July 14, 2024 5:32 am
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is calling for unity and resilience after an attempt on his life added fresh uncertainty to a tumultuous presidential campaign. His opponent, President Joe Biden, implored Americans to “cool it down” in the final stretch of the closely contested race and to “resolve our differences at the ballot box.” A full day after the attack, the gunman’s motive was still a mystery, and investigators said they believe he acted alone. Biden ordered an independent security review of the shooting, which left one bystander dead and two others critically wounded. The FBI was investigating the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism. Trump arrived Sunday evening in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday.
July 14, 2024 3:33 am
Residents of Muse and business owners in the Cecil Township area are supporting Cecil Township first responders with devices that could save a life if someone is choking. Muse resident A. C. Rowland is one of the integral people involved in the fund raising that allowed her to acquire approximately two dozen LifeVac anti choking devices. The non-invasive, plunger like device helps remove blockages when patients are choking and traditional methods like the Heimlich Maneuver are unsuccessful. The device is placed over the choking person’s mouth and nose and with one quick stroke, the object is removed. LifeVac is used on special needs patients like infants, the elderly, pregnant women and especially those confined to wheelchairs. Rowland says that she worked with the company to arrange a purchase price from $80 each to $58 each and even have them include a lifetime replacement guarantee to assure the device is only used once. Rowland learned about the device on a trip to Ireland. She did research and was able to raise funds from residents and businesses during the Muse, PA Fun Days event.
July 13, 2024 3:53 am
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has thrown out the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again. The 66-year-old actor wept and hugged his lawyers and his wife after Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer announced her decision on Friday. She dismissed the case based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense. Baldwin, the star of “30 Rock” and frequent host of “Saturday Night Live,” could have gotten 18 months in prison if he had been convicted.
July 13, 2024 3:49 am
HOUSTON (AP) — In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, fresh food and cool air are coming from Houston community groups that have honed their disaster services in a city frequently battered by extreme weather. Nonprofits and mutual aid organizations are bringing relief for some of the millions without power after the Category 1 storm knocked electricity out across the major American city. But some find their resources drained by the repeat extreme weather. And it is only the beginning of what experts say will be a busy hurricane season. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Sally Ray says climate change requires donors to proactively help build the capacity of emergency services.
July 13, 2024 3:46 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is appealing for funding for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East. He’s also accusing Israel of issuing evacuation orders in the war-torn territory forcing Palestinians “to move like human pinballs across a landscape of destruction and death.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a donor’s conference Friday that the agency, known as UNRWA, faces “a profound funding gap.” UNRWA’s Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said at the start of the conference that the agency only had funds to operate through August. At the end, he told reporters the total amount in pledges won’t be known until next week. But he is confident there will be enough new money to keep the agency running through September.
July 13, 2024 3:44 am
DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden is forcefully defying the growing number of critics in his own party who have called on him to exit the race, pivoting to warnings about a second Donald Trump term and declaring he is “not done yet.” As a raucous Detroit crowd chanted “don’t you quit!” and “we got your back!” Biden said again that he was still running for reelection and vowed to “shine a spotlight” on Trump. The show of force from Biden at the Friday evening rally was part of his team’s relentless sprint to convince fretting lawmakers, nervous donors and a skeptical electorate that at the age of 81, he is still capable of being president.
July 13, 2024 2:49 am
A structure fire in Bentleyville has been extinguished. The Bentleyville Tavern at 843 Main street caught fire. Washington County 9-1-1 officials state that the fire started in the kitchen at about 2:06 PM. Apartments upstairs suffered smoke damage. No injuries were reported. The state fire marshal has been contacted. Fire companies from Bentleyville, Ellsworth, Cokeburg, Fallowfield Twp., North Strabane, Charleroi and Donora all responded to assist in the event.
July 13, 2024 2:46 am
Day three of testimony is in the books in the murder trial for Scott Edmonds, the North Strabane physical therapist accused of killing his wife, 49 year old Louise Weis-Edmonds in March of 2014. The prosecution brought 2 witnesses to the stand. The first was a toxicologist to indicate that the victim was too intoxicated at the time of her death to be able to hold a gun in the position used in the killing to commit suicide. A police detective testified that he had been called to a previous domestic incident at the Edmonds’ home where both were intoxicated. The prosecution then rested and the defense called their own toxicologist to try and refute the prosecution’s toxicology experts. The trial will resume on Monday at 9:30 AM
July 13, 2024 1:53 am
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic Saturday, and a bloodied Trump was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his SUV as he pumped his fist in a show of defiance. Trump’s campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing “fine” after the shooting, which he said pierced the upper part of his right ear. The FBI early Sunday named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the subject involved in the assassination attempt. A local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee were dead.
July 12, 2024 4:57 am
SHIJAIYAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians have returned to breathtaking scenes of destruction in Gaza City after Israeli troops withdrew, ending a two-week offensive there. Civil defense workers said Thursday they had so far found the bodies of 60 people in the rubble. Nearly every building in the Shijaiyah neighborhood is flattened for block after block. Most are reduced to giant piles of concrete and twisted rebar. Families who fled Israel’s assault ventured back to salvage whatever they could. One resident, Sharif Abu Shanab, found his family’s four-story building collapsed. “I can’t enter it. I can’t take anything out of it, not even a can of tuna. We have nothing, no food or drink.” Israel says it was pursuing militants who regrouped in the district.
