September 1, 2024 8:03 am
(AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris says former President Donald Trump “disrespected sacred ground” in his recent appearance at Arlington National Cemetery, where the Republican nominee took and distributed images despite a federal prohibition on campaign activity on the grounds. Harris on Saturday cited reports that Trump’s campaign aides created an altercation with a cemetery staffer and proceeded to take photographs and film the former president, including at the graves of Afghanistan war veterans, after being warned about rules at the site. Harris described the actions as disrespectful and said in a social media statement that she would never politicize U.S. service members who die on the nation’s behalf. (Photo: AP)
September 1, 2024 8:01 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies have begun a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza until Wednesday before moving on to the more devastated northern and southern parts of the strip. The campaign began with a small number of vaccinations on Saturday and aims to reach about 640,000 children. Israel has agreed to limited pauses in fighting to facilitate the campaign, according to the World Health Organization. Hospitals in Deir al-Balah and Nuseirat confirmed that the campaign had begun on Sunday.
September 1, 2024 8:00 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza. They include a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release. The news sparked calls for mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom many of the families of hostages and much of the wider public blame for failing to bring them back alive in a cease-fire deal with Hamas. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, and four of the other hostages were seized by militants at a music festival during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war in Gaza.
September 1, 2024 7:58 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been charged with aggravated assault in an alleged glass bottle attack on two Jewish students on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Saturday that the 52-year-old suspect is also charged with simple assault, reckless endangering, resisting arrest and harassment. He’s accused of running up and hitting the victims from behind as they walked near Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning on Friday evening. The students were treated at the scene. The Post-Gazette cited a criminal complaint saying one had cuts on his face and the other had cuts on his neck. Police said the suspect has no known Pitt affiliation.
September 1, 2024 7:56 am
(WPXI) – Pennsylvania American Water Company said water has been restored to customers who were without it. Road closures have also ended now that repairs are done. A water main break in Bethel Park damaged a dozen homes on Saturday. A Pennsylvania American Water Company spokesperson says crews are repairing a nearly 70-year-old eight-inch water main that broke around 10:30 a.m. on Irishtown Road. PAWC’s disaster restoration representatives are working with 12 homeowners to remediate damage related to the break.
September 1, 2024 7:54 am
(WPXI) – A man suspected in a deadly shooting in Uniontown earlier this year has been arrested. The Uniontown City Police Department says Davon Martel Hunter, 32, of Uniontown, was arrested Friday evening without incident. Police identify Hunter as a suspect in the death of Jacob Wilson-Forcina, 20, who was found shot to death at 48 Murray Avenue on May 26. Wilson-Forcina was visiting the home to see friends. Police initially called the shooting some sort of neighbor dispute. Hunter is facing several charges, including criminal homicide, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was arraigned and is being held without bail at the Fayette County Prison. He is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on Sept. 10th.
September 1, 2024 7:49 am
(WPXI) – Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Clairton. The Allegheny County Police Department said it responded to reports of multiple people shot at a Speedway on State Street in Clairton. One person was killed and two were hurt, according to an officer on scene. It appears that a car took out a utility pole and flipped over. Dozens of evidence markers were seen in another area further down State Street.
August 31, 2024 9:42 am
(AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died. The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published Friday on the presidential website. The air force said U.S. experts have joined the Ukrainian investigation into the crash, which happened Monday during a Russian bombardment. The dismissal came on the same day that Oleshchuk directed scathing criticism at a lawmaker who is deputy head of the Ukrainian parliament’s defense committee. The lawmaker claimed the F-16 was downed by a Patriot air-defense system.
August 31, 2024 7:48 am
A shelter in place on place order has been lifted in Washington. Several law enforcement agencies, including SWAT officers, were called out around five-thirty Friday afternoon for reports of a potentially armed man holed up in a building in the 700 block of East Maiden Street. Police on scene say a dispute between occupants in the building led to the stand-off. The all clear was given shortly after 2 this morning when officers were able to take the man into custody. He was transported to Washington Hospital to be checked out and then will then be transferred to the Washington County Jail. No residents were injured during the standoff and all roads have been reopen.
August 31, 2024 5:44 am
(AP) — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and saw seven American troops hurt. The U.S. military’s Central Command alleged Saturday that the militants were armed with “numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts” during the attack, which Iraqi forces said happened on Thursday in the country’s Anbar Desert. The raid killed 15 people. Iraq had earlier announced the raids without saying the U.S. took part. For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, U.S. forces have fought the Islamic State group, though the casualties from this raid were higher than in previous ones.
