October 7, 2024 5:19 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Police in Bethel Park say they have found a missing man who is autistic and bipolar. Nathyn Patrick Hoffman, 24, was last seen at the Dollar General in the Hillcrest Shopping Center Sunday evening. He was last seen wearing a black polo shirt, blue shorts and sandals. He often spends time in Pittsburgh’s North Shore and Downtown communities. No information on where he was found has been released. (Photo: Bethel Park Police Department)
October 7, 2024 5:15 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Sunday night showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys has started after a lengthy weather delay. The original scheduled start time of 8:20 p.m. was delayed nearly 90 minutes when a line of thunderstorms made their way through downtown Pittsburgh at around 8 p.m. The Steelers were just about to be introduced when the delay was called. With plenty of lightning around Acrisure Stadium, fans retreated to the concourse during the hour-long downpour.
October 7, 2024 5:13 am
No injuries are reported after a two-vehicle crash overnight in the City of Washington. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 500-block of East Maiden Street. Dispatchers say a pole was knocked down. The roadway was closed after the crash but reopened before 6 a.m.
October 7, 2024 4:51 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning singer who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and the mother of Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91. Her daughter-in-law Pat Houston tells The Associated Press that Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. The acclaimed gospel singer was surrounded by family members. Houston was in the well-known vocal group, the Sweet Inspirations, with Doris Troy and her niece Dee Dee Warwick. Houston won Grammys for her albums “Face to Face” in 1997 and “He Leadeth Me” the following year in the best traditional soul gospel album category.
October 7, 2024 4:44 am
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Gulf Coast is bracing for the impact of Hurricane Milton’s winds and expected massive storm surge. The storm could bring destruction to cities and towns already reeling from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago and still recovering from Ian’s wrath two years ago. Almost the entirety of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane warning early Tuesday. Milton’s winds are some of the strongest seen. The strongest Atlantic hurricane on record is 1980’s Allen, which reached wind speeds of 190 mph. Milton’s center could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region. The area has not endured a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than a century.
October 7, 2024 2:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to a Biden administration executive order that is intended to boost voter registration. The justices did not comment Monday in rejecting an appeal from the Republicans, who claimed the order is an unconstitutional attempt to interfere in the November election. Lower courts had dismissed the lawsuit. The justices separately rejected two appeals from Colorado and Pennsylvania stemming from baseless claims made by Republicans that voting machines and software of Dominion Voting Systems were responsible for Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020. presidential election.
October 6, 2024 6:25 am
Elon Musk heralded Donald Trump on Saturday as the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The SpaceX and Tesla CEO stood alongside the GOP nominee at a rally in Butler, the Pennsylvania city where Trump survived an assassination attempt earlier this year. Clad in a black-on-black cap bearing the “Make America Great Again” slogan of Trump’s campaign, Musk jumped in the air as he made his way to the podium. The appearance marked the first time that the billionaire businessman appeared publicly at a campaign event since endorsing Trump in July. He’s hosted Trump in a rare public conversation on X, agreed to lead a government efficiency commission if Trump wins reelection and created a super PAC supporting the Republican nominee.
October 6, 2024 6:22 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged ongoing federal support for those affected by Hurricane Helene as she visited North Carolina. The Democratic presidential nominee met with state and local officials Saturday in Charlotte, where she praised the work of strangers helping strangers. She also helped pack aid kits and met with volunteers, calling them “heroes among us.” It was her second trip in four days to the disaster zone. Republican nominee Donald Trump was in the state a day earlier, and has been spreading false claims about the federal response to the disaster. But Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says that federal officials have been on the ground in the state helping “since the very beginning.”
October 6, 2024 6:15 am
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene has inched up to 227 as the grim task of recovering bodies continues more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the U.S. Southeast. Helene came ashore Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane and carved a wide swath of destruction as it moved northward from Florida. It destroyed homes, washed away roads and knocked out electricity and cellphone service for millions. The death toll could rise even higher. It is not clear how many people are unaccounted for or missing. Helene is the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
October 6, 2024 6:12 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of North Korea and China have marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations by exchanging messages that expressed hopes for stronger ties, as outsiders raised questions about their relationship. Sunday’s message exchange between North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and China’s Xi Jinping came as North Korea and Russia have been sharply expanding their cooperation while China apparently keeps its distance. Experts say that the level of exchanges and commemorative programs between North Korea and China in coming months will provide a clue to the exact status of their ties.
