November 11, 2024 5:13 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge is poised to decide whether to uphold Donald Trump’s hush money verdict or dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds. Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will rule Tuesday on the president-elect’s request to toss his conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave presidents broad protection from prosecution. Trump’s lawyers have been fighting for months to reverse his conviction. Trump’s efforts to erase the verdict have taken on new urgency. He is scheduled to be sentenced at the end of the month with possible punishments ranging from a fine or probation to up to four years in prison.
November 11, 2024 5:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January. His list includes starting mass deportations of migrants and rolling back Biden administration policies on education. He’s also promising to reshape the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal workers he believes are secretly working against him. Trump wants to pardon those arrested for their role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. And he wants to make the federal criminal cases against him go away. When Trump took office in 2017, he had a long Day 1 list, too. But not everything on that list happened right away.
November 11, 2024 5:08 am
A South Strabane Township firefighter who was injured battling a large brush fire in Amwell Township is now back home with his family and recovering. In a release, South Strabane Township Fire Chief Jordan Cramer says they were dispatched to assist in battling the fire Friday afternoon. Cramer says the firefighter was injured by a falling tree. He was knocked unconscious and suffered injuries to the head, neck and face. He was then flown from the scene. Cramer says after undergoing testing and imaging it was determined that, while severe, the firefighter’s injuries are not life-threatening. Cramer is reminding all residents to burn responsibly. Over the past two weeks, several firefighters have been injured due to fires ignited by negligence, carelessness or potentially malicious actions.
November 11, 2024 5:02 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A teenage boy was shot in a Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh police say officers responded to the 2300 block of Wilner Drive in the East Hills around 2:45 a.m. Sunday because of a seven-round ShotSpotter alert. While on the way to the area, dispatchers let officers know of a call they received for a man shot. Upon arrival, the officers found a 16-year-old boy shot in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police say witnesses described a “possible altercation” involving the teen before the shooting. Detectives are investigating, and no arrests have been made at this time.
November 11, 2024 4:58 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – Chartiers Valley School District is working with local police to investigate a threat made against them. The district said they were made aware of a threat and believe it is “credible.” As a precaution, all students will learn remotely on Monday. Students and staff should log in to Google Classroom from home for more instructions. District attendees can mark their attendance on Infinite Campus and are asked to do so before 11 a.m.
November 10, 2024 8:24 am
(WPXI) – Two people were hurt, including a child, in a fire at a New Castle apartment complex Saturday evening. Firefighters were called to the building on Pin Oak Drive shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday. New Castle Fire Chief Mike Kobbe tells Channel 11 that when firefighters got on scene, all residents of the eight-unit building had escaped. Two people were hurt in the fire — an adult woman and a child. The woman suffered smoke inhalation, and the child was flown to a hospital with serious burns. Kobbe says the fire appears to have started in a bedroom. The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire. Most of the units in the building sustained smoke and water damage.
November 10, 2024 8:21 am
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say one of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed. Police said in a statement on Saturday that many of the others are still located a few yards from the property. Officials say the Rhesus macaques made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee didn’t fully lock a door as she fed and checked on them. The monkeys are about the size of a cat. Alpha Genesis, federal health officials and the police all say the monkeys pose no risk to public health. Efforts to recover the remaining animals are ongoing. (Photo: AP)
November 10, 2024 8:19 am
(AP) – A representative of actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and its sequels says he has died at his home in California. He was 69. Todd was known for roles in many other films and television shows. Longtime manager Jeffrey Goldberg says he was lucky to have been able to work with such an amazing actor, and that he will miss him “every single day.” Todd’s film career included roles in award-winning films such as the Oliver Stone-directed classic “Platoon,” released in 1986. (Photo: AP)
November 10, 2024 8:15 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people in Lebanon and the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least 23 people and wounded six in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut and far from the areas in southern and eastern Lebanon where the militant Hezbollah group has a major presence. In northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya killed at least 17 people, according to the director of a nearby hospital that received the bodies. Israel has been waging a major offensive in northern Gaza for more than a month that aid groups say has further worsened the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.
November 10, 2024 8:13 am
(WPXI) – A Tarentum man is facing several charges after police said his dogs ran loose on Halloween and attacked three people. Brandon Baynes, 36, of Tarentum is charged with 3 counts of recklessly endangering another person and animal neglect. According to a criminal complaint, the dogs did not have adequate food and water and were kept in “deplorable” conditions. Neighbors described that Halloween night as horrific and said the dogs were out for blood. Cell phone video taken from inside a neighbor’s house showed Shawn Flynn running out of his friend’s house to help a man, Michael Shutack, who was being viciously attacked by two Pit bulls when the dogs suddenly turned on him. “Instinct took over,” Flynn said. “I ran out this house. I didn’t have a plan. I looked to see to grab anything. I grabbed this old carpet and ran up and tried to get them off. Eventually, they broke away and two started going after me.” Flynn said he was still traumatized by that night. “If I hear a dog bark, I jump,” he said. Police said three Pit bulls broke through the screen door of their 6th Avenue home and chased after trick-or-treaters in the street. Their neighbor, Shutack got the kids out of harm’s way when two of the dogs started biting his face, neck and legs. The dogs then targeted Flynn, sinking their teeth into his hands and leg.
