June 12, 2025 1:11 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s New York sex crimes retrial has come to a disjointed end. The jury foreperson declined to deliberate Thursday, and the judge declared a mistrial on a remaining rape charge. The case has been seen as a bellwether of the #MeToo era. On Wednesday Weinstein was convicted of one of the top charges but acquitted of another. Both concerned accusations of forcing oral sex on women in 2006. Those verdicts still stand. The ex-studio boss faces a third New York trial on the rape count and a new sentencing on his sexual assault conviction. Weinstein denies all the charges. (Photo: AP)
June 11, 2025 1:21 am
(AP) – Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82. Wilson’s family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts Wednesday. Further details weren’t immediately available. Since May 2024, Wilson had been under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs, with Wilson’s longtime representatives, publicist Jean Sievers and manager LeeAnn Hard, in charge. The eldest and last surviving of three musical brothers — Brian played bass, Carl lead guitar and Dennis drums — he and his fellow Beach Boys rose in the 1960s from local California band to national hit-makers to international ambassadors of surf and sun. Wilson himself was celebrated for his gifts and pitied for his demons. He was one of rock’s great Romantics, a tormented man who in his peak years embarked on an ever-steeper path to aural perfection, the one true sound. (Photo: AP)
June 11, 2025 9:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as food costs rose, though overall inflation remained mostly tame. Consumer prices increased 2.4% last month compared to a year ago, according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday. That is up from a 2.3% yearly increase in April. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.8% for the third straight month. The figures suggest inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, which makes it less likely that the central bank will cut its key short-term interest rate.
June 11, 2025 5:03 am
A teen who cooperated with prosecutors in landing convictions against two co-defendants in the shooting death of a Washington woman has had all charges against him dropped. According to the Observer-Reporter, charges were dropped against 18 year old Tyriq Moss Tuesday afternoon. He was initially charged with homicide, attempted homicide and other charges in the 2022 drive-by shooting that killed 58 year old Kristen Barfield outside her Ridge Avenue home. Moss testified against Brandon Allen who was convicted of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other charges following a jury trial. He was also to testify against Juan Worthey III but he entered a guilty plea to third-detree murder prior to his trial. Washington County Deputy District Attorney John Friedman say they agreed to drop the case against Moss since he cooperated with the prosecution and was not involved in the shooting.
June 11, 2025 3:03 pm
(WPXI) – ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Brandon Rumbaugh, a decorated Marine veteran, today waived his preliminary hearing in the case that accuses him of raping a 13-year-old girl multiple times in his Pleasant Hill home. The case will proceed to Rumbaugh’s formal arraignment, which is scheduled for Aug. 7. He is facing multiple charges, including rape of a substantially impaired person and statutory sexual assault. According to detectives, Rumbaugh told the victim to keep this a secret until she was 18 years old. Police say there is surveillance video of Rumbaugh and the girl in a Sheetz, where you see Rumbaugh purchasing alcohol.
June 11, 2025 2:33 am
North Franklin Township Supervisors held a public hearing on a proposed zoning change regarding the Washington Crown Center Mall. The change would allow a zoning overlay of light industrial to the current commercial zoning for the mall. That would open the mall to more than two dozen other permitted and conditional uses. The reason for the change was brought about by Provider Real Estate Partners who are interested in purchasing the mall and redeveloping it into a mixed-use facility. According to Chris Salata, partner with PREP the zoning would allow such uses as office space, research and development and light industrial work. The developers wanted all light industrial uses to be permitted. Supervisors disagreed on some of those permitted uses. Supervisors held up a vote on approval of the zoning change until the ordinance is redrafted to keep trucking facilities and terminals as conditional use and any personal storage space development at the mall limited to no more than 150,000 square feet. According to Salata, the project size is in the neighborhood of 500,000 square feet and development costs will be in the range of $35 million. Salata says that once approval is obtained, closing could occur in 90-120 days. A special meeting to adopt the ordinance with its changes is scheduled for June 25 at 5:00 pm.
June 11, 2025 3:23 pm
(WPXI) – PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man is facing charges after police say he kicked a woman who was on the ground and shot an unarmed man who tried to intervene. Police charge Lin Rashied Jama Jones, 47, with aggravated assault and related charges following an incident police say occurred Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Bedford Dwellings neighborhood. In court records, police say Jones could be seen on security footage holding a pistol and kicking a woman while she was on the ground in the 2500 block of Chauncey Drive. Another man reportedly tried to intervene before Jones shot him in the leg. Jones told police he went to Chauncey Drive to confront another man, and when he couldn’t find him, ended up arguing with a woman who “maced” him, court records show. Police say he would not admit to having a gun or shooting the other victim. Police confirmed Jones does not have a concealed carry license and, because of a prior conviction, was not to possess a firearm, court records show.
June 11, 2025 3:18 pm
(WPXI) MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. — Four Ohio men were arrested Tuesday in Mount Lebanon on accusations of stealing mail, days after two armed robbery incidents involving South Hills postal service workers. Facing charges of receiving stolen property and conspiracy are Ronin Kaleb Kelley, 20, of Akron; Mar’Sean Lanier Barkley, 20, of Akron; Devin Hasley, 18, of Cleveland; and Mar’Quan Lamont Davis, 18, of Akron. Police stopped the vehicle the four men were in after receiving reports of a possible residential burglary, court records show. Searching the vehicle, police reportedly found a piece of mail that had been opened and did not belong to any of the four, with the sender’s address being from Upper St. Clair and the receiver’s address from Florida.
June 11, 2025 5:07 am
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – The body of an unidentified woman who died nearly four decades ago has been exhumed in Fayette County to hopefully give closure to the case. Members of Pennsylvania State Police Uniontown and the Fayette County Coroner’s Office exhumed the body Monday morning, according to the Fayette County District Attorney’s Office. The woman died in a traffic crash in Springhill Township in 1986. After being exhumed, the body was taken to the Indiana County Coroner’s Office, officials say. The woman’s DNA will be collected and uploaded to various databases in an effort to determine her identity. “Thank you to Trooper Sigwalt, Coroner Baker and all of the folks involved for their efforts to hopefully bring long-awaited closure to a grieving family,” the district attorney’s office said. According to Pennsylvania State Police, this is the first exhumation in the area in around 10 years. Jane Doe previously had a hair sample collected in 1986, but it was insufficient for analysis.
June 11, 2025 5:16 am
LONDON (AP) — Chinese state media say that the U.S. and China have agreed in principle on a framework to carry out an agreement they reached on resolving their trade disputes last month. The announcement came at the end of two days of talks Monday and Tuesday in London. The agreement had been shaken by a series of disputes in the ensuing weeks, leading to a phone call last week between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to try to calm the waters. The two countries announced May 12 they had agreed to a 90-day suspension of most of the 100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other.
