April 3, 2023 4:28 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A report says McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform corporate employees about layoffs. The Wall Street Journal cited an internal email from the Chicago-based fast-food giant saying U.S. staff and some corporate employees overseas should work from home while the company notifies people of their job status. McDonald’s did not immediately reply to emailed requests for comment. The report said McDonald’s would inform employees this week about staffing decisions that are part of a wide restructuring announced earlier. While a number of big U.S. companies have announced job cuts and U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week, layoffs are at historically low levels
April 3, 2023 4:26 am
BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices have soared more than 5% after Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers said they will cut production by 1.15 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year. Shares in Asia were mixed. The S&P 500 gained 1.4% Friday, rising 3.5% for the month, with tech stocks leading the way. Friday’s gains came after a report showed inflation slowed in February, though it was still high on a historical basis. A slowdown in inflation could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to take it easier on interest rates. But higher prices for gas and other fuels would add to upward pressure on prices.
April 3, 2023 4:24 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Former Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was reportedly involved in an altercation outside a Shadyside bar over the weekend. Sources tell our news partners at Channel 11 that the former mayor was being heckled by three men, and that tensions quickly escalated. An incident report shows that one of the men got into Peduto’s face and began shouting at him and swearing at him. Some shoving began and Pedutor was knocked to the ground. The man on top of Peduto was thrown out of the bar. Pittsburgh police were called to the scene. Pittsburgh Public Safety told Channel 11 that two males were involved in an altercation outside Cappy’s Cafe last night. Neither party wanted to pursue charges and both refused medical attention. Public Safety said both people were advised to consult a local magistrate if they wanted to pursue anything further regarding the altercation.
April 2, 2023 7:28 pm
Washington Mayor Scott Putnam has confirmed to WJPA News that there was a shooting in the city of Washington Sunday evening around six-thirty. Putnam says all he can say at the moment is that Mt. Pleasant Police were chasing a suspect and the chase went into the city of Washington. Putnam says the shooting occurred on Jefferson Avenue near Maple Avenue. WJPA News has also had multiple reports that the suspect did not survive the encounter. This is a developing story. Please check back for further details.
April 2, 2023 8:20 am
April 2, 2023 8:19 am
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump steps before a judge on Tuesday to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it will not only mark the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. It will also represent a reckoning for a man long nicknamed “Teflon Don,” who until now has managed to skirt serious legal jeopardy despite 40 years of legal scrutiny. The spectacle that is sure to unfold will mark an unprecedented moment in American history. But on a personal level, the indictment pierces the cloak of invincibility that seemed to follow Trump through his decades in business and in politics, as he faced allegations of fraud, collusion and sexual misconduct.
April 2, 2023 8:18 am
WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest. The storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital and collapsed the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois. People throughout the region were stunned with the scope of the damage. Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and lay waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, four in Illinois and three in nearby Sullivan, Indiana. Other deaths were reported elsewhere in Tennessee and in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas.
April 2, 2023 8:16 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles say one person is dead and three others were injured in a shooting during a drug deal outside a shopping center Saturday. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton says multiple suspects shot at each other during what investigators believe was a dispute during a narcotics deal in a West Hills parking lot around 3:45 p.m. The deceased man was not immediately identified by police. Three suspects were in custody Saturday evening. Hamilton says three victims hit by gunfire were transported to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries and at least two of those may face charges after their release from medical care.
April 2, 2023 8:15 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has presided over his first ceremony in St. Peter’s Square following a three-day hospitalization for bronchitis. The sun broke through the clouds during the Palm Sunday Mass, one of the longest services on the Church’s calendar. He took a chair under a canopy as scores of priests and thousands of rank-and-file faithful clutching palm fronds or olive branches filled the square. The pope’s voice sounded strong at the start of the Mass but quickly turned hoarse. He later spent nearly 20 minutes circling the square in the popemobile. The 86-year-old pontiff was discharged from a Rome hospital on Saturday after receiving antibiotics intravenously. Palm Sunday opened his heavy schedule of Holy Week appointments.
April 2, 2023 8:11 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Several cars were damaged after a house collapsed in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. The house was located on South 16th Street and collapsed right as storms began moving through the region. Crews at the scene observed several cars stuck under debris. Part of the structure was also collapsed onto a neighboring home. No one was hurt in the collapse.
