September 21, 2023 3:55 pm
WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) — One person is dead and dozens more hurt after a charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment. The wreck happened on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda. That’s about 45 miles northwest of New York City. Officials say 43 people were taken to hospitals. Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus told WNBC-TV at least five people were badly hurt. The bus was one of six in a caravan carrying students from Farmingdale High School on Long Island to a band camp in the northeastern Pennsylvania community of Greeley.
September 21, 2023 5:14 am
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is making an explosive allegation that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, but thus far Canada’s allies are voicing measured concern about what happened. They are calling for a full investigation. But none of Canada’s key allies — not the U.S., Britain, Australia or New Zealand — has echoed the allegations of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. These days, India is just too important to alienate. The Biden administration and governments of other allies want to maintain strong ties with India because of its economic might and as a counterweight to China’s rising assertiveness.
September 21, 2023 5:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country. The move Wednesday to give Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July 31, 2023, temporary protected status essentially makes it much easier and faster for them to get authorization to work in the U.S. That has been a key demand of Democratic mayors and governors who are struggling to care for an increased number of migrants in their care. Venezuelans account for such a large number of the migrants who have been arriving in the country in recent years.
September 21, 2023 5:11 am
Detroit carmakers are announcing more layoffs that they blame on fallout from the United Auto Workers strike. General Motors said Wednesday it idled a plant in Kansas with 2,000 workers because they don’t have auto parts to work with. The plant that makes those parts is on strike. And Stellantis, the maker of Jeep and Chrysler, says it expects to lay off more than 300 workers in Ohio and Indiana. The layoff are adding to tension just two days before the UAW is expected to call for expanding its strike, which right now is limited to three vehicle-assembly plants.
September 21, 2023 5:11 am
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. That’s less than the population of the state’s 40 largest cities. It’s still a number big enough to tip the presidential election in a critical swing state — something that has particularly alarmed people trying to stop Trump from winning the White House again. The group No Labels has secured ballot access in Arizona and 10 other states and says it’s on track to hit 20 before the year is over and all 50 by Election Day. It has not yet committed to running candidates for president and vice president.
September 21, 2023 5:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is delivering an upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers in a whirlwind visit to Washington. Zelenskyy briefed lawmakers on the state of the war Thursday and told them Ukrainians “are winning.” Zelenskyy was facing Republicans who are now questioning the flow of American dollars that for 19 months has helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces. Zelenskyy will also meet with President Joe Biden at the White House. It’s Zelenskyy’s second visit to Washington since Russia invaded and comes as Biden’s request to Congress for another $24 billion for Ukraine is hanging in the balance.
September 21, 2023 5:05 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick is expected to announce soon that he’ll enter Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race in his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after losing in last year’s Republican primary. Senate candidates in Pennsylvania will share a ticket with candidates for president next year in a state that’s critical to whether Democrats can maintain control of the White House and the Senate. A race between Casey and McCormick could be one of the nation’s most expensive and closely watched.
September 21, 2023 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers and President Joe Biden in a whirlwind visit to Washington. Asking for more military aid, Zelenskyy briefed lawmakers on the state of the war Thursday and told them Ukrainians “are winning.” Zelenskyy was facing some Republicans who are now questioning the flow of American dollars that for 19 months has helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces. Zelenskyy also met with military leaders at the Pentagon and then with President Biden at the White House. It was Zelenskyy’s second visit to Washington since Russia invaded and came as Biden’s request to Congress for another $24 billion for Ukraine is hanging in the balance.
September 21, 2023 2:47 am
A prayer service was held Thursday night for 15-year-old Samantha lee Kalkbrenner, a Serra Catholic High School student who was killed Wednesday morning in a crash in Dravosburg. Authorities say Kalkbrenner, was killed and three other students were taken to local hospitals in stable condition while two men were taken in critical condition. Kalkbrenner was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation by county police shows the van was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Richland when it was struck by a Jetta traveling north on Richland. Serra Catholic High School will be closed through Friday. School activities are also cancelled. (Photo: WPXI)
September 21, 2023 2:44 am
The Washington County Chamber of Commerce hosted its monthly Breakfast Briefing at the Rossin Campus Center at Washington and Jefferson College. Dr. John Knapp, President of W & J offered his view of challenges facing all colleges for the future. Knapp says that college admissions are declining because the population of college aged students peaked in the early 2010’s and continues to decline. Knapp says that W & J has been able to adapt from its founding in 1781 as a western frontier college that turned out professionals to the college it is today, still turning out highly successful professionals through its ability to adapt. Knapp pointed to programs such as the “simplified pricing” program that it uses to attract students by advertising what the cost of tuition truly is at W & J, and how affordable a college education can be. W &J’s biggest adaptation is asking that students participate in two complimentary programs of study to allow them to be a more well-rounded student and prepare them to be not just career ready but “professionally ready” to enter the workforce. They are doing that by the introduction of 27 new courses of study over the last two years. Part of that is the partnership with Washington Health System and offering a four year bachelor of science degree in nursing to supplement the already successful two year nursing school at Washington Hospital.
