April 3, 2022 8:04 am
BEIJING (AP) — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed cases over the previous 24 hours, along with 7,788 asymptomatic ones. Both figures were up slightly from the day before, while the northeastern province of Jilin posted a combined 4,455 cases Sunday, also marking an increase from Saturday. While small by the standards of some countries, the daily increases are some of the largest since the virus was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019. Shanghai with its 26 million people last week began a two-stage lockdown, with residents of the eastern Pudong section supposed to be allowed to leave their homes Friday, while their neighbors in the western Puxi section underwent their own four-day isolation period.
April 3, 2022 8:03 am
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops are finding brutalized bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, including missile strikes Sunday that targeted fuel and ammunition supplies in southern and eastern Ukraine. Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of Kyiv, saw the bodies of at least nine people in civilian clothes who appeared to have been killed at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs. The AP also saw two bodies wrapped in plastic, bound with tape and thrown into a ditch. Authorities said they were documenting evidence as Ukraine’s military reclaims territory and discovers indications of execution-style slayings to add to their case for prosecuting Russian officials for war crimes. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said scores of killed civilians were found on the streets of Bucha and the Kyiv suburbs of Irpin and Hostomel in what looked like a “scene from a horror movie.” Arestovych said some people were shot in the head and had their hands bound, and some bodies showed signs of torture, rape and burning.
April 3, 2022 7:59 am
CHARLEROI, Pa. — Mon Valley fire crews arrived to the scene of a three-car accident Saturday evening in the borough. According to officials, a driver hit two parked cars before flipping the vehicle and fleeing the scene at the corner of 3rd Street and Fallowfield Avenue. Charleroi Fire was assisted on scene by the Charleroi Regional Police Department, Mon Valley EMS and Bujanowski Towing. No suspects have been identified at this time. (Photo: Charleroi Fire Department Facebook Page)
April 3, 2022 7:51 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — SVU detectives with Pittsburgh Police are looking for a missing 13-year-old boy. Keenu Brooks was last seen by family members at his residence in the 5300 block of Mifflin Road on March 30 at 6 p.m. Police say that Keenu was confirmed to be in attendance at school Wednesday, but did not come home after school. Keenu attends Sister Thea Bowman School in Wilkinsburg. Anyone with information on his location is asked to call SVU detectives at (412)323-7141.
April 3, 2022 7:50 am
UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The original Elrama Tavern sign was stolen, just days after a fire destroyed the business. In a Facebook post, the tavern said it appears that through the night, someone sawed off the sign and removed it from the property. The tavern was in business for 70 years before the fire. Elrama Tavern posted to Facebook in hopes of finding the person who has the sign, saying: “This has hit ALL of us pretty hard. We were so delighted to have our sign standing tall amongst the rubble, and now our hearts are broken once more.” At last check, the fire marshal is still investigating to figure out the exact cause of the fire. A GoFundMe has been put together to raise funds to rebuild the tavern.
April 3, 2022 1:59 am
(WPXI) – The woman who police say kidnapped and killed 2-year-old Nalani Johnson pleaded guilty Friday. Sharena Nancy pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and kidnapping. She has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. Police say Nancy killed Johnson and abandoned her body in a park in Indiana County back in August 2019. Nancy had apparently been dating the little girl’s father, and abducted her following an argument.
April 3, 2022 1:59 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident in which he confronted a Black man, shotgun in hand, because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby. The accusation marks a sharp escalation in tone between candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for a critical Senate seat in the May 17 primary. The man Fetterman confronted in 2013 was unarmed and said he was out jogging when Fetterman drove up and pointed a shotgun at him. Fetterman has denied pointing a gun at him or skipping forums because of it. (Photo: AP)
April 2, 2022 9:34 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning his people that retreating Russian forces are creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave behind many mines, even around homes and corpses. He issued the warning early Saturday as the humanitarian crisis in the encircled city of Mariupol deepened, with Russian forces blocking evacuation operations for the second day in a row. Meanwhile, the Kremlin accused the Ukrainians of launching a helicopter attack on a fuel depot on Russian soil. Ukraine denied responsibility for the fiery blast. But if Moscow’s claim is confirmed, it would be the war’s first known attack in which Ukrainian aircraft penetrated Russian airspace.
April 2, 2022 9:31 am
ATLANTA (AP) – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that a group of voters is using to challenge her eligibility to run for reelection. The challenge filed last month with the Georgia secretary of state’s office alleges that Greene helped facilitate the Jan. 6, 2021 riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. That violates a provision of the 14th Amendment and makes her ineligible to run for reelection, the challenge says. Greene filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to declare that the law that the voters are using to challenge her eligibility is itself unconstitutional and to prohibit state officials from enforcing it.
April 2, 2022 9:27 am
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut judge has rejected Infowars host Alex Jones’ bid to avoid escalating daily fines for missing a deposition in a lawsuit by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Judge Barbara Bellis on Friday turned down Jones’ request to put a hold on the fines while he appeals them. The judge found Jones in contempt of court orders to attend a deposition last week in Austin, Texas, and said there wasn’t enough evidence he was too ill to attend as he said. The Sandy Hook families are suing Jones for calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators a hoax.
