December 29, 2022 4:22 am
BELLEVUE, Pa. — (WPXI) – It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t come down with something this month. “Yea they’ve gotten sick but nothing too severe or I’ve had to take them to the hospital,” said Allison Park mom Valerie Harper. Haper has two little ones and knows firsthand what it’s like dealing with the constant sniffles and colds. She’s not alone, a multitude of viral infections are making it’s rounds in western Pennsylvania. “We are actually seeing numbers of everything. Covid numbers are going up, especially people testing at home, we are seeing increased numbers in the hospitals. We are seeing increased numbers of the flu; flu really took off this fall and we aren’t even deep into flu season,” said Allegheny Health Network Dr. Brian Lamb. Combine that with RSV cases and the common cold, Dr. Lamb said it’s a perfect storm that will last you several weeks. That’s leading people to have weakened immune systems causing these cases to spike. Lamb told our news partners at Channel 11 he doesn’t think this is the end. Following the holidays, he believes COVID cases will keep rising and flu numbers too. Dr. Lamb does advise if you are going out in big crowds for New Years to at least carry a mask as some protection. Also remember to keep washing your hands and disinfecting to prevent spreading even more germs.
February 16, 2022 4:54 pm
(AP) – The nation’s top federal health official says the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a “constant crisis” as more cities, businesses and sports venues began lifting pandemic restrictions around the country. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at White House briefing Wednesday that the government is contemplating a change to its mask guidance in the coming weeks. Walensky noted recent declines in COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths and acknowledged “people are so eager” for health officials to ease masking rules and other measures. With the omicron variant waning and Americans eager to move beyond the virus, government and business leaders have been out ahead of the CDC in ending virus measures. (Photo: ABC)
March 23, 2021 3:58 pm
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) – Evanston, Illinois, has become the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. Each qualifying household would get $25,000 for home repairs or down payments on property. The program is being funded through donations and revenue from a 3% tax on the sale of recreational marijuana. The city has pledged to distribute $10 million over 10 years. Qualifying residents must either have lived in or been a direct descendant of a Black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered discrimination in housing because of city ordinances, policies or practices. Alderman Rue Simmons, who proposed the program adopted in 2019, said pro-reparations groups have offered pro-bono legal assistance if the program is challenged in court.
Simmons says, “This is set aside for an injured community that happens to be Black, that was injured by the city of Evanston for anti-Black housing policies.”
May 26, 2020 4:06 am
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian military says one of its helicopters has crash-landed on an airfield in the far eastern Chukotka region, killing four people. The Defense Ministry said the crash Tuesday involving a Mi-8 helicopter may have been caused by a technical malfunction. áThe region’s governor says three crew members and a technician on board died in the crash. It’s the second fatal incident with a military Mi-8 helicopter in a week. On May 19, another Mi-8 crash-landed near the town of Klin, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Moscow, killing all three crew members. The Mi-8 is a multipurpose, medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed in the Soviet Union and now produced by Russia.
August 6, 2019 4:55 pm
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The FBI has opened an investigation into the Ohio mass shooting, citing the gunman’s interest in violent ideology. The head of the FBI’s Cincinnati field office says investigators will try to determine what ideologies influenced 24-year-old Connor Betts. Special Agent Todd Wickerham did not specifically say what the FBI was investigating, but said the agency is looking into who might have helped Betts, and why he chose the specific target of Dayton’s Oregon entertainment district. Dayton’s police chief says Betts had expressed “a desire to commit a mass shooting.” Betts was wearing a mask and body armor when he opened fire with an AR-15 style gun outside a strip of nightclubs in Dayton early Sunday. He killed his younger sister and eight others before officers fatally shot him less than 30 seconds into his rampage.
September 18, 2024 4:44 am
North Strabane Township Supervisors will consider several agenda items that have been working through the different departments for several months. Two of the items that supervisors will consider will center on the approval of a personal warehouse. CC Realty Advisors wishes to develop the concept at the corner of Morganza and Curry Roads. Supervisors have been trying to write a definition of the use for the buildings to best grant appropriate zoning for the project. One item will be the advertisement for a special hearing for that definition. The second item will be to possibly vote on whether the project should be in a commercial or industrial zone. Supervisors will consider a bid package to renovate their new municipal building at 1957 Route 519 and they will also set dates for budget workshops for the upcoming annual budget.
November 19, 2023 7:44 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Taylor Swift has postponed a concert in Rio de Janeiro after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show. The singer said in a handwritten note posted Saturday on Instagram that the decision was made due to the extremely hot weather in the Brazilian city. “The safety and well being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first,” Swift wrote in the message posted on Instagram. The cause of death for Ana Clara Benevides Machado has not yet been announced. But concertgoers complained they were not allowed to take water into Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium despite the soaring temperatures in Rio on Friday.
December 29, 2022 4:17 am
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – The Southwest saga continues. On Wednesday, Southwest Airlines had 38 cancelled flights at Pittsburgh International Airport and Thursday will be the same. Right now, there are rows and rows of luggage at the Southwest baggage claim at the airport after several cancelled flights. Some frustrated passengers finally arrived but their bags have not. A passenger said he had to book a flight on another airline to get here from Denver, but he doesn’t have his checked luggage with his hockey equipment that he needs for a game this Friday. A local mom said she had to drive to Chicago to get her son. They came to the airport to find his suitcase with Christmas presents and other personal items inside, but they had no luck. Southwest Airlines sent Channel 11 a statement saying,
“Information for Customers with lost baggage is here: https://www.southwest.com/help/baggage/lost-damaged-baggage [southwest.com] … Customers can also speak with a representative at the baggage service office in an airport where we operate or contact Southwest customer service, though we are experiencing abnormally high call volumes. Our team is utilizing its standard procedures for returning baggage during irregular operations. We will make every attempt to reconnect Customers with their baggage at no cost to the Customer – we will use shipping partners to return baggage, where appropriate. Additional info for Customers is here: https://www.southwest.com/traveldisruption/ [southwest.com]”
February 16, 2022 4:44 pm
(PBRTV.com) – Long-time Pittsburgh sports talk reporter and personality Stan Savran announced on his program on Monday that he was diagnosed with lung cancer in January. As a result he will be receiving chemotherapy treatments every three weeks throughout 2022. Savran hosts the Noon-2:00 p.m. slot on WBGG (970) ESPN each weekday and he says he has no intention of stopping calling it “therapeutic”, though he admitted that he was still feeling the effects from the second treatment late last week. As the cancer has not spread from the one lung, doctors tell Savran the prognosis is good and, all things considered, he’s “doing great!” Treatments will continue through the end of the year and then, “life will go on,” Savran said. Savran is no stranger to health woes. He’s had two brain tumor operations, back surgery, and open-heart surgery. “It’s almost comical” he told his listeners as he assured that he would beat this one too. (Photo: Twitter)
March 23, 2021 9:39 am
In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists,” “racist” or “thugs.” Posts from the group were shared with The Associated Press, showing some of the 2,200 members including police officers, chiefs and retired law enforcement officials made regular transphobic bullying or violent posts, and bullied members who supported anti-police brutality protesters or Joe Biden in a forum billed as a place officers can “decompress, rant, share ideas.” The Associated Press says Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Louis McQuillan was one of four administrators for the site. He said his comments and posts on the site were “meant to support law enforcement and police officers everywhere.” Township officials have not returned a call from WJPA News for comment and whether McQuillan could face possible disciplinary action. In addition to police chief, McQuillan is also a councilman in McDonald Borough and is currently a candidate for Magisterial District Judge for MCDonald, Cecil, Mount Pleasant and Robinson Township.
