September 14, 2024 4:39 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Blue-collar workers from Boeing are walking picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years. The strike by 33,000 machinists that started on Friday will not disrupt airline flights anytime soon, but it is expected to shut down production of Boeing’s best-selling jetliners. And it marks yet another setback for a company already dealing with billions of dollars in financial losses and a damaged reputation. Boeing says it’s taking steps to conserve cash while the company’s new CEO looks for ways to come up with a contract that union members will accept.
September 14, 2024 4:35 am
JEFFERSON, Ga. (AP) — A teenage student and a math teacher will be remembered at funerals set to take place 10 days after they were killed in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school. Funeral services are scheduled Saturday afternoon for 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn and teacher Christina Irimie. A large crowd of mourners is expected for Schermerhorn’s memorial service at a civic center in Jefferson, Georgia. Family and friends are gathering to say farewell to Irimie at a funeral home in nearby Buford. They were among four killed Sept. 4 when a gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School in Barrow County outside Atlanta. A 14-year-old student has been charged with murder.
September 14, 2024 4:32 am
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages. Testimony at the trial in Virginia is taking a deep dive into the ways advertisers and online publishers buy and sell ad space that ultimately gets placed in front of consumers. The auctions over these ad impressions occur in milliseconds and are designed to match an advertiser’s product or service with consumers whose profiles demonstrate an interest. But the Justice Department contends that Google essentially rigged the bidding in those auctions to favor its own products. Google says it no longer auctions off ad space in the ways alleged.
September 14, 2024 4:28 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have hit central and southern Gaza overnight, killing at least 14 people as the friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli soldier prepared for her funeral. The airstrikes in Gaza City hit one home housing 11 people, including women and children. Gaza’s Civil Defense said another strike hit a tent in Khan Younis housing Palestinians displaced by the war. Meanwhile, the body of the Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was returned to her hometown late Friday for a funeral service Saturday. Her death earned condemnation from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as the United States, Egypt and Qatar push for a cease-fire.
September 14, 2024 4:18 am
The ACLU released a written statement criticizing the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s order vacating a ruling of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court that sought to end the disqualification of mail in ballots due to errors on the external envelope. ACLU of Pennsylvania senior supervising attorney Steve Loney called “today’s procedural ruling a setback for Pennsylvania voters.” Mimi McKenzie, legal director of the Public Interest Law Center said “thousands of voters are at risk of having their ballots rejected in November for making a meaningless mistake.” the ACLU indicated that the ruling leaves open the possibility of further action in state courts.
September 14, 2024 1:43 am
A months-long investigation led to a search warrant being served at a home in Canton Township Friday. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says the warrant was served at a residence in the 19-hundred block of Jefferson Avenue. The search was the result of an investigation conducted by detectives of the Washington County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force. It was executed by Washington Regional SWAT and State Police. Walsh says appoximately one-ounce of cocaine and paraphernalia associated with the distribution of cocaine. The target of the investigation was 41 year old Joshua Roberts. He was arrested on outstanding warrants and placed in the Washington County Jail. Walsh says additional narcotics related charges are pending in connection with this investigation.
September 14, 2024 1:21 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling. It could impact the presidential race. The state’s high court ruled Friday on procedural grounds. It said a lower court that found the mandate unenforceable should not have taken up the case because it did not draw in the election boards in all 67 counties. The left-leaning groups that filed the case only sued two of them, Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. Commonwealth Court two weeks ago had halted enforcement of the handwritten dates on exterior envelopes.
September 13, 2024 5:26 pm
It was not a good day on Interstate 70 westbound on Friday. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers report a 3 vehicle accident occurred around 4:30 Friday afternoon. The road was closed and traffic was snarled. One person had to be flown from the scene. The accident occurred at the 6.5 mile marker near Taylorstown. Roads were reopened approximately 5:30 Friday afternoon. That was the second accident on that stretch of road on Friday.
September 13, 2024 2:12 pm
A multi-vehicle accident temporarily closed Interstate 70 around 9:30 a.m. Friday. The accident occurred near mile marker four in the westbound lanes of the highway. According to Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers, one person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital and two others were evaluated at the scene. There is no word on identities or conditions of the victims. The road was reopened about 90 minutes later.
September 13, 2024 5:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — It can get to be too much. That’s the response from many Americans in a new AP-NORC/USAFacts poll, which found that about 6 in 10 Americans need to limit how much political news they get to avoid feeling information overload. For California’s Lori Johnson Malveaux, that means going to another room sometimes when her husband puts on a news channel. Kaleb Aravzo of Logan, Utah, scrolls past many political posts on social media to avoid triggering anxiety and depression. But between political websites, social media and TV news channels dominated by political talk, it’s often hard to avoid — particularly in election season.
