June 22, 2020 3:58 am
SOUTH FAYETTE, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man was found unconscious and severely beaten in South Fayette Sunday morning, police said. Investigators said 911 was called around 7:30 a.m. for a report of a 58-year-old man who was found unconscious in the 300 block of Ridgepoint Circle. Police said he appeared to be severely beaten and was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. The victim’s identity has not been released. Police said a woman stepped outside to walk her dog and found the man on the sidewalk. Homicide detectives were taking over the investigation, police said. Anyone with information on what happened is asked to call the police tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
June 22, 2020 3:56 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A Uniontown police officer and another person were injured in a crash in Fayette County Sunday evening, according to our partners at Channel 11. 911 dispatchers said the crash happened along East Fayette Street at 5:45 p.m. The officer was reportedly flown to a hospital in Morgantown, West Virgina. Police say a bystander helped pull the officer from his cruiser when it caught fire. The other person injured in the crash was taken to a hospital by ambulance, 911 dispatchers confirm.
June 21, 2020 7:56 am
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Spain opened its borders to European tourists on Sunday in a bid to kickstart its vital tourism economy, but Brazil and South Africa reported record new levels of coronavirus infections. At a campaign rally, President Donald Trump questioned the value of testing for the virus, telling his government to reduce U.S. testing to avoid unflattering statistics. The head of the World Health Organization has warned the virus’s global spread is accelerating after a daily high of 150,000 new cases was reported last week. At a campaign rally in Tulsa, Trump said Saturday he has told his administration to slow down virus testing. He said the United States has tested 25 million people, but the “bad part” is that found more cases.
June 21, 2020 7:55 am
BEIJING (AP) – China’s top lawmaking body has announced a three-day session for the end of this month, a move that raises the possibility of the enactment of a national security law for Hong Kong that has stirred debate and fears in the semi-autonomous territory. The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress would meet from June 28 to 30 in Beijing. The Xinhua report did not mention the Hong Kong security law among several possible discussion items, but it could still be on the agenda or added to it at the meeting.
June 21, 2020 7:53 am
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s supporters faced off with protesters shouting “Black Lives Matter” in Tulsa as the president held his first campaign rally in months amid public health concerns about the coronavirus and fears that the event could lead to violence in the wake of killings of Black people by police. Activists flooded the city’s downtown streets and briefly blocked traffic at an intersection, but police reported just one arrest as of Saturday afternoon. Later in the evening, a group of armed men began following the protesters. When the protesters blocked an intersection, a man wearing a Trump shirt got out of a truck and spattered them with pepper spray. Police later deployed an irritant gas to try and make the group disperse.
June 21, 2020 7:52 am
PARIS (AP) – Protesters marched through Paris against racism and police violence and in memory of Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senegalese man who died in a police van in 2007. The French government agreed this month to pay 145,000 euros ($162,000) to Dieng’s relatives after 13 years of legal wrangling. His sister expressed hope that the global awareness stoked by George Floyd’s death would help bring about legislative change in France. The protesters marched to his former home and were joined by a separate Paris demonstration in support of undocumented workers Saturday. Both protests were authorized by authorities in spite of the coronavirus outbreak. Other protests in the French capital were banned.
June 21, 2020 7:51 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Police say one man is dead and 11 people are wounded following a shooting in Minneapolis. Minneapolis police initially said 10 people had been shot with “various severity levels of injuries,” but revised their total just after 3 a.m. Sunday. An initial tweet from Minneapolis police advised the public to avoid the area in Uptown Minneapolis, a commercial district that includes several bars and restaurants. No one was in custody in connection with the shooting as of 4 a.m., according to a police release that said preliminary investigation indicated that “individuals on foot” started shooting around 12:30 a.m. and later fled the scene.
June 21, 2020 7:50 am
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities in central New York say nine people were shot at a nighttime “celebration.” Syracuse police say a 17-year-old boy is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and eight others were expected to survive. No was immediately taken into custody and the investigation was in its early stages. The shooting took place at a celebration centralized in a parking lot near downtown Syracuse, but the police chief said shots could have been fired at multiple locations in the area. The nature of the celebration wasn’t immediately known. Syracuse’s mayor says the event likely didn’t have a permit.
June 21, 2020 7:46 am
SCOTT TWP. PA (WPXI) — Three people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a major crash in Allegheny County. The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Noblestown Road, according to investigators. A woman driving a Ford Fiesta hit two men and another woman who were fixing a broken-down car on the side of the road. According to a release from Allegheny County police, all three victims were in one vehicle when it broke down on Noblestown Road. The driver, a 37-year-old woman, her father and another man, ages 70 and 61, got out to begin to fix the issue. Police said they were working on the car’s battery when the collision happened. All three victims were listed in critical condition with undisclosed injuries. Pending the outcome of an investigation, police said they will consult with the district attorney’s office to determine if charges will be filed against the woman who caused the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
June 21, 2020 7:41 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A second employee at Rivers Casino has tested positive for COVID-19. Officials said the employee last worked on June 13, but they didn’t specify where at the casino they work. Rivers has had heavy guidelines to limit the amount of exposure to the virus, as most of southwestern Pa. moved into the green phase. Casino officials said all employees and guests that were in close proximity to that employee will be notified by the Allegheny County Health Department. Rivers also will begin temperature checks for guests in addition to employees. Anyone with a temperature above 100.4 degrees will not be allowed to access the gaming floor.
