March 13, 2023 2:10 am
SOUTH STRABANE, Pa. — Two Washington teenagers died in a one-vehicle crash late Saturday night in South Strabane Township. It happened in the 3000 block of East Maiden Street just after 11 p.m. Callers reported a car “wrapped around a tree” and possible entrapment to Washington County 911 operators. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, EMS confirmed one teen occupant was found deceased next to the vehicle, while another was still heavily trapped inside the wreckage. The Washington County Coroner identified the victims as 17-year-old Justin Crawford and the passenger as 17-year-old Nevaeh Sheets. The coroner’s office says Crawford lost control of the car and hit the tree. It is unknown if either were wearing a seatbelt. A cause and manne rof death for both is pending. South Strabane Township Police are investigating.
March 12, 2023 1:32 pm
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say eight people were killed when a suspected smuggling boat overturned off the coast San Diego, and crews were searching for at least seven additional victims. San Diego Fire-Rescue said lifeguards responding late Saturday at Blacks Beach pulled eight bodies from the water but that thick fog hampered search efforts overnight. Fire-Rescue and Coast Guard vessels combed the area early Sunday. Daniel Eddy, San Diego Fire-Rescue’s deputy chief of operations, said there was a long debris field on Black’s Beach. Black’s Beach is jointly owned by the city of San Diego and the state. The stretch of sand is also known as Torrey Pines City Beach and Torrey Pines State Beach.
March 12, 2023 8:16 am
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop has been forced to evacuate after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state. Across the Central Coast’s Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday, including roughly 1,700 from the unincorporated community of Pajaro, where many residents are farmworkers. First responders and the California National Guard rescued more than 50 people from Pajaro. A local official called it “the worst case scenario.” Crews began working to fix the levee around daybreak Saturday. The storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter.
March 12, 2023 8:14 am
NEW YORK (AP) — It was called Silicon Valley Bank, but its collapse is causing shockwaves around the world. From California to to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, companies and people are scrambling to figure out how to manage their finances after their bank suddenly shut down Friday. In California, the bank was a longtime lender to the wine industry, which worries about its absence. Entrepreneurs in London were in a panic as the bank’s UK business shuts down. And CEOs of startups worldwide worried about making payroll and whether they’ll have to furlough workers as a result of the bank’s failure.
March 12, 2023 8:13 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space station astronauts are back on Earth after a quick SpaceX flight home. Their capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast late Saturday. The crew from the U.S., Russia and Japan spent five months at the International Space Station. Among those returning was NASA’s Nicole Mann, the first Native American woman to fly in space. She says she couldn’t wait to feel the wind on her face, smell fresh grass and enjoy some delicious Earth food. Their replacements arrived at the space station more than a week ago.
March 12, 2023 8:11 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian militants who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed group, claimed the men as members. The Israeli military says one gunman turned himself in. Sunday’s deaths bring to 80 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the start of the year, as Israel has stepped up arrest raids in the West Bank. A spasm of Palestinian attacks against Israelis has killed 14 people in 2023. The current round of violence is one of the worst between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank in years.
March 12, 2023 8:11 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco says it earned $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists. The monster profit by the firm, known formally as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., came off the back of energy prices rising after Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022. Sanctions have limited the sale of Moscow’s oil and natural gas in Western markets. That profit, however, comes amid growing international concerns over the burning of fossil fuels accelerating climate change. Amnesty International criticized Aramco’s profit due to that.
March 12, 2023 8:09 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Headaches, congestion, itchy skin rashes — and fear. That’s what many residents are experiencing a month after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Worry and mistrust grip a community whipsawed by assurances that the water and air is safe, warnings of coverups and danger, and social media misinformation. Heather Bable says she doesn’t feel safe in the town where her family has lived for four generations. She’s looking for a new home. Her mother, Sherry, says people near the crash site are vulnerable to cancer and railroad operator Norfolk Southern should buy them out. Experts say living near a hazardous spill doesn’t necessarily elevate a person’s risk.
March 12, 2023 8:08 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa.(WPXI) — Family and friends of a man shot and killed in Uniontown gathered where he was killed to honor and remember him just days after his death. Darrell Gregg was one of two people murdered at Sails Inn Bar and Grill on Gallatin Avenue. He and 28-year-old Tommy Stargell Jr were shot and killed on Wednesday. People who came out to the event brought blue balloons and signs expressing love for Gregg. Photographs of Gregg were placed on the window of the bar, many showing him with a young boy. As they remembered Gregg everyone in attendance also made sure to support one another. An arrest warrant for Daryl Truley Jr. was issued on Wednesday as a suspect in Gregg’s death. Truly Jr. faces charges of criminal homicide, aggravated and simple assault and multiple gun-related charges.
March 12, 2023 8:06 am
MCKEESPORT, Pa. — Channel 11 News has uncovered new information about the shooting death of a 58-year-old McKeesport man last Friday night. According to multiple sources, officials confirmed that the victim, Bob Moore, was working as a confidential informant for the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Last year, according to multiple sources, Moore helped investigators bring down big cocaine, heroin and illegal sports gambling ring in McKeesport. The investigation led to charges against seven people, including the alleged ring leader, Curtis Harper Jr. According to the criminal complaint, two confidential informants made multiple undercover controlled buys of cocaine. Sources tell Target 11 that Bob Moore was one of those confidential informants. Harper appeared at a preliminary hearing this past Monday and all charges against him were held for court. It’s unclear if Moore was supposed to testify at that preliminary hearing. Moore was gunned down while returning to his home last Friday just before 6 p.m. Police have said very little about the murder, but Target 11 learned that Moore had been working as a confidential informant in an 11-month undercover investigation into illegal drugs and illegal sports gambling. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office declined to comment.
