U.S. Supreme Court notched big conservative wins. It’s a key issue in Pennsylvania’s fall election
HARRISBURG — The U.S. Supreme Court’s current conservative majority has delivered major victories for conservatives — and now liberal discontent over those rulings is playing a major role in Pennsylvania’s top-of-the-ballot election this fall. The Democrat running for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has told audiences over and...
Gaza awaits humanitarian aid, as Israel tells troops to ‘be ready’ for ground invasion
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country’s defense minister told ground troops to “be ready” to invade, though he didn’t say when. Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals tried to stretch out...
At Donald Trump’s civil trial, appraiser recalls Eric Trump’s ‘lofty’ views on property value
NEW YORK — The spotlight at former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial turned Thursday to his son Eric, with testimony and documents suggesting the scion envisioned a “lofty” value for a suburban golf course and was actively involved in appraisals he has said he doesn’t remember. The trial stems...
Tropical Storm Tammy forms and is on path toward Caribbean islands
Tropical Storm Tammy formed in the Atlantic Basin on Wednesday, with sustained winds of 40 mph, and is on track to pass over some of the islands in the eastern Caribbean before turning north. The storm was 575 miles east of the Windward Islands, traveling west at 23 mph as...
U.S. resumes deportation flights to Venezuela with more than 100 migrants onboard
MAIQUETIA, Venezuela — Deportation flights of Venezuelans from the U.S. resumed Wednesday with a first plane of more than a hundred migrants landing back in their economically troubled country under the Biden administration’s latest attempts to deal with swelling numbers of asylum-seekers. This is the first time in years U.S....
Pa. bill to hike dog license fee after 27 years heads to governor’s desk
A bill increasing the cost of dog licenses in Pennsylvania for the first time in more than a quarter century is heading to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk for enactment. The House on Wednesday, with no debate, voted 143-60 to approve the bill that passed the Senate in June, aimed at...
Pa. House OKs bill to move 2024 primary by 1 week in protracted fight
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed another bill to give an earlier date for its 2024 presidential primary, an effort that has become drawn out and politically charged in a battleground state still weathering former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about a stolen 2020 election. The bill...
2 more arrested in killing of Philadelphia Officer Richard Mendez, police say
PHILADELPHIA — Police have arrested two more men they believe were involved in the airport parking lot shooting that left one Philadelphia police officer dead and a second injured last week — meaning all remaining suspects in the crime have been taken into custody, authorities said Wednesday. Interim Police Commissioner...
Workers noticed beam hanging off railcar before fatal accident, didn’t tell railroad
OMAHA, Neb. — Several days before a Norfolk Southern conductor trainee was killed by a metal beam protruding from a parked railcar on the next track, workers at a U.S. Pipe facility noticed the beam was hanging off the top of the car but never told the railroad about it,...
Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza from Egypt following a request from President Joe Biden. The president’s visit came after hundreds of people were reported killed in an explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital. There were conflicting...
Joran van der Sloot admits he murdered Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, pleads guilty to extorting her momVideo
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Natalee Holloway was beaten to death on a beach in Aruba and her body pushed out to sea after refusing the advances of the chief suspect in the 2005 killing, who admitted to the murder before pleading guilty Wednesday to extorting money from the missing teen’s mother....
US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an appropriate Security Council response to the crisis. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the...
Phyllis Coates, actor who first portrayed ‘Superman’ reporter Lois Lane on TV, dies at 96Video
LOS ANGELES — Phyllis Coates, who portrayed “Superman” Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, has died. She was 96. Coates, who was the first actor to play the iconic role on the 1950s “Adventures of Superman” television series, died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s retirement...
Woman arrested after trying to get close to Donald Trump at New York civil fraud trial
NEW YORK — A woman was arrested Wednesday after she stood up at former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial and walked toward the front of the courtroom where he was sitting. The woman, later identified as a court employee, retreated after a court officer told her to...
Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep
Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company said Wednesday that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order. The...
Israel will let Egypt deliver some badly needed aid to Gaza, as it reels from hospital blast
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory. Palestinians reeled from a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds the day...
Drone attack on base hosting U.S. troops intercepted in Iraq, heightening fears of a broader conflict
BEIRUT — Two drones launched at a base hosting U.S. troops in western Iraq were intercepted Wednesday, a U.S. defense official said. Hours later, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq announced it had launched another drone attack on a second base. No injuries were reported in either incident. The salvos came...
United Airlines rolling out plan that lets passengers in economy class with window seats board first
United Airlines says that it will start boarding passengers in economy class with window seats first starting next week, a move that will speed up boarding times for flights. The airline said in an internal memo that it will implement the plan on Oct. 26. The plan, known as WILMA,...
Biden’s pick to be ambassador to Israel tells senators he’ll ensure the U.S. ally ‘has what it needs’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel told senators Wednesday that he would “ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself” and would work with the U.S. ally to end the attacks by Hamas if he were confirmed. Jacob Lew, a treasury secretary under President...
GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek optionsVideo
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry, frustrated Republicans looked at other options....
Gaza’s doctors struggle to save hospital blast survivors as Middle East rage growsVideo
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Doctors in Gaza City faced with dwindling medical supplies performed surgery on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victims of a massive blast that killed civilians sheltering in a nearby hospital amid Israeli bombings and a blockade of...
Biden pledges solidarity with Israelis and suggests ‘other team’ to blame for Gaza hospital blastVideo
TEL AVIV, Israel — President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with Israel during his visit there Wednesday, and offered an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital that prompted mass protests in Arab nations apparently was not carried out...
SpaceX launch equals Space Coast record for the year
ORLANDO, Fla. — A SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday night marked the Space Coast’s 57th launch of the year, equaling the record total seen in 2022. A Falcon 9 with 22 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at...
Officials: Remains of at least 189 removed from Colorado funeral home
DENVER — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The remains were found by authorities responding to a report...
Kari Lake’s lawsuit over electronic voting machines tossed
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that previously was dismissed, challenging use of electronic voting machines and seeking to ban them in last year’s midterm elections. Lake and failed Arizona Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, Republicans, filed...
