October 29, 2024 4:55 pm
(AP) – Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has been released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday morning. He later resumed his podcast, saying he was focused on helping Trump win back the presidency. A jury convicted Bannon in 2022 of refusing to sit for a deposition with the Jan. 6 House Committee and refusing to provide documents related to his involvement in Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. (Photo: AP)
October 29, 2024 1:47 pm
(AP) – Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was 79. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Garr battled other health problems in recent years, underwent an operation in January 2007 to repair an aneurysm. The actor, who was sometimes credited as Terri, Terry or Terry Ann during her long career, seemed destined for show business from her childhood. Her father was Eddie Garr, a well-known vaudeville comedian; her mother was Phyllis Lind, one of the original high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Their daughter began dance lessons at 6 and by 14 was dancing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet companies. She was 16 when she joined the road company of “West Side Story” in Los Angeles, and as early as 1963 she began appearing in bit parts in films. She recalled in a 1988 interview how she won the “West Side Story” role. After being dropped from her first audition, she returned a day later in different clothes and was accepted. (Photo: AP)
October 28, 2024 4:54 am
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Westbound I-70 in Buffalo Township is open again after a tractor-trailer rollover. PennDOT says it reopened just before noon Sunday. The westbound lanes were closed between Exit 11 to PA 221 Taylorstown and Exit 6 to PA 231 Claysville early Sunday morning. A PennDOT official said that a tractor-trailer rolled over by mile marker 8.5 in Buffalo Township. In a post on Facebook, the Claysville Volunteer Fire Department states a semi rolled over around 5:45 a.m. The PennDOT official tells Channel 11 that Hazmat responded to the scene. (Photo: Claysville Volunteer Fire Department)
October 28, 2024 5:12 am
PITTSBURGH — Sunday marked six years since the deadliest antisemitic attack on American soil. On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 Jewish worshipers in the hate-fueled attack. A commemoration was held at the Jewish Community Center to honor the innocent lives taken on that day and stand united against hate. The remembrance ceremony was filled with songs, prayers and stories of the victims. Dried-out bouquets were on display for people to see for the first time. The flowers were part of a memorial that was left outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the hours following the mass shooting. The mass shooting was one of the darkest days for the Jewish community. During the somber ceremony, victims’ families, survivors, Jewish community leaders and first responders hugged and shared tears as they read the 11 names aloud and lit a candle in their memory.
October 28, 2024 5:07 am
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – Several agencies are investigating a bomb threat made to a Republican Committee Office in Pennsylvania. NBC News affiliate WCAU reports the threat was made at an office in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, after 11 a.m. Saturday. Someone allegedly threatened to “shoot up the building” or “bomb it.” In a post on X, Pennsylvania State Police confirms it’s investigating the threat with the FBI, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township. The Pennsylvania GOP says the office was forced to close after the threatening phone call.
October 28, 2024 4:57 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris is seeking to energize voters in Philadelphia, a crucial Democratic stronghold. She needs strong turnout in the city to overcome Republican Donald Trump’s strength in Pennsylvania’s rural areas. On Sunday, she attended church services, then visited a barbershop, a bookstore, a Puerto Rican restaurant and a youth basketball facility. During a rally at the end of the day, Harris said “no one can sit on the sidelines” in the election. She also said that Trump is only focused on himself while she’s running for president to help Americans.
October 28, 2024 5:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. At Sunday’s rally, Trump’s childhood friend David Rem referred to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who is vying to become the first woman to be elected president, as “the Antichrist” and “the devil.” Businessman Grant Cardone told the crowd that Harris ”and her pimp handlers will destroy our country.” With just over a week before Election Day, the marquee event reflected the former president’s tone throughout his third White House campaign, in which he has torn into Harris in offensive and personal terms.
October 28, 2024 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow. They are worried about the potential for political violence, attempts to overturn the results and the implications for democracy. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research speaks to persistent concerns about the fragility of the world’s oldest democracy. It comes nearly four years after former President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 results inspired a mob of his supporters to violently storm the Capitol. About 4 in 10 registered voters say they are extremely or very worried about violent attempts to overturn the election results. A similar share is concerned about legal efforts to do so.
October 28, 2024 5:04 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s says testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to its Quarter Pounders. The company said Sunday it will resume selling Quarter Pounders at hundreds of affected restaurants in the coming week. McDonald’s said in a statement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to believe that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination. Federal health officials said that as of Friday, the outbreak had expanded to at least 75 people sick in 13 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one person has died in Colorado.
October 28, 2024 3:44 pm
(AP) – Millions who could benefit from hearing aids have never tried them. Cost, access to health care and stigma create major barriers, even though the devices are available over-the-counter. An AirPods Pro 2 update will now put the devices in more Americans’ pockets. They might not be the perfect fit, but experts hope they’ll encourage people to test out a hearing aid and normalize using the devices.
