August 1, 2025 12:42 pm
(WPXI) NORTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Neighbors in North Fayette were woken up by police early Thursday morning after three cars were stolen in their neighborhood. “The cop was pounding on our door around 5 am,” said Tonya Belonzi. “He said, ‘Are you Tonya? Do you own an Audi? Well, it’s stolen.’” A video posted to the Ring Neighbors app shows someone wearing a mask walking up to a car and trying the door handle. When he realizes the car is locked, he walks away. Neighbors who live along nearby Farmcrest Drive were shocked to see that video. North Fayette police are asking anyone with doorbell cameras to look at their footage to see if they spot anything suspicious and give them a call at 724-693-8400.
August 1, 2025 2:04 pm
(WPXI) Four people allegedly involved in a drug and firearms trafficking ring in Westmoreland County have been arrested, resulting in the seizure of over 47,000 doses of heroin and fentanyl. Attorney General Dave Sunday made the announcement Friday. David Jefferies, 34, James Womack, 33, and Shelton Payne, 34, were charged with illegal possession of firearms and felony drug trafficking. “Fentanyl continues to fuel the opioid crisis in the Commonwealth and nationwide, and dealers use firearms to protect their lucrative trade,” Attorney General Sunday said. The investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at Jefferies’ home, where officers said they discovered a Glock 9mm handgun, approximately 382 grams of fentanyl and black tar heroin. The Office of Attorney General Agents were assisted by the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force and the Police Departments of North Huntingdon, Monessen, Rostraver, New Kensington and Irwin in this operation.
August 1, 2025 8:30 pm
(WPXI) SOUTH FAYETTE, Pa. — Lt. John Leininger with the South Fayette Police Department saw video from an 89-year-old man’s room at Celebration Villas of Lakemont Farm. He told Channel 11, the video showed two employees, LaMont Deonta Mitchell, 29, of Pittsburgh, and Joseph Dexter Love, 28, of Pittsburgh, assaulting the elderly man, which kicked on the camera’s sensor to start recording. According to the criminal complaint, the video shows the two employees antagonizing the man, and Joseph smacking the victim on the top of his head. Then, police say Lamont grabs the elderly man, throws him onto the ground, and drags him to the door. When the incident was reported to the home’s director, investigators say he called police. Channel 11 has also learned that the elderly man has dementia. When we went to ask the facility director about the incident, we were asked to leave the property. We also reached out to the parent company, and never received a response. The two men are charged with misdemeanors and no longer work at the nursing home.
August 1, 2025 11:05 pm
(WPXI) COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Chartiers Valley School District has unveiled a major investment in campus safety, powered by artificial intelligence and advanced mapping technology, ahead of the upcoming school year. The district has installed 514 AI-enhanced security cameras designed to detect and alert administrators if someone enters restricted areas.\ In addition, staff ID badges now include access control, limiting which doors employees can use throughout the day so the district has a better idea of who is coming and going. Alerts are sent to administrators and security personnel anytime a door is opened allowing for immediate investigation. These changes come after a teen was charged with making threats to the district last year, prompting a comprehensive review of existing protocols. Security measures now also include officers at every school campus entrance and wearable emergency badges for staff that can connect directly to emergency services. The upgrades represent a more than a million-dollar investment, which district leaders said is well worth the cost. Castagna plans to present a full overview of the upgrades at the next school board meeting on August 12th.
August 1, 2025 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would have new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect in seven days — the next step in his trade agenda that will test the global economy and alliances. The order was issued Thursday evening, following a series of tariff-related activities as the White House reached agreements with various nations. Trump also announced a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico, keeping the current 25% tariff rates. The tariffs are set to take effect Friday, with countries notified of their rates. Trump has reached deals with South Korea, the European Union, Japan, and others. The tariffs aim to address trade imbalances and issues like fentanyl trafficking.
August 1, 2025 5:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the tariff rate on U.S. imports from Canada to 35% from 25%, effective Friday. The announcement from the White House late Thursday said Canada had failed to do more to stop traffickers and illicit drugs. The rate applies to goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Trump earlier had threatened to impose the higher tariff on Canada if no deal was reached by Friday, his deadline for reaching trade agreements with dozens of countries. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was disappointed by Trump’s actions. He vowed to diversify Canada’s exports and said his government will try to minimize the impact and protect Canadian jobs.
July 31, 2025 5:07 am
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World shares are lower after choppy trading on Wall Street that saw more losses and as investors assess President Donald Trump’s order imposing new tariffs on 68 countries and the European Union starting in seven days. On Wall Street on Thursday, stocks capped the trading day with more losses after an early big tech rally faded and a health care sector pullback led the market lower. The benchmark index, which is just below the record high it set on Monday, notched a 2.2% gain for the month of July and is up 7.8% so far this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite closed less than 0.1% lower.
August 1, 2025 5:04 am
Storms are lashing the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut, flooding roadways and delaying flights from Boston to Washington, D.C. Social media posts show vehicles stranded in pockets of high water and water pouring over a train in Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. Commuter rail lines into suburban Long Island and New Jersey are suspended in places. Flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia. States of emergency have been declared in New Jersey and New York City. The National Weather Service warns of heavy rainfall and potentially severe thunderstorms along the Washington-Philadelphia-New York City corridor.
August 1, 2025 5:03 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge is extending migrant status protections ended by the Trump administration for more than 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal. The order Thursday by U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco affects 7,000 Nepalese whose Temporary Protected Status designations were scheduled to expire Tuesday. About 51,000 people from Honduras and nearly 3,000 from Nicaragua were scheduled to have their status terminated in September. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended the program after determining that conditions in their home countries no longer warranted protections. The National TPS Alliance is challenging the terminations as arbitrary and racist.
August 1, 2025 5:05 am
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A father and mother who died on an Arkansas hiking trail were stabbed to death and a 28-year-old schoolteacher has been charged in the killings. Arkansas State Police Col. Mike Hagar said during a news conference Thursday that authorities are trying to determine a motive for the attack. They have no reason to believe Andrew James McGann knew the couple or their children. McGann was arrested on Wednesday. Clinton and Cristen Brink were found dead on a walking trail at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday. Two of their three daughters who were with them at the time were not hurt in the attack.
