October 31, 2021 8:19 am
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — One man died and nine other people were wounded in a shooting at a Halloween party in eastern Texas, police said. Gunfire erupted late Saturday at an event center in Texarkana, police said in a news release. Police estimate that “at least a couple hundred people” were there. The 10 people who were shot went to two hospitals for treatment; either by ambulance, police unit or private vehicle, police said. A 20-year-old man was later pronounced dead at one of the hospitals. His name was not released. Police said the injuries of the other nine people didn’t appear to be life-threatening. The suspected shooter hasn’t been taken into custody. Police said the suspect left the scene in an unknown vehicle.
October 31, 2021 8:18 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to pray so that “the cry of the Earth” is heard at the U.N. climate summit getting underway in Glasgow, Scotland. Francis in comments to the public in St. Peter’s Square, on Sunday, noted that it was the first day of the crucial gathering. He told the crowd: “Let us pray so that the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor” is heard by summit participants. “May this encounter yield efficient answers offering concrete hope to future generations,” the pope said. Francis has made care for the planet’s fragile environment a key plank of his papacy. In Rome Sunday, leaders of the G-20 nations accounting for 75% of greenhouse emissions were negotiating on what commitments they’re willing to make to contain rising global temperatures.
October 31, 2021 8:16 am
Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the first time on camera about the cinematographer he fatally shot on the movie set of “Rust,” calling her a friend and saying he is in “constant contact” with her grieving family. “She was my friend,” Baldwin told photographers Saturday on a roadside in Vermont. “We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.” Investigators believe Baldwin’s gun fired a single live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. Baldwin was joined by his wife, Hilaria, when he spoke to photographers and she filmed the exchange with her smartphone, often trying to get her husband to stop talking. Baldwin said he was speaking out so that the photographers would stop following his family.
October 31, 2021 8:15 am
ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening world leaders at the Group of 20 summit on Sunday to talk about ways to relieve the supply chain bottlenecks hampering the global economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite devoting a combined $15 trillion to combat the fallout from COVID-19, many of the world’s largest economies are slogging through mass shortages as ships are waiting to dock, the prices of shipping containers climb, not enough trucks exist to haul goods from ports, and virus outbreaks halt factory production. Supply chain issues have emerged as a point of economic and political pain for Biden, as the delays have contributed to inflation and potentially put a damper on holiday shopping. Republican lawmakers have cited the threat of inflation and supply chain challenges in critiquing Biden’s economic leadership. In Sunday’s meeting, the president plans to discuss how each country can identify and resolve bottlenecks, said a senior administration official who requested anonymity to discuss the plans. The goal is to help relieve pressures and boost growth.
October 31, 2021 8:08 am
PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Police and the City of Pittsburgh Fire Department are investigating what they say is an arson incident at a Pitt dormitory on Saturday. The incident occurred around 4:37 a.m. at Irvis Hall, Pitt police said. First responders were called for an oven explosion in the ground floor common kitchen area, after the caller reported hearing a bang and smelled something burning. Police found that an unknown suspect placed a fire extinguisher into a hot oven, causing it to explode. No injuries were reported.
October 31, 2021 3:47 am
The Washington Police Department is looking for the public’s help to try and identify two suspects wanted in connection with a burglary at the Kwik Fill gas station in the 700-block of E. Maiden Street in the city. It happened early Tuesday morning just after 12:30 a.m. The two individuals are both wearing hoods with covid-type masks covering their faces. The surveillance photos were posted on the Police Department’s Facebook page. Anyone with information is being asked to contact police. (PHOTO; City of Washington Police Department Facebook)
October 31, 2021 3:33 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Two residents of Allegheny County have been sentenced to federal prison after conspiring to set fire to a police vehicle during the downtown riot on May 30, 2020, and on a related charge of interference with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder on that same day, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced on Friday. Da’Jon Lengyel, 24, of McKees Rocks will spend a little over two years in prison and Christopher West, 26, of Pittsburgh will spend four years, according to court documents. Officials said that Lengyel and West attended a protest march held on May 30, 2020, in the downtown Pittsburgh area. The march was related primarily to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The march in Pittsburgh began at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Liberty Avenue in the downtown area, and eventually finished at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Centre Avenue near the intersection with Washington Place above the PPG Paints Arena. At that time, one man in the crowd spray painted and broke a window out of a police vehicle that was unoccupied and parked on Centre Avenue. Shortly after, Lengyel and West climbed onto the vehicle, and then jumped up and down on the roof of the vehicle. West also sat on the roof and attempted to kick out a window of the vehicle. Lengyel and West, along with several other individuals, then began efforts to set fire to the vehicle. As one other person set the fire in the backseat area of the vehicle, West and Lengyel placed pieces of cardboard and crumpled paper into the vehicle’s passenger compartment to provide more fuel to the fire. The police vehicle was completely destroyed as a result of the fire. (photo: WPXI)
October 30, 2021 4:29 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Over the objections of the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider a climate change case that could limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The court also said Friday that it would hear a Republican-led immigration challenge. Both cases won’t be argued until 2022 at the earliest. As is typical, the high court did not explain its decision to take either case. Both cases are unusual, however, in that the Biden administration either has changed or said it will change the rules at the center of each case.
October 30, 2021 4:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday. Three conservative justices noted their dissents. The state is not offering a religious exemption to hospital and nursing home workers who risk losing their jobs if they are not vaccinated. Only New York and Rhode Island also have vaccine mandates for health care workers that lack religious exemptions. Both are the subject of court fights and a court has allowed workers in New York to seek religious exemptions while the lawsuit plays out.
October 30, 2021 4:22 am
CAIRO (AP) – The U.N.’s special envoy for Sudan has met with the powerful leader of a Sudanese paramilitary force, urging him to allow peaceful protests and avoid confrontation in the wake of a military coup earlier this week. He said on Twitter late Friday that he met with the commander of the Rapid Support Forces to urge de-escalation and constraint. The military seized power in a coup Monday and the general running the country says he will appoint a technocrat prime minister to rule alongside it within days.
