December 28, 2021 12:57 pm
(WPXI) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an incident that occurred in Menallen Township in Fayette County, after one person was shot. While one person was hit, they are still alive at this time. Officers are waiting on an update of their condition. Authorities say the shooting happened on Searight Herbert Road at the Village of Searights Housing Complex around two-thirty Tuesday morning.
December 28, 2021 4:09 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday. Staffers calling out sick because of COVID-19 have left airlines short in recent days. Airline tracker FlightAware says airlines have canceled more than 4,000 flights to, from or inside the U.S. since Friday, with over 1,000 U.S. cancellations on Monday. Delta, United, JetBlue and American have all said that COVID was causing staffing problems, and European and Australian airlines also canceled holiday-season flights because staff were out sick. Other factors such as weather have played a role as well. Flight delays and cancellations tied to staffing shortages have been common this year.
December 28, 2021 4:08 am
SEATTLE (AP) – Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. has brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest and heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada. Across western Washington and Oregon officials and private groups opened emergency centers for people to find refuge as forecasters said the extreme cold from an arctic blast could last until the weekend. Many facilities would be open through the new year. Farther south blowing snow in the mountains of Northern California and Nevada closed key highways, with forecasters warning travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days.
December 28, 2021 4:05 am
DENVER (AP) – Police are investigating the aftermath of a shooting rampage that spanned several locations in and around Denver and left five people dead, including the gunman. The Monday evening shootings also wounded three people, including an officer as police pursued the suspect. The suspect died after exchanging gunfire with officers in a shopping district in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Police said Tuesday they’re still investigating what led to the shootings, which started in central Denver and mostly happened in commercial areas. The wounded officer was undergoing surgery Monday night, and his condition was not immediately known.
December 28, 2021 4:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans. The move has raised questions about how the guidance was crafted and why it was changed now, in the middle of another wintertime spike in cases, this one driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant.
December 28, 2021 4:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022. The NDAA authorizes a 5% increase in military spending over last year, and is the product of intense negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over issues ranging from reforms of the military justice system to COVID-19 vaccine requirements for soldiers. The price tag marks $25 billion more than Biden initially requested from Congress, a prior proposal that was rejected by members of both parties out of concerns it would undermine U.S. efforts to keep pace with China and Russia.
December 28, 2021 4:02 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal charges stemming from allegations from two women that he planted unwanted kisses on their cheeks. One is a state trooper who was assigned to protect him. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah says while there was evidence to conclude the conduct the women described did occur, she couldn’t pursue charges under New York law. Cuomo had no immediate comment. The Democrat has denied sexually harassing anyone or touching anyone inappropriately. A number of prosecutors around the state launched investigations after state Attorney General Letitia James chronicled accusations from 11 women against Cuomo. He resigned soon after. (Photo: AP)
December 28, 2021 2:40 am
One person has died as the result of a fire in an apartment building in Washington County early Thursday morning. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, 78-year-old Frances Venen died in an area hospital around ten o’clock Sunday morning. Venen was one of six people who were taken to local hospitals after a fire broke out in the Thomas Campbell Apartment Building on Beech Street in South Strabane Township. Authorities say some one-hundred people were evacuated from the building and many of those have not yet been able to return to their apartments due to smoke and water damage. Firefighters say they believe the blaze began in a kitchen in one of the units.
December 28, 2021 2:17 am
(WPXI) – Prosecutors in Washington County said they’re going over 100,000 text messages sent between a couple in the months leading up to their baby’s death. Kylie Wilt Hollis and her husband Alan Hollis appeared for their preliminary hearing on Monday and listened as a detective read pages of graphic texts that they exchanged, often referring to Archer, their baby, by explicit names and showing anger that he wouldn’t stop crying. A detective testified that Kylie Wilt initially said her baby passed away from SIDS at six months old, but she changed her story multiple times. In one version of events, she said she didn’t see, feed or check on her baby for 7-10 days while Alan took care of him. And that she eventually found the baby dead in the swing, inside the only bathroom in the home where the baby slept. Another detective testified that Alan Hollis said he had asked Wilt where the baby was. Wilt had replied that she was pregnant, his questions stressed her out and said she was going to have a miscarriage. Alan told the detective that he found the baby dead in the swing, with blood coming out his nose. Coroner Tim Warco testified that the baby’s cause of death is still pending while a forensic anthropologist works on the case because the body was “extremely decomposed” — exposed to the elements and insects. Both defense attorneys tried to have the homicide charges dismissed because there is no cause of death yet, but the judge held all charges for court.
December 27, 2021 5:22 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. People with the virus can leave isolation after five days, down from 10 days. People exposed to the virus can also leave quarantine after five days. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the changes Monday. CDC officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that the coronavirus is most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptom onset. The decision also was influenced by a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, driven by the omicron variant. (Photo: ABC)
