November 9, 2021 12:51 pm
(WPXI) – A man is charged with homicide in the Tuesday morning stabbing deaths of his father and aunt at a home in Penn Township, authorities said. Police were called about 2:30 a.m. to the home on Harrison Avenue, near Burrell Hill Road. When officers got there, 41-year-old Neal Hubish was in the front yard. Neal Hubish told officers he was asleep when he was awakened by his father, 70-year-old Arthur Hubish, and aunt, 76-year-old Maria Puskarich, arguing, police said. He initially claimed he found them both lying on the ground inside the home, but later admitted to killing them. Arthur Hubish was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. His sister, Puskarich, died in an ambulance while she was being taken to a hospital. The three lived together. Investigators said there was a history of domestic violence between Neal Hubish, his father and his aunt. Neal Hubish is charged with two counts of criminal homicide.
November 9, 2021 7:40 am
General Electric is splitting itself into three public companies that concentrate on aviation, healthcare and energy. The company said Tuesday that it plans a spinoff of its healthcare business in early 2023 and of its energy segment in early 2024. GE anticipates keeping a 19.9% stake in the healthcare unit. The company expects one-time separation, transition, and operational costs of approximately $2 billion related to the actions.
November 9, 2021 7:38 am
CANONSBURG, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Netflix drama series ‘Squid Game’ features adults playing children’s games for money. Losing participants face violent deaths. The hit show, created for adults, is raising concern among administrators in the Canon-McMillan School District. They say kids at Borland Manor Elementary School are playing similar games at recess, including violent outcomes. “My 9-year-old came home and asked me what ‘Squid Games’ were, and I was kind of like floored,” said Jamie Renschler, the mother of two Borland Manor students who are in 2nd and 3rd grade. “The concern is not playing red light green light. My concern is the copycat violence,” said Renschler. The school district emailed a letter to parents on Sunday. It reads, in part: “Please have a conversation with your child about this show and its content being inappropriate for school. Please let them know that they are not to talk about the games or play the games with rules from the show at school. Students that continue to play will be subject to disciplinary measures as they do not align with our school community values.” A spokesperson for the school district says administrators do not believe Borland Manor is the only school where this is happening. They will continue to monitor the issue and take action when necessary.
November 9, 2021 4:11 am
(AP) – The Biden administration is framing its vaccine mandate for private employers in life-and-death terms in a legal filing that sought to get the requirement back on track after it was halted by a federal court. Its filing in response to a stay issued over the weekend said there is no reason to rush into a ruling on whether the halt should be made permanent because the vaccine mandate won’t take effect until Jan. 4. Government lawyers said Monday that stopping the mandate from taking effect will only prolong the COVID-19 pandemic and would “cost dozens or even hundreds of lives per day.” At least 27 states have filed legal challenges.
November 9, 2021 4:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is launching his sales pitch for his recently passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Biden predicted Monday that a notoriously congested bridge that sits in Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s backyard will finally get a long overdue overhaul. Biden said in an interview with WKRC-TV that he expected the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Cincinnati with Northern Kentucky, would get funding in the bill that the House passed last week and he is expected to soon sign into law. Biden is beginning what is expected to be an administration-wide effort to tell the country about what the bill could mean for Americans.
November 9, 2021 4:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to six more associates of former President Donald Trump who were involved in his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. Among those newly subpoenaed are Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien, senior adviser Jason Miller (pictured) and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The panel’s chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, said in a statement Monday that the committee is demanding testimony and documents from former Trump campaign officials and others who strategized about how to halt the certification of Biden’s victory in a “war room” ahead of the siege.
November 9, 2021 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars. It’s one of the mandates along with a burst of new spending aimed at improving auto safety in the $1 trillion infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon. Under the legislation, monitoring systems to stop intoxicated drivers would roll out in all new vehicles as early as 2026, after the Transportation Department assesses the best form of technology to install in millions of vehicles.
November 9, 2021 4:04 am
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama has dropped in on U.N. climate talks to urge young climate activists to stay in the fight. Obama is credited as one of the leaders responsible for the 2015 Paris climate accord. In a speech, a roundtable and other events Monday in Glasgow, Scotland, Obama told young people that their marches and protests have been key in forcing governments to start acting on climate. Climate activist Luisa Neubauer of Germany told Obama she feared that disillusionment over the slow pace of climate progress is threatening peoples’ faith in democracy.
November 9, 2021 2:24 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s governor expects to let school districts modify or end the mask mandate for K-12 students in January. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that his administration plans to turn over decisions about masking to local school officials on Jan. 17. The acting health secretary’s mask mandate will remain in place for early learning programs and child care facilities. The Wolf administration imposed a statewide mandate in early September, citing a surge in infections and hospitalizations from the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
November 8, 2021 1:20 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anyone going to a shopping mall, theater, gym or nail salon in Los Angeles must now verify they are vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate that took effect Monday requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses. Mayor Eric Garcetti, who tested positive for the virus last week, says the rules will encourage people to get vaccinated and make businesses safer for employees and customers. Business trade groups say the mandate will sow confusion and could present safety concerns for employees tasked with checking customers’ vaccination status. City officials say they won’t start enforcing the rules until Nov. 29. Fines up to $5,000 could be imposed.
