September 2, 2022 4:18 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – An extremist Israeli lawmaker who was once relegated to the margins of Israeli politics is surging in the polls ahead of the country’s November elections. Itamar Ben-Gvir is poised to emerge as a major force in the upcoming elections and could propel former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power. His rise from extremist rabble-rouser to influential politician highlights the Israeli electorate’s shift to the right, legitimizing ultranationalist views that were once shunned by the mainstream and all but extinguishing hopes for Palestinian statehood.
September 2, 2022 4:17 am
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – A U.N. inspection team has arrived at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a mission to safeguard it from catastrophe. It reached the site Thursday amid fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces that prompted the shutdown of one reactor and underscored the urgency and the danger of the task. The 14-member team from the International Atomic Energy Agency reached Europe’s biggest nuclear plant in a convoy of SUVs and vans, after months of negotiations to get inside the complex and take steps to prevent a disaster on the continent.
September 2, 2022 4:17 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Holding little back, President Joe Biden is sounding an alarm about what he views as extremist threats to the nation’s democracy from what he views as the evil force of Trumpism. In a newly confrontational speech Thursday night, he framed the November elections as part of an ongoing battle for the “soul of the nation.” In the speech from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Biden declared that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans “fan the flames of political violence” and subvert American democracy. Biden pointed to the large number of Trump adherents who still deny the nation’s 2020 election results and sow doubt about future contests.
September 2, 2022 4:13 am
PERRYOPOLIS BOROuGH, Pa. — (WPXI) – Two people were flown to a hospital after a crash involving three cars in Fayette County. Dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the accident on Route 51 and Independence Street in Perryopolis Borough at around 2:20 p.m. The scene is cleared and the roads have been reopened. Investigators are still trying to learn what caused the collision.
September 2, 2022 4:10 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor is suing the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Doug Mastriano contends that the committee lacks House Republican appointees, and doesn’t comply with House rules for conducting a compelled deposition of witnesses. A committee spokesperson declined comment. Mastriano’s lawyer has said his client is willing to voluntarily testify publicly before the panel. Mastriano helped organize efforts in Pennsylvania to submit alternate presidential electors beholden to former President Donald Trump and was seen outside the Capitol as pro-Trump demonstrators attacked police.
September 2, 2022 4:06 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — One person was taken to a hospital after a semitruck rollover accident in Washington County. The truck rolled over in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 onto I-79 southbound. First responders were sent to the scene at around 10 p.m. The ramp was temporarily closed, but State Police say it has reopened.
September 1, 2022 9:42 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – As some children struggled to keep up with school in the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states saw significant increases in the number of students held back to repeat grades. Twenty-four of the 28 states that provided data for the most recent academic year saw increases, according to an Associated Press analysis. Three states – South Carolina, West Virginia and Delaware – saw retention more than double. Experts have cautioned about risks to students’ social lives and academic futures, but many parents have asked for do-overs to help their children recover.
September 1, 2022 4:19 am
Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. Police have used the “Fog Reveal” database to search hundreds of billions of records drawn from 250 million devices, and have used the data to assemble location analyses known among law enforcement as “patterns of life,” according to company records. Fog Reveal has been used since at least 2017 in criminal investigations ranging from the murder of a nurse in Arkansas to tracing the movements of a potential participant in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
September 1, 2022 4:17 am
DETROIT (AP) – About 2 in 10 Americans say they have had a personal experience with gun violence or a connection to someone who experienced gun violence. That’s according to a new poll that also found racial and ethnic disparities in how Americans experienced gun violence. The poll by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 23% of Americans overall reported a personal tie to gun violence. The poll also found that 54% of Black Americans and 27% of Hispanic Americans reported that they, a close friend or family member experienced gun violence.
September 1, 2022 4:16 am
MYKHAILO-KOTSYUBYNSKE, Ukraine (AP) – It’s the first day of school in Ukraine, but children won’t be sharing memories from their holidays. Their stories are of surviving war. For many, their last day of school was the day before the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of their country. After the first months of shock, 51% of schools in Ukraine, despite the risk, are reopening Thursday to in-person education, with an option to study online if the parents prefer. Attending school is one of the few things that can help children bring a sense of normality amid the war. But safety remains the priority. Schools that don’t have quick access to shelters or are located near active military zones will have online only study.
