September 15, 2022 3:19 am
UPPER ST. CLAIR, Pa. (WPXI) — Peters Township resident Khang Nguyen waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday, nearly three months after his infant son died. Nguyen is out on bond after police say he left his 3-month-old son, Kayden, in a hot car for more than six hours in June. It was one of the hottest days of the summer. Nguyen’s defense attorney Bill Difenderfer waived the hearing. Nguyen owns Envy Nail Salon in Upper Saint Clair, and police say he left Kayden in that parking lot when he went into work. The father wasn’t charged until August, when Kayden’s medical examiner report came back. Now, he awaits a trial.
September 15, 2022 3:13 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A Westmoreland County man pleaded guilty to two felony charges for his role in a burglary in West Pike Run Township one year ago. George Weightman, 43 of Youngwood will spend two to four years in state prison on burglary and criminal trespass charges. Weightman was caught on a trail camera as he broke into a Laurel Road home and stole multiple firearms, accessories and 1800 rounds of ammunition. Weightman will have to make restitution in the amount of $9,385 to the victim. Weightman will remain jailed in the Westmoreland County Jail as he is facing many other charges there.
September 15, 2022 3:10 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WPXI)— Police and SWAT responded to Pittsburgh’s Middle Hill District after two people were shot. According to police, first responders were called to the 2800 block of Centre Avenue on Wednesday night. A fight broke out between two people inside an apartment building, and one person started shooting. One male victim was shot in the thumb, and a juvenile victim’s head was grazed by a bullet. There is no update at this time on either victim’s condition. Residents are now allowed back into the building after SWAT searched the premises. There is no information on a suspect at this time. One person was detained at the scene.
September 15, 2022 1:47 am
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Crews responded to a crash involving a school bus in Washington County on Wednesday afternoon. According to Washington County 911, police, fire and EMS crews were called to the 4000 block of Route 40 in Buffalo Township at 3:20 p.m. after a school bus was rear-ended by another vehicle. The shift supervisor confirmed students were on board at the time of the crash. The McGuffey School District superintendent confirmed that students onboard were from the middle and high school campus. Another bus was brought to the scene to get students to their stops. No injuries have been reported. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
September 15, 2022 1:26 am
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge has temporarily blocked Ohio’s ban on virtually all abortions in the state. The state’s abortion ban has been in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June. Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins paused the law Wednesday for 14 days. That means abortions through 20 weeks’ gestation may resume for now, as was the case before the ban. Abortion providers represented by the ACLU of Ohio are seeking to permanently block the law. They contend it violates protections in the Ohio Constitution. The law prohibits most abortions once a “fetal heartbeat” is detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
September 15, 2022 1:20 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he has agreed to an Oct. 25 televised debate against his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz. The debate, coming two weeks before the general election, follows weeks of cajoling by Oz. He has raised questions about the severity of Fetterman’s lingering effects from a May stroke and pushed for as many as seven debates. The debate will be held in the studio of a Harrisburg TV station. Oz’s campaign says Fetterman agreed to the debate only “after being hit with massive criticism from state and national editorials and commentators for ducking.”
September 15, 2022 1:17 am
NEW EAGLE, Pa. (WPXI) — A Washington County couple is starting over after a fire destroyed their home of 30 years. Carole Leach and her husband lived along Wood Street in New Eagle. The Leaches own two houses next door to each other. One of them is unoccupied and that’s the home that caught fire first. New Eagle Fire Chief Paul Pro says the homeowner was burning weeds with a torch and went inside and that is when the blaze started. Witnesses at the scene say the first house was completely engulfed by flames. Nearby homes were also damaged by the heat from the fire. The unoccupied house had no utilities and was primarily used for storage and recreation. That home burned to the ground. The other home will be condemned and demolished. Chief Pro says eight departments and 60 firefighters were needed to fight the blaze. The Red Cross is helping and the Leach family says they are working on a fundraiser for the couple. (Photo: WPXI)
September 14, 2022 3:28 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban. The bill would prohibit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the physical health of the mother. The legislation introduced Tuesday is sending shockwaves through both parties with just weeks before voters go to the polls. Graham’s own Republican colleagues did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-held Congress. Democrats reject it as extreme and an alarming signal of where Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November.
September 14, 2022 3:27 am
LONDON (AP) – Queen Elizabeth II has left Buckingham Palace for the last time, her casket borne to Westminster Hall by a horse-drawn gun carriage in a somber procession. Her son, King Charles III, and his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pillow. At Westminster Hall, crowds shuffled in two lines past her coffin well into the night. Many bowed and some were in tears. Hundreds of thousands expected to pay their respects. The queen will lie in state until her funeral on Monday.
September 14, 2022 3:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession. Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening. And the ongoing evolution of the forces behind an inflation rate that’s near a four-decade high has made it harder for the Fed to wrestle it under control.
