November 11, 2024 8:59 am
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as he continues to build out his future administration with loyal supporters. Trump says Zeldin, a Republican who mounted a failed bid for governor of New York in 2022, would “ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards.” The announcement comes after Trump selected longtime adviser Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy and named New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as his choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
November 11, 2024 8:57 am
PITTSBURGH – (WPXI) – A Rivers Casino table games dealer is facing charges after she allegedly dealt nearly 200 fraudulent hands of blackjack. Pennsylvania State Police said that between Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, Jamie Smith was overpaying patrons on winning/losing bets, never collected monies from losing bets, removed chips from the float and paid multiple different patrons. Video surveillance showed Smith working for 31 hours and dealing 192 fraudulent hands of the card game, totaling a loss of $21,869, police said. Smith was taken into custody when she arrived for her shift on Nov. 8. She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
November 11, 2024 5:16 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama has left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire. Authorities announced an arrest on a weapons charge. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says Jaquez Myrick was arrested while leaving the scene of the shooting early Sunday and was found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device. The agency did not accuse him of using the gun in the shooting or provide additional details. The shooting erupted as the historically Black university’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Authorities said an 18-year-old man who died was not a university student but that some of the injured were students. Tuskegee canceled classes Monday.
November 11, 2024 5:14 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — New Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people including children in Lebanon and northern Gaza. The strikes happened on Sunday. The world is watching for signs of how the U.S. election might affect the war against Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has spoken three times with Donald Trump since Tuesday’s election and they “see eye-to-eye regarding the Iranian threat and all of its components.” Israel’s president is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The deadline is approaching for a U.S. ultimatum for Israel to allow more aid into Gaza or risk possible restrictions on military funding.
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.
