September 5, 2024 2:14 am
The Corning Ware/Anchor Hocking Plant in Charleroi will be shutting down by the end of the year. Employees there say they were given the news by their chief executive officer. The closure will affect about 325 jobs. The CEO reportedly told employees that 150 positions would be moved to their plant in Ohio. Charleroi Borough Council President Kristen Hopkins-Calcek tells WJPA that this is a very sad day for the community. This is the second business in Charleroi to close. Quality Pasta Company near the plant shut down as well, leaving some one-hundred people without jobs.
September 4, 2024 12:44 pm
WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a shooter at a high school outside of Atlanta killed four people and injured at least nine. Students scrambled for shelter in the football stadium as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe. Helicopter video from WSB-TV showed dozens of law enforcement and emergency vehicles surrounding the school about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Prior to Wednesday’s shooting, there had been 29 mass killings in the U.S. so far this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. (Photo: AP)
September 4, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so fantastic that it’s not worth worrying about budget deficits. Vice President Kamala Harris believes that big corporations and the ultra wealthy should pay more in taxes — and wants to use those revenues to help spur the construction of 3 million homes and offer tax breaks for parents. The two presidential nominees are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic messages about who could do more for the middle class.
September 4, 2024 5:04 am
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks are tumbling after Wall Street had its worst day since early August, as a week full of economic updates got off to a weak start. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei lost over 4%. U.S. futures were lower. Rising oil supply was driving down prices, as Libya moved closer to resolving a conflict over control of the country’s oil revenue that meant its oil production may soon increase. The S&P 500’s heaviest weight, Nvidia, fell 9.5% and led to a decline in global semiconductor-related stocks on Wednesday. The S&P 500 slumped 2.1% Tuesday after a report showed U.S. manufacturing shrank again in August, weighed down by high interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.5%. The Nasdaq composite fell 3.3%.
September 4, 2024 5:03 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled Tuesday that Trump had not satisfied the burden of proof required for a federal court to take control of the case from the state court where it was tried. Hellerstein’s ruling came hours after Manhattan prosecutors raised objections to Trump’s effort to delay post-trial decisions in the case while he sought to have the federal court step in. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice late Tuesday appealing the decision to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
September 4, 2024 5:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel. The criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a video statement Tuesday that the charges “are just one part of our effort to target every aspect of Hamas’ operations.” He said “these actions will not be our last.” The impact of the case may be mostly symbolic given that Sinwar is believed to be hiding out in tunnels.
September 4, 2024 5:00 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An official says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has resigned. Speaker of parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk said on his Facebook page that Kuleba’s resignation request on Wednesday will be discussed by lawmakers at their next plenary meeting. The foreign minister’s resignation came as at least seven people were killed and 35 injured in an overnight strike on Lviv. Mayor Andrii Sadovyi says a child and a medical worker were among the dead and others are in critical condition.
September 4, 2024 4:53 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is stopping in Pittsburgh during a series of campaign events in Pennsylvania this week. Walz is coming to Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon to “join a political engagement” in the city. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned with President Joe Biden in Pittsburgh on Labor Day, where in front of IBEW union members she opposed the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel. Harris will be back in Pittsburgh on Thursday, but no details for her 10th visit to the city have been released yet. Former President Donald Trump says he plans to return to Butler in October, but no details for that event have been released.
September 4, 2024 4:50 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Kamala Harris will stay in Pittsburgh while preparing for next week’s Presidential debate. Harris is scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh on Thursday and will stay in the city until she flies to Philadelphia for her first debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. The Vice President was last in Pittsburgh on Monday, where she visited with union members and opposed the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel. This upcoming trip is her 10th visit to Pittsburgh. No further details about her activities while in the city have been released.
September 4, 2024 4:49 am
National politics took a local stage Tuesday evening in Washington County. About 400 people gathered at the Doubletree Hotel on Racetrack Road to listen to Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene speak in support of Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential race. The first term politician shook hands and snapped photos with those who bought tickets for the Washington County Republican fundraiser. Greene discussed immigration, inflation and even the proposed sale of US Steel to Japanese based Nippon Steel, to which she is opposed. The congresswoman said it was important to travel to the area to get the word out about differences between the two presidential candidates.
