June 22, 2021 12:30 pm
The State Police Fire Marshal is investigating reports of smoke inside of a home in the 400 block of Woodland Road in Canonsburg Monday night. Authorities say heavy smoke was reported coming from the basement of the home, but it remains unclear exactly what caused the smoke. Authorities say a firefighter was treated at the scene after falling down the basement stairs.
June 22, 2021 4:17 am
The U.S. has reached a pair of encouraging milestones as the COVID-19 pandemic’s grip on the nation continues to loosen. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the outbreak’s early days in March 2020. Meanwhile, 150 million Americans are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. Now, however, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that more Americans are dying every day from accidents, chronic lower respiratory diseases, strokes or Alzheimer’s disease than COVID-19.
June 22, 2021 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end of June. Officials say that’s due to regulatory and other hurdles. The White House, meanwhile, is pushing ahead with new plans for sharing the shots abroad. On Monday, the White House announced the final allocations for the doses, with 60 million shots going to the global COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance and 20 million being directed to specific partners. A White House official said shipments will go out as soon as countries are ready to receive the doses and the administration sorts out logistical complexities.
June 22, 2021 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democrats’ expansive elections and voting bill is all but certain to be rejected in a key Senate test vote. The action Tuesday is expected to provide a dramatic example of Republicans’ use of the filibuster to block legislation. It’s also forcing hard questions for Democrats over next steps. Backers of the For the People bill see it as the civil rights issue of the era, and they say it’s needed to protect voting rights as states impose restrictive new laws. In the evenly split Senate, Republicans are united in opposition.
June 22, 2021 4:11 am
CARMICHAEL, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say a pickup truck driver rammed two people in Northern California, killing one, and injured three other people in a rampage that included attacking people with a crowbar and pulling a gun. The driver was shot and wounded Monday by another gun-wielding man but is expected to survive. The Sacramento County sheriff’s office says the man drove his truck onto sidewalks and curbs in Carmichael Monday morning, hitting two people, then rear-ended another car, attacked that driver with a crowbar and pulled a gun before he was wounded. Authorities say they don’t yet know the motive for the attack.
June 22, 2021 4:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A government watchdog says that deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Department of Health and Human Services inspector general found two devastating spikes eight months apart in the most comprehensive look yet at COVID-19’s toll among its most vulnerable victims. Investigators say there were more than 169,000 additional deaths last year among Medicare recipients in nursing homes. Also, cases and deaths among Asian patients tracked the more severe impacts seen among Blacks and Latinos. Indeed, Asian Medicare enrollees in nursing homes saw the highest increase in death rates, with 27% dying in 2020.
June 22, 2021 3:16 am
(AP) – A statewide task force has found that Pennsylvania locks up far too many first-time and low-level youth offenders. The bipartisan task force says black youth in particular are disproportionately yanked from their homes and prosecuted as adults. The group says reforms are urgently needed to make the state’s juvenile justice system more fair and more effective. The task force included state lawmakers, Wolf administration officials, local officials and others. It released a plan on Tuesday to reduce the population of young people in residential facilities by nearly 40% in five years.
June 21, 2021 4:28 am
A Washington man was killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Amwell Township. The Washington County Coroner’s office says Hunter Hickle, 20 was traveling south on Waynesburg Road when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt. A cause and manner of death are pending. State Police continue to investigate.
June 21, 2021 4:21 am
UNDATED (AP) – The U.S. is reaching a pair of encouraging milestones as the COVID-19 pandemic’s grip on the nation continues to loosen. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the outbreak’s early days in March 2020. Meanwhile, nearly 150 million Americans are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. Now, however, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that more Americans are dying every day from accidents, chronic lower respiratory diseases, strokes or Alzheimer’s disease than COVID-19.
June 21, 2021 4:19 am
EDEN, N.C. (AP) – Local officials in North Carolina say the body of a fourth tuber has been found in a river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release Sunday that 7-year-old Isiah Crawford was the person who was found in the Dan River. The search continued for the last remaining tuber, 35-year-old Teresa Villano. The accident occurred Wednesday night when a group of nine people floated down the river on inflatable tubes and went over a dam. Four people were rescued Thursday, while three tubers’ bodies were found that day. Experts say that low-head dams are known for trapping people in a powerful current.
