July 11, 2019 4:04 am
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. – (WPXI) – A normal trip to Walmart took an unexpected turn for one woman after she discovered something other than cards inside the UNO game that she bought . The woman says inside the box, she discovered prescription fentanyl. The woman who found the drugs did not want to go on camera but said she bought the game at the Walmart in West Mifflin. A police report was filed in Clairton, where police said they plan to destroy the packet of fentanyl. Walmart sent our news partners at Channel 11 the following statement . “The safety of our customers is a top priority and we take this seriously. We’re looking into this and will work with the supplier as well as the Clairton Police Department to find out what happened.” (Photo: WPXI)
July 10, 2019 5:14 pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Mississippi Gulf Coast residents are preparing for heavy rain as a tropical storm system causes flooding in New Orleans and other parts of south Louisiana. Coastal Mississippi is under a flood watch until Thursday night. Harrison County Emergency Management Director Rupert Lacy said Wednesday that free sandbags are available in several places. He said residents can pick them up to protect their property. Lacy said that such preparations are normal during hurricane season. He says, “when you live in paradise, you have to expect some days like this.” Harrison County is the largest of Mississippi’s three coastal counties. It includes Biloxi and Gulfport. (Photo: CNN)
July 10, 2019 12:28 pm
LIGONIER, Pa. (WPXI) – A woman was killed Wednesday morning after she became pinned beneath a FedEx truck in Ligonier. The crash happened on North Market and East Church streets just after 9 a.m. Drivers and public works employees reportedly tried to help Pamela Barkley, 54, of New Florence, but couldn’t free her. She died at the scene. Police at this point in time are calling the incident an “unfortunate accident.”
July 10, 2019 10:35 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says “many” Fed officials believe a weakening global economy and rising trade tensions have bolstered the case for looser interest-rate policies. Delivering the Fed’s semi-annual monetary report to Congress, Powell sends the strongest signal yet that the central bank is ready to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade, possibly as soon as the July meeting. Powell says that since Fed officials met last month, “uncertainties around trade tensions and concerns about the strength of the global economy continue to weigh on the U.S. economic outlook.” Meanwhile, inflation has fallen further below the Fed’s annual target of 2%. Many investors have put the odds of a rate cut this month at 100%. Powell, who has been under increasing attack by President Donald Trump, makes no mention of the president’s criticism in his prepared testimony but does thank Congress for the “independence” it has given the central bank to operate.
July 10, 2019 9:37 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a driver was rescued after a tri-axle dump truck rolled over and went down a hillside in Pittsburgh. Officials in Allegheny County said the truck was carrying a load of asphalt at the time of the accident shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The truck went about 50 feet down the hillside in the Panther Hollow area of Schenley Park. Trees were holding the truck in place when emergency crews arrived. Crews had to stabilize the truck before they could remove the driver. Officials said he was conscious but complained of aches and pains and was taken to a hospital to be examined. A police spokesman said initial reports indicated that part of the hillside gave way
July 10, 2019 9:34 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Joe Biden is releasing his presidential financial disclosure, which shows that the former vice president earned millions of dollars, including more than $2.7 million for book deals and speaking engagements over the past year and a half. During a four-decade political career, Biden brought home little more than his government salary. But since leaving the White House in January 2017, Biden has become a millionaire. His newfound wealth stems from a lucrative publishing deal, publicity tours and other speaking engagements. Biden’s first book, an account of his son Beau’s death from cancer, briefly topped bestseller lists in 2017. Biden also earned $540,000 as a professor and namesake of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. He is now seeking the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.
July 10, 2019 9:31 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Diplomats are gathering in Vienna for a special meeting of the board of the U.N. atomic watchdog requested by the United States to discuss Iran’s nuclear program.
U.S. and Iranian envoys to the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected to address the group Wednesday. The U.S. called for the meeting after Iran announced last week that it had exceeded the amount of low-enriched uranium it is allowed to stockpile under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Since then, it also announced it has started enriching uranium past the 3.67% purity allowed, to 4.5%. The IAEA has verified both developments. Iran says it is justified in breaching the limits because the U.S. withdrew from the agreement last year and imposed sweeping sanctions. The other parties to the deal – Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain and the European Union – have called for Iran to stick to its commitments.
July 10, 2019 7:28 am
LONDON (AP) – The U.K. Foreign Office says Britain’s ambassador to the United States has resigned just days after diplomatic cables criticizing President Donald Trump were leaked. Kim Darroch said in a letter Wednesday that even though his posting was due to end this year, he believed “in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador.” Darroch said he is “grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days.” Prime Minister Theresa May said it was a “matter of regret” that Darroch resigned. Darroch’s forthright, unfiltered views on the U.S. administration – meant for a limited audience and discreet review – appeared in leaked diplomatic documents that were published in Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper.
July 10, 2019 4:40 am
A Weirton, West Virginia man will serve six-and-a-half to 13 years in prison followed by ten years probation for the deaths of two people at a Washington Health Center building back in June of 2018. 44 year old Chad Spence was sentenced Tuesday by Washington County Judge Valarie Costanzo. His jeep smashed through a wall at the building along Leonard Avenue killing 57 year old Kimberly Dollard of Amwell Township who was working inside. A patient in the building, 86 year old David Adams died back in January at South HIlls Rehabilitation Center where he had been a patient since the crash. Spence entered a ‘no contest’ plea to the charges. He told police he was in town for an appointment at a suboxone clinic on Locust Street.
July 10, 2019 4:10 am
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia is now a key election battleground in the long-running fight over gun laws. Interest groups and activists on both sides are gearing up for a major clash after Republicans on Tuesday adjourned a special legislative session that had been called by the governor to consider gun-control measures in the wake of a mass shooting in Virginia Beach.
Virginia is the only state where control of the Legislature is up for grabs this year. The GOP currently holds a narrow majority. Republican lawmakers abruptly ended the session after less than two hours and postponed any movement on gun laws until after the November election. Democrats and gun-control advocates vowed to force them from office.
