September 22, 2024 6:13 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s sidewalks once notorious for sprawling tents belonging to homeless people are largely clear. There are still thousands of homeless people living in RVs and cars and in expanded shelter beds. But Mayor London Breed’s office says the nearly 3,000 people counted sleeping outdoors in tents is the lowest figure in a decade. And even fewer people are likely living on sidewalks after Breed ramped up enforcement of anti-camping laws following a U.S. Supreme Court decision this summer. Part of the decrease in tents is also due to San Francisco adding thousands of new shelter beds and affordable housing units. Other California cities also are seeing fewer tents.
November 24, 2023 5:03 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A 16-year-old girl continues to fight for her life after police say a 36-year-old man who called her his girlfriend shot her. Police said the teen was shot in the head by 36-year-old Nathan Glasscock (pictured) Monday night in Uniontown. Police said Glasscock told them he didn’t mean to shoot her. They said he told them he wanted to shoot the grandmother for interfering in his relationship with the girl. The victim’s great-aunt, however, says that’s a lie. The grandmother — Karen Leydig — and the girl were just 10 feet away from each other when police say Glasscock pulled the trigger. The teen is in critical but stable condition at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Glasscock is due in court on Nov. 28.
January 2, 2023 3:42 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. In addition to those killed, 13 people were wounded and at least 24 inmates escaped. Mexican soldiers and state police regained control of the prison later Sunday. The state prosecutor’s office said its personnel were investigating. In August, a riot inside the same state prison spread to the streets of Juarez in violence that left 11 people dead.
February 21, 2022 4:08 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Justices on Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court are weighing how to pick a map of new congressional districts. The justices listened to more than a dozen lawyers for five hours Friday each trying to persuade them that their proposed map is best. Meanwhile, justices did not necessarily embrace a Republican-backed map recommended by a lower court judge, but viewed by Democrats as blatantly partisan. Rather, justices seemed to search for a non-partisan and neutral basis on which to select a map. Pennsylvania’s Democratic-majority court must make the final decision on how to draw the state’s congressional districts after Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled Legislature deadlocked.
March 28, 2021 4:08 am
A Washington man charged with possession with the intent to deliver cocaine was found guilty in Washington County Court. Donald Stanley Knupp, 33 of Washington was arrested in August of 2018 after detectives from the Washington County Drug Task Force arranged controlled purchases from Knupp at his barbershop at 520 West Chestnut Street. According to Assistant District Attorney Rachel Wheeler, the jury deliberated for only eleven minutes before delivering a guilty verdict on one felony charge of possession with the intent to deliver and two misdemeanor charges of possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. Knupp is a repeat offender and could receive five to ten years in prison on his felony charge. Knupp will be sentenced by Judge Gary Gilman in 90 days.
May 29, 2020 4:10 am
South Korea has reported 58 new cases of the coronavirus, all in the Seoul metropolitan area, as officials scramble to stem transmissions linked to a massive e-commerce warehouse near the capital. The figures announced Friday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought national totals to 11,402 infections and 269 deaths. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun called for officials to examine working conditions at warehouses of online shopping companies, which have seen orders surge during the pandemic, and other congested workplaces. South Korea has reported 177 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, a resurgence that threatens to erase some of its hard-won gains against the virus.
August 9, 2019 4:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The top two congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump has assured them he will review a House-passed bill that expands federal background checks for gun sales. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer say they spoke separately to Trump on Thursday. Trump called the leaders individually after Pelosi sent him a letter asking him to order the Senate back to Washington immediately to consider gun violence measures. In a joint statement, Schumer and Pelosi say they told Trump the best way to address gun violence is for the Senate to take up and pass the House-passed bill. They say Trump “gave us his assurances that he would review the bipartisan House-passed legislation and understood our interest in moving as quickly as possible to help save lives.”
September 22, 2024 6:11 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s not a great moment in world affairs right now. The world is fragmented. Conflicts and crises are raging. It’s against this backdrop that world leaders are attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering. Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, is challenging them to work together not just on all the problems but on modernizing international institutions to prepare for the future. Guterres is leading a “Summit of the Future” over the next couple days to tackle that. The U.N. chief told reporters last week that international challenges are many and varied and are moving faster than our ability to solve them.
November 24, 2023 4:56 am
An early morning fire in Morris Township has injured at least one person. Washington County 911 says the blaze was reported just before 3 a.m. at a home along Lemon Hill Road. Dispatchers tell WJPA News one female was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. Her identity and condition were not available. Fire crews from numerous departments were called to the two-story home. There is no word on the cause of the fire at this time.
January 2, 2023 3:41 am
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on Sunday, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state. The Democrat, launching her term as the 57th governor of New York, said her goals were to increase public safety and to make the state more affordable. After she took the oath of office at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, Hochul said “right now there are some fights we have to take on… First we must and will make our streets safer.” She also called for making the state more affordable, citing the high cost of living.
