January 25, 2024 5:14 am
Investigators searching the site where a Russian military transport plane crashed in a border region near Ukraine have reportedly found the flight recorders. The report Thursday by a state-run Russian news agency came a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, and Ukraine’s president demanded an international investigation. The Il-76 fell from the sky and crashed in a huge ball of flame in a rural area of Russia on Wednesday. Russian authorities said all 74 people on board were killed and accused Kyiv of shooting down the plane with a missile. They claimed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board but offered no evidence.
January 25, 2024 5:11 am
MONESSEN, Pa. — (WPXI) – The doors to the 6 Deuce Fit gym are boarded up, and the fire tape was still up Wednesday after a fire tore through the gym late Sunday night in Monessen. Investigators say they are looking into this fire as suspicious. The fire department posted on Facebook and said crews took an offensive attack against the fire, and one of the firefighters was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Monessen’s Mayor confirmed to Channel 11 the fire is being investigated as suspicious, and that the state fire marshal’s office has been called to assist in the investigation. Neighbors said the gym has been a bright spot for their community, and they’re sad someone may have started this fire.
January 25, 2024 5:06 am
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Aliquippa football team has lost its appeal to the PIAA and will play in Class 5A moving forward. Aliquippa won the Class 4A state title in November and the team was moved up due to the PIAA’s competition classification formula in the beginning of January. The program announced it would appeal the decision on Jan. 9. Legislation was introduced on Wednesday aimed to resolve problems with the way Pennsylvania schools are classified for athletic competition. liquippa has won a total of five state titles and has three alumni in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Head coach Mike Warfield confirmed Aliquippa will be taking the issue to court.
January 25, 2024 2:40 am
Washington County Commissioners have confirmed that the county’s computer system was targeted by hackers. Republican Chairman Nick Sherman tells WJPA news that they received notice from the Department of Homeland Security early in the morning to shut down their servers because there was a security breach. Sherman said federal officials warned them of a phishing expedition taking place on their servers and at that time the servers were shut down. Sherman said the Washington County Courthouse remained open with hearings taking place and paperwork being filed by hand, but some departments that rely heavily on computers did send some employees home. Sherman says they are waiting for an official update from Homeland Security to say if this is a cyber attack, ransomware attack or if they caught the breach early enough to prevent that. So far, Sherman says, there has been no mention of any ransom.
January 25, 2024 1:09 am
A Columbus, Ohio man staying in Washington County faced his preliminary hearing Thursday. He will face trial for his actions during a car chase in August of 2023. Shawn Bumpass, 54 had 2 felony, 4 misdemeanor and 7 summary charges held for court. During his hearing police testified to Bumpass crossing a double yellow line while making a right hand turn from Chess Street to Dry Run Road in Monongahela. The officer tried to get Bumpass to pull over but he sped off leading police on a ten minute car chase through Bentleyville, Cokeburg and Kammerer. The officer testified that at one point the speed of the chase reached 126 mph. Once the vehicle came to a stop, Bumpass exited the vehicle in what the officer called an intoxicated state. Bumpass ignored commands, an attempt to taze Bumpass had no effect and the officer had to wrestle him to the ground to get him to comply. Bumpass was taken to a hospital for a blood draw that showed a BAC of .194 and evidence of cocaine. Bumpass will be arraigned on felony aggravated assault by vehicle and flight from an officer charges. He will also face misdemeanor DUI, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest charges along with the accompanying summary offenses. Bumpass is free on $100,000 bond.
January 24, 2024 12:36 pm
(AP) – The mother of an intellectually disabled girl has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, Pittsburgh Public Schools and a property management company, accusing all three entities of negligence in creating the conditions that allegedly led to her daughter being sexually assaulted in the Starbucks bathroom and at a nearby empty property. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that three male students led the girl off campus to the Starbucks, where employees noticed them take her into the bathroom but did not intervene. The lawsuit accuses the school district of failing to provide adequate supervision and protection, and the businesses of failing to address the increasing crime in the area with security or employee trainings. (Photo: AP)
January 24, 2024 5:03 am
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia-area woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police say videos she posted show her torturing and killing animals live on the internet. Delaware County court records show 28-year-old Anigar Monsee is charged with four felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt of the Upper Darby police department told the Delaware County Daily Times that an animal rights group alerted authorities Friday about the videos. Police allege in a criminal complaint that in one video the woman “repeatedly commented on the number of viewers and likes, and solicited more, before she harmed the animal.” Court documents don’t list a defense attorney.
January 24, 2024 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support from the party faithful in his New Hampshire primary victory, and even most backers of rival Nikki Haley acknowledge the GOP belongs to him. Yet as Trump’s hold on securing the party’s nomination tightened, AP VoteCast found that some voters are expressing concerns that he’s too extreme to compete in the November general election. Some also worry about his legal peril in pending criminal trials. AP VoteCast is a survey of nearly 2,000 New Hampshire voters who took part in the Republican primary and more than 900 Democratic primary voters. The survey is conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
January 24, 2024 4:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has picked up the endorsement of the United Auto Workers. The Democratic president addressed the powerful union’s political convention in Washington on Wednesday. He told a cheering crowd, “I’m honored to have your back and you have mine.” Biden is pushing to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. Biden is hoping to cut into the advantage Republican former President Donald Trump has enjoyed with white voters who don’t have a college degree. Labor experts say the UAW usually endorses candidates later as it contains a mix of Democratic, Republican and unaffiliated voters.
January 24, 2024 4:06 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants near the main hospital in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis. Medics said Wednesday that hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people are unable to leave because of the fighting. Nasser Hospital is one of only two hospitals in southern Gaza that can still treat critically ill patients. The Israeli military says it has completed its encirclement of Khan Younis as part of its three-month-old offensive against Hamas. It has ordered residents to leave a swath of downtown Khan Younis that includes Nasser and two smaller hospitals. The United Nations humanitarian office says the area is home to 88,000 Palestinians and was hosting another 425,000 displaced by fighting elsewhere.
