June 14, 2020 7:49 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Police are investigating after three people were injured from a shooting during a backyard party in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Saturday in the area of Sedgwick Street and Liverpool Street, investigators said. According to investigators, there about 20 gunshots while a backyard party was happening in the area. It’s unclear how many people were there at the time. Three people, including a woman and a girl, were hospitalized after being grazed by bullets. A third victim walked into Allegheny General Hospital after also being struck. The girl was grazed in the head, while the woman was shot in the arm. They are both in stable condition. Police said none of the victims have life-threatening injuries, and the details of what led to the shooting are under investigation. No information regarding a suspected shooter has been released yet. Witnesses told police they think the shooter was in a car driving by the party.
June 14, 2020 7:46 am
JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. (WPXI) — A police officer has died days after being seriously hurt in a head-on crash in Allegheny County. A Jefferson Hills police cruiser and the pickup truck collided just after 8:15 a.m. on June 3 on Old Clairton Road in Jefferson Hills. When emergency crews got there, both the officer and the pickup truck driver were trapped inside their vehicles. Once freed, they were flown to hospital. The officer and the pickup driver were the only people hurt. On Saturday, the Jefferson Hills Police Department announced that the officer who was hurt — Officer Dale Provins — died “due to extensive injuries” from that accident. Provins was a 15-year veteran of the department. Investigators believe that Provins was traveling northbound on Old Clairton Road and the pickup truck was traveling southbound when the two collided head-on on the northbound side of the road. Old Clairton Road was closed from Coal Valley Road to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for several hours for road reconstruction and investigation.
June 14, 2020 7:42 am
NATRONA HEIGHTS, Pa. (AP) – Stainless steel may be resistant to rust and the ravages of time, but the tangible history of Allegheny Ludlum may not be as resilient. That’s the fear of longtime employee Todd Barbiaux. He worries the company’s legacy, and a source of community pride, will fade with the loss of four cars that have stainless steel bodies. They were produced by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., in partnership with Ford. Allegheny Ludlum has since morphed into today’s Allegheny Technologies Inc.
June 13, 2020 9:57 am
ATLANTA (AP) – Authorities in Georgia say a DUI suspect who resisted being taken into custody by Atlanta police has been shot and killed. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating the shooting that happened at a Wendy’s restaurant late Friday. Officers were responding to a complaint of a male sleeping in a vehicle parked in the drive-thru. The officers attempted to place the male subject into custody. The GBI said he resisted and a struggle ensued, leading the officer to deploy a Taser. The GBI said witnesses saw the male grab the Taser away from the officer. The male was subsequently shot.
June 13, 2020 8:23 am
BEIJING (AP) – The largest wholesale food market in Beijing has been shuttered behind police guard and the surrounding neighborhood locked down after more than 50 people tested positive for the new coronavirus in the Chinese capital. The unexpected outbreak comes more than 50 days since the last local case in the city of 20 million people. Beijing officials said that 45 workers at the market tested positive for the coronavirus, though they showed no symptoms. That was in addition to seven earlier cases of people with symptoms who had visited or worked at the market.
June 13, 2020 8:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won’t conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United States. Trump had scheduled the rally – his first since early March – for June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Black leaders said it was offensive for Trump to pick that day and place, a city that in 1921 was the site of a fiery and orchestrated white-on-black attack. Trump tweeted late Friday, “Many of my African American friends and supporters have reached out to suggest that we consider changing the date.” He said he is moving the rally to June 20 “to honor their requests.”
June 13, 2020 8:20 am
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) – President Donald Trump will address the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy against a backdrop of urgent questions about the role of soldiers in a civil society. Trump’s commencement speech to the 1,100 graduating cadets during a global pandemic will be delivered as arguments continue to rage over his threat to use American troops on domestic soil to quell protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Tensions between the White House and the military have escalated since protests over Floyd’s death swept the nation.
June 13, 2020 8:19 am
NEW DELHI (AP) – India has reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections, another single-day high for the country, as it passed the grim milestone of 300,000 cases. The Health Ministry reported 11,458 new cases, driving the toll to 308,993, the fourth-highest in the world. It also reported 386 deaths, raising the number of fatalities to 8,884. India’s caseload has jumped by about 100,000 in a week, coinciding with the reopening of shopping malls, houses of worship and restaurants. The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown in late March. In New Delhi, the capital, most public hospitals are full, and crematoriums and graveyards are struggling to manage a rash of bodies.
June 13, 2020 8:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. Prominent Democrats with knowledge of the process say Biden’s vetting committee has narrowed the choices to as few as six serious contenders after initial interviews. Among those still in the mix are former presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren. A potentially surprise inclusion is Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser. Biden’s campaign is dismissing the idea of a shortened list as early speculation.
June 13, 2020 4:17 am
Harrisburg, PA – As Pennsylvania continues to implement Governor Tom Wolf’s Process to Reopen PA, the state is also among a select few with a steady decline in cases, a positive indicator that the state’s phased, measured reopening plan is working to balance public health with economic recovery .According to data analysis from Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center data, Pennsylvania’s steady decline in cases since a peak in mid-April is particularly important as more counties reopen. The latest report indicates Pennsylvania is among the states with a sustained decline in cases over the past two weeks, an important indicator that reopening plans are measured and thoughtful. In an Associated Press analysis, more than half the states in the U.S. are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases as reopening begins. Pennsylvania is not among them. Many other states are experiencing significant case increases tied to reopening too soon or too much. “Pennsylvania’s measured, phased process to reopen is successful because of its cautious approach that includes factors relying on science, the advice of health experts and that asks everyone to do something as simple as wearing a mask when inside or around others outside the home,” Governor Tom Wolf said. “We will continue to move forward cautiously.”
