March 20, 2024 5:16 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a triumphant reboot of the Boss’ postponed 2023 world tour. In September, Springsteen, 74, announced his tour would be delayed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice as he recovered from peptic ulcer disease. In September, Springsteen, 74, announced his tour would be delayed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice as he recovered from peptic ulcer disease. The 29-song show came in just under three hours, but “The Boss” hardly broke a sweat while showing off a strong voice, all the while dancing, ripping into guitar solos, playing the harmonica and even tearing his shirt open near the end of the show.
March 20, 2024 5:14 am
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect. Before a divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let the state law take effect while a legal challenge plays out, some sheriffs were ready to relish an unprecedented state expansion into border enforcement, while others were reluctant. Hours later, an order by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put the law again on hold.
March 20, 2024 5:12 am
Charleroi Borough Council has made it official, Joe Manning is back as their Manager. The former Washington City Councilman was officially hired on a 5-2 vote during a reconvened meeting Tuesday. He is to receive a salary of $63,000. Council members Larry Celaschi and Joe Smith voted against. According to the Mon Valley Independent, Celaschi expressed concerns about Manning’s education and experience. Manning was initially hired as Charleroi’s Manager back in June of 2021 but served only six months before leaving in January of 2022. No official reason was provided and a non-disclosure agreement was reached between the two sides.
March 20, 2024 5:05 am
JEANNETTE, Pa. — Four children and an adult were killed in a fire Wednesday morning in a home on Guy Street in Jeannette, just off Harrison Avenue. Fire officials tell our news partners at WPXI, an adult and two children were rescued before flames spread out of control. Video from the scene shows intense flames that spread to a neighbor’s home. Both houses are a total loss, officials said. Flames also spread to a vehicle when the house collapsed. “We had an issue with the water supply,” Jeannette Fire Chief Billy Frye said. “The first hydrant that we hit gave us a little bit of water but not even enough to make it up the hill to the scene, so we did run off of tank water at one point. At that point, the fire was well involved and we had to pull our guys out.” The cause of the fire is under investigation.
March 20, 2024 5:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason. The poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that nearly 8 in 10 people who identify as AAPI think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and three-quarters say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortions nationwide. Even AAPI Republicans are somewhat supportive of legal abortion: More than half say abortion should be legal in some or all cases.
March 20, 2024 4:58 am
North Strabane Township Supervisors held a conditional use hearing for a proposed housing development near Peters Lake Park. The Collective at Peters Lake is a proposed 41 unit development that will be situated on both sides of North Spring Valley Road. The concept design calls for 12 units on the west side of the road and 29 units on the east side. The 35.5 acre development is seeking approval for a conservation subdivision that will allow houses to be built on quarter acre lots with dedicated greenspace set aside to make up for the difference of the required half acre minimum lot size in an R-2 residential zone. Steven Victor of Victor Wetzel Associates presented the plan on behalf of developer Laurel Communities, LLC. He indicated that this meeting is the first step in the process and the design presented is conceptual. The developer was attentive to traffic concerns not only along the rugged North Spring Valley Road but also its impact on traffic on Waterdam Road. Pedestrian safety along with environmental impact concerns regarding Peters Lake Park were also raised. Supervisors will address the item in their April meeting.
March 20, 2024 4:55 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to boost funding for public transportation systems has been approved by Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. But it faces tough odds in the Republican-controlled Senate. The Democratic-controlled House voted 106-95 on Wednesday, nearly along partisan lines. The Democratic governor wants the 20% increase for transit systems still trying to recover pre-pandemic ridership numbers and facing a drop-off in federal funding. Republicans, however, are protesting the amount of the funding increase and say public transit systems have structural problems that can’t be fixed by more money alone. Democrats defended the increase as an economic good and necessary to keep transit systems from cutting services or increasing fares.
March 19, 2024 3:46 pm
MIAMI (AP) — Peter Navarro is now the first senior Trump administration official to serve prison time related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The former trade advisor under President Donald Trump has reported to prison to begin serving his sentence for refusing to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 committee. Navarro was defiant in remarks to reporters near a prison complex in Miami on Tuesday, where he will serve a four-month sentence after being found guilty of contempt of Congress charges. Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege. Courts have rejected that argument, finding he couldn’t prove Trump had actually invoked it. (Photo: ABC)
March 19, 2024 1:13 pm
(WPXI) – A man has been charged in a Tuesday morning Blawnox shooting that killed a woman and left a man in critical condition. The Allegheny County Police Department says officers took Sean Black, 42, of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, into custody at Tri-Arc Manufacturing. He faces charges of homicide, attempted homicide, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. Police accuse Black of walking into Tri-Arc Manufacturing on Fountain Street and shooting two people. Courtney Smith, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was taken to the hospital. Police say Black and the two victims were employees at Tri-Arc Manufacturing and they believe the shooting is “domestic in nature.” Company officials say the plant will be closed until further notice.
March 19, 2024 5:16 am
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each faces the potential of decades behind bars. The former law officers have admitted to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racially motivated torture. In a January 2023 episode, the group of six burst into a Rankin County home without a warrant and assaulted the men with stun guns, a sex toy and other objects.
