August 25, 2024 1:43 am
A court order has come down on the ballot curing issue for Washington county voters. Judge Brandon Neuman has ordered the board of elections to notify people with deficiencies on their ballot to contact them about such errors. During the primary 259 voters had their ballots cast aside due to minor clerical issues such as lack of signature of dates. Neuman also ruled the voters will be able to cast a provisional ballot in the event of such errors. The motion to cure ballots with mistakes has been denied.
August 24, 2024 10:18 am
TORONTO (AP) — A workers union and Canada’s two major freight railroads wrapped up a nine-hour arbitration hearing with the Canada Industrial Relations Board. But there was no decision Friday on whether the board would order one of the railroads back to work following a potentially devastating stoppage. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference filed a 72-hour strike notice Friday morning against Canadian National, while the trains continue to run. Workers at Canadian Pacific Kansas City went on strike on Thursday. The government forced the companies and the union into arbitration. The union plans to challenge the arbitration order and questions whether the industrial relations board has the authority to order them back to work. But the Teamsters said they would follow the board’s order.
August 24, 2024 10:12 am
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — Authorities say an attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. Friday to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police say the attacker is on the run, and they so far had only very thin information on the assailant. The “Festival of Diversity” began Friday and was supposed to run through Sunday. It was meant to mark the city’s 650th anniversary with several stages in central streets offering attractions such as live music, cabaret and acrobatics.
August 24, 2024 10:09 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fires have broken on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week. The vessel now appears to be adrift in the Red Sea. It wasn’t immediately clear what had happened to the Sounion. The oil tanker had been abandoned by its crew on Thursday and reportedly anchored in place. The rebels are suspected to have gone back and attacked at least one other vessel that later sank as part of their monthslong campaign against shipping in the Red Sea. But the Houthis made no immediate comment. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center reported the fires in a note to mariners on Friday night.
August 24, 2024 5:35 am
WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Neighbors in West Brownsville tell Channel 11 police and sheriff’s deputies had a large area of Main Street, as well as Middle Street, shut down Friday afternoon for multiple hours. According to West Brownsville Police, their office, State Police, and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office were serving multiple arrest warrants at a house on Main Street. One neighbor said he returned home in the middle of the apparent standoff and was told by state troopers to leave the area for his safety. According to that neighbor, he saw investigators at the same house on Wednesday. Police say they attempted to serve the warrants Wednesday but were unsuccessful. Friday, they were able to arrest the man they were looking for. Investigators say one of the warrants was for a probation violation.
August 24, 2024 1:47 am
A woman is dead and a firefighter is recovering following a house fire Friday morning in Elrama. The woman has been identified as Sabrina Boyle, who was 23 weeks pregnant. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. in the 100-block of Fairview Street. According to our news partners at WPXI, the firefighter suffered burn injuries from trying to rescue the woman but since has been released from the hospital. Three other people were able to get out of the home safely. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fatal fire.
August 23, 2024 3:39 pm
(AP) – A federal jury says a Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Jurors found the Allentown School District retaliated against Jason Moorehead when it suspended him after the deadly insurrection in Washington. Moorehead attended Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally but says he never got closer than a mile to the Capitol. Jurors decided the school district should pay Moorehead $125,000 for economic damages. The jury also found two school board members acted “maliciously or wantonly” and ordered them to pay punitive damages.
August 23, 2024 12:28 pm
(AP) – The U.S. Postal Service hopes to save $3 billion a year through a series of changes reflecting greater reliance on streamlined regional networks. The proposal, announced Thursday, would adjust mail delivery times while maintaining a commitment to a maximum five-day delivery for the flagship Ground Advantage program and a maximum three-day delivery for local first-class mail. The details were unveiled Thursday by the Postal Service ahead of a Sept. 5 meeting in which the proposed changes will be discussed before being submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Election mail won’t be affected because the proposed changes would begin next year. (Photo: AP)
August 23, 2024 5:07 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy says he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said Friday in Arizona that his internal polls had showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. He cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and “a war on our children” as among the reasons to try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states. He made clear that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome. Kennedy said the move followed conversations with Trump over the past few weeks. (Photo: AP)
