January 22, 2024 5:02 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say five firefighters were injured, two by falling through a roof, while battling a blaze at three buildings in a Pittsburgh neighborhood over the weekend. Fire crews were called just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday to the Homewood neighborhood where the blaze started in one home and spread to two adjacent buildings that contained apartments. Authorities said two firefighters fell through the roof of one of the homes while battling the fire. The roofs of at least two of the houses collapsed. All five injured firefighters were taken to hospitals with injuries said not to be life-threatening, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
January 22, 2024 5:01 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is escalating criticism of Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war and has traveled to the Israel-Gaza border to make the case that the Biden administration hasn’t backed Israel strongly enough. The criticism by GOP candidate David McCormick reflects the delicate political challenge facing both President Joe Biden and incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in the battleground state. Biden has been criticized from the left for being too pro-Israel. Now, McCormick hopes to peel off both swing voters and Jewish voters. Still, Casey is well-regarded by Pennsylvania’s Jewish community and has been a reliable ally for Israel and its fight against Hamas.
January 22, 2024 4:59 am
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — (WPXI) – 2 people were injured after a fire in Fayette County. Fayette County dispatchers say firefighters were called to the intersection of 2nd Street and 12th Street in Brownsville at around noon on Sunday. Multiple houses were damaged by flames during the incident. Flames spread to a neighboring house and burned a hole through its roof. Smoke was still coming out of one of the houses around 4 hours after crews were first called to the scene. There is no word on what caused the fire at this time.
January 22, 2024 2:00 am
The President Judge of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas has stepped away from his position. Judge John DiSalle resigned his post as President Judge on Friday. He made the announcement during the Washington County Bar Association’s Winter Conference. The announcement came during the “State of the Judiciary” address. He announced that Judge Gary Gilman will be taking over as President Judge. DiSalle took over as President Judge in January of 2021. He will remain on the bench as a judge of Common Pleas for the remainder of his term that expires in 2025.
January 21, 2024 8:59 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll in Gaza from over three months of war between Israel and the territory’s Hamas rulers has soared past 25,000. A Health Ministry spokesperson said Sunday that at least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza’s hospitals in 24 hours. The war began with Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on Oct. 7, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 hostage, including men, women and children. Israel responded with an air campaign and then a ground invasion that has flattened entire neighborhoods.
January 21, 2024 8:58 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say at least 18 people have been killed by shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine. The attack hit Tekstilshchik, a suburb of the city of Donetsk, on Sunday. Alexei Kulemzin, the city’s Russian-installed mayor, said that the shells had been fired by the Ukrainian military. Kyiv has not commented on the event and the claims could not be independently verified by The Associated Press. Also Sunday, fire broke out at a chemical transport terminal at Russia’s Ust-Luga port following two explosions, regional officials said. Local media reported that the port had been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
January 21, 2024 8:56 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Warnings have been issued across most of the U.S. as brutal cold weather continues to reach southward. Bitterly frigid air spilled into the Midwest from Canada on Friday and several states were under advisories as forecasters warned of wind chills down to minus 30 degrees through Sunday morning. The National Weather Service predicts temperatures could drop as low as 15 degrees below zero in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Kansas. The frigid weekend weather follows two weeks of storms blamed for at least 61 deaths around the country. So many pipes burst in Memphis that 400,000 people were told to boil their water. (Photo: AP)
January 21, 2024 8:55 am
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has questioned whether Donald Trump is mentally capable of serving as president again, after he repeatedly seemed to confuse her with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a campaign speech. As she campaigned Saturday in New Hampshire, Haley referenced Trump’s Friday speech, in which he mistakenly asserted that Haley was in charge of Capitol security on January 6, 2021. Trump first said that Haley turned down security offered by his administration that day. Haley has called for mental competency testing for older politicians.
January 21, 2024 8:50 am
(WPXI) – A man was killed and three other people were hurt in an early-morning shooting near a Coraopolis bar. The Allegheny County Police Department says first responders were sent to the 800 block of Fourth Avenue, near a bar called the Steel Shaker, around 1:45 a.m. On scene, first responders found a man dead from gunshot wounds. He was later identified by the Office of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner as Anthony Johnson Jr., 35, of Aliquippa. Two other men and a woman were also shot. They were taken to area hospitals in stable condition. Homicide detectives say they’ve identified “all individuals involved in the shooting.” When their investigation is complete, the facts will be turned over to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office for a charging determination. There is no danger to the public. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
January 21, 2024 8:48 am
Part of southbound I-79 in Washington County had a lane restriction in place early Sunday morning because of a vehicle fire. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said the right lane and shoulder of southbound I-79 near mile marker 31 closed from just before 6 a.m. until just after 8:15 a.m. while crews worked to put out the fire. Drivers were asked to drive cautiously through the area.
