Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
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October 2, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threa...
Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness
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September 30, 2024
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” w...
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Thousands are pouring into Syria
September 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednes- day that fighting between Is rael and Hezbollah threatens to become an “all-out war” as his top diplomat and other advisers worked behind the scenes pr...
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September 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an attempted assassination ch...
Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket sentenced to life in prison
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September 24, 2024
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time...
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2004
September 24, 2024
• At a town hall meeting in the former Transfiguration Catholic Church in Monongahela, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik left no doubt where he stood on the fate of the church. “I’m not here to talk about...
Trump vows to be ‘best friend’ to Jewish Americans
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September 20, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday decried antisemitism hours after an explosive CNN report detailed how one of his allies running for North Carolina governor made a series of...
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September 19, 2024
TODAY IN HISTORY 19 Today is Thursday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2024. There are 103 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 19, 2022, Great Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Qu...
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Iranian hackers
September 19, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) — Walkie- talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbolla...
Western Pa. Teamsters endorse Harris, breaking with national union
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By By RYAN DETO TribLive 
September 19, 2024
The council representing 35,000 Teamsters across Western Pennsylvania endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, breaking with the decision by its parent union, the International Brotherhood ...
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2004
September 19, 2024
• Buzzy Byron was considering taking legal action against the City of Monessen over hiring a plumbing inspector. Monessen council accepted the resignation of Angelo Loulis and hired Glen Godla of Char...
Harris condemns Trump’s rhetoric
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September 18, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should mak...
Florida will launch criminal probe into apparent Trump assassination attempt
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September 18, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida law enforcement officials will launch their own criminal investigation into the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that will run paral...
Georgia school shooting highlights fears about classroom cellphone bans
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By By ANDREW DEMILLO Associated Press 
September 9, 2024
Huddling for safety in classrooms as gunfire rang out, students at Apalachee High School texted or called their parents to let them know what was happening and send what they thought could be their fi...
Former aide to 2 New York governors charged with being agent of Chinese government
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By By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press 
September 4, 2024
A former aide to two New York governors was charged Tuesday with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government who used her state positions to subtly advance Beijing’s agenda in exchange for fi...
Brazil Supreme Court panel upholds decision to block X
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September 3, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to...
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August 27, 2024
The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are arguing in advance of their high-stakes Sept. 10 debate over whether microphones should be muted except for the cand...
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2004
August 27, 2024
• Friday will be the end of an era as the Fredericktown Ferry glides across the Monongahela River for the last time. Members of the Facebook group “Friends of the Fredericktown Ferry” plan to mark the...