September 4, 2022 8:01 am
NICE, France (AP) — Eight people go on trial in France on Monday accused of helping the attacker who drove a truck into a crowded beachfront in Nice on Bastille Day, killing 86 people. The attacker was shot dead by police on the same night, July 14, 2016. He had driven a 19-tonne truck through holiday crowds like a snow plow, leaving a two-kilometer trail of crushed and mangled bodies in his wake. During the proceedings in a special terrorist court in Paris, survivors and those mourning loved ones will recount the horrors inflicted that night. The verdict is expected in December.
September 4, 2022 8:00 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who was distinguished for his humility and cheerfulness. The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday constitutes the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who died in 1978, 33 days after being elected. Last year, Francis approved a miracle attributed to John Paul I — that of the recovery of a critically ill 11-year-old girl in 2011 in Buenos Aires. Seated under a canopy outside St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis led the ceremony, punctuated by thunder and lightning. Francis encouraged the faithful to pray to Luciani to obtain “the smile of the soul.”
September 4, 2022 7:59 am
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials in Pakistan are warning that more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swells from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June and have killed nearly 1,300 people. Meteorologists predicted more rain in the region in the coming days and authorities urged villagers in the Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh province near the lake to evacuate. They said the rising waters reached dangerous levels and posed a threat to a protective dyke and embankment. The water body, located west of the Indus River, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in Asia.
September 4, 2022 7:58 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has called off a second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak. The test flight is now off for at least a few weeks, if not months. Mission managers decided after Saturday’s scrub to haul the 322-foot rocket back into the hangar for further repairs and system updates. It’s the second delay this week for the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA. The first failed launch attempt on Monday was also troubled by escaping hydrogen. NASA has been waiting years to send the crew capsule atop the rocket around the moon with test dummies before astronauts take the next flight.
September 4, 2022 7:50 am
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — It’s Donald Trump’s first rally of the general election season, a Saturday night event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with Republican candidates in the pivotal state. While the former president’s endorsed picks won many Republican primaries this summer, many of those he backed were inexperienced and polarizing figures now struggling in their November races. That’s putting Senate control on the line after it was once assumed to be a lock for Republicans. The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges. Chief among them is the FBI’s recent seizure of classified documents from his Florida home.
September 4, 2022 7:49 am
DUQUESNE, Pa.(WPXI) — A teen girl is dead after a shooting in the city of Duquesne. Allegheny County dispatchers confirm that police and medics were sent to the 700 block of Priscilla Avenue at around 5:13 p.m. Friday. Authorities found a victim, later identified as 14-year-old Lajaponis Roberts, shot at the scene. She later died at the scene. Police said Roberts was a passenger inside of a burgundy Chevy Cruze when the shooting happened.
September 4, 2022 7:48 am
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (WPXI) — A local teenager is dead after an ATV accident in Coraopolis. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, 18-year-old Shane Wardropper, from Moon Township, was killed after his ATV hit a fixed object on train tracks in the 4600 block of Elizabeth Street. The accident happened Friday night just before 9 p.m. Wardropper was pronounced dead at the hospital around an hour later.
September 4, 2022 4:29 am
MCDONALD, Pa — Multiple crews were dispatched to Barr Street in McDonald Borough late last night for a house fire. Reports say the structure fire broke out just after 11:00 p.m. in a single-story, side by side duplex. McDonald Fire crews were assisted by Cecil Township, Midway, Mount Pleasant Township, Sturgeon and Oakdale Fire Departments on scene. Ambulance and Chair EMS reportedly treated a burn patient from the fire as well. There is no word on what caused the blaze that produced heavy smoke and fire in the front of the structure or the condition of the burn victim. (Photo: Sturgeon Vol. Fire Department Facebook Page)
September 4, 2022 1:10 am
The Washington Senior Center will be hosting a fund raiser called “Spud Night”. The event is a loaded baked potato meal with salad and desert and proceeds will benefit improvements to the Senior Center building and the expansion of activities that the organization puts on. The event will take place at the American Legion on Park Avenue in Washington. It will begin at 3:00 p.m. and run until 7:30 p.m. on October 15th. The event will have a DJ, silent auction and raffles. The local dance troupe Dance With Me Sisters 3 will also be on hand to provide live entertainment. According to Executive Director Barbara Miller, the organization provides 400 meals delivered to senior citizens, grab and go meals and lunch for 20-50 people each day that visit the center. They also have activities that go on in the center and they also schedule trips to places like the Gateway Clipper and Wild Things Games. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased by calling or stopping in at the Senior Center or contacting any of the board of directors. The phone number for the center is 724-222-8566.
September 3, 2022 4:44 am
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An apparent assassination attempt against Argentina’s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández has shaken the country and threatened to further roil its tumultuous political scene. On Thursday night, Fernández stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands with a throng of a well-wishers. A man came forward with a gun, put it just inches from her face and pulled the trigger with a distinct click, but the weapon apparently jammed. Authorities shed no light on the possible motive. Tens of thousands of people packed the streets surrounding Government House in downtown Buenos Aires on Friday afternoon to show their support for the vice president and denounce the attempted shooting.
