June 25, 2024 3:54 am
According to AAA, gasoline prices are continuing a downward trend. Prices are two cents lower this week in Western Pennsylvania. AAA’s East Central Gas Price Report states that gas is priced at $3.778 per gallon. In Washington County, drivers are paying a little more at $3791 per gallon. The national average is $3.44 and has been steady over the last week. Increasing supplies and demand that although is increasing, is still behind 2023 levels are recognized as the stabilizing effects. Prices are 16 cents less than last month and 13 cents less than a year ago.
June 24, 2024 5:39 pm
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new federal rule aims to ensure first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. The rule was finalized Monday. Firefighters responding to last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, risked their lives trying to extinguish a blaze without knowing the right way to respond. The local East Palestine fire chief said it took 45 minutes for him to learn exactly what was on that train. A federal official says those running towards a fire need to know the unique risks they face, so they can have the right gear and evacuate everyone in danger. (Photo: AP)
June 24, 2024 5:37 pm
(AP) – A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name. Tamayo Perry died in the attack near Goat Island on Sunday. Perry was most famous as a surfer around in the early 2000s. His specialty was surfing huge Pipeline waves, and he won the Pipeline Master trials in 1999. His other passion was acting. He had several small roles credited to him, including playing a buccaneer in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in 2011. That same year, he appeared in an episode of the television series “Hawaii Five-0.”
June 24, 2024 5:22 pm
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom. Plaintiffs in the suit filed Monday include parents of Louisiana public school children, represented by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Opponents argue that the law is a violation of separation of church and state and that the display will isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. Proponents say the measure is not solely religious and has historical significance. In the language of the law, the Ten Commandments are “foundational documents of our state and national government.” (Photo: AP)
June 24, 2024 7:50 am
Greene County, PA-(WPXI)-A man was killed and three people hurt in a Greene County crash involving two motorcycles and a deer on Saturday. A report from Pennsylvania State Police in Waynesburg says the crash happened on N 88 Road in Jefferson Township around 4:10 p.m. as two motorcycles were traveling south. Police say a deer jumped into the road, and the first motorcycle driver, identified as Alan Tretinik, 60, of Clarksville, could not slow down. He hit the deer, lost control of the bike and fell into the center of the southbound lane. Tretinik was taken to an area hospital but died of his injuries. A passenger riding Tretinik’s motorcycle was taken to a hospital for a suspected minor injury. The driver and passenger of the second motorcycle also had suspected minor injuries but were not taken to area hospitals.
June 24, 2024 6:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will soon confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making: a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Within days of each other, if not hours, the justices are expected to rule on whether Donald Trump has immunity from criminal charges over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and whether Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol can be prosecuted for obstructing an official proceeding. The court also will decide whether former Trump adviser Steve Bannon can stay out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Capitol attack.
June 24, 2024 6:48 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries has swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight. Official say the fire began Monday after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul. An investigation is ongoing. The dead include 18 Chinese, two South Koreans and one Laotian. China has a sizable ethnic Korean minority and in recent years, some have migrated to South Korea to seek work.
June 24, 2024 4:51 am
A woman from North Carolina was killed in a roll over accident on Interstate 70 near the West Virginia state line on Sunday morning. According to a coroner report, 18 year old Kaylee Ogea lost control of her car before rolling it over. Reports indicate that the accident occurred around 3:07 am. Ogea was pronounced dead at 4:44 am at UPMC Washington Hospital.
June 24, 2024 4:50 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)-The Pittsburgh community came together on Sunday to go down the path toward healing and transformation after the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. People packed into a tent on the grounds of the Tree of Life Synagogue. Members of the congregation, politicians, faith leaders, survivors and their families gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony. The site will now become a new building and stand as a memorial. The new building will house a sanctuary for the Tree of Life congregation, an education center dedicated to combating bigotry and a museum dedicated exclusively to chronicling the long history of antisemitism in America, which will be the first of its kind in the country. Victims families, survivors and leaders joined the stage to break glass — a tradition at Jewish wedding ceremonies to remember the pain of the past and the broken world amid great joy.
June 24, 2024 4:17 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Eastern Ohio residents will learn more Tuesday about the fiery Norfolk Southern train wreck that derailed their lives when the National Transportation Safety Board holds another hearing in their hometown about the disaster last year. The hearing is expected to disclose new findings from the investigation into the February 2023 derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania line. The agency also will make recommendations for averting future derailments. The agency has already said it believes the crash was caused by an overheated bearing on a railcar and that officials didn’t need to blow open five tank cars of vinyl chloride and burn the toxic chemical to prevent an explosion. Congress has yet to act on rail safety reforms proposed after the derailment.
