June 13, 2023 2:09 am
Firefighters were called out around one-thirty Tuesday afternoon for reports of a structure fire at 706 Meadow Avenue in Charleroi. Charleroi Fire Chief Bobby Whiten tells WJPA that several fire departments were called in to help fight the blaze which broke out in a three story duplex. Whiten says the individual who lived in the apartment where the fire started suffered minor smoke inhalation and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. Whiten says the cause of the fire was electrical in nature and has been ruled accidental. He says crews were able to knock it down in just about fifteen minutes. In addition to damages in the apartment where the fire started, Whiten says the two ground-floor apartments sustained smoke and water damage.
June 12, 2023 4:11 pm
(WPXI) – A fire broke out at Phipps Conservatory Friday night. Pittsburgh fire crews responded to a one-alarm fire in the 700 block of Frank Curto Drive just before 9:30 p.m. While Pittsburgh public safety said there was damage to rare and priceless plants, a spokesperson for Phipps tells us that no plants were damaged in the fire that happened in the Production Greenhouse. In a statement, the spokesperson also added, “All the automatic systems worked correctly, our staff did an excellent job ensuring safety, and the police and fire departments responded appropriately.” No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
June 12, 2023 5:15 am
MILAN (AP) — High food prices are pinching households across Europe, where food inflation is outpacing other major economies like the U.S., Japan and Canada. Some governments have responded with price controls or loose agreements with supermarkets to keep costs down. In Italy, a consumer group is taking matters into its own hands, calling for a pasta strike to force down prices by bottoming out demand. The sharply higher prices in Europe are driven by higher energy and labor costs and the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine. That is even though costs for food commodities have fallen for months from record highs, including wheat for the flour used to make pasta.
June 12, 2023 5:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID relief aid. Fraudsters used Social Security numbers of dead people to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers. All of it led to the greatest grift in U.S. history.
June 12, 2023 5:10 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials say their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces. It is among the first — small — successes in stepped-up counteroffensive operations against Moscow’s more than 15-month invasion of Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram that Ukraine’s flag was again flying over the village of Storozhov, She predicted the liberation of “all Ukrainian land” would be the final outcome. A day earlier, Ukrainian officials said three other small villages clustered together south of the town of Velika Novosilke in eastern Donetsk region had been liberated.
June 12, 2023 5:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his allies are escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests as the former president braces for a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information. Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time in as many months facing a judge on criminal charges. But unlike a New York case some legal analysts derided as relatively trivial, the Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security and that involves Espionage Act charges carrying the threat of a significant prison sentence in the event of conviction.
June 12, 2023 5:06 am
(ABC News) – Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed one death in the I-95 highway collapse through Philadelphia. They say a body was discovered in a vehicle, trapped beneath the fallen concrete and steel eight lane roadway. The driver of the tanker truck that crashed and burst into flames has been identified as Nathaniel Moody, an experienced truck driver, considered missing and unaccounted for. The highway is expected to be closed in both directions for months.
June 12, 2023 5:03 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A 14-year-old facing criminal homicide charges in relation to a fatal shooting that happened in Uniontown on Tuesday has been arrested. An arrest warrant was issued for Antonyo Owens on Thursday. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower said Owens was arrested at around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Bowers would not say where Owens was caught. The arrest was the result of a joint operation that was in the works since Saturday. Bower said Uniontown Police, Connellsville Police, Pennsylvania State Police and the Fugitive Task Force were all involved in the operation. There were no injuries.
June 12, 2023 5:00 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Pittsburgh Police have announced that they have located a missing Charleori man and he is safe. Police said they were concerned about Michael Hanley, 28, because of an unspecified medical condition. He had last been seen on the North Shore at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. At this time, no other information is being released.
June 11, 2023 7:14 am
LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left chaos in his wake after quitting Parliament and accusing fellow lawmakers of ousting him in a “witch hunt.” Johnson unexpectedly stepped down as a lawmaker late Friday. He had faced suspension from Parliament for misleading lawmakers about rule-breaking government parties during the pandemic. Johnson insists he never deliberately lied over “partygate.” His departure left the Conservative government absorbing the shock of yet another Johnson earthquake. The committee investigating Johnson said he had “impugned the integrity” of the House of Commons with his attack. Meanwhile, a band of loyal supporters insisted Britain’s divisive ex-leader could still make a comeback.
