January 23, 2024 4:27 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS News’ poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91. CBS reported that Osgood died Tuesday at his home in Saddle River, New Jersey, and that the cause was dementia, according to his family. Osgood proved to be a broadcaster who could write essays and light verse as well as report hard news, a man who continued to work in both radio and television with equal facility. He joined the CBS network in 1971.
January 23, 2024 9:28 am
NEW YORK (AP) – The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. The nominees for best picture are: “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Killers of the Flower Moon”; “Maestro”; “Oppenheimer”; “Past Lives”; “Poor Things”; “The Zone of Interest.” Lily Gladstone, star of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” became the first Native American nominated for best actress. For the 10th time, Scorsese was nominated for best director. Leonardo DiCaprio, though, was left out of best actor. Among the nominated films is the Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which is a joint production between The Associated Press and PBS’ Frontline and will compete in the best documentary category.
January 23, 2024 5:00 am
(AP) – TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year. A spokesperson for the company confirmed Tuesday that the social media platform is cutting 60 jobs. The company did not provide a reason for the layoffs. It says impacted workers can apply to other open positions at TikTok, which currently has more than 120 similar job listings. The layoffs follow other job cuts at major tech companies this year. Social media platforms Discord and Amazon-owned Twitch have laid off hundreds of workers this month. Google and Amazon have also cut jobs.
January 23, 2024 4:58 am
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she has no intention of dropping out after the New Hampshire primary. However, Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory, which would secure a sweep of the first two GOP primary races and make a November rematch with President Joe Biden likelier than ever. But Haley says as she campaigns Tuesday that she plans to stick around for her home-state South Carolina primary next month. Trump answers that he doesn’t care what Haley chooses because he believes voters will nominate him anyway. Haley has dedicated time and money to New Hampshire, hoping to appeal to its independent-minded voters. Trump has concentrated on winning decisively enough to effectively end the competitive phase of the primary. (Photo: AP)
January 23, 2024 4:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries have bombed eight locations used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. It is the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on the rebels’ missile launching capabilities. Officials say the U.S. and U.K. used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites and launchers. The joint operation comes about 10 days after U.S. and British warships and fighter jets struck more than 60 targets in 28 locations. That was the first U.S. military response to what has been a persistent campaign of Houthi drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
January 23, 2024 4:56 am
The Israeli army says 21 soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in the deadliest attack on its troops since the war began three months ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead until Israel crushes the ruling Hamas militant group and wins the freedom of over 100 hostages held captive in Gaza. Israelis are increasingly divided on the question of whether it’s possible to do either. Hostages’ family members disrupted a committee meeting Monday in Israel’s parliament, yelling, “You won’t sit here while they are dying there!” Meanwhile, Israel’s offensive pounded the southern city of Khan Younis, pushing thousands of Palestinians to flee even further south.
January 23, 2024 4:53 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party is endorsing York County’s district attorney Dave Sunday for state attorney general out of a three-person field. The party’s endorsement came Monday night in a video meeting. Candidates can begin Tuesday collecting the required number of voter signatures to get on Pennsylvania’s April 23 primary ballot. Sunday won the endorsement over state Rep. Craig Williams and Katayoun Copeland. Williams and Copeland are former federal prosecutors who hail from Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania. A campaign aide says Copeland is ending her candidacy. Democrats are facing a five-way primary for an office that will be open after next year.
January 23, 2024 4:48 am
Peters Township Council held a public hearing Monday centered on an ordinance that governs the Conservation Residential Overlay Zoning District. Council wished to take action to remove two land parcels from that district and redraw the zoning map. Parcels currently in that district are allowed cluster housing on parcels smaller than traditional half acre or larger parcels required throughout the township. The attorney for the developer of the proposed Frobe Farms development voiced opposition to the approval of any change on three issues. The first issue he pointed to was that the advertised ordinance was improper in its drafting. He pointed to missing information in the copy of the proposed changes. He indicated that the removal of the parcels do not align with the current comprehensive plan that the township adopted in 2013. Finally, council was informed that the issue will be challenged in court as an issue of spot zoning. Developments such as these have come under recent fire by long time residents because of the crowded nature of the developments. They indicate that the developments would overstress rural roads with traffic. They also state that property values of adjacent homes would be negatively affected. Council tabled the matter during its voting meeting. They will readvertise the ordinance change, conduct a new public hearing and then vote on the ordinance changes.
January 23, 2024 3:39 am
One person was flown by medical helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and two children were taken by ambulance to Children’s Hospital, following an accident Tuesday morning on Interstate 70 Westbound. South Strabane Fire Chief Jordan Cramer says the call came in around nine o’clock, for reports of an SUV that had slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer and the driver of the vehicle was trapped. Cramer says it took crews over twenty-minutes to free the driver. The two children were in the rear passenger seats and were removed without issue. The interstate was closed for a few hours but was re-opened around eleven o’clock.
January 23, 2024 2:28 am
A resident of Marianna Borough has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation, including ninety days of home detention, on her conviction for mail fraud, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced Monday. United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy imposed the sentence on Erica Pinkney, 39. A hearing to determine the amount of restitution owed by Pinkney will be held in April. According to information presented to the court, Pinkney previously served as the Secretary and Tax Collector for Marianna Borough. While employed in those roles, Pinkney used the borough’s credit cards to pay for personal purchases. Then, to pay toward the balance of those credit cards, Pinkney used money that had been collected from borough residents as payment for their tax, water, and garbage bills. Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Hardy stated that Pinkney had committed a serious offense that had eroded public trust in the borough.
