French rally against anti-Semitism; Macron visits cemetery
PARIS — In Paris and dozens of other French cities, ordinary citizens and officials across the political spectrum geared up Tuesday to march and rally against anti-Semitism, following a series of anti-Semitic acts that shocked the nation. Just hours ahead of Tuesday’s gatherings, French President Emmanuel Macron headed to a...
China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal
BEIJING — The Iranian foreign minister’s passionate defense of his country’s interests at the Munich Security Conference has made him “a famous person” in China, his Chinese counterpart told him Tuesday, as the sides met amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...
Police: More than a dozen people rescued from SeaWorld ride
SAN DIEGO — Police say more than a dozen people trapped on a ride at SeaWorld in San Diego have been rescued. San Diego police tell FOX5 News that around six gondolas stopped functioning Monday night after a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker on “Bayside Skyride.” Authorities...
Understanding the depression gender gap
Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression and it can occur at any age. Some mood changes and depressed feelings occur with normal hormonal changes, but hormonal changes alone don’t cause depression. Other biological factors, inherited traits and personal life circumstances and experiences are...
Health happenings in Westmoreland County
Blood drives • American Red Cross blood drives: — 12:30-6 p.m. Friday ,
Norwin Christian Church, 9610 Barnes Lake Road, Irwin —9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday , St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, 1182 Ashland St., Greensburg — 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday, First Commonwealth,
111 S. Main St., Greensburg Appointments: 800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org;...
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s running for president in 2020
WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday that he is running for president in 2020. “Our campaign is not only about defeating Donald Trump,” the 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist said in an email to supporters. “Our campaign is about transforming our...
Latrobe man knew how to bring Compass Inn Museum’s history to life
Regular visitors at Ligonier’s Compass Inn Museum knew to look for James Koontz’s signature top hat. “Everybody loved his tours because his way of presenting the information was so wonderful,” said Theresa Gay Rohall, executive director of the Ligonier Valley Historical Society. Museum attendees, and even tour bus drivers, would...
Coalition of states sues Trump over national-emergency declaration to build border wall
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block President Trump’s plan to build a border wall without permission from Congress, arguing that the president’s decision to declare a national emergency is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, brought by states with Democratic governors — except for one,...
North Carolina elections head says ballots handled illegally
RALEIGH — A Republican operative conducted an illegal and well-funded ballot-harvesting operation, North Carolina’s elections director said Monday, but the first session of a days-long hearing produced scant evidence that the GOP congressional candidate he worked for knew about it or even benefited. The director’s testimony came at the opening...
West Virginia teachers’ unions call for strike over education bill
CHARLESTON — West Virginia teachers’ unions on Monday called a statewide strike over an education bill that they view as lacking their input and as retaliation for a walkout last year. The strike is scheduled to start Tuesday, leaders of three unions for teachers and school service workers said at...
Trump sees ‘new day’ for Latin America at Miami rally
MIAMI — President Trump said Monday that “a new day is coming in Latin America,” as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the United States for opposition leader Juan Guaido. Speaking at Florida International University in Miami before large American and Venezuelan flags, Trump said...
Japan’s Shinzo Abe declines to say if he backed Trump for Nobel prize
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to say whether he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize while praising the U.S. president for “decisive” efforts to resolve the problems of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line...
Philly man returns wallet (and $600) to a Patriots fan
Alla Kotlyar gets tired of all the “doom and gloom” in the news. That’s why she watches football. “Being a Patriots fan, it’s almost always good news,” said Kotlyar, who runs a gravestone company in Massachusetts. But on Valentine’s Day, while visiting her daughter and 5-month-old granddaughter in Center City,...
Roger Stone posts photo of judge in his case featuring crosshairs symbol despite gag order
Roger Stone took aim at the federal judge overseeing his criminal case on Monday, blasting her as an “Obama appointed” partisan and posting a photo of her face featuring what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol. The embattled confidant to President Trump posted the picture of Washington, D.C., Judge Amy...
Trump handicaps 2020 Democratic contenders
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kamala Harris had the best campaign roll-out. Amy Klobuchar’s snowy debut showed grit. Elizabeth Warren’s opening campaign video was a bit odd. Take it from an unlikely armchair pundit sizing up the 2020 Democratic field: President Donald Trump. In tweets, public remarks and private conversations,...
Oakland, Calif., diocese names 45 accused of sexual abuse
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Catholic Diocese of Oakland, Calif., has released the names of 45 priests, deacons and religious brothers who officials say are “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors. The San Francisco Chronicle said Monday that Oakland’s list goes back to 1962 — when the diocese was founded. None...
5 facts: James Buchanan, not the best president, but Pennsylvania’s only
Despite Pennsylvania’s prominent role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States — it even had the nation’s capital for a time — the Keystone State has produced only one U.S. president. Meet James Buchanan. Buchanan served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857...
Trump lashes out at officials involved in Russia probe
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is lashing out at key officials involved in the Russia probe, namely former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and the current deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” McCabe, who was fired last year by the FBI,...
Vandal topples wax statue of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
NEW YORK — Police say someone attacked a statue of Sean “Diddy” Combs at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York, shoving the rap impresario’s likeness so forcefully it lost its head. Investigators were continuing Monday to look for a suspect in the strange episode Saturday night. Police say a...
Doctors’ dilemma: To see or not to see unvaccinated kidsVideo
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate. It’s an issue that surfaces again and again, despite evidence on how effective immunizations are in disease control. The use of vaccines worldwide has eradicated smallpox and done nearly the same for polio. In the United States, diphtheria, bacterial influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus...
Bus hits dump truck in Bolivia; at least 22 reported dead
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian police say a bus has crashed head-on with a dump truck, killing at least 22 people and injuring 12 more. The Monday morning accident occurred in a dense fog on the highway connecting Potosi and Oruro, about 135 miles south of the capital. Police say...
Border wall a complex issue for 2020 prospect Beto O’Rourke
EL PASO, Texas — When President Donald Trump visited Beto O’Rourke’s hometown to argue that walling off the southern border would make the U.S. safer, the former Democratic congressman and possible 2020 presidential hopeful was ready. As the president filled an El Paso arena with supporters, O’Rourke helped lead thousands...
Defrocked cardinal McCarrick to remain in church housing for now
When Theodore McCarrick was defrocked Saturday, becoming the first cardinal ever removed from the priesthood because of sexual abuse, he lost his right to the support he has enjoyed his entire adult life — housing and income provided by the Roman Catholic Church. But McCarrick, who is 88 and has...
Philippines says 136 people have died in measles outbreak
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly on vaccination fears. A massive immunization drive that started last week in hard-hit Manila and four provincial regions may contain the...
Travelers beware: Va. lawmakers approve use of speed cameras
Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation to allow the commonwealth’s first speed-camera program, a significant shift for the state, which has been slow to embrace technology that has long been used by law enforcement in neighboring Washington, D.C., Maryland and elsewhere in the national. The legislation, if signed by Gov. Ralph...
