September 2, 2019 4:16 am
PENN HILLS, Pa. (WPXI) – An Amber Alert was issued after a toddler was abducted in Penn Hills on Saturday, according to police. Allegheny County police have arrested Sharena Islam Nancy, the driver of the Toyota Yaris in connection with the abduction of Nalani Johnson. Nancy is facing several charges including kidnapping of a minor and concealment of whereabouts of a child. Police said the girl was abducted by Sharena Islam Nancy, a 25-year-old Indian American female. Police said Nancy was driving a 2017 black Toyota Yaris with PA plate KLW3926 with Lyft and Uber stickers on the front passenger side window. Police said they found Nancy and the car involved and said she was being questioned at the police department. County police, the lead agency now in the investigation, said they are being helped by the FBI. The agency said shortly after the alleged abduction, Nancy drove to Monroeville, where the car was spotted near the intersection of Route 48 and Route 22 shortly after 5 p.m. During their investigation, police said the black Toyota Yaris traveled to the Blairsville, New Alexandria and Delmont areas of Westmoreland County during the 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. time frame. Family members say Nancy was giving a ride to Nalani, her father and a friend. When Nalani’s father got out of the car and went around to get the girl out is when Nancy allegedly took off with the child. (Photo: WPXI)
September 1, 2019 8:39 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters. Francis apologized to faithful in St. Peter’s Square Sunday for showing up seven minutes late for his traditional noon appointment with the public. Apparently referring to electric power, Francis said a “drop in tension” caused the elevator to block. He said that Holy See firefighters rescued him and asked the people in the square to applaud them.
September 1, 2019 8:38 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports have taken effect, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer goods in advance of the holiday shopping season. The 15% taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports. All told, more than two-thirds of the consumer goods the United States imports from China now face higher taxes. The administration had largely avoided hitting consumer items in its earlier rounds of tariff hikes. But with prices of many consumer goods now likely to rise, the administration’s move threatens the U.S. economy’s main driver: Consumer spending. As businesses pull back on investment spending and exports slow in the face of weak global growth, American shoppers have been a key bright spot for the economy.
September 1, 2019 8:37 am
MIAMI (AP) – Weather forecasters say Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a Category 5 storm, capable of inflicting catastrophic levels of destruction. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Dorian’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph (260 kph), up from 150 mph (240 kph). It is moving west at 8 mph (13 kph) “Devastating hurricane conditions” are expected in the Abacos Islands early Sunday, with conditions will spread across Grand Bahama Island later in the day, the center said. In its advisory at 8 a.m. EDT, the center says the storm’s center is 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Great Abaco Island and 225 miles (360 kilometers) east of West Palm Beach.
September 1, 2019 8:36 am
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) – At least five people are dead in West Texas after a man stopped by state troopers for failing to signal a left turn opened fire and fled. Authorities say the gunman shot more than 20 people as he drove before being killed by officers outside a movie theater. Police in Odessa plan a Sunday morning news conference to update the investigation into the chaotic rampage during which the suspect hijacked a mail carrier truck and fired at random as he drove in the area of Odessa and Midland. The two cities are in the heart of Texas oil country, more than 300 miles west of Dallas. Police have only identified the gunman as a man in his 30s and have not offered a motive.
September 1, 2019 8:30 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. – Friends, family and staff members gathered at the Washington High School to commemorate the life of Nicholas Cumer weeks after his death in the Dayton, Ohio mass shooting. Cumer was a 2012 Wash High graduate who was finishing his studies as a grad student with St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa. at the time of the incident. Out of the dozens in attendance, Cumer’s parents Vicky and Ron spoke to the crowd and thanked the community for all of the support over the last month. Pastor Brian Greenleaf of the Washington Alliance Church and various former teachers who had Cumer in class made their remarks as well.
September 1, 2019 8:20 am
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. – A Kentucky man working a concert at Key Bank Pavilion died of natural causes on the job Saturday afternoon. Allen Ditch, 49, of Lewisport suffered a cardiac event around 2:45 p.m. while working as a crew member for a scheduled artist at the event venue. The Coroner’s Office is not investigating the incident as a suspicious death. The UPMC Paramedic Response Unit assisted the Hanover Township Police Department on scene.
August 31, 2019 9:24 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian official has tweeted at President Donald Trump over an apparent rocket failure, showing an image of him standing next to a satellite that was supposed to be launched. Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted the image Saturday of the Nahid-1 satellite. Jahromi wrote: “Me & Nahid I right now, Good Morning Donald Trump!” The tweet comes after satellite photos showed a rocket on a launch pad at Iran’s Imam Khomenei Space Center had exploded Thursday. Analysts had linked the explosion to Iran’s planned launch of the Nahid-1. Trump on Friday tweeted what appeared to be a U.S. spy photo of the damage at the launch pad, saying: “The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations.”
August 31, 2019 9:23 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A senior North Korean diplomat has berated U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments describing North Korean behavior as “rogue” and says Pyongyang’s hopes for talks with Washington are fading. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in a statement released through state media on Saturday said Pompeo’s “excessive” comments increased North Korean people’s animosity toward Americans and made it harder for working-level nuclear negotiations between the countries to resume.
Pompeo in speech to U.S. veterans in Indiana on Tuesday said the Trump administration recognized that “North Korea’s rogue behavior could not be ignored.” North Korea has recently conducted a slew of short-range weapons tests in what’s seen as an attempt to increase pressure on Washington and Seoul amid a standstill in nuclear negotiations.
August 31, 2019 9:20 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WPXI) – Campus police at Robert Morris University issued an alert to students and staff about a man who has been issued a “No Trespass” order. Wassim Ouchene, 21, is no longer allowed on school property following an alleged incident, according to police. RMU police were called to Yorktown Hall off-campus housing just before 11 after a female student said Ouchene tried to force his way into her room. Police told our news partners at Channel 11 her frightening encounter began in the parking lot, where she told police Ouchene suddenly grabbed her, groped her and choked her. She told police that, fearing for her life, she ran, but Ouchene chased her. She was able to get to her third-floor apartment and thought she was safe, but a few minutes later she heard a knock at her door and opened it to Ouchene, who forced his way in, she told police. Police said she managed to run out of her building, leaving Ouchene by her door. Police say they found him still sitting outside her door.
