August 9, 2019 4:08 am
PITTSBURGH – (WPXI) – One woman is dead and another is injured after a double stabbing on Thursday at a bus stop in downtown Pittsburgh. Around 11:30 a.m., an officer approached a woman who appeared to be sleeping at the bus shelter outside Burlington Coat Factory on Sixth Avenue. “It looked like he was helping her. Then the man came around on the same street and stabbed her in the neck,” Kimberly Andrews, a witness who happened to be walking by, said. After that, the man went after another woman who was walking by, authorities said. Police believe the second woman was wearing a hijab; however, they said the attack does not appear to have been racially or religiously motivated. “It seems by all accounts a random act of violence. Thankfully, we had an officer that was on-scene when the incident happened who took appropriate action,” Pittsburgh Police Major Crimes Commander Victor Joseph said. Pittsburgh police have charged James Wyatt, 23, of McKeesport, (pictured) with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. He is in the Allegheny County Jail. The woman who had been talking to the officer before she was stabbed in the neck died at the hospital, police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as Janice Purdue-Dance, 61, of Erie. The second woman is still being treated.
September 22, 2024 6:00 am
A Carnegie man has waived a preliminary hearing and will go to trial following a SWAT situation in Monongahela. The arrest stems from an August 15th incident that started as a stolen vehicle. Police tried to arrest 20 year old Emmannuel Houghton at multiple scenes in the area throughout the day for allegedly stealing a car, but according to the complaint, Houghton fired at police officers when they attempted to pull him over. Following a chase in which Houghton got away, they caught up with him again at an apartment building in Monongahela and a SWAT situation ensued. After several hours, police cleared the building, only to have Houghten resurface on the street a short time later; holding 2 guns, covered in dirt and asking a woman if she had a vape. She alerted police and SWAT returned to the apartment building. After several more hours, SWAT entered the building and took Hougton into custody without incident around 7:30p. Police believe when they cleared the scene the first time he was hiding in an attic. Houghton is charged with attempted criminal homicide, attempted aggravated assault, receiving stolen property, theft of firearms, theft of a vehicle, criminal trespassing, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and firearms charges. (Photo: WPXI)
November 23, 2023 4:25 am
City of Washington Police were called to the 400 block of Broad Street at approximately 1:30 Thursday morning for a report of shots being fired. According to Washington County 9-1-1, a man was shot and drove himself to Washington Hospital. The hospital was put on a lock down as per their protocol. No other details are available.
January 2, 2023 3:32 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WPXI) — A male was hospitalized after his car crashed and caught fire in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood Sunday morning. According to Pittsburgh police, emergency crews were called to the 4100 block of East Carson Street for reports of a car into a building just before 2 a.m. Police said when crews arrived, the car was almost fully engulfed in flames. The building and Duquesne Light poles received damage from the blaze. The male driver was found with a serious write injury and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. According to police, there was an initial concern that there were other people in the car, but the victim’s family confirmed he was the only person inside. The vehicle was towed from the scene and the cause of the crash will be investigated.
February 20, 2022 8:04 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia extended military drills near Ukraine’s northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russa-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. The exercises, originally set to end Sunday, brought a sizable contingent of Russian forces to neighboring Belarus, which borders Ukraine to the north. The presence of the Russian troops raised concern that they could be used to sweep down on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The announcement came from the defense minister of Belarus, who said the two countries would “continue testing the response forces.” Western leaders warned that Russia was poised to attack its neighbor, which is surrounded on three sides by about 150,000 Russian soldiers, warplanes and equipment. Russia held nuclear drills Saturday as well as the conventional exercises in Belarus, and has ongoing naval drills off the coast in the Black Sea. The United States and many European countries have alleged for months that Russia is trying to create pretexts to invade. They have threatened massive, immediate sanctions if it does.
March 27, 2021 4:22 am
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) – Amazon workers and labor advocates are making a final push for the union vote at the company’s warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont headlined a Friday rally. He says a labor victory against the tech and retail giant would resonate across the country. If voted down, it would be another loss for organizers hoping to win a rare labor victory in the Deep South. Workers supporting the union say they face relentless quotas and poor working conditions. Amazon is fighting the union effort. The company argues the warehouse created jobs with an average pay of $15.30 per hour and benefits including health care, vision and dental insurance.
May 28, 2020 4:13 pm
BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Marathon has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. Organizers said Thursday that they instead will have a “virtual event” in which participants who verify that they ran 26.2 miles on their own will receive their finisher’s medal. The race had originally been scheduled for April 20 before being postponed for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The longest-running annual marathon in the world, the Boston Marathon began in 1897.
August 9, 2019 4:07 am
MONONGAHELA, Pa. – (WPXI) – Police in Allegheny and Washington counties are investigating a series of bomb threats that occurred between 8 and 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. Three of the threats were targeted to hospitals; St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison and Monongahela Valley Hospital in Monongahela. The other two threats were made to the Benedum Theater in Pittsburgh and D’s Six Pax and Dogz in Swissvale. At 10:15 p.m. Mon Valley Hospital posted on Facebook saying: “A confirmed bomb threat was made to Monongahela Valley Hospital. Patient care is not being affected and safety measures are in effect.” Allegheny County Police said it is working with police in each community to coordinate the investigations.
September 22, 2024 4:06 am
CALIFORNIA, Pa. —(WPXI)- The California Area School District is warning parents after students were potentially exposed to whooping cough. The district did not say which school or building the potential exposure is impacting. Whooping cough begins with cold symptoms and a cough, which becomes worse over the next couple of weeks. Any parent whose child is coughing is encouraged to contact their pediatrician. Students who come down with whooping cough can return to school after taking medication for five days, the district said. Anyone with questions about whooping cough can call the Pennsylvania Department of Health at 1-877-PA-HEALTH.
November 23, 2023 4:16 am
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the vehicle crash and explosion that left two people dead at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge. The vehicle was speeding Wednesday from Niagara Falls, New York, toward the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. The crash raised concerns on both sides of the border. But the FBI said its investigation found no explosive materials or “terrorism nexus.” It added that it had turned the matter over to local police “as a traffic investigation.”The incident prompted the closing of the border crossing and three others in the area. The other three later reopened.
