January 22, 2020 3:33 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Senate is hearing opening statements in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Democratic House managers are making their case that Trump abused power and should be removed from office. Trump himself said on Wednesday he wants top aides to testify, but he qualified that by suggesting that “national security” concerns will keep that from happening. Republicans have for now blocked Democratic motions to immediately call witnesses and subpoena documents. On Tuesday, the Senate approved rules for Trump’s trial on two articles of impeachment.
January 22, 2020 3:30 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WPXI) — Police at Penn State are investigating a reported sexual assault that occurred at a fraternity house. According to an online submission, the assault happened Jan. 15 at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on E. Prospect Avenue. The report was made by a third party who was told by the unknown victim that four unidentified fraternity brothers assaulted them. In an online statement, Penn State Police said there may be a continued risk.
January 22, 2020 3:28 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WPXI)— Nearly three months after a Port Authority bus was partially swallowed by a sinkhole in Downtown Pittsburgh, the city is getting its first bills for the damage. Pittsburgh City Council began consideration Tuesday on an $88,150 bill from Allegheny Crane Rental for the emergency removal of the bus on 10th Street in October. Council members are expected to approve the bill in the coming weeks, and they know this is just the beginning. City and PWSA officials say they have no estimate on what the final total will be. It took less than 24 hours to pull the bus out of the sinkhole, and costs continue to pile up as work remains at a standstill. The city is still waiting on repairs to an underground tunnel that provides steam to heat downtown businesses before they can continue to fix the street. That will take until early February, at which point the city will determine if 10th Street is ready for paving.
January 22, 2020 3:23 am
SHALER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — Shaler Township Police are searching for a 70-year-old woman who was last seen Monday. According to a release from police, Janet Walsh went missing Jan. 20 in Shaler and has not been spotted since. She was described as 5-foot-3, weighing 170 pounds with blonde hair and hazel eyes. Police said Walsh is possibly driving her 2018 silver Chevrolet Trax with Pa. tags KTW6007. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is asked to call 911.
January 22, 2020 3:20 am
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (WPXI) — Antonio Brown is a suspect in a possible battery and burglary that happened outside his Hollywood, Fla. home Tuesday afternoon, according to our news partners at Channel 11. ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe reported that Brown’s trainer, Glen Holt, was arrested for felony burglary and battery following this incident, but Brown has not been arrested at this point. Police said there was some sort of altercation involving the driver of a moving truck that was parked outside Brown’s home. Brown was identified as a suspect but has not been arrested or charged. The truck driver said he was battered by Holt and Brown. Officers tried to contact Brown but were unsuccessful, according to ESPN. There was an “active scene” with a large police presence outside Brown’s home near Ft. Lauderdale for a few hours. Police have ended their working relationship with Brown, rejecting a donation he made to a youth football program put on through the department. Drew Rosenhaus has also ended his relationship with Brown.
January 21, 2020 1:46 pm
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation prohibiting the sale of flavored vaping products. Murphy signed the measure that moved to his desk amid a nationwide scare last year over mysterious illnesses linked to vaping. The ban will take effect in April. Murphy and the bill’s sponsors say the flavors are meant to hook young people, who are using the products in increasing numbers. The New Jersey measure would ban menthol but permit tobacco flavors. The measure also prohibits other flavors, like candy, desserts and fruit, among others.
January 21, 2020 12:41 pm
State Police in Greene County say they are treating the death of a Mt. Morris man as a homicide. Troopers say 43-year-old Roger Grim Jr. was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body on Fox Hill Road in Perry Township Sunday morning. Authorities say he was likely killed sometime between two and nine a.m. Troopers say their investigation is ongoing.
January 21, 2020 3:34 am
NEW YORK (AP) – The Vatican has ordered an investigation of a sexual abuse allegation against a Brooklyn bishop who was previously named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo. The Archdiocese of New York says Cardinal Timothy Dolan received instructions on Jan. 7 to begin an investigation of allegations that Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio molested a child while he was a priest in New Jersey in the mid-1970s. DiMarzio has denied the allegation. An attorney notified church officials in November that he was preparing a lawsuit on behalf of the alleged victim. Pope Francis tapped DiMarzio in October to investigate the Buffalo Diocese’s response to clergy sexual abuse.
January 21, 2020 3:33 am
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. — All westbound lanes were closed for a portion of time early Tuesday morning on Interstate 70 near Bentleyville for a truck fire. The tractor trailer, which was carrying juice, caught fire near exit 31 in Kammermer. PennDot issued a tweet saying that the westbound lanes of the highway were closed around 12:30 a.m. Only the trailer was affected by the fire, which was under control before 2:00 a.m. No injuries were reported from the incident.
January 21, 2020 3:18 am
BEIJING (AP) – Heightened precautions are being taken in China and elsewhere as governments strove to control the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush. Anxieties grew after a Chinese government expert revealed on state television that the virus can be spread between humans. Authorities had previously said there was no evidence of that. The first cases were linked to a seafood market in Wuhan and animal-to-human transmission was suspected. So far, four people have died, and more than 200 have been infected. Most of the illnesses and all of the confirmed deaths have occurred in Wuhan. The cases in other Chinese cities and in Japan, South Korea and Thailand were connected to Wuhan as well.
