June 12, 2025 5:00 am
ASPINWALL, Pa. — (WPXI) – When debilitating storms moved through Aspinwall on April 29, many felt unprepared, including some state representatives. On Wednesday, three of them introduced legislation that aims to improve communication when natural disasters strike. “I told my out-of-town people, ‘get out,’ my employees ‘get out as fast as you can,’ because it turned out to be a lot worse than we imagined,” Debbie McManus said. McManus has owned and operated an Aspinwall business for 37 years. She and others have seen storms and flooding throughout that time, but nothing quite like this spring. “We had three major issues with high tension wires on the ground for 10 days and nothing was done,” Aspinwall Mayor Joe Noro said. Mayor Noro says getting information during that time was extremely difficult. “If you can’t get information from Allegheny emergency management, that’s a problem,“ he said. State Rep. Abigail Salisbury (D-34) agrees, which is why she’s joined forces with State Reps. Mandy Steele (D-33) and Valerie Gaydos (R-44) to take action. “I just want to create a system where it’s easier for the state reps to help our constituents and to relay that information directly to PEMA,” Salisbury said. On Wednesday, she introduced a bill which would require PEMA to share weather emergency alerts with state legislative offices, creating a direct channel of communication before, during and after natural disasters strike.“That would enable us to better prepare to be able to deploy and help people in the community,” she said. Salisbury says the bill already has bipartisan support. There are several steps before this bill goes to the governor.
June 11, 2025 3:48 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is drawing down the presence of people who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East due to the potential for regional unrest. The State Department said it has ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel from the American Embassy in Baghdad. The department also is authorizing the departure of nonessential personnel and family members from Bahrain and Kuwait, giving them an option to leave those countries. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also “has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations” across the region.
June 11, 2025 3:23 pm
(WPXI) – PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man is facing charges after police say he kicked a woman who was on the ground and shot an unarmed man who tried to intervene. Police charge Lin Rashied Jama Jones, 47, with aggravated assault and related charges following an incident police say occurred Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Bedford Dwellings neighborhood. In court records, police say Jones could be seen on security footage holding a pistol and kicking a woman while she was on the ground in the 2500 block of Chauncey Drive. Another man reportedly tried to intervene before Jones shot him in the leg. Jones told police he went to Chauncey Drive to confront another man, and when he couldn’t find him, ended up arguing with a woman who “maced” him, court records show. Police say he would not admit to having a gun or shooting the other victim. Police confirmed Jones does not have a concealed carry license and, because of a prior conviction, was not to possess a firearm, court records show.
June 11, 2025 3:18 pm
(WPXI) MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. — Four Ohio men were arrested Tuesday in Mount Lebanon on accusations of stealing mail, days after two armed robbery incidents involving South Hills postal service workers. Facing charges of receiving stolen property and conspiracy are Ronin Kaleb Kelley, 20, of Akron; Mar’Sean Lanier Barkley, 20, of Akron; Devin Hasley, 18, of Cleveland; and Mar’Quan Lamont Davis, 18, of Akron. Police stopped the vehicle the four men were in after receiving reports of a possible residential burglary, court records show. Searching the vehicle, police reportedly found a piece of mail that had been opened and did not belong to any of the four, with the sender’s address being from Upper St. Clair and the receiver’s address from Florida.
June 11, 2025 3:09 pm
(WPXI) A jury has once again convicted Harvey Weinstein of a sex crime. The Hollywood producer was on retrial after a New York appeals court overturned his previous verdict, The Associated Press reported. The jury had a split decision, convicting Weinstein of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley in 2006, Variety reported. He was acquitted of a second criminal sex act charge from an alleged incident involving Kaja Sokola. Sokola testified for about five days, The New York Times reported. All three women testified openly in court, Variety reported. The original trial was affected by “egregious” judicial rulings and prejudicial testimony, the appeals court ruled, tossing Weinstein’s conviction and accompanying 23-year prison sentence, the AP reported. He was facing charges that involved two women from his original case, along with additional allegations from a third woman who was not part of the first trial. He pleaded not guilty, denying he raped or sexually assaulted anyone.
June 11, 2025 3:03 pm
(WPXI) – ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Brandon Rumbaugh, a decorated Marine veteran, today waived his preliminary hearing in the case that accuses him of raping a 13-year-old girl multiple times in his Pleasant Hill home. The case will proceed to Rumbaugh’s formal arraignment, which is scheduled for Aug. 7. He is facing multiple charges, including rape of a substantially impaired person and statutory sexual assault. According to detectives, Rumbaugh told the victim to keep this a secret until she was 18 years old. Police say there is surveillance video of Rumbaugh and the girl in a Sheetz, where you see Rumbaugh purchasing alcohol.
June 11, 2025 9:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as food costs rose, though overall inflation remained mostly tame. Consumer prices increased 2.4% last month compared to a year ago, according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday. That is up from a 2.3% yearly increase in April. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.8% for the third straight month. The figures suggest inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, which makes it less likely that the central bank will cut its key short-term interest rate.
June 11, 2025 5:16 am
LONDON (AP) — Chinese state media say that the U.S. and China have agreed in principle on a framework to carry out an agreement they reached on resolving their trade disputes last month. The announcement came at the end of two days of talks Monday and Tuesday in London. The agreement had been shaken by a series of disputes in the ensuing weeks, leading to a phone call last week between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to try to calm the waters. The two countries announced May 12 they had agreed to a 90-day suspension of most of the 100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other.
June 11, 2025 5:13 am
Elon Musk stepped back from his explosive feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, writing on X that he regrets some of his posts about his onetime ally and that they went “too far.” Early Wednesday morning, he posted “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.” Musk earlier deleted a post in which he claimed without evidence that the government was concealing information about the president’s association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. On Sunday, Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he has no desire to repair their relationship and warned that Musk could face “serious consequences” if he tries to help Democrats in upcoming elections.
June 11, 2025 5:10 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Hours after the curfew went into effect Tuesday night, many of the protesters had dispersed, although small sporadic confrontations continued. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier accused Trump of drawing a “military dragnet” across the nation’s second-largest city with his escalating use of the National Guard. He also deployed Marines, though none were seen on the streets Tuesday. Trump ordered the deployment of nearly 5,000 troops, including National Guard and Marines, to LA.
