December 13, 2022 4:10 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – The death of a man who fell from an escalator at Acrisure Stadium has officially been ruled accidental, according to the Medical Examiner’s office. Dalton Keane, a 27-year-old father of one, died in the hospital after falling from an escalator in the stadium while attending a Steelers game in October. Police told Channel 11 that investigation and eyewitness reports showed that the case was not criminal. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office listed Keane’s cause of death as multiple blunt force injuries of head, trunk and extremities due to falling.
December 13, 2022 2:58 am
Sixteen-year-old Samuel Hoy of South Strabane Township was in court today for an Interest of Justice Hearing. Hoy is accused of shooting his stepfather, Joshua Daniels, multiple times, in the stomach and leg, in the area of Murtland Avenue and Oak Springs Road early Monday morning. Following the hearing, the judge ordered Hoy, who is being charged as an adult, transferred to adult facility, where he’ll be segregated. His bond has been set at two-million-dollars, according to court records. Hoy is charged with felony counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and receiving stolen property along with possession of a firearm by a minor. He faces a preliminary hearing before District Judge Michael Manfredi on Dec. 27
December 13, 2022 2:48 am
Homicide detectives and the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating the cause of a fire early this morning in Sewickley that left two children dead and their mother injured. The victims, 9-year-old Lyric and 6-year-old Wylde Linn were students in the Quaker Valley School District. Authorities say firefighters were able to pull the two little girls out of the home, but they were pronounced dead at the scene. Police say their mother jumped from the front porch roof to escape the burning home and she was taken to the hospital where she is recovering from second-degree burns and other injuries from the fall. In a letter to families, Quaker Valley School District Superintendent Tammy Andreyko said the district is working to assist staff “as they learn of and process this tragedy. While we do not have official details regarding this incident, we will address student questions should they arise.” Andreyko said the district will have counselors and psychologists to assist students and staff. (Photo: WPXI)
December 12, 2022 4:22 pm
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A massive winter storm blowing across the center of the United States on Monday is threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding. The National Weather Service warned that there would be “numerous, widespread, and impactful weather hazards in the heart of the country this week.” People from Idaho spanning into Wisconsin and as far south as Louisiana were warned to be ready for blizzard-like conditions in the north and flash flooding in the south. By Tuesday, Texas and northern Louisiana could be pummeled by severe hail, winds and tornadoes. Forecasters say the storm will continue southeast into Florida later in the week.
December 12, 2022 4:35 am
South Strabane Township Police say a 16-year-old will be charged with an early morning shooting. Chief Drew Hilk says Samuel Hoy of South Strabane will be charged as an adult with attempted homicide in the shooting of his step-father Joshua Daniels. Officers were called to the area of Murtland Avenue and Oak Springs Road between midnight and one o’clock, for a report of shots being fired. They say they saw a vehicle speeding away, and one person running from the scene. Officers found Hoy at the rear of the Waffle House along Oak Springs Road. Chief Hilk says he was in possession of a stolen and loaded handgun. Officers learned that Daniels drove himself to Washington Hospital but was then transported to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment of multiple gunshot wounds to his stomach and leg. He reportedly underwent surgery. Hoy will also be charged with aggravated assault, receiving stolen property, and possession of a firearm by a minor. A motive for the shooting has not bee released.
December 12, 2022 4:28 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation’s capital is introducing a groundbreaking plan: It will begin offering free bus fares to residents next summer. It comes at a time when major cities including Los Angeles, Boston and Denver and states such as Connecticut are considering broader zero-fare policies to promote equity and help regain ridership that was lost with the rise of remote and hybrid work. Analysts say D.C.’s free fare system offers a good test case on how public transit can be reshaped for a post-pandemic future.
December 12, 2022 4:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 has appeared in federal court in Washington to face charges of international terrorism. The extradition to the U.S. of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was a milestone in the decades-old investigation into the attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground. The Justice Department announced Sunday that Mas’ud had been taken into U.S. custody, and he faced the charges in court on Monday.
December 12, 2022 4:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want quiet time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would bring her home. “I’ve been in prison for 10 months, listening to the Russians. I want to talk,” Griner said. That’s according to Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, who helped secure the basketball star’s release and bring her back to the U.S. last week. Carstens told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Griner walked throughout the plane, introducing herself to every member of the flight crew, shaking their hands, and “making a personal connection with them.”
December 12, 2022 4:22 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran says it executed a second prisoner detained amid the nationwide protests that are challenging the country’s theocracy. Iran’s Mizan news agency, under the country’s judiciary, identified the man hanged to death in public on Monday as Majidreza Rahnavard. He had been convicted over allegedly stabbing two security force members to death Nov. 17 in Mashhad and wounding four others. Iran executed the first prisoner detained amid the demonstrations Thursday. The protests have expanded into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Activists warn that others could also be put to death in the near future, saying around a dozen people so far have received death sentences over their involvement in the demonstrations.
December 12, 2022 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November’s midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning. That’s a potential warning sign for a party that will need their strong backing heading into the 2024 presidential race. Midterm voters under 30 went 53% for Democrats compared with 41% for Republicans nationwide. That was down from 2020, when such voters supported Joe Biden over his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, 61% to 36%. That’s according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping national survey of voters in November’s election.
