November 12, 2019 10:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is letting a lawsuit proceed against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The justices rejected an appeal Tuesday from Remington Arms that argued a 2005 federal law shields firearms manufacturers from most lawsuits when their products are used in crimes. The court’s order allows a survivor and relatives of nine victims who died at the Newtown, Connecticut, school in 2012 to pursue their claims. The lawsuit says the Madison, North Carolina-based company should never have sold a weapon as dangerous as the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle that gunman Adam Lanza used to kill 20 first graders and six educators. It also alleges Remington targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and product placement in violent video games. The National Rifle Association was among those urging the court to jump into the case and end the lawsuit against Remington.
November 12, 2019 7:46 am
INDIANA, Pa. – (WPXI) – A woman and her two children who police believed might have been in danger have been located. Police were searching for Alicia Brumbaugh, 31; Maverick Brumbaugh, 1; and Aleah Brumbaugh, 2, who were last seen about 4 a.m. Monday in Imler, authorities said. Investigators believed they were with Alicia Brumbaugh’s father-in-law, 56-year-old Edgar Decker Jr., who has an active felony warrant and was recently released from rehab. Alicia Brumbaugh made a frantic phone call just before 11:30 p.m. Monday from near the parking lot of a Walmart in Indiana, but the call ended before police got any information, authorities said.
November 12, 2019 7:42 am
Another member of the Pagans Motorcycle club has been sentenced in connection with a brutal beating at the Charleroi Slovak club earlier this year. 57 year old Brian Keruskin pleaded no contest to a charge of conspiracy to engage in aggravated assault. According to reports, Keruskin was sentenced to two-and-a-half to eight years in state prison. Prosecutors maintain that he encouraged an officer at the club to erase surveillance video that showed him allow several Pagan members into the club to assault 53 year old Troy Harris in April. A dozen people were charged in connection with the assault.
November 12, 2019 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump come at the very time that Capitol Hill usually tends to its mound of unfinished business. The hearings and the possibility of impeachment and a trial create yet another layer of complications for senior lawmakers pressing for an agreement on $1.4 trillion worth of federal agency budgets or finalizing a rewrite of the North American trade rules. Yet the new few weeks could still be the last, best opportunity for lawmakers to wrap up their work. In the near term, the sole piece of must-do business is to pass a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown. Avoiding a shutdown shouldn’t be a problem, at least for now, with passage of a temporary, governmentwide spending bill to perhaps Dec. 20 virtually assured.
November 12, 2019 4:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Protections for 660,000 immigrants are on the line at the Supreme Court. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday on the Trump administration’s bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation and allows them to work in the United States legally. The program was begun under President Barack Obama. The Trump administration announced in September 2017 that it would end DACA protections, but lower federal courts have stepped in to keep the program alive.
Now it’s up to the Supreme Court to say whether the way the administration has gone about trying to wind down DACA complies with federal law. A decision is expected by June 2020, amid the presidential election campaign.
November 12, 2019 4:12 am
DALLAS (AP) – Dean Foods is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and may sell the company off to the Dairy Farmers of America. The company said Tuesday that it needs to address debt and unfunded pension obligations while it puts the company up for sale. Dean Foods Co. has lost money in eight of its last 10 quarters and in seven of its last eight quarters it’s posted declining sales. The company has received a commitment of about $850 million in debtor-in-possession financing from certain existing lenders. Dean Foods, which named Eric Berigause as its new CEO in July, said its business is operating normally while it reorganizes.
November 12, 2019 4:10 am
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivia is facing its worst unrest in decades amid a political vacuum, while Evo Morales, who transformed the Andean nation as its first indigenous president, has fled the country following weeks of violent protests. Morales flew out on a Mexican government plane late Monday hours after being granted asylum as his supporters and foes fought on the streets of the capital while an opposition leader tearfully laid out a possible path toward new elections in the wake of the president’s resignation. Morales stepped down Sunday following weeks of widespread protests fed by allegations of electoral fraud in the Oct. 20 presidential election that he claimed to have won. Resignations by every other constitutionally designated successor have left it unclear who will take his place and how.
November 12, 2019 4:05 am
Aesthetics and safety were two topics of concern in Peters Township at Monday’s Council Meeting. One item addressed was the removal of trees on Snyder Road. Residents were concerned that the township’s wishes to clear nearly 50 trees that were in the township’s right of way would severely affect the wooded nature of their street. The township met with the residents and explained that the need to perform this maintenance is necessary from the standpoint of safety and that the only trees being removed are those that are dead, diseased or are in danger of restricting the free flow of traffic. Once residents understood the township’s needs, no objections were registered. Council also authorized staff to contract with the Cohen Law Group. This organization will assist the township in regulating the upcoming 5G improvements in wireless technology. When 5G becomes available, it will be necessary for wireless companies to install many 30 foot utility poles in the right of way. Many township developments have underground utilities and this technology will cause residents to see utility poles in their neighborhoods where they did not exist before. The purpose of this hire is to find a way to manage the installation of the poles and best maintain the beauty of the neighborhood. Council cannot ban the installation as the utility poles fall under the purview of the Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
November 12, 2019 4:02 am
PITTSBURGH – (WPXI) – That first step out the door was icy this morning and motorists could find roads and sidewalks slippery as temperatures fall overnight. Snow showers will continue off and on, with snow squalls possible. Most areas around Pittsburgh will see around 1″ to 2″ of snow, with more north and east of the city. It’s the cold that will make the headlines though-with wind chills in the teens for your Wednesday morning commute, and high temperatures struggling to get above freezing through the day. Record low temperatures are possible, dropping to around 15º by Wednesday morning.
November 11, 2019 1:43 pm
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) – A man pulled out a gun and robbed three elderly women who were walking from the Grove City Premium Outlets in Mercer County Sunday, Pennsylvania State Police said. The women had been shopping at the outlet mall and were walking shortly after 7 p.m. in an alleyway, Westside Square Drive, to the Marriott Hotel when the man walked up to them, according to police. When the man pulled out the handgun, he ordered the women to hand over their bags. Police said he then forcefully took several bags and purses before taking off. The man ran toward the outlet mall’s parking lot after the robbery. The man is described as white and between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a stocky build. He was wearing a black knit pullover cap and dark clothing. Investigators said the man might have been a passenger in a dark-colored, possibly black, car, which the women saw in the mall’s parking lot near the entrance to the alleyway. Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Mercer at 724-662-6162.
