September 9, 2024 5:16 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris steps on to the presidential general election debate stage for the first time Tuesday. But the vice president and Democratic nominee has plenty of debate experience to draw on as she takes on former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Longtime political observers of Harris describe her debate approach as obviously influenced by her years as a prosecutor and attorney general in California. She views the events much like a jury trial, trying to win the argument on the merits but also ensure that viewers walk away with key impressions. That means mastering the moment to get viral clips but also having a command of the facts and communicating a broader narrative.
September 9, 2024 5:15 am
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A grueling manhunt stretches into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people in Kentucky. Authorities are vowing to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remains high in a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have searched a rugged area of southeastern Kentucky since Saturday evening. That’s when a gunman began shooting at drivers on Interstate 75 near London, a small city of about 8,000 people. The search was temporarily suspended once darkness fell Sunday night, but is set to resume Monday. Joseph A. Couch has been named a suspect in the shooting.
September 9, 2024 5:12 am
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Police were called to a busy scene in Fayette County on Saturday. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Naomi Road in Allegheny Township at 1:03 p.m. District Attorney Michael Aubele said a woman was found dead in a house in that area and a man who had been shot was also found in that area. The man was flown to a hospital and is in stable condition. Authorities say the woman was not shot. An official cause of death has not been released at this time. A suspect has been taken into custody. Their identity has not been released at this time. Pennsylvania State Police said they have also been called to investigate.
September 9, 2024 5:11 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent fight that broke out on the South Side early Saturday morning left one of the city’s officers hurt. Pittsburgh Police said the officer’s ankle was broken as he and others on patrol were making an arrest on East Carson Street near 15th Street around 1 a.m. During that arrest, police said people on the sidewalk started to fight. Surveillance video from inside a bar called Oddballs shows how it all started. One of the bar’s owners told Channel 11, that there was an argument between two people inside the bar when security and a police sergeant quickly stepped in to remove them. Surveillance video from outside a business shows a man stumbling out of the bar and an officer separating him from someone else. He’s then seen pushing that officer and struggling with the police. Video from a different camera angle shows a fight between a crowd of people breaking out further up the sidewalk. The group drags someone to the ground along with the injured officer.
September 9, 2024 5:07 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – There was an increased police and security presence at Woodland Hills’ Edgewood Elementary School on Monday. In a letter sent to families on Sunday afternoon, Woodland Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel Castega said this was being done out of an abundance of caution due to a social media post threatening a shooting at a school named Edgewood High School. Castenga says the Edgewood Police Department contacted him on Sunday morning because Edgewood Elementary School was formerly Edgewood High School. The post, which has since been taken down, was made just before midnight Saturday and was traced to Fayette County by Pennsylvania State Police. Police do not think there is a threat to Edgewood Elementary School or the Woodland Hills School District.
September 9, 2024 2:39 am
(WPXI) – Two handguns were intercepted at the Pittsburgh International Airport main security checkpoint over the weekend. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found the guns inside carry-on bags on September 7th and 8th. The gun found on Sept. 7 was a 9mm handgun loaded with 12 bullets brought to the airport by a man from West Virginia. The second gun was a .45 caliber firearm loaded with nine bullets packed alongside nine more bullets. The bag belonged to a man from Houston, Pa.“These guns were intercepted at our checkpoint just days before the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on our nation,” said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. “Let’s be clear, guns are prohibited on planes. People who own firearms always need to know where their guns are. And 23 years after 9/11, everyone should know that you are not allowed to carry any weapons past our checkpoints. Our officers are good at what they do and everyone who works for TSA is very mindful of how the terrorist attacks of 9/11 impacted our nation.” Bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint carries a federal civil penalty.
September 9, 2024 2:23 am
A McMurray woman was killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon just after twelve o’clock in Peters Township. Washington County Coroner, Tim Warco, tells WJPA News that 77-Year old Sandra Zuraw was the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle traveling north on Washington Road when she somehow lost control of the vehicle and and crashed near 4007 Washington Road. There were no other vehicles involved. Police, who are investigating the crash, say she died in the emergency department at Canonsburg Hospital. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. Warco, meanwhile, says his office is investigating it as a probable medical event.
September 9, 2024 2:14 am
NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home. Jones was a pioneering actor who eventually lent his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader. Working deep into his 80s, he won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors and was given an honorary Oscar and a special Tony for lifetime achievement. In 2022, a Broadway theater was renamed in his honor. (Photo: AP)
September 8, 2024 6:50 am
MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny. Trump wrote late Saturday: “WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again.” He again sowed doubt about the integrity of the election, even though cheating is incredibly rare. Trump’s post comes just days before his first — and likely only — debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.
September 8, 2024 6:47 am
A relative of the Georgia high school shooting suspect says the teenager’s mother called the school before the killings. Annie Brown, the suspect’s aunt, told the Washington Post that his mother called Apalachee High School about 30 minutes before the Wednesday shooting to warn them of an emergency involving her son. Brown has confirmed the reporting to The Associated Press but declined to comment further. Her nephew, 14-year-old Colt Gray, has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of two students and two teachers. His father, Colin Gray, is accused of second-degree murder for providing his son with a semiautomatic AR 15-style rifle. Their attorneys declined to immediately seek bail during their first court appearance on Friday.
