August 26, 2024 5:06 am
Iran’s foreign minister again has referenced his country’s planned retaliation over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Abbas Araghchi said late Sunday he made the remark in a conversation with Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, by telephone. “Iran reaction to Israeli terrorist attack in Tehran is definitive, and will be measured & well calculated,” Araghchi wrote on the social platform X. “We do not fear escalation, yet do not seek it — unlike Israel.” Meanwhile, a round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement.
August 26, 2024 5:01 am
PITTSBURGH — A department within the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Pharmacy is facing cuts as part of restructuring. The university tells Channel 11 that the Program Evaluation and Research Unit is losing about 40% of its staff in “necessary restructuring” to ensure long-term sustainability. “While this was a difficult decision, be assured that it was made with careful consideration to maintain the quality and integrity of PERU ongoing projects and future endeavors. PERU remains fully committed to its mission of facilitating optimal health, well-being, recovery, and choice for patients and community members through their research and evaluation work,” a statement from Pitt reads in part.
August 26, 2024 4:59 am
With COVID-19 cases rising, the U.S. government will soon make free tests available to the public. NBC News reports the Biden administration announced Friday that COVIDtests.gov will reopen in late September. This announcement comes as COVID rates are increasing because of new highly contagious variants and new vaccines that better match the circulating strains of the virus were approved. Through this federal program, U.S. households can order up to four free COVID-19 nasal swab tests that will be delivered through the mail. An exact date for when tests can be ordered has not yet been announced. Since this program began in 2021, more than 900 million tests have been distributed to households nationwide. NBC reports that another 900 million at-home tests were distributed through community-based access points.
August 26, 2024 4:55 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – UPDATE: Pittsburgh police say Donald Champion was found safe overnight. Pittsburgh police were looking for a missing and endangered man with health issues, including dementia. Detectives were looking for Donald Champion, 62, who was last seen around 10 a.m. Sunday while walking away from the 3200 block of Niagara Street. Police say he frequently goes for walks, but this time left his phone at home. Champion stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall and has brown eyes. Champion was last seen wearing a black fedora hat, black and orange construction glasses, a black jacket and black pants. Police say he walks with a limp.
August 26, 2024 4:54 am
LONDON (AP) — Oasis, the Britpop band known for timeless hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” is reuniting for a tour of the British Isles next summer. The announcement ends a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, the long-held feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. The guitar band will play 14 dates in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland next July and August. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday. Oasis split in 2009 after many years of infighting, with Noel Gallagher officially leaving the band just before a performance at a festival near Paris.
August 26, 2024 4:52 am
PLEASANT HILLS, Pa. — (WPXI) – A hybrid battery ignited a truck fire in Allegheny County. Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company crews responded to a reported fire in the bed of a pick-up truck on Oakcrest Lane Sunday around 2:30 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found the truck “well involved” and began to put out the flames. Fire officials say they used a ground monitor to flow water on the battery for nearly an hour to cool it off and extinguish the fire. Although the truck was destroyed, first responders tell Channel 11 that no one was hurt and a nearby home was not damaged. (PHOTO: Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Department)
August 26, 2024 4:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump after it was dismissed by a judge last month. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out the case, one of four prosecutions of Trump, after concluding that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. Smith’s team then appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal is the latest salvo in a prosecution that many legal experts consider a straightforward criminal case but has been derailed by delays, months of hearings before Cannon, a Trump-appointed judge, and ultimately a dismissal order that brought the proceedings to at least a temporary halt.
August 26, 2024 2:53 am
Officials with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources say a Fayette County man drowned in West Virginia’s Cheat Lake while boating with his wife and dog on Sunday. 61-year-old Jeffrey Gerhardt of Smock, Pennsylvania, went into the water to get a dog toy but started to struggle on his way back. Gerhardt then went under and didn’t resurface. Police with the Division of Natural Resources got a call about the possible drowning around 12:30 yesterday afternoon and divers were sent to the lake in the area of Morgan Run Road. After a several-hours search, a diver found Gerhardt’s body around 5 o’clock.
August 26, 2024 2:40 am
A Code Orange Air Quality Alert will be in effect Tuesday for Washington, Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Armstrong, Westmoreland and Fayette counties. This means that there is unhealthy air quality for people with asthma, lung disease, heart disease, young children, and older adults. If you are in this group, you may want to limit your time outside. The humidity will increase overnight, and the heat turns up Tuesday. You are urged to make sure to find a way to stay cool – with highs expected to be in the low to mid-90’s.
August 25, 2024 5:05 am
Former President Donald Trump is expected to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 service members. Trump is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to pay his respects to the service members killed in the bombing outside the Kabul airport. Trump will then go to Michigan to address the National Guard Association of the United States conference. Last week, Trump pointed to comments by Harris that she was the last person in the room before Biden made the decision on Afghanistan.
