August 23, 2024 4:53 am
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Eight students and the bus driver were injured in a school bus crash in Washington County on Thursday. According to witnesses, the bus was full of high school-aged Western Area Career and Technology Center students from the Fort Cherry School District when it ran off Westland Road near Second Street in the Westland area of Mt. Pleasant Township around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Two students were flown by helicopter in serious condition—one to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and the other to UPMC Presbyterian. Six other students were hospitalized with minor injuries, along with the driver of the Fort Cherry school bus. According to witnesses, the bus hit a fence before splitting the gap between a pair of trees and careening into a field. “She [the driver] had, for whatever reason, lost control and came off the road where that squad is at, came into the field, into the hill, the bus violently bounced up and down several times creating injuries to the students that they sustained,” said Chief Tom Bruce, with Fort Cherry Ambulance. It’s still unclear what caused the driver to lose control. The Pennsylvania State Police crash unit is investigating. In a statement, Fort Cherry’s superintendent, Thomas Samosky, said, in part, “We can report that all students and the driver have been assessed, and at this time, we are monitoring their condition closely. We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the first responders who arrived quickly at the scene and provided immediate care and assistance.”
August 23, 2024 5:01 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Kamala Harris has summoned Americans to reject political divisions and instead chart what she called a “new way forward.” She accepted her party’s nomination with a speech Thursday that blended biography with warnings about electing Donald Trump again to the White House. Taking the stage to a thunderous standing ovation as she closed out the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the vice president argued that her personal story and prosecutorial background made her uniquely qualified to protect Americans’ interests against a former president she cast as only having his own interests in mind. “Our nation with this election has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past,” Harris said.
August 23, 2024 4:49 am
Washington County Ambulance & Chair EMS announced their new life saving procedure that is being used at less than 100 EMS providers nationwide. With the cooperation of UPMC, Ambulance and Chair will now be able to administer blood to patients in dire need of transfusions on site. Approximately 50 EMT’s will now be able to operate two equipped vehicles that carry type O blood for patients that would be in grave danger because of long travel distances to trauma units. Larry Pollock, Executive Director of Ambulance & Chair EMS says that this will increase survivability of rural patients suffering significant trauma and medical emergencies. Larry Pantuso is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Ambulance & Chair EMS and he calls the ability to infuse blood from an ambulance a game changer in patient care in rural communities. UPMC Medical Director of Prehospital Care and Chief Medical Officer of Ambulance & Chair Dr. Vincent Mosesso says that they are grateful to be able to make a difference to people of Washington County. According to Pollock, in the last seven days Ambulance & Chair have administered blood on scene two times. Once to a woman suffering post partum hemorrhaging and the second to an accident victim that was trapped in their car over an embankment. A legislative change by the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services now allows specially trained paramedics to administer blood in the field.
August 23, 2024 3:39 pm
(AP) – A federal jury says a Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Jurors found the Allentown School District retaliated against Jason Moorehead when it suspended him after the deadly insurrection in Washington. Moorehead attended Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally but says he never got closer than a mile to the Capitol. Jurors decided the school district should pay Moorehead $125,000 for economic damages. The jury also found two school board members acted “maliciously or wantonly” and ordered them to pay punitive damages.
August 22, 2024 5:04 am
CHICAGO (AP) — As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable. But organizers say they did something leaders inside didn’t: Make the war in Gaza part of the agenda. The stakes were high for the nation’s third-largest city. Despite hosting more political conventions than any other American city, comparisons to the infamous 1968 convention when police clashed with protesters were hard to shake. And one unsanctioned protest that resulted in dozens of arrests and tense police standoffs didn’t help. But both organizers and police say they were successful in helping broadcast different narratives about Chicago.
August 23, 2024 5:06 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is changing his tune on Georgia’s Republican governor after delivering a series of blistering attacks at a rally just weeks ago. In a social media post, Trump thanked Gov. Brian Kemp for his help and support in Georgia. At a rally earlier this month, Trump tore into the governor, blaming him for his narrow 2020 loss in the state. Trump’s Thursday statement came moments after Kemp appeared on Fox News and told host Sean Hannity that he continues to support Trump and will help him win Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.
August 23, 2024 4:59 am
ACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — With the Federal Reserve considered certain to start cutting its benchmark interest rate next month, Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech Friday morning at an economic conference will be closely watched for any hints about how many additional rate cuts might be in the pipeline. Powell is expected to say the Fed has become more confident that inflation is nearing its 2% target, more than two years after it hit a painful four-decade high. Yet the Fed chair may take an overall cautious approach in his remarks at an annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
August 23, 2024 12:28 pm
(AP) – The U.S. Postal Service hopes to save $3 billion a year through a series of changes reflecting greater reliance on streamlined regional networks. The proposal, announced Thursday, would adjust mail delivery times while maintaining a commitment to a maximum five-day delivery for the flagship Ground Advantage program and a maximum three-day delivery for local first-class mail. The details were unveiled Thursday by the Postal Service ahead of a Sept. 5 meeting in which the proposed changes will be discussed before being submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Election mail won’t be affected because the proposed changes would begin next year. (Photo: AP)
August 22, 2024 5:48 pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will close out the Democratic National Convention when she accepts her party’s historic presidential nomination. Harris will lay out her vision Thursday night for the country and prosecute her case against Republican Donald Trump, capping a whirlwind month that began when President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed her to replace him atop the Democratic ticket. On Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the vice presidential nomination and thanked the packed Chicago arena for “bringing the joy” to the election. Also speaking Thursday are Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, civil rights leader Al Sharpton and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
August 22, 2024 5:47 pm
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Appearing in Arizona, Donald Trump has used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. The visit on Thursday was the fourth in a series of events held in battleground states this week to try to draw the focus away from Democrats’ celebration of Harris’ presidential nomination in Chicago. Speakers at the convention on Wednesday night accused Trump of using the border to stir up his base by demonizing immigrants.
