December 26, 2019 6:14 am
A Washington County fire chief is back home after being arrested in Thailand. Hanover volunteer fire chief Michael Morra was arrested last month after a bullet was found in his luggage at the Bangkok airport. He spent nearly five weeks in the country, unable to leave. According to his son’s Facebook page, Morra returned home on Christmas Eve. He thanks everyone for their support. Morra was in Thailand doing work for his employer, General Electric.
December 26, 2019 5:48 am
PENN HILLS, Pa. — (WPXI) – A woman was shot outside a bar in Penn Hills early Thursday morning and has died at a local hospital. Allegheny County Police are now taking over the investigation after someone called for help just before 3 a.m. from Flinn’s Pub on Frankstown Road. The woman who was killed has been identified as 18 year old Leona Dailey. There is still no information in regards to suspect or motive.
December 26, 2019 4:19 am
BOSTON (AP) – A woman and two children have died after being found unconscious on a sidewalk near a Boston parking garage. The identities of the victims, as well as the relationship of the woman to the children, has not yet been determined. Boston Police Commissioner William Gross said the children appeared to be under age 5. News video showed police looking at an SUV, with several doors wide open, parked on the top level of the parking garage, which is adjacent to the Ruggles MBTA rail station. Gross said there were two child car seats in the vehicle.
December 26, 2019 4:18 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A boat carrying migrants has capsized in a lake in eastern Turkey, killing seven people on board, At least 64 other migrants were rescued. The boat sank in Lake Van on Thursday as it approached a town in Bitlis province, according to a statement by the provincial governor’s office. The boat was carrying migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Five of them were found dead in the lake while two others died in a hospital. Turkey is a main crossing point for migrants trying to reach Europe.
December 26, 2019 4:16 am
DOVER, Del. (AP) – The remains of a 33-year-old American soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan have been returned to the United States, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble of Washington Township, New Jersey, was killed Monday in a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province. Multiple U.S. officials attended on Wednesday what the military calls a dignified transfer in which the cases containing the remains are transferred to a vehicle from the aircraft that ferried them to the United States.
December 26, 2019 4:16 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghanistan’s defense ministry says that a powerful suicide car bombing has targeted an army compound in the country’s north, killing six Afghan soldiers. The ministry statement is blaming the Taliban for the attack though there was no immediate claim of responsibility by the insurgents. Shortly after the bomber detonated the car laden with explosives, a group of insurgents stormed into the compound, setting of a shootout with Afghan forces. The ministry also said that three Afghan soldiers were wounded in the explosion and the ensuing “terrorist attack.” The provincial governor’s spokesman, Munir Farhad, said fighting inside the compound continued for hours before the attackers were repelled.
December 26, 2019 4:12 am
NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (AP) — (WPXI) – Police said Tuesday a western Pennsylvania woman and her boyfriend were both charged with assault for a fight she says began when he found her wrapping presents for another boyfriend. The Tribune-Review said Daniel W. Hill and Diedra L. Dibucci, both 50 years old, were arrested after the incident in the North Huntingdon apartment they shared. Police answered a call about a man with a knife and had to force their way inside. That’s where they say they found Hill on the floor, with injuries and scratches to his face and neck. Dibucci told officers Hill threw a chair at her and grabbed a kitchen knife. Hill was charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest. He was jailed after failing to post bail. Court records indicated Dibucci faces an assault charge.
December 26, 2019 4:09 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)- A man was arrested following a search by law enforcement after allegedly forcing his way into a local home with a knife days ago. Police said Joel Hatfield, 28, was taken into custody Christmas Eve. Hatfield was wanted for allegedly forcing his way into a Dormont apartment early Sunday morning. Detectives said a man who lives in the apartment in the 1500 block of Kelton Avenue said he heard a noise at the door and when he went to check it out, Hatfield pulled out a knife and forced his way in. The man inside had a gun, and police said a fight started. During the fight, Hatfield was hit in the head with the gun, and the man who lived there also fired a shot. Hatfield wasn’t hit, though, police said. Police said Hatfield was homeless but was known to frequently be in the Dormont area.
December 25, 2019 7:02 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis assured the faithful on Christmas Eve that God loves everyone — “even the worst of us” — as he celebrated the joyous birth of Christ after a less-than-joyful year of scandals and opposition. With a choir singing the classic Christmas hymn “The First Noel,” Francis processed down the center aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica late Tuesday and unveiled a statue of the newborn Jesus lying in a nativity scene at the foot of the altar. Francis said the birth of Jesus, which Christians commemorate on Christmas Day, was a reminder of God’s unconditional love for everyone, “even the worst of us.” At the same time though, he called for the faithful to allow themselves to be transformed by Jesus’ “crazy love” and to stop trying to change others. Francis has frequently emphasized his call for “personal conversion” in his reform-minded papacy, believing that true reform cannot be imposed from on high, but discerned from within. He has similarly denounced the “holier-than-thou” attitude of doctrinal and legal purists, who have chafed at his progressive openings to gays, divorcees and people on the margins. Those critics have seized on the sexual abuse and financial scandals that have buffeted the papacy of the 83-year-old Jesuit pope. The scandals are likely to follow Francis into 2020, with developments in a corruption investigation involving hundreds of millions of dollars in donations to the Holy See and the release of a report on what the Vatican knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked for sexually abusing adults and minors,
December 25, 2019 7:00 am
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from the divided Neutral Zone, but stressed this would not change their OPEC commitments to crude oil production cuts. The allied Gulf Arab nations signed the agreement in Kuwait City on Tuesday. Local media reported that about 300,000 barrels per day were being pumped from the area before the dispute halted production in early 2015. The divided zone, located between the two neighboring countries’ land borders, can produce up to half-a-million barrels per day. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported that the agreement will not affect Saudi Arabia’s commitments to reduce its crude output to 9.7 million barrels per day. The agreement was signed by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who has spent the past few years as a Saudi energy insider trying to resolve the rare public spat between the kingdom and its Gulf neighbor. The Kuwait News Agency reported that a “lavish ceremony” was held to mark the event, and was attended by Kuwait’s foreign minister, energy minister and other officials.
