January 6, 2025 4:08 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information in response to a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers. Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled on Monday after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with evidence production requests over the last few months. Giuliani conceded during Monday’s testimony that he sometimes did not turn over everything requested because he believed the requests were overly broad or inappropriate.
January 6, 2025 12:57 pm
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation after nearly a decade in power. The decision bows to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil within his government signaled by the abrupt departure of his finance minister. Trudeau said Monday that “internal battles” mean that he “cannot be the best option” in the next election. He planned to stay on as prime minister until a new leader of the Liberal Party is chosen. He said Parliament would be suspended until March 24. The timing will allow for a Liberal Party leadership race. A spring election after the Liberals pick a new leader was almost assured. (Photo: AP)
January 6, 2025 4:55 am
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 7 o’clock tonight, but restrictions imposed by PennDOT on the interstates and the Pennsylvania Turnpike have been lifted. Scattered snow showers are expected through the day, with temperatures in the 20’s and wind chills in the teens. PennDOT had temporarily reduced the speed limit on Interstate 79 to forty-five miles an hour on I-79 from the West Virginia border in Greene County to the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchange in Allegheny County. There were also vehicle restriction on Interstate 70 from the West Virginia border to the PA Turnpike Exit 57 in New Stanton. Many schools on Monday either closed or switched to remote instruction.
January 6, 2025 9:44 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel. The companies in a separate lawsuit allege that the CEO of steel-making rival Cleveland-Cliffs, along with the head of the United Steelworkers union, worked together to scuttle the deal. The suits, filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and a federal court in Pennsylvania, allege that it was a political decision and violated the companies’ due process. Nippon Steel had promised to invest $2.7 billion in U.S. Steel’s aging blast furnace operations in Gary, Indiana, and Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley.
January 6, 2025 4:58 am
Washington County residents who were called for jury duty on Monday got an unexpected day off. Washington County Deputy Court Administrator Jamie Knizner said jury service was canceled because of snow and inclement weather. Jurors are expected to report for service at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
January 6, 2025 5:06 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man responsible for the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses. That is according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia. Authorities say the attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 people and injured dozens of others. The investigation is continuing into Jabbar’s motives and how he carried out the attack before he was killed by police during a firefight. The former U.S. Army soldier proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group in online videos posted hours before he struck.
January 6, 2025 5:03 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)- A man was arrested for threatening people with a knife at Acrisure Stadium, police say. Pittsburgh Police said they were called to the stadium at 4 p.m. after receiving reports of an employee acting disorderly. They said the man was a kitchen worker and was threatening his coworkers with a knife. Court records allege the man, Ason Brown, 27, threatened to stab several of his coworkers, dumped food out of boxes and tried to throw hot grease. Brown’s coworkers were able to get the knife out of his hand and restrained him on the ground until police got there. Brown resisted arrest but was eventually taken into custody and taken to the Allegheny County Jail, the court documents state. Police initially said that no one was hurt in the incident, but court record states a man who helped get the knife away from Brown had a slice to the webbing between the index finger and thumb on one hand. Brown is now facing four counts of each of the following charges: terroristic threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
January 5, 2025 6:38 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans has held a vigil on Bourbon Street to mourn and celebrate the lives of those killed when a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers celebrating the new year. The vigil on Saturday evening included relatives and others weeping as well as dancing to remember the victims. Authorities say the attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 people and injured dozens of others. The investigation is continuing into Jabbar’s motives and how he carried out the attack before he was killed by police during a firefight. The former U.S. Army soldier proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group in online videos posted hours before he struck.
January 5, 2025 6:35 am
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club. Meloni’s visit Saturday follows Argentina President Javier Milei, who became the first world leader to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his Election Day victory in November. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungry also have traveled to Florida to meet with the president-elect. “This is very exciting,” Trump said of Meloni. “I’m here with a fantastic woman, the prime minister of Italy. She’s really taken Europe by storm, and everyone else.”
January 5, 2025 6:32 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — By blocking a Japanese company’s takeover of U.S. Steel, President Joe Biden says he is protecting good jobs in the American heartland. He may be putting them at risk instead. In making its nearly $15 billion bid for the storied Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, Nippon Steel had promised to invest $2.7 billion in U.S. Steel’s aging blast furnace operations in Gary, Indiana, and Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley. It also vowed not to reduce production capacity in the United States over the next decade without first getting U.S. government approval. If the Nippon offer goes away, those commitments go with it.
