January 6, 2020 7:39 am
No injuries have been reported following a fire Monday morning in New Eagle. The blaze broke out around 4:45 a.m. along Crestview Estates Drive at a mobile home at Crestview Estates. It was unclear if anyone was inside the home at the time. The mobile home appeared to be gutted in the blaze. There is no word on what may have caused the fire.
January 6, 2020 4:25 am
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” to evacuate thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq and Iran should hostilities erupt there. Other Asian nations with large populations of expatriate labor may face similar decisions amid the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Iran following last week’s U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. There are more than 7,000 Filipino workers and their dependents in Iraq and Iran. Many more Filipinos are employed in countries lining the Persian Gulf.
January 6, 2020 4:21 am
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – The Golden Globe for drama best picture goes to “1917.” áThe epic about a World War I mission from director Sam Mendes that was filmed to look like a single continuous shot took home the biggest trophy of the night Sunday, beating out fellow nominees “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “Joker” and “The Two Popes.” It beat only other drama films, however, as the Golden Globes unlike the Oscars, has a separate category for best musical or comedy film. Mendes won the best director honor earlier Sunday. Renee Zellweger won the Golden Globe for best actress in a film drama for her portrayal of Judy Garland in “Judy.” Joaquin Phoenix took the Globe for best actor for playing mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck as he becomes the fabled title super-villain in director Todd Phillips “Joker.”
January 6, 2020 4:20 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles prosecutors have charged Harvey Weinstein with sexually assaulting two women on successive nights during Oscars week in 2013, bringing the new case against the disgraced Hollywood mogul on the eve of jury selection for his New York trial. The case puts Weinstein in deep legal peril on both coasts, where he built his career as the one of the most powerful – and feared – figures in show business before a barrage of allegations led to his downfall and ignited the #MeToo movement. His lawyers have yet to comment.
January 6, 2020 4:19 am
SYDNEY (AP) – Australia’s government says it is willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from devastating wildfires. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government is committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the sums already committed. Rain and cooler temperatures brought some measure of relief to communities battling wildfires. Morrison said the military was attempting to get food, fuel and water to burned-out communities, and engineers were working to reopen roads and resupply evacuation centers. And teams had arrived at an island wildlife refuge to help euthanize injured livestock and wild animals.
January 6, 2020 4:18 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad is vowing revenge as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal. Esmail Ghaani’s threat comes as the blowback over the U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani mounted with Iraq’s parliament calling for the expulsion of American troops. The developments could bring Iran closer to building an atomic bomb, see an proxy or military attack launched by Tehran against America and enable the revival of the Islamic State group. Adding to the tensions, President Donald Trump threatened to demand compensation from Iraq or impose sanctions if it goes through with expelling U.S. troops.
January 6, 2020 4:17 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating what appears to be a deliberate attempt to release bedbugs in a Walmart store. A police spokeswoman said Monday that troopers have made no arrests and do not have any suspects. A manager from the Walmart store in Edinboro in northwestern Pennsylvania contacted police Saturday after store employees found pill bottles with bugs in them. Police say a hygiene servicesácontractor contacted by Walmart found bugs crawling around in the men’s fitting room and identified them as bedbugs. Troopers were testing for fingerprints on the bottle while store officials were reviewing surveillance video.
January 6, 2020 4:15 am
Authorities say a man questioned in the shooting of a Pittsburgh woman died by suicide a day after she died of her injuries. Police say 58-year-old George Daniel had been questioned and released in the Dec. 17 shooting of Ladea Terrell in Penn Hills. Authorities say the 33-year-old woman died Wednesday of her wounds. Officials tell the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Daniel’s body was discovered Friday at a city home. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office says he died Thursday. Police are continuing to investigate Terrell’s death.
January 6, 2020 4:13 am
SMITHTON, Pa. — A crash on I-70 near the Smithton Exit shut down the highway in both directions for the majority of Sunday morning according to PennDOT. According to state police, Rostraver EMS was dispatched to the crash scene. EMS personnel on scene were tending to one of the crash victims when their ambulance was struck by another vehicle. One of the EMS workers was hit and killed. Rostraver EMS said Supervisor Matthew Smelser was hit and killed. He was reportedly 44 years old and from Carroll Township. All lanes were back open by 12:30 p.m. At least two tractor trailers and a smaller truck were also involved in the crash.
January 6, 2020 4:08 am
State police have released more information about a multi-vehicle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Sunday that left five people dead and some sixty people injured. Troopers say a passenger bus, which was headed to Ohio from New York City, was traveling in the left lane when it struck the center median, veered right across the road, went up a steep embankment, rolled over and slid on its side back onto the roadway before coming to a stop against the center median. The bus was operated by Z&D Tour and was being driven by 58-year-old Shuang Qing Feng of Flushing, N.Y., who was ejected from the bus. As the bus lay on its side and across both lanes, it was hit by a FedEx tractor-trailer. That impact ejected 35-year-old Eileen Zelis Aria of Bronx, N.Y., and 9-year-old Jaremy Vazquez of Brooklyn. Both were passengers in the bus and both were killed, as was the bus driver. After that crash, police say a UPS tractor-trailer occupied by UPS employees, 48-year-old Dennis Kehler of Lebanon, Pa., and 53-year-old Daniel Kepner of Lewistown, Pa. slammed into the wreckage. The two men were killed. A Mercedes then crashed into the UPS truck and was hit by a second UPS truck, pinning it between the two. There were no injuries suffered by anyone in the mercedes or the second UPS truck. The five victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is continuing.
