April 15, 2023 4:09 am
BOSTON (AP) — The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy. The anniversary Saturday will happen two days before this year’s marathon and marks a decade since two bombs exploded near the finish line of the race, killing three and wounding more than 250 people. The explosions plunged Boston and its suburbs into a week of chaos amid a manhunt for two brothers who carried out the attack.
April 15, 2023 4:07 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media network but estimates it is worth between $5 million and $25 million. That’s according to his personal financial disclosure form filed Friday. The report is the first glimpse into Trump’s finances since he left the White House and launched several new business ventures. Trump says he made less than $201 from his social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group. He also reported he made between $100,000 and $1 million for a series of digital trading cards he released in December that portrayed him in a series of cartoon-like images, including an astronaut, a cowboy and a superhero.
April 15, 2023 4:06 am
BUENOS AIRES (AP) – Argentina’s government has announced that monthly inflation was 7.7% in March, up from 6.5% in the same month in 2022. Analysts project annual inflation — the measure used commonly internationally — will come in at 110% in 2023, one of the highest rates in the world. The impact has been devastating on Argentina’s retirees, 85% of whom receive a monthly pension averaging the equivalent of $265. This barely covers a third of their expenses for food, medicine and rent. After years of high inflation, Argentina’s minimum pension measured in U.S. dollars is one of the lowest in the region, just above Venezuela.
April 15, 2023 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — In trying to identify who was behind a major breach of classified U.S. documents, federal agents and journalists had access to online clues that led to a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman with interests in gaming, guns and religion. Jack Teixeira, an airman from Massachusetts, was arrested Thursday in connection with the leak investigation. He will be charged with the unauthorized removal of classified national defense information. The case underscores the challenges the U.S. and other governments in keeping secrets and staying ahead of breaches in an era of omnipresent data. And it also shows the apparent power vested in a junior U.S. employee.
April 15, 2023 4:04 am
Late Friday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a stay of a lower court order, the stay allowing the continued distribution of the abortion drug Mifepristone. The stay comes after a federal judge in Texas issued an order last week which imposed a number of restrictions on the drug. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned part of that judge’s order, but allowed a number of restrictions to stay in place. The Biden Administration appealed to the Supreme Court to allow the continued widespread delivery of the drug, including through the mail. Alito’s stay will remain in place until Wednesday while the Court considers the merits of the government’s appeal. (Photo: AP)
April 15, 2023 4:03 am
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been evacuated unharmed after someone threw an explosive device at a campaign event in a western port city. Kishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture on Saturday to cheer his ruling party’s candidate in a local election. The explosion occurred just before he was to begin his speech. No injuries were reported in the incident. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambled to get away and smoke filled the air. The incident comes only nine months after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while delivering a campaign speech in the western city of Nara. The assassination shocked the nation and a subsequent investigation found holes in Abe’s security.
April 15, 2023 3:53 am
The Canon-McMillan School Board met Thursday evening for their monthly agenda meeting. Two financial items stood out. Both items are bond issues for the district. According to Deputy Superintendent Scott Chambers, the district will be refinancing one bond at $7.2 million and a second bond at $20.5 million. Chambers said that market conditions are right to be able to go out and refinance the bonds to save taxpayers money. He said the bonds fund various construction projects throughout the district. Chambers did also say that the budget and finance committee met on Wednesday and are actively formulating a budget for the 2023-2024 school year. A preliminary budget is anticipated in May. Final budget approval will be in June. A small tax increase is anticipated, but Chambers did say that everything is still being studied and numbers could change before June.
April 15, 2023 3:53 am
An inmate who was housed in the Washington County Jail pleaded guilty to a terroristic threats charge on Thursday. John Lazear, 39 appeared in plea court via video from SCI Camp Hill. He was also accused of interception of communications and conspiracy interception of communications but those charges were dismissed. Lazear and his then attorney Kimberly Furmanek were communicating using several cell phones in the Washington County Jail while Furmanek was discussing Lazear’s case with his new attorney James Jefferies. Lazear was accused of making threats to Jefferies on a later phone call. Lazear is already serving a 15-40 year sentence in state prison for multiple charges of drug and weapon possession from a plea agreement in January of this year. He will serve three years probation on the terroristic threats charge concurrent to the existing sentence.
April 15, 2023 3:51 am
SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A trucker who lost control of his rig before a rollover crash left the tractor-trailer dangling from an overpass in Washington County is sharing his story with our news partners at Channel 11. The tractor-trailer was about five stories above ground as it hung from an I-79 overpass. “I rolled it for a long time, I was thinking it was maybe going to fall off, but luckily it didn’t,” said the driver, Kostas Hobitakis. He walked away with just a few scratches. His only injury was his to his elbow after using it to escape. “So after it was done I just thought, ‘quickly get out of here,’ I was hanging, I unbuckled it and just fell to the floor,” he said. “There was no way I could reach the top door, bottom door, the only thing was the windshield so I rammed into it a couple times and got out.” Hobitakis said there were multiple factors that played a role in the crash, including his heavy load: 40,000 pounds of cardboard that crashed to the ground. He insists speed wasn’t a factor. “I was going the speed limit, I was going the speed limit,” Hobitakis said. “In my head as this was happening, as I was coming down the hill, I am slowing down. The load was really heavy. Coming down, that specific bridge if you cross the line over it goes downward, so the thing is, my tire went into that and you just get sucked in. Hobitakis, who is from Chicago and started driving trucks three years ago said it’s a miracle that he survived. State police told Channel 11 they believe speed played a factor but they are still investigating. Hobitakis was cited for failing to properly negotiate a left turn.
April 14, 2023 4:14 am
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed it into law. The House gave the proposal final passage on Thursday. The six-week ban will give DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch an expected presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer. The policy will also have wider implications for abortion access throughout the South as some nearby states have total bans in place. Florida previously prohibited abortions after 15 weeks.
