February 22, 2020 3:59 am
AVONMORE, Pa. (WPXI) — A local family is looking for a new place to live after their home in Westmoreland County was destroyed by a fire. Several tankers were called to the home on Cambria Avenue in Avonmore Friday after flames broke out inside. Heavy smoke was seen pouring out of the roof of the home. Investigators said three of the family members were inside when the fire started, but they all made it out safely. No injuries were reported. However, the house was gutted.
February 22, 2020 3:10 am
CARROLL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Burglars are taking advantage of people’s deaths to target their homes in Carroll Township. On at least two occasions recently, homes have been burglarized in the days following the homeowners’ deaths, police said. Both burglaries happened in the Craven Hill Plan area of the township. In both cases, the burglars got into the newly unoccupied homes through back entrances, according to police. Jewelry, silverware, designer purses and other valuables were stolen, police said. Neighbors said even though it appears to be targeted, they are going to take some extra precautions anyway. To prevent something like this from happening, police suggest to have someone at your home during funerals and viewings. You can even notify police and ask for extra patrols during the services to deter anything from happening. Anyone with information is asked to message the Carroll Township Police Department on its Facebook page or call 724-483-5556.
February 22, 2020 2:17 am
A former long-time Washington County Jury Commissioner has died. Eighty-year-old Judy Fisher, a familiar face in local politics died Early Friday morning at her East Washington home. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says her death appeared to be from natural causes, although East Washington Borough Police are investigating. Warco says he is trying to locate members of her family and is asking anyone with information to contact the Coroner’s Office at 724-228-6785. Fisher has had a long history of political aspirations. She ran unsuccessfully for Washington County Commissioner, Prothonotary and most recently, Register of Wills.
February 21, 2020 1:43 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – We’re getting more details about what happened to a prominent family therapist who was once engaged to comedian Drew Carey. Police in Los Angeles say Dr. Amie Harwick appears to have been strangled before being thrown off a third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills apartment. An ex-boyfriend is facing charges. Meanwhile, CBS has canceled “The Price is Right” for the week while Carey mourns. (Photo: CNN)
February 21, 2020 12:55 pm
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban has taken effect, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week. If successfully implemented, the weeklong “reduction in violence” agreement will be followed by the signing of the peace accord aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home. That would wrap up America’s longest-running conflict and fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign promises. That agreement would be signed in Doha, Qatar, on February 29 and lead to the start of all-Afghan peace talks and a phased withdrawal of American troops.
February 21, 2020 8:51 am
BEIJING (AP) – China has suspended more punitive tariffs imposed on U.S. imports following a truce in its trade war with Washington that threatened global economic growth. The goods affected include industrial components and medical and factory equipment. Beijing imposed penalties after the Trump administration hiked duties on Chinese goods in 2018 in response to complaints China was hurting U.S. companies by pressuring them to hand over technology. President Donald Trump reduced some of those duties, effective last week. That followed the signing of a “Phase 1” agreement in January seen as a possible step toward ending their tariff war.
February 21, 2020 4:24 am
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess on Friday after a much-criticized quarantine of the vessel ended. The ship has the most COVID-19 cases outside of China, with 634 confirmed cases and two deaths among former passengers. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said the mass disembarkation is set to end Friday, while dozens of foreign passengers return home, many to face second quarantines. Israel returned 14 people early Friday, and Australia said two of its returnees tested positive.
February 21, 2020 4:24 am
BEIJING (AP) – China reported another fall in new virus cases as health officials expressed continued optimism over containment of the outbreak that has caused more than 2,200 deaths but has grown elsewhere. Containment has been a struggle far from the epicenter in central China. South Korea’s capital banned street rallies and the government sent help to a city where cases have surged. Newly reported infections in China have fallen for days, although changes in how health authorities have counted cases have muddied the true trajectory of the epidemic. China’s count of 889 cases brought its total to 75,465.
February 21, 2020 4:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for obstructing a congressional investigation in a case that has sparked fears about presidential interference in the justice system Soon after Judge Amy Berman Jackson pronounced sentence on Thursday, Trump publicly decried Stone’s conviction as unfair. But Trump says he isn’t ready to act just yet on a pardon. Trump had denounced as a “miscarriage of justice” the initial Justice Department recommendation that Stone receive at least seven years in prison. Attorney General William Barr backed off that recommendation, prompting four prosecutors to quit Stone’s case.
February 21, 2020 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected. That’s according to three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing. The disclosure raises questions about the integrity of the presidential campaign and whether Trump’s administration is taking the proper steps to combat the kind of interference that the U.S. saw in 2016. The warning was first reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post. A senior administration official said it infuriated Trump, who complained that Democrats would use the information against him. (Photo: CNN)
