Posted: Feb 8, 2021 / 06:56 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 8, 2021 / 06:56 PM EST(NEXSTAR) — House Democrats unveiled a proposal Monday that rejects capping individual income thresholds at $50,000 and would provide $1,400 stimulus payments to Americans making $75,000 a year.Joint filers making less than $150,000 annually would be eligible for a $2,800 payment, according to from Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, and Americans would receive an additional $1,400 in their stimulus checks per dependent.The payments phase out between $75,000 and $100,000 of adjusted gross income – for people...…Posted: Feb 8, 2021 / 06:56 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 8, 2021 / 06:56 PM EST(NEXSTAR) — House Democrats unveiled a proposal Monday that rejects capping individual income thresholds at $50,000 and would provide $1,400 stimulus payments to Americans making $75,000 a year.Joint filers making less than $150,000 annually would be eligible for a $2,800 payment, according to from Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, and Americans would receive an additional $1,400 in their stimulus checks per dependent.The payments phase out between $75,000 and $100,000 of adjusted gross income – for people...WW…

Posted: May 23, 2020 / 02:54 PM EDTUpdated: May 23, 2020 / 05:31 PM EDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.STERLING, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump played golf Saturday for the first time since he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency more than two months ago, leading to the shutdown of much of American society. His return to the course was the latest sign that he wants the country back to pre-outbreak times, even as the U.S. death toll from the virus...…Posted: May 23, 2020 / 02:54 PM EDTUpdated: May 23, 2020 / 05:31 PM EDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.STERLING, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump played golf Saturday for the first time since he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency more than two months ago, leading to the shutdown of much of American society. His return to the course was the latest sign that he wants the country back to pre-outbreak times, even as the U.S. death toll from the virus...WW…

Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 11:07 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 11, 2021 / 09:09 AM ESTHARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — While Pennsylvania expanded eligibility to get a COVID vaccine in phase 1A, the allotment from the federal government hasn’t increased and now many are scrambling to get an appointment.Vaccine appointments are hard to come by, with many spending hours online and on the phone trying to get one or, at the very least, add their names to a waitlist. The Pa. Department of Health is trying to temper expectations.Since adding those “over 65 or with serious medical conditions” to phase 1A of the...…Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 11:07 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 11, 2021 / 09:09 AM ESTHARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — While Pennsylvania expanded eligibility to get a COVID vaccine in phase 1A, the allotment from the federal government hasn’t increased and now many are scrambling to get an appointment.Vaccine appointments are hard to come by, with many spending hours online and on the phone trying to get one or, at the very least, add their names to a waitlist. The Pa. Department of Health is trying to temper expectations.Since adding those “over 65 or with serious medical conditions” to phase 1A of the...WW…

FRANKLIN, Pa. (WHTM) — Franklin County Emergency Services reports a major phone outage is currently affecting Cumberland, Franklin, and Perry Counties on Wednesday. Adams County is also experiencing issues.“Our technicians are still working hard to resolve a 911 service disruption for some customers in the areas surrounding Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, and York Counties in Pennsylvania,” said the Lumen telecommunications company.This outage is affecting 9-1-1 lines and non-emergency lines. Text to 911 is still available in Franklin County. According to Franklin County...…FRANKLIN, Pa. (WHTM) — Franklin County Emergency Services reports a major phone outage is currently affecting Cumberland, Franklin, and Perry Counties on Wednesday. Adams County is also experiencing issues.“Our technicians are still working hard to resolve a 911 service disruption for some customers in the areas surrounding Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, and York Counties in Pennsylvania,” said the Lumen telecommunications company.This outage is affecting 9-1-1 lines and non-emergency lines. Text to 911 is still available in Franklin County. According to Franklin County...WW…

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WHTM) — A former controller of a Lancaster County oil and gas company has been sentenced to prison for participating in a $65 million bank fraud scheme that she participated in for two years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Pa.Judith Avilez, 60, was sentenced to three years in prison with five years of supervised release and has been ordered to pay $15 million in restitution for her two-year participation in the scheme.CEO of Worly & Obetz, Jeffrey Lyons, began defrauding Fulton Bank in 1999 by inflating the accounts receivable for their largest...…PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WHTM) — A former controller of a Lancaster County oil and gas company has been sentenced to prison for participating in a $65 million bank fraud scheme that she participated in for two years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Pa.Judith Avilez, 60, was sentenced to three years in prison with five years of supervised release and has been ordered to pay $15 million in restitution for her two-year participation in the scheme.CEO of Worly & Obetz, Jeffrey Lyons, began defrauding Fulton Bank in 1999 by inflating the accounts receivable for their largest...WW…

