May 13, 2024 4:25 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are trying to kill a new rule requiring them to disclose fees more quickly when consumers shop for flights. The airlines asked a federal appeals court to block the rule, which the Transportation Department issued last month. The rule requires better disclosure of fees on baggage and changing or canceling a reservation. The airlines say the new rule will confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process. The Transportation Department said Monday it will defend the rule to crack down on what it calls “hidden junk fees.”
May 13, 2024 4:19 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, is directly implicating the former president in a hush money scheme. He told jurors during highly anticipated testimony Monday that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign. Cohen quoted Trump as telling him to “handle it” after learning that a doorman had come forward with a claim that he had fathered a child out-of-wedlock. The Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to keep the story “off the market” even though the claim was ultimately deemed unfounded. A similar episode occurred after Cohen alerted Trump that a Playboy model alleged that she and Trump had had an extramarital affair. (Photo: AP)
May 13, 2024 8:49 am
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric vehicle called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China. But it drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much. Tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles probably will keep the Seagull away from America’s shores for now. But the rapid emergence of low-priced EVs from China could shake up the global auto industry in ways not seen since Japanese makers arrived during the oil crises of the 1970s.
May 13, 2024 8:20 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – One person was killed and two others injured in a late-night shooting Sunday in Uniontown, following what police said was an argument that quickly escalated. The shooting took place around 10 p.m. at the Something Different restaurant along Austin Street, according to police documents. “The information that we gathered was there was an argument that started inside the restaurant,” Lt. Tom Kolencik of the Uniontown Police Department told Channel 11. “The owner told them to leave. It was three people. Witness accounts say once outside, Andrew Howard brandished a firearm and fired multiple shots.” First responders found a woman with a gunshot wound to her torso. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later. Police later identified her as Shaquisa Sims. Another woman and Howard arrived at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. Howard was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown for further treatment, police said. The condition of the other woman was not immediately known. He is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and gun violations.
May 13, 2024 5:15 am
Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far. Only about 30 students at Duke University stood up against comedian and pro-Israel entertainer Jerry Seinfeld, who received an honorary doctorate Sunday. The vast majority of the 7,000 students there took no overt action as the crowd let out a mix of cheers and boos. At Emerson College in Boston, some students took off their graduation robes and left them on stage. A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters tried to block access to Sunday evening’s commencement for Southern California’s Pomona College.
May 13, 2024 5:13 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas. He said “fierce battles” are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern Ukraine as outgunned and outnumbered Ukrainian soldiers try to push back a significant Russian ground offensive. Analysts say the Kremlin’s forces are aiming to exploit Ukrainian weaknesses before a big batch of new military aid for Kyiv from the U.S. and European partners arrives on the battlefield in the coming weeks and months. Meanwhile, the death toll from a Russian apartment building collapse blamed on Ukrainian shelling rose to 15.
May 13, 2024 5:12 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago. Neighboring Egypt has issued its strongest objection yet to Israel’s growing offensive on the southern city of Rafah, saying it intends to formally join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Rafah is considered the last refuge in Gaza for more than a million civilians as well as Hamas’ last stronghold. Israel says it must invade to dismantle Hamas and return scores of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.
May 13, 2024 5:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers after testimony that linked the celebrity client to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. Michael Cohen returns to the stand Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness, where a day earlier he delivered matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s trial. He said, for instance, that Trump had promised to reimburse the money he fronted for the payments and was constantly updated about behind-the-scenes efforts to bury stories feared to be harmful to the campaign.
May 13, 2024 5:08 am
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI)- A Fayette County EMS worker was attacked while rending aid at a Dollar General on May 4. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, PSP Uniontown responded to National Pike for a report of an unresponsive male at the location. When troopers arrived on scene all parties involved were spoken to on scene. The investigation determined that a man passed out in the break room of the Dollar General while under the influence of a controlled substance. That man then physically assaulted a paramedic from Fayette County who was called to render aid. Eric Parker, 24, was taken into custody and charged. Both Parker and the paramedic went to the hospital for treatment.
May 13, 2024 5:06 am
McCLELLANDTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in Fayette County during Saturday’s storms. The National Weather Service said the first tornado started in Lambert at 7:06 p.m. It traveled a path of 0.2 miles and reached a peak wind speed of 65 m.p.h. making it an EF-0. The second tornado reportedly touched down in East Glades and traveled into Preston County, West Virginia. The National Weather Service said the tornado reached speeds of 90 m.p.h., making it an EF-1. The NWS said it’s already been an active tornado season and it’s not even over yet. “This will be our 13th documented tornado in our forecast area so far in 2024, and we average six a year, so we’re already double that, and we are just getting into the peak of tornado season,” said Fred McMullen, a meteorologist with NWS Pittsburgh
