July 19, 2024 6:28 am
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A woman is suing Kennywood for negligence after she said she was injured during a ride on the Thunderbolt. The lawsuit said that the woman visited Kennywood on July 23, 2022 with her son and they decided to ride the roller coaster. She said she had ridden it multiple times before with no issues. The woman claimed everything was operating as usual until the ride started, which was when she was “violently thrown to her side of the car in which she was riding.” The suit said the woman instantly felt pain in her chest, left side and ribs which continued throughout the ride. She also had difficulty breathing. The woman told the ride operator that she got injured because of the seat belt or restraining bar failure. She had chest contusions and bruises, injuries to her lower back and spine, left arm, hand and side injures, leg injuries, nerve root irritations, disc herniation, aggravation of pre-existing back conditions, loss of range of motion and more, the lawsuit said. The lawsuit also said the woman’s injuries still continue to present day and she has undergone ongoing medical treatments. She said the Thunderbolt was not properly maintained and claimed Kennywood staff failed to check whether the seat belt was properly secure and would restrict injurious movements. Representatives with Kennywood said they cannot comment at this time.
July 18, 2024 4:51 pm
FREEPORT, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered to celebrate the life of the former fire chief who was fatally shot during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. Fire trucks and police vehicles filled the parking lot outside the banquet hall where friends of Corey Comperatore went to pay their respects to him and his family. Sharpshooters were stationed atop buildings overlooking the venue and the dozens of people waiting in line to enter. Among the mourners were firefighters in dress uniforms and a group of five men in black suits with gold, red and blue “Trump 2024” buttons on their lapels. Comperatore, 50, worked as a project and tooling engineer, was an Army reservist and spent many years as a volunteer firefighter after serving as chief, according to his obituary. He spent the final moments of his life shielding his wife and daughter from gunfire, officials said. Trump suffered an ear injury but was not seriously hurt and has been participating this week in the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Photo: AP)
July 18, 2024 4:57 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had photos on his phone of the former Republican president, President Joe Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition on anonymity to discuss the details of the ongoing probe. Investigators have been searching for any clues into what motivated Crooks to open fire at Saturday’s campaign rally in attempt to assassinate the GOP presidential nominee.
July 17, 2024 4:49 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — (WPXI) – We continue to learn more about the gunman responsible for an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday. Our news partners at Channel-11 have learned that Thomas Crooks attended a technical school for two years in high school and was set to go to college in the fall. They spoke with a teacher who said Crooks was a good kid and very smart. The teacher said they didn’t think he was bullied. Crooks graduated from Bethel Park High School, but he attended Steel Center Technical School for two of his high school years, a half-day program that students are bussed to and from. He attended the program during his sophomore and junior years, enrolled in the computer technology program. They also heard from a former coworker at the nursing home where Crooks worked. She said he was sweet and helpful. Investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
July 18, 2024 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid. Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about Biden’s 2024 candidacy. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he didn’t step away and argued polls show he likely can’t defeat Republican Donald Trump. That’s according to several people who insisted on anonymity to discuss the sensitive conversations. Biden says he’s not dropping out. Biden says in a radio interview with Univision everything between Trump and him “has been basically even.”
July 18, 2024 4:55 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” from the infection. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden will fly to his home in Delaware, where he will “self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time.” The news had first been shared by UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía, who told guests at the group’s convention in Las Vegas that president had sent his regrets and could not appear because he tested positive for the virus.
July 18, 2024 1:44 am
State Police have reportedly charged two men in connection with a shooting that injured a toddler and a woman in Greene County. Warrants have been issued for 20 year old Jeremy Currey of Washington and 19 year old Darius Wolfe of Claysville. Both face four counts of attempted homicide and conspiracy charges. Police say five shots were fired into an apartment at Mountain View Garden Apartments in Waynesburg. The woman has struck in the left eye while the two-year old child was hit in the right thigh. The victims were not identified. Both were treated and released from Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. No other information is currently available.
July 17, 2024 4:44 am
SARVER, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to remember the former fire chief shot and killed at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump in the rural area of Pennsylvania shaken by violence perpetrated by a local 20-year-old man. A sign outside Lernersville Speedway in Sarvar, Pennsylvania, where the vigil for Corey Comperatore was being held Wednesday night read: “Rest in Peace Corey, Thank You For Your Service,” with the logo of his fire company. Fifty-year-old Corey Comperatore had worked as a project engineer, Army reservist and volunteer firefighter. He died Saturday during an attempt to kill Trump at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
July 18, 2024 4:57 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — JD Vance used his Wednesday night address to the Republican National Convention to share the story of his hardscrabble upbringing and make the case that his party best understands the challenges facing struggling Americans. The 39-year-old Ohio senator is a relative political unknown. In his first prime-time speech since becoming the nominee for vice president, Vance spoke of growing up poor in Kentucky and Ohio, his mother addicted to drugs and his father absent, and how he later joined the military and went on to the highest levels of U.S. politics.
July 17, 2024 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination. For some Trump supporters, the failure of the Secret Service to stop the shooter before he fired at Trump suggests a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some Trump critics, however, the same video footage is being used to suggest Trump staged the shooting. There’s no evidence to support either claim, and authorities haven’t suggested a motive for the suspect. That lack of information is prompting many people to go online for information. Often, the misleading claims they encounter say less about the shooting than the country’s political polarization.