Posted: May 22, 2020 / 06:55 PM EDTUpdated: May 23, 2020 / 10:22 AM EDTYORK, Pa. — After receiving several warnings for opening dine-in services under Gov. Wolf’s shutdown order, the business license for both Round the Clock Diners are now temporarily suspended.Department of Agriculture Press Secretary Shannon Powers says both Round the Clock Diners were warned twice before their licenses were temporarily suspended. Clarification on Round The Clock having its licenses “temporarily suspended” not revoked as their wording said last night.The diners were initially sent a warning letter by the...…Posted: May 22, 2020 / 06:55 PM EDTUpdated: May 23, 2020 / 10:22 AM EDTYORK, Pa. — After receiving several warnings for opening dine-in services under Gov. Wolf’s shutdown order, the business license for both Round the Clock Diners are now temporarily suspended.Department of Agriculture Press Secretary Shannon Powers says both Round the Clock Diners were warned twice before their licenses were temporarily suspended. Clarification on Round The Clock having its licenses “temporarily suspended” not revoked as their wording said last night.The diners were initially sent a warning letter by the...WW…

Posted: May 19, 2020 / 01:51 PM EDTUpdated: May 20, 2020 / 01:24 AM EDTHARRISBURG, Pa, – (WHTM) — According to NFIB Pennsylvania State Director Gordon Denlinger, Governor Tom Wolf took a stab at the legislature, county officials and at small businesses after rejecting three bills to help reopen.Denlinger said, two of the bills denied a number of low-risk business sectors from safely reopening. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has supported all three bills that were vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf.“This is not a one man show and many duly elected lawmakers should have...…Posted: May 19, 2020 / 01:51 PM EDTUpdated: May 20, 2020 / 01:24 AM EDTHARRISBURG, Pa, – (WHTM) — According to NFIB Pennsylvania State Director Gordon Denlinger, Governor Tom Wolf took a stab at the legislature, county officials and at small businesses after rejecting three bills to help reopen.Denlinger said, two of the bills denied a number of low-risk business sectors from safely reopening. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has supported all three bills that were vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf.“This is not a one man show and many duly elected lawmakers should have...WW…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Governor Tom Wolf is announcing ways the LGBTQ community will be counted in COVID-19 data.As counties in the commonwealth move from the red to yellow phases, the Department of Health will be conducting extensive case histories investigations as part of contact tracing on those who test positive for the virus.The department has chosen to work with , a new data collection platform, and has requested a system modification to the platform to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.The Wolf administration says this system modification will provide...…HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Governor Tom Wolf is announcing ways the LGBTQ community will be counted in COVID-19 data.As counties in the commonwealth move from the red to yellow phases, the Department of Health will be conducting extensive case histories investigations as part of contact tracing on those who test positive for the virus.The department has chosen to work with , a new data collection platform, and has requested a system modification to the platform to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.The Wolf administration says this system modification will provide...WW…

Skip to contentPosted: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:16 AM EDTUpdated: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:16 AM EDTNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is heading into one of its biggest sales events of the year — Prime Day — with a lawsuit hanging over its head that accuses it of preventing sellers from hawking their merchandise at lower prices on other sites.The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited antitrust case is the agency’s most aggressive move yet to tame the market power of Amazon, a company that’s become synonymous with online shopping and fast deliveries.Under chair Lina Khan, the agency hasn’t been shy about taking...…Skip to contentPosted: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:16 AM EDTUpdated: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:16 AM EDTNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is heading into one of its biggest sales events of the year — Prime Day — with a lawsuit hanging over its head that accuses it of preventing sellers from hawking their merchandise at lower prices on other sites.The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited antitrust case is the agency’s most aggressive move yet to tame the market power of Amazon, a company that’s become synonymous with online shopping and fast deliveries.Under chair Lina Khan, the agency hasn’t been shy about taking...WW…

Skip to contentPosted: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:14 AM EDTUpdated: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:14 AM EDTGOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government spokesperson has said that the East African regional force would have to leave the country by Dec. 8 because of a “lack of satisfactory results on the ground” as agreed on during a regional meeting.Partick Muyaya told journalists on Monday night that the East African Community, or EAC, force must leave the country “because it has not been able to resolve the problem, notably that of the M23.”The government says the M23 rebel group has, under the watch of the regional...…Skip to contentPosted: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:14 AM EDTUpdated: Oct 10, 2023 / 11:14 AM EDTGOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government spokesperson has said that the East African regional force would have to leave the country by Dec. 8 because of a “lack of satisfactory results on the ground” as agreed on during a regional meeting.Partick Muyaya told journalists on Monday night that the East African Community, or EAC, force must leave the country “because it has not been able to resolve the problem, notably that of the M23.”The government says the M23 rebel group has, under the watch of the regional...WW…