September 7, 2020 4:36 am
WESTMORELAND CO., Pa. (WPXI) — A generator fire at a Westmoreland County nursing home caused more than 100 residents to be evacuated after the power was knocked out. According to investigators, the fire started around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Murrysville Rehabilitation and Wellness Center on Logan Ferry Road. Emergency responders told our news partners at Channel 11 that fire caused the facility to lose power, so its 103 residents had to be evacuated from the building. Fire officials confirmed the fire was caused by a tree that fell on the facility’s generator, which also knocked out the power for hours. Police said those residents were being taken to a nearby church. The power was restored as of 9:30 p.m., and firefighters said the residents were allowed back inside. According to police, there was one very minor injury that was not directly related to the power outage.
September 7, 2020 4:34 am
SOUTH PARK, Pa. (WPXI) — A water pipe that broke caused a huge geyser to erupt in the South Hills on Sunday. According to the Library Volunteer Fire Company, the break occurred near Triphammer and Brownsville Road Extension. The Pennsylvania-American Water Company reported the break happened around 3:15 p.m., sending the huge column of spray into the air. Repairs were finished late Sunday night. It’s not clear how many customers were impacted.
September 7, 2020 4:29 am
WASHINGTON, Pa – Multiple victims were taken to the hospital early Monday morning after a two-vehicle accident on Route 40 near the Laboratory exit off Interstate 79. The reported head-on crash happened around 3:00 a.m. According to witnesses on scene, three people were injured when passing vehicles arrived to offer help. Reports say one man was life-flighted to a nearby hospital, while the other male was taken by ambulance. South Strabane Fire crews reportedly used the jaws of life to help one victim escape. A woman was also treated for injuries according to witnesses on scene. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time, as are names of the victims. Multiple agencies including the Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash.
September 7, 2020 2:03 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A member of the Trump family will be in Washington on the campaign trail for President Trump. Eric Trump is slated to visit the American Legion Post 175 on Thursday, September 10th for a campaign event. The “Make America Great Again” event will take place at 2:15 p.m., with doors opening at 1:15 p.m. Eric Trump will also be making stops at Panama City, Florida and High Point, North Carolina earlier in the week before stopping in Washington. North Franklin Township Supervisor Bob Sabot is reportedly planning a “Pro-Joe Biden” rally to counter the Trump event along Park Avenue in front of the American Legion. Organizers are planning to meet up to begin the demonstration at 11:30 a.m. that morning.
September 6, 2020 8:18 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen’s tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is “guilty of the same crimes” that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of Trump’s alleged role in a hush money scandal that once overshadowed his presidency. Of all the crises Cohen confronted working for Trump, none proved as vexing as the porn actress Stormy Daniels and her claims of an extramarital affair with Trump, Cohen writes in “Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.” Trump, despite his later protestations, green-lighted the $130,000 payment to silence Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, reasoning he would “have to pay” his wife a far greater sum if the affair ever became known, Cohen writes, adding the president later reimbursed him with “fake legal fees.”
September 6, 2020 8:15 am
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general on Saturday moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died earlier this year after Rochester police placed a hood over his head and held him down. Prude’s death after his brother called for help for his erratic behavior in March has roiled New York’s third-largest city since video of the encounter was made public earlier this week, with protesters demanding more accountability for how it happened and legislation to change how authorities respond to mental health emergencies.
September 6, 2020 8:13 am
LONDON (AP) — A man was killed and seven people injured in late-night stabbings in a busy nightlife area of the central England city of Birmingham, police said Sunday. Police said they were searching for a lone suspect in what appeared to be random attacks. Chief Superintendent Steve Graham of West Midlands Police said detectives were still investigating the motive but “there is absolutely no suggestion at all that this is terror-related.” West Midlands Police said officers were called to reports of a stabbing shortly after midnight on Sunday. That was soon followed by reports of other stabbings across the city center over a period of about two hours.
September 6, 2020 8:11 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Sunday that gossiping is a “plague worse than COVID” that is seeking to divide the Catholic Church. Francis strayed from his prepared text to double down on his frequent complaint about gossiping within church communities and even within the Vatican bureaucracy. Francis didn’t give specifics during his weekly blessing, but went on at some length to say the devil is the “biggest gossiper” who is seeking to divide the church with his lies. Francis’ comments came as he elaborated on a Gospel passage about the need to correct others privately when they do something wrong. The Catholic hierarchy has long relied on this “fraternal correction” among priests and bishops to correct them when they err without airing problems in public.
September 6, 2020 8:08 am
TOKYO (AP) — The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an area vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. Weather officials warned that the rainfall from what could be a record storm would be fierce. Warnings were issued days in advance for people to be ready to take shelter and stock up on food and water. Several rivers on the main southwestern island of Kyushu were at risk of overflowing, officials said. Public broadcaster NHK TV said evacuation warnings were issued for more than 50,000 people in Okinawa and Kyushu, including Kagoshima and and Nagasaki prefectures.
September 6, 2020 8:07 am
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered for rallies and marches against police violence and racial injustice Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, as often violent nightly demonstrations that have happened for 100 days since George Floyd was killed showed no signs of ceasing. Molotov cocktails thrown in the street during a march sparked a large fire and prompted police to declare a riot. Video posted online appeared to show tear gas being deployed to clear protesters from what police said was an unpermitted demonstration. Arrests were made, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many. At least one community member was injured, police said. A person’s shoes caught fire after flames broke out in the street, video showed. People were “engaging in tumultuous and violent conduct thereby intentionally or recklessly creating a grave risk of causing public alarm,” the department tweeted. “Fire bombs were thrown at officers.”
