September 12, 2023 12:48 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s directing a House committee to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Republican leader faces mounting pressure from his right flank to take action as the House returns Tuesday for a disruptive fall agenda. McCarthy plans to convene lawmakers behind closed doors multiple times this week, including for a meeting to discuss the Biden impeachment. McCarthy also is struggling to pass legislation needed to avoid a federal government shutdown. It’s a familiar political bind for the California congressman, who’s juggling the impeachment inquiry and the government shutdown threat with no clear end game. The White House dismisses the impeachment push as politically motivated.
September 12, 2023 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its favor by locking its search engine in as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices.
September 12, 2023 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself. They say her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol call into question whether she can be fair. The recusal motion Monday from Trump’s lawyers takes aim at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama. She has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of Jan. 6 defendants.
September 12, 2023 4:57 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin where they are expected to offer each other support in their standoffs with the West. Kim is expected to seek Russian economic aid and military technology in exchange for munitions to be used in Russia’s war in Ukraine. North Korea said Kim was accompanied by ruling party and military officials. Putin is attending a forum in Vladivostok that runs through Wednesday. Russia says Kim and Putin could meet afterward. Russia and North Korea have drawn closer since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The bond has been driven by Putin’s need for war supplies and Kim’s efforts to boost his country’s traditional alliances.
September 12, 2023 4:56 am
Authorities say an escaped murderer who has evaded capture for nearly two weeks entered a garage northwest of Philadelphia, stole a rifle, and fled when the homeowner shot at him. Pennsylvania State Police are urging residents in the area where Danelo Souza Cavalcante is being pursued Tuesday to lock up, secure vehicles and remain indoors. At least one school district says it is closing all schools and offices for the day and another in the area plans to keep students indoors. Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County jail Aug. 31 after being sentenced to life for killing an ex-girlfriend in 2021.
September 12, 2023 4:54 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aerosmith has postponed a half-dozen dates on their farewell tour because frontman Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords during a performance. Tyler announced Monday on Instagram that he suffered damage during a Saturday show in New York that led to bleeding and doctor’s said he can’t sing for 30 days. Tyler said he’s “heartbroken.” Aerosmith, known for a slew hits including “Dream On” and “Sweet Emotion,” was in the midst of a 40-stop “Peace Out” farewell tour in the U.S. and Canada. A half-dozen shows have been postponed to late January through February.
September 12, 2023 4:49 am
Washington City Council has unsealed bids for solid waste collection for the next five years. City Administrator Donn Henderson opened the bids from 3 providers. Those companies making bids were current hauler Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, commonly referred to as County Hauling, Bigs Sanitation and Waste Management. Henderson said that he and the solicitor will comb through the bids. The city requested proposals for two options of trash collection using the traditional method and a third option using automated collection on those two options. All bids differ with Bigs Sanitation not bidding on the automated process and Waste Management bidding only on an automated process. County Hauling did offer bids on all scenarios. Henderson hopes to be able to have council award a bid at Thursday’s voting meeting. He cautioned residents that from a quick glance at the numbers, they should expect approximately a 30% increase in their trash bills over the length of the five year contract with annual increases throughout contract. Additionally, council will enact a registration fee for rental units in the city that was approved earlier in the year. The fee will be $15 per unit and information collected will be building owner, manager and name of lessee for each unit. According to Henderson the data collected will be used only in an emergency situation. Council will also consider several parking and traffic ordinances and changes to the ordinance governing business tax abatement privileges.
September 12, 2023 4:46 am
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A construction worker died after falling from a roof in Robinson Township on Monday. According to Allegheny County police, the man fell from a roof that he was working on in the 200 block of Clever Road at 12:35 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Rudy Davila, 27, of Burgettstown. Foul play is not suspected at this time. OSHA was notified about the incident.
September 12, 2023 2:29 am
South Strabane Township Police and Fire Chiefs gathered first responders from all over Washington County to observe the 22nd anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States committed by 19 al-Qaeda members in 2001. More than 2500 civilians and over 400 first responders lost their lives when hijacked airplanes struck the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City, The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and an empty field in Shanksville, PA where passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 took down a plane that may have been headed to another target in Washington, D.C. Speakers at the memorial included Dennis Bailey, a 31 year military veteran and retired master seargeant of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. He spoke of the response of the 171st refueling wing and how Americans must never forget what many describe as the “deadliest act of terrorism.” Pastor Robert Grewe, Chaplain of the South Strabane Township Fire Department and the Washington County Sheriff department related how upsetting it was for him to realize that an extreme sect of religion was used to carry out the deadly attacks. Both men want Americans to remember that aside from the victims that day, deaths continue from cancer and other causes for people that were exposed to the toxic cloud at Ground Zero that day and the days after in the clean up of the site.
September 11, 2023 5:41 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision Monday is part of a shift to treat fall COVID-19 vaccine updates much like getting a yearly flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off. Its advisers meet Tuesday to recommend how to best use this round of vaccinations. The shots could begin later this week. Both the COVID-19 and flu shot can be given at the same time.
