May 14, 2022 10:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Demonstrators are rallying from coast to coast in the face of an anticipated Supreme Court decision that could overturn women’s right to an abortion. More than 380 events are planned Saturday, with the largest gatherings in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and other big cities. In the nation’s capital, activists planned to gather at the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court. Tens of thousands were expected at the events coast to coast after a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling suggested Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Polls show most Americans want to preserve access to abortion but the Supreme Court appears poised to let the states have the final say.
May 14, 2022 10:30 am
HELSINKI (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that relations between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership. The Kremlin’s press service said in a statement Saturday Putin told Sauli Niinisto that Finland’s abandonment “of its traditional policy of military neutrality would be an error since there are no threats to Finland’s security.” The response came after Niinisto told Putin in a phone conversation that the militarily non-aligned Nordic country that has a complex history with its huge eastern neighbor “will decide to apply for NATO membership in the coming days”. Niinisto told Putin that Finland’s security environment had starkly changed after Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion on Ukraine.
May 14, 2022 10:26 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine says Russian forces are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks. Ukraine’s general staff said Saturday that Moscow’s troops were pulling back from Kharkiv in the northeast while launching mortar, artillery and air strikes in the eastern Donetsk province. Ukraine’s defense minister says the country’s is “entering a new, long-term phase of the war” after more than 11 weeks of fighting. Kyiv and Moscow’s forces are engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainians were doing their “maximum” to drive out the Russians. Meanwhile, a U.S. Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s capital.
May 14, 2022 4:07 am
(WPXI)-A Bethel Park police officer was struck by a car on Friday night, police chief Timothy O’Connor confirmed to our news partner WPXI. This is the second Bethel Park officer in two weeks that was injured in a hit and run. According to information from the chief, the officer was hit by a hit and run driver at the intersection of Route 88 and Broughton Road. O’Connor said the driver has been detained by police. There is no word at this time on the officer’s condition. O’Connor said that the officer was taken to Mercy hospital.
May 14, 2022 3:58 am
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is calling for action on his proposal to send Pennsylvania residents checks for up to $2000. He did this from the steps of the Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church in Harrisburg accompanied by Representative Patty Kim. He is asking the Republican led legislature to act on his $500 million PA Opportunity Program that will be funded from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Under Wolf’s plan households earning $80,000 or less would qualify for checks of up to $2000 to use for whatever purpose they need. This proposal is part of a $1.7 billion dollar plan that Wolf laid out in February that would guide the usage of the $2 billion dollars Pennsylvania received from the American Rescue Plan Act. Both the state house and senate have been slow to act on Wolf’s plan. If the funds are not used, they will be sent back to the federal government by December 31, 2024.
May 14, 2022 3:57 am
WHS Washington Hospital and WHS Greene have received national recognition. Both hospitals have received Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade “A” grades. These awards from the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, are awarded twice each year in the spring and fall. WHS Washington Hospital has received this award three consecutive times and WHS Greene has won twice consecutively. The award recognizes hospital achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm in the hospital. The group uses more than 30 performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
May 13, 2022 12:55 pm
DETROIT (AP) – Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold,” raising doubts about whether he’ll proceed with his proposed $44 billion acquisition of the social platform. In a tweet early Friday, the Tesla billionaire said he’s skeptical that the number of inauthentic accounts presented by Twitter is as low as the company suggests. The issue of fake accounts on Twitter is not secret. In its quarterly filing with the SEC, even Twitter doubted that its count of bot accounts was correct, conceding that the estimate may be low. (Photo: AP)
May 13, 2022 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – House investigators say they have issued subpoenas to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection. It’s an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions over the 2021 attack. The Jan. 6 panel’s subpoenas for McCarthy of California and Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama come as the investigation is winding down and as the panel prepares for a series of public hearings this summer.
May 13, 2022 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul is defying leaders of both parties and has single-handedly delayed until next week Senate approval of an additional $40 billion to help Ukraine and its allies withstand Russia’s three-month old invasion. The Senate was poised to debate and vote on a package of military and economic aid that underscores U.S. determination to reinforce its support for Ukraine’s outnumbered forces. Paul denied leaders the unanimous agreement they needed to proceed. He said he wanted language included that would have an inspector general scrutinize the new spending. Approval still seems certain.
May 13, 2022 4:10 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The Kremlin has warned it would retaliate after Finland’s leaders said they favor joining NATO. Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the first war-crimes trial of a Russian soldier since the start of the conflict was set to open Friday in Kyiv. A 21-year-old captured member of a tank unit is accused of shooting to death a civilian during the opening week of the war. On the ground, Russian forces pounded areas in central, northern and eastern Ukraine, including the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol. Ukraine recaptured some towns and villages in the northeast.
