March 26, 2021 4:17 am
Tornadoes hatched by early spring “super cell” storms have ripped a path of devastation across Alabama and into Georgia early Friday, leaving at least five people dead. Authorities say one fierce tornado traveled roughly 100 miles and left a long path of damage. The storms knocked out power to tens of thousands in Alabama. They also raised warnings about possible overnight flash floods in parts of Georgia and Tennessee and other severe weather into Kentucky and the Carolinas. First lady Jill Biden has postponed a trip to Birmingham and Jasper, Alabama, that had been planned for Friday.
May 27, 2020 9:52 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit has been called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown because of the danger of lightning. Liftoff is rescheduled for Saturday. The spacecraft was set to blast off Wednesday afternoon for the International Space Station, ushering in a new era in commercial spaceflight and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade. Ever since the space shuttle was retired in 2011, NASA has relied on Russian rockets to carry astronauts to and from the space station.
August 8, 2019 9:28 am
ATLANTA (AP) – Authorities say a former worker at the Atlanta Braves’ stadium threatened to shoot people there and also to “blow up the place.” Cobb County jail records show 30-year-old Jamar Antonio Golfin is charged with making terroristic threats and acts. He remained jailed Thursday. An arrest warrant shows Golfin was a temporary worker cleaning a seating area of SunTrust Park, just northwest of Atlanta. The warrant says he’d gotten into an argument with his boss Friday morning and was asked to leave. That’s when he’s accused of vowing to return and “shoot everyone there.” Braves spokeswoman Beth Marshall tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Golfin worked for a third-party vendor and no longer works for them.
September 20, 2024 5:02 am
Recently, the Washington County Republican Party took to social media to call out Washington Financial Bank for election interference. The disagreement centered on a statement issued by the Mon Valley Alliance that was critical to former President Donald Trump after he mentioned the Borough of Charleroi during a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona. Randy Patterson is the Vice President of Commercial Banking at Washington Financial and he is the Secretary of the Mon Valley Alliance. Republican Party Chairman Sean Logue called on the Washington County Commissioners to halt business dealings with the bank because of the statement. Michael Chaido, President and CEO of Washington Financial Bank investigated Logue’s claims and presented proof that Patterson had no idea that the statement was being issued without prior authorization from the MVA Board of Directors. Logue states that as a non-profit the MVA is not permitted to engage in political discourse. Chaido said that an agreement was reached between the parties where Washington Financial will issue a statement and the Washington County Republican Party would take down its post on Facebook.
November 22, 2023 5:08 am
The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.” OpenAI’s board of directors had refused to give specific reasons for why it fired Altman on Friday, leading to a weekend of internal conflict at the company and growing outside pressure from the startup’s investors.
January 1, 2023 1:10 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Excitement spanned 14 blocks through Pittsburgh’s Cultural District for Highmark First Night, the 29th year for the event. From two rounds of fireworks to plenty of activities for children, including an ice maze and New Year’s Eve parade, there was something for everyone. The parade started at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, turning onto Stanwix Street and towards the Allegheny River. People from all over the country had their reasons for wanting to ring in the New Year downtown. Plenty of performers took several outdoor stages throughout the night, with thousands of people projected to attend, most of whom waited patiently until 11:59 for the “Future of Pittsburgh” ball to drop.
February 18, 2022 2:06 pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Daunte Wright’s parents have expressed anger after a judge sentenced the former police officer who killed their son to two years in prison, well below what prosecutors sought. Katie Wright said Friday that Kim Potter “murdered my son” adding, “today the justice system murdered him all over again.” Potter was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, as he sought to drive away from police last April at a traffic stop. Potter, who is white, said she meant to grab her Taser. Prosecutors had sought about seven years. Judge Regina Chu said several factors warranted a lesser sentence for Potter. Wright’s father, Arbuey, called the sentence “a slap on the wrist.” (Photo: AP)
March 26, 2021 4:13 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Both United Airlines and Southwest Airlines announced passengers will be able to fly to new destinations from Pittsburgh International Airport. According to airport officials, United announced travelers will be able to fly nonstop to Pensacola, Florida; Portland, Maine; and Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina. Several hours later, Southwest announced it was adding a route to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. United officials said these seasonal routes will be offered starting Memorial Day and will operate until Labor Day weekend. They will be served using the new Bombardier CRJ-550 jets. Southwest will begin Saturday nonstop service to Myrtle Beach in late May. It will ramp up to five times weekly starting in early June. Spirit and Allegiant both also offer flights to Myrtle Beach from Pittsburgh.
May 27, 2020 9:50 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening social media companies with new regulation or even closure after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump tweeted Wednesday that, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.” The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close social media companies, as that would require action by Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. Trump and his campaign are lashing out after Twitter on Tuesday added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail boxes will be robbed.”
August 8, 2019 9:27 am
WILLOW GROVE, Pa. (AP) – A small plane has crashed in the backyard of an eastern Pennsylvania home, killing three people aboard the aircraft. The single-engine plane went down around 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Willow Grove, shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. It wasn’t immediately known where it was headed. Upper Moreland Police Chief Michael Murphy says the plane hit several trees before it finally came to rest. He said everyone aboard the plane was killed. The Federal Aviation Administration said three people died in the crash. No one on the ground was injured, and no homes or property were damaged. Officials say the pilot reported a problem shortly after takeoff, but further details were not disclosed. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The town is about 30 miles north of Philadelphia.
