August 21, 2022 8:03 am
KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI)— A woman was killed and another person was injured after the car they were traveling in collided head-on with a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus. According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesperson Adam Brandolph, the crash happened on McCoy Road at Neville Avenue in Kennedy Township around 4:12 p.m. Friday. Brandolph said the bus, route 22-McCoy, was traveling inbound when the car hit it head-on. The passenger of the car, identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 54-year-old Helen Ringeisen, from Bridgeville, died at a hospital from injuries she sustained in the crash. Brandolph said the driver of the car was also taken to a local hospital with injuries. Port Authority police are investigating.
August 21, 2022 3:46 am
PennDOT is alerting motorists to two traffic advisories in the area this weekend. Southbound Interstate 79 is closed at the Neville Island Bridge in Allegheny County for concrete repairs and bridge painting. That closure is planned through 5:00 a.m. Monday. Detours are posted, using Routes 65, the Sewickley Bridge, and Route 51. expect traffic backups on that heavily traveled route. PennDOT will also have daytime single lane restrictions on Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County the area of the Yukon and Madison exits starting Monday and running through September 1. Those lane closures are for the replacement of concrete barriers.
August 21, 2022 3:36 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh tells WJPA News that the parents of an infant girl who died last week under suspicious circumstances have been arrested. Walsh says 31-year-old James May IV and 23-year-old Shannon McKnight, both of Canonsburg, had to be physically removed from a home at 409 Wayne Street in Canton Township Friday morning after they were found hiding there. Police have been looking for May and McKnight for more than a week after the death of their three-month-old daughter, Navaeah. Authorities say Navaeah died at a local hospital August 11th, after the parents called 911 to report that she was unresponsive. Her sixteen-month-old brother was later found to have cocaine and fentanyl in his urine, following a wellness check at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Walsh says that the two disappeared after their daughter’s death and did not attend her funeral on Thursday. May and McKnight were arraigned on multiple charges, including child endangerment and are lodged in the Washington County Jail without bond. Walsh says manslaughter charges may be filed at a later date, in connection with their daughter’s death. A preliminary hearing has been set for August 30th.
August 20, 2022 4:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national for plotting to murder former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. A resolution may be tantalizingly close. But as the U.S. and Europe weigh Iran’s latest response to an EU proposal believed by most to be the West’s final offer, the administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to successfully forging a lasting agreement.
August 20, 2022 4:06 am
(AP) – The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memorandum Barr cited in announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not committed obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation. The department had argued the 2019 memo represented the private deliberations of its own lawyers before any decision had been formalized, and was therefore exempt from disclosure. Friday’s decision by a federal appeals court said the Justice Department memo noted Mueller’s report didn’t accuse Trump of obstructing justice but also didn’t exonerate him. The internal memo said that could be interpreted as implying an accusation against Trump if released to the public. (Photo: AP)
August 20, 2022 4:04 am
ATLANTA (AP) – A federal judge says Sen. Lindsey Graham’s appearance before a special grand jury should not be delayed while he continues to challenge it in court. The grand jury is investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered the South Carolina Republican to honor his subpoena for the grand jury. Graham’s attorneys appealed that order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and asked May to stay her ruling while that appeal plays out. May declined that request Friday. Graham is currently scheduled to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday. Representatives for Graham did not immediately respond Friday to messages seeking comment on May’s ruling.
August 20, 2022 4:03 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A fire at a munitions depot inside Russia forced the evacuation of two villages near the border with Ukraine, while two civilians were reported wounded by Russian shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as both sides traded accusations about fighting near the facility in southern Ukraine. The fire late Thursday struck the munitions storage building near the village of Timonovo in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border. About 1,100 people live in Timonovo and Soloti, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the border. No one was hurt, said Belgorod regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov on Friday.
August 20, 2022 4:02 am
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A British man nicknamed one of the Beatles by his captives because of his English accent has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State. Prosecutors say El Shafee Elsheikh is the most notorious member of the Islamic State ever to be convicted at trial in a U.S. court. A jury found him guilty of hostage taking resulting in the deaths of Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller. All but Mueller were executed in videotaped beheadings circulated online. Elsheikh lawyer said at Friday’s sentencing hearing that he is appealing the conviction. (Photo: AP/Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
August 20, 2022 3:56 am
A host of statewide political candidates and their supporters were in the area Friday evening for rallies and campaigning ahead of the November general election. Republican candidate for governor, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, held a rally at the Wyndham hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh. Mastriano was joined by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Meanwhile, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, was at the Washington County Fair Friday evening and renewed his calls to debate Democratic candidate, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. The Democratic Lieutenant Governor candidate, Austin Davis, also was campaigning in Pittsburgh Friday evening.
August 20, 2022 3:48 am
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — Police said a woman’s body was driven around Pittsburgh for hours before being left in a car outside her home for two days. Patrick McCurry is charged with abuse of a corpse. Nicole Dull’s body was found in the passenger seat of her car about two months ago, in the parking lot of a McCandless apartment building. Investigators said McCurry gave her Narcan after an overdose and drove her around the city. Police believe the victim was already deceased before she ended up in the car. “I was surprised by the police cars here,” a witness said. “They were still here whenever I came back around 45 minutes later. It looked like detectives were on the scene with the flip books that everything you see.” Police say traffic cameras spotted McCurry driving the car that night with Dull in a reclined position.
