October 30, 2023 10:20 am
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit automakers. The deal follows the pattern set with Ford last week and Jeep maker Stellantis over the weekend. The deals will last four years and eight months and include 25% general pay raises and cost of living adjustments. Combined they bring the wage increase to over 30% over the life of the contract. The person briefed on the matter, who didn’t want to be identified because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the deal, was to be announced early Monday.
October 30, 2023 5:21 am
INDIANA, Pa. — (WPXI) – One person is in custody after a robbery on IUP’s campus. The robbery happened at 9:40 p.m. Sunday near Miller Stadium. A representative from the university said a campus police officer fired a shot while responding to the incident. In an alert sent to students, the university said the suspect was immediately taken into custody after the robbery. No one was injured. Police say there is no threat to the campus.
October 30, 2023 5:18 am
(AP) – Matthew Perry was mourned on social media by “Friends” creators, co-stars and some very famous fans. They include Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his mom on the hit sit-com “Friends,” as well as Adele. Perry played Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” for 10 seasons. He was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Saturday. Trudeau, who attended elementary school with Perry while their parents worked together, thanked Perry for the laughs. Adele, who didn’t know the “Friends” star personally, took time at her Las Vegas show to address the loss. Others who posted online included Morgan Fairchild, Selma Blair and Wendell Pierce.
October 30, 2023 5:16 am
DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for a group of Colorado voters are focusing on the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trump’s words and actions in a trial that could determine whether the Constitution’s insurrection clause bars Trump from running again for the White House. Testimony in the group’s lawsuit on Monday began with details about the Jan. 6 assault that was intended to stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s election win and included first-hand accounts from some who were there. A Trump attorney called the case “anti-democratic.” Later in the week, the Minnesota Supreme Court will consider the same issue for that state’s ballot.
October 30, 2023 5:15 am
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered for an evening vigil to remember those killed and wounded in Maine’s worst mass shooting. The names of the 18 killed were read aloud at Sunday’s event. Authorities say 40-year-old Robert Card opened fire Wednesday at a bowling alley and then a bar, leaving 18 dead and 13 injured. He was found dead Friday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Rev Todd Little from the First United Pentecostal Church of Lewiston spoke at Sunday’s vigil of how that diverse community is now sharing “brokenness, worry, fear and loss” because of the shooting. But he vowed the community is bigger than the tragedy and will emerge stronger.
October 30, 2023 5:14 am
MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field, seeking passengers arriving from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Russian news reports say the crowd surrounded the Russian carrier Red Wings airliner on Sunday. Videos on social media show some in the crowd waving Palestinian flags and others trying to overturn a police car. Antisemitic slogans can be heard being shouted and some in the crowd examine the passports of arriving passengers, apparently trying to identify Israelis. Dagestan’s Ministry of Health says more than 20 people have been injured, with two in critical condition. On Monday, local authorities said 60 people were detained in the unrest.
October 30, 2023 5:11 am
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire Monday, even as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The military said a female soldier captured during Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 incursion was rescued in Gaza — the first since the weekslong war began. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed her home, saying the “achievement” by Israel’s security forces illustrates his country’s “commitment to free all the hostages.”
October 30, 2023 5:07 am
HERMITAGE, Pa. (AP) — A man who admitted to cheating in an attempt to win money in an Ohio fishing tournament is facing new charges in Pennsylvania. Thirty-six-year-old Chase Cominsky was charged last week with eight wildlife crimes in Mercer County. The charges all involve whitetail deer taken between 2013 and 2021. The Sharon Herald reports that his hunting privileges were suspended during that period. Cominsky and another man were sentenced in May to 10-day jail terms in Ohio after pleading guilty to cheating and unlawful ownership of wild animals. They were accused of having stuffed fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an effort to win the lucrative Lake Erie Walleye Trail.
October 30, 2023 5:05 am
State troopers are looking for a man who has a felony arrest warrant in Fayette County. Jerry Arthur Harris Jr. is wanted on an arrest warrant for “person to possess a firearm,” Crime Stoppers says. Harris is known to frequent the Uniontown City area. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police and reference incident PA23-1335932.
October 30, 2023 5:01 am
ROSTRAVER, Pa. — (WPXI) – One person was taken to a hospital after two vehicles crashed outside an Eat’N Park in Rostraver. The Rostraver Central Fire Department said the crash happened in the parking lot of the restaurant on Broad Avenue. Two vehicles were involved in the crash and both sustained damage after hitting head-on. One of the vehicles appeared to have climbed up a small hill. Firefighters say one person was treated by Allegheny Health Network medics on the scene and was later taken to a hospital. Rostraver Township Police are investigating the crash. (PHOTO; Rostraver Central Fire Department)
