm
(AP) – Labor Day weekend is the last blast of summer vacation, and that means lots of Americans will be traveling. Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are all expected to be packed for the long holiday weekend. The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen more people at airports than during any previous Labor Day period. Auto club AAA says bookings for domestic travel are running 9% higher than at this time last year, but international trips are down 4%. Motorists and air travelers are getting a break on prices, with gasoline and airfares both down a little from very high levels last year.
August 26, 2024 12:20 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. The product was found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the recall a more urgent classification Friday after making its original announcement Aug. 15. The new classification says the affected product may cause temporary adverse health consequences but is unlikely to cause serious or irreversible medical issues. The recall applies to 9,535 cases of Great Value brand apple juice sold in 25 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Florida-based manufacturer Refresco Beverages US Inc. voluntarily recalled the contaminated six-packs of 8-ounce juice bottles. (Photo: AP)
August 26, 2024 9:44 am
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles that matches U.S. tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government began 30-day consultation on the issue earlier this summer to counter what Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has said is a clear effort by Chinese companies to generate a global oversupply. Canada’s move comes weeks after both the United States and the European Commission announced plans to impose higher import tariffs on Chinese EVs. U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan encouraged Canada to do the same during a meeting with Trudeau and cabinet ministers at a cabinet retreat in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sunday
