November 29, 2023 3:09 am
A Canonsburg couple acting as caretakers to a four year old will face trial. Jessica Powell, 30 and Maceo Williams, 46 were charged with felony aggravated assault of a minor and child endangerment. Their preliminary hearing found them having all but the child endangerment charges dismissed. On March 16, according to police, Williams called police telling them a child was in need of stitches. When police arrived they found the victim with cuts all over their body. The child was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital where they received 25 stitches. Doctors there indicated that until a truthful history of the events causing the injuries is presented, it should be considered child abuse. In a subsequent visit, police were unable to verify what may have caused the injuries to the child. Both Powell and Williams will be formally arraigned on December 28.
November 29, 2023 3:00 am
In a letter to parents and guardians on Wednesday, Dr. Laura Jacob, Superintendent of the California Area School District said police were called in after an AR-15 magazine round bag was found on the floor of a classroom. Jacob says there was no magazine, ammunition or gun, just the bag for the magazine. She says authorities were called in and the school went into lock-down mode. According to Jacob, all the lockers were checked and nothing was found. She says that as a matter of caution, there will be an increased police presence on the campus on Thursday and all students entering the high school will use the same entrance and will have their bags searched. Jacob is asking anyone with information regarding the magazine bag to call her at 724-785-5800.
November 29, 2023 3:00 am
(WPXI) – A Washington County man who is a student at Pitt-Greensburg has been arrested on nearly three-hundred counts of child pornography related charges. Authorities say Zachary Gentile was using Facebook group chats to send videos, many of them, children younger than five. He is being held in jail on 250-thousand-dollars bond. Police say he destroyed his laptop and threw it into a campus dumpster.
November 28, 2023 4:21 pm
ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was memorialized as a matriarch who felt most comfortable helping those in need. Her tribute service in Atlanta was a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter. It marks the second of a three-day schedule of public events celebrating the former first lady and global humanitarian who died at the age of 96. Jimmy Carter appeared in the front row despite frail health. He was accompanied by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden as well as multiple other occupants of the White House. Country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed. (Photo: AP)
November 28, 2023 10:55 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says an offer from Hunter Biden to testify publicly before Congress doesn’t satisfy a subpoena they sent him amid an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday he expects the president’s son to fully cooperate with the demand for a closed-door interview. Hunter Biden has offered to testify publicly as Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into his father. He says closed-door sessions can be manipulated into a one-sided narrative. The high-stakes face-off comes during an impeachment inquiry that has so far failed to uncover evidence directly implicating Joe Biden in any wrongdoing.
November 28, 2023 5:10 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip: He had to postpone a planned trip to Congo and South Sudan in 2022 because of knee inflammation, though he was able to make the trip earlier this year.Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis was improving from the flu and inflammation of his respiratory tract that forced him to cancel his audiences Saturday. But he said “the doctors have asked the pope not to make the trip planned for the coming days to Dubai.”
November 28, 2023 5:08 am
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — India’s transportation minister says all 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north have been pulled out. The rescue mission was completed quickly after rescuers reached the trapped laborers earlier Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had gripped the country for days. Nitin Gadkari, the minister of road transport and highways, said on the social media platform X that he was “completely relieved and happy” after all were rescued. Gadkari added that “this was a well-coordinated effort by multiple agencies, marking one of the most significant rescue operations in recent years.”
November 28, 2023 5:06 am
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Monday in the weekend shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont. The attack is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The three young men were shot and injured Saturday while walking near the University of Vermont campus. Forty-eight-year-old Jason Eaton (pictured) was arrested Sunday and made a brief court appearance from jail Monday. He’s charged with three counts of attempted murder. The U.S. Justice Department and state officials are also investigating whether the shooting was a hate crime. Protests have been widespread and tensions have escalated in the U.S. as the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war.
November 28, 2023 5:03 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fragile truce between Israel and Hamas held for a fifth day as international mediators in Qatar worked to extend it and more hostages were freed from Gaza. Israel came under pressure from the United States to better protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza if it follows through on its promise to resume the war. The latest swap of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel got underway Tuesday evening. Israel said 10 of its citizens and 2 foreigners were freed by Hamas and had entered Egypt. Around 30 more Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released as part of the deal.
November 28, 2023 4:59 am
One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital after a house fire late Monday night in Canton Township. Washington County 9-1-1 says the blaze broke out around 10:30 p.m at a home along Elizabeth Street. There is no word on the identity or condition of the person injured. The State Police Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire. Firefighters from several departments were called to the scene.
