June 30, 2024 3:32 am
Freedom Transit’s Washington Transit Center will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in observance of Independence Day. Fixed route service will not be operating. Shared ride services will operate on a normal schedule. Shared ride passengers who need trips for Thursday, July 4, 2024, or Friday, July 5, 2024, should contact Freedom Transit at 724-223-8747 before 12:00 PM on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. For more information on public transportation in Washington County, visit freedom-transit.org or call 724-223-8747.
June 29, 2024 3:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is working to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with ex-President Donald Trump. He’s not the debater he used to be, Biden conceded at a rally Friday in North Carolina. But he added: “The choice in this election is simple: Donald Trump will destroy our democracy. I will defend it.” Democratic lawmakers are expressing plenty of concern but sticking by him for now. Meanwhile, Trump’s attacks on critics and his policy falsehoods served as a reminder of the daily turbulence of his Republican presidency.
June 29, 2024 3:42 am
Slowly but steadily this summer, Russian troops are forging through Ukraine’s outgunned and undermanned defenses along the front line of the battlefield in a relentless onslaught, prompting the West to push for new weapons and strategies to shore up Kyiv. That, in turn, has brought new political demands by President Vladimir Putin of Ukraine’s leadership and threats of retaliation against the West — either directly or by indirect methods. The moves by the West to blunt the offensive and the potential Kremlin response could lead to a dangerous escalation as the war drags through its third year — one that further raises the peril of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.
June 29, 2024 3:39 am
GIMHAE AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first time. It is foreseen as an annual drill, a critical development as Washington looks to strengthen its partnerships and military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter growingly assertive postures from both China and North Korea. One analyst says South Korea and Japan have the largest militaries among American allies in East Asia and have the sophistication to integrate operations with the U.S.
June 29, 2024 3:28 am
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—(WPXI)-2 bodies were pulled from a creek along the Montour Trail Friday. Allegheny County police said dispatch was notified of a body floating in the Montour Run Creek at around 4:05 p.m. First responders found a deceased man floating in around 6 feet of water. Divers recovered the body. While the divers were in the water, they found a second man in around 10 feet of water. Preliminary information shows no sign of foul play, police said. The bodies were transported to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office for a cause and manner of death determination. Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
June 29, 2024 1:50 am
(WPXI) – A man was found dead in the Monongahela River in Fayette County on Thursday evening. State troopers were called around 7:05 a.m. to a report of a male floating unresponsive near Point Marion. The 50-year-old man, later identified as Larry Christopher Greene of Greensboro, was pulled from the river and pronounced dead by the Fayette Deputy Coroner at 8:28 p.m. This case is under investigation by the coroner’s office and state police.
June 28, 2024 5:29 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Two astronauts are spending extra time at the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing troubleshoot capsule problems that popped up on the way there. The veteran astronauts expected to stay for a week or so at the space station during a test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule, the first with a crew. But their return trip has been put on hold while the thruster trouble and helium leaks are analyzed. On Friday, NASA said there’s no rush to bring the astronauts home and more tests on the ground would be done first.
June 28, 2024 5:25 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is working to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with ex-President Donald Trump. He’s not the debater he used to be, Biden conceded at a rally Friday in North Carolina. But he added that “The choice in this election is simple: Donald Trump will destroy our democracy. I will defend it.” Democratic lawmakers are expressing plenty of concern but sticking by him for now. Meanwhile, Trump’s attacks on critics and his policy falsehoods served as a reminder of the daily turbulence of his Republican presidency.
June 28, 2024 12:54 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says he’s disappointed the Supreme Court has made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction. The charge also has been brought against former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled Friday the charge of obstructing an official proceeding must include proof defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fall into that category. Garland says the court’s decision “limits an important federal statute” but cases against the “vast majority” of people charged Jan. 6 won’t be affected. Trump calls the ruling “Big News!” The Republican ex-president says it’s a “massive victory” for those arrested Jan. 6.
June 28, 2024 4:08 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians have started voting in a presidential election to replace late President Ebrahim Raisi. The voting on Friday follows the May helicopter crash that killed Raisi, the foreign minister and several other officials. Analysts broadly describe the race as a three-way contest, with two hard-liners — a former nuclear negotiator and the Iranian parliament speaker. The sole reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, has aligned himself with those who had supported Tehran’s efforts to reach the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has final say on all matters of state, presidents can bend Iran toward confrontation or negotiations with the West.
