January 6, 2025 5:09 am
President Joe Biden is decrying what he calls an “unrelenting effort” to downplay a mob of Donald Trump supporters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block certification of the election in 2020. He also sought to contrast that day’s chaos with what he promises will be an orderly transition returning Trump to power for a second term. In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, Biden recalled Jan. 6, 2021, writing that “violent insurrectionists attacked the Capitol.” Congress convenes on Monday to certify Trump’s election victory and Biden wrote, “We will not see such a shameful attack again this year.”
January 6, 2025 5:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify the 2024 election results for President-elect Donald Trump, with the reading of the electoral results from the states coming swiftly and without unrest. The legacy of Jan. 6, 2021, hangs over Monday’s proceedings as the Republican who tried to overturn the previous election is legitimately returning to power. As lawmakers gathered, the tightest national security is in place. It’s a reminder of what happened at the U.S. Capitol four years ago, when a defeated Trump sent a mob to “fight like hell.” Republicans who challenged Trump’s 2020 defeat support his White House return. Democrats accept the choice of the American voters.
January 6, 2025 5:06 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man responsible for the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses. That is according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia. Authorities say the attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 people and injured dozens of others. The investigation is continuing into Jabbar’s motives and how he carried out the attack before he was killed by police during a firefight. The former U.S. Army soldier proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group in online videos posted hours before he struck.
January 6, 2025 5:03 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)- A man was arrested for threatening people with a knife at Acrisure Stadium, police say. Pittsburgh Police said they were called to the stadium at 4 p.m. after receiving reports of an employee acting disorderly. They said the man was a kitchen worker and was threatening his coworkers with a knife. Court records allege the man, Ason Brown, 27, threatened to stab several of his coworkers, dumped food out of boxes and tried to throw hot grease. Brown’s coworkers were able to get the knife out of his hand and restrained him on the ground until police got there. Brown resisted arrest but was eventually taken into custody and taken to the Allegheny County Jail, the court documents state. Police initially said that no one was hurt in the incident, but court record states a man who helped get the knife away from Brown had a slice to the webbing between the index finger and thumb on one hand. Brown is now facing four counts of each of the following charges: terroristic threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
January 6, 2025 5:02 am
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is keeping an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the coast of Maine in its frigid grip. By Monday, the wintry weather had made many roads treacherous, forced school closures, and caused widespread power outages and flight cancellations. Road conditions began deteriorating Sunday in several Midwestern states, with forecasts calling for harsh conditions to spread eastward in the coming days. In Indiana, the National Guard was activated to help stranded motorists. The storm is expected to bring bitter cold to the entire Eastern Seaboard.
January 6, 2025 4:58 am
Washington County residents who were called for jury duty on Monday got an unexpected day off. Washington County Deputy Court Administrator Jamie Knizner said jury service was canceled because of snow and inclement weather. Jurors are expected to report for service at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
January 6, 2025 4:55 am
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 7 o’clock tonight, but restrictions imposed by PennDOT on the interstates and the Pennsylvania Turnpike have been lifted. Scattered snow showers are expected through the day, with temperatures in the 20’s and wind chills in the teens. PennDOT had temporarily reduced the speed limit on Interstate 79 to forty-five miles an hour on I-79 from the West Virginia border in Greene County to the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchange in Allegheny County. There were also vehicle restriction on Interstate 70 from the West Virginia border to the PA Turnpike Exit 57 in New Stanton. Many schools on Monday either closed or switched to remote instruction.
January 6, 2025 4:55 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democratic state representative’s health problems could complicate the vote for speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Lawmakers are expected to kick off a new two-year session on Tuesday by picking the House speaker and voting on chamber rules. Democrats say Rep. Matthew Gergely of Allegheny County had a medical emergency over the holidays requiring hospitalization. It’s not clear if he’ll be in Harrisburg for the start of the session. The House has a 102-101 Democratic majority. Republicans control the state Senate with a 28-22 majority, but one of those GOP seats is vacant due to a recent resignation.
January 6, 2025 2:55 am
West Penn Power has delayed a planned outage in the Scenery Hill, Coal Center, Eighty Four and Cokeburg areas indefinitely. Spokesman Todd Meyers says the outage, which had been planned for Monday, and then pushed back until Tuesday, has been postponed to a date yet to be determined. Meyers says it was pushed back because of the weather and the possibility that some students would have remote instruction.
January 5, 2025 6:38 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans has held a vigil on Bourbon Street to mourn and celebrate the lives of those killed when a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers celebrating the new year. The vigil on Saturday evening included relatives and others weeping as well as dancing to remember the victims. Authorities say the attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar killed 14 people and injured dozens of others. The investigation is continuing into Jabbar’s motives and how he carried out the attack before he was killed by police during a firefight. The former U.S. Army soldier proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group in online videos posted hours before he struck.
