March 2, 2023 12:51 pm
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have revealed more details regarding items seized from the Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. Additional court documents made public Thursday stated that a knife, a pocketknife, and a Glock 22 handgun with three empty magazines were found at the home of Bryan Kohberger’s parents. The home, Kohberger’s car, the garage and a shed on the property were all searched when he was arrested there Dec. 30. Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Washington State University, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the stabbing deaths in Moscow, Idaho.
March 2, 2023 12:25 pm
(WPXI) – A woman and a man were shot in McKees Rocks Thursday morning. Police and EMS responded to reports of a shooting in the 100 block of Irwin Street just after 6 a.m., according to Allegheny County police. They found a woman with multiple gunshot wounds. In addition, a man walked into an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Both victims are in stable condition. Homicide detectives are investigating. Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
March 2, 2023 10:47 am
DULLES, Va. (AP) — Officials say a Lufthansa flight that experienced “significant turbulence” was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport and seven people on board were taken to area hospitals. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesman Michael Cabbage said flight 469 from Austin, Texas, had been headed to Frankfurt, Germany, but landed safely Wednesday evening at the airport in Virginia. He said crews responded to the flight and took seven people to local hospitals with injuries that were believed to be minor. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Airbus A330 reported severe turbulence at an altitude of 37,000 feet while flying over Tennessee. The agency is investigating.
March 2, 2023 9:34 am
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Orlando was diverted to a Jacksonville, Florida, airport after a battery on a passenger’s item in an overhead bin caught fire. The Florida-based airline said in a statement that Flight 259 landed safely Wednesday afternoon. A passenger told FirstCoast News in Jacksonville that a retired fireman onboard helped the flight crew put out the fire. Fire rescue crews initially took one person to the hospital, but nine more were transported later after feeling ill. The airline provided refunds, vouchers and ground transportation to Orlando.
March 2, 2023 6:26 am
A Pittsburgh man formerly of Amwell Township avoided trial on indecent assault of a minor charges among others. Stanley Luffy, 80 now of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to a single charge of felony sexual assault. He faced indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption charges all related to minors. In a negotiated plea deal, Luffy will spend two and a half to five years in state prison followed by a three year term of probation. Luffy was arrested and accused by state police of assaulting a 12 year old child in his Amwell Township home dating back to June of 2021. Luffy will be formally sentenced on May 25 after a sexually violent predator assessment is performed. He will be required to register as a sex offender with the Pennsylvania State Police for the rest of his life.
March 2, 2023 5:42 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – Weeks later, and still no charges have been filed in the Washington County suspicious packages incident. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh said after a three week long extensive investigation, they don’t feel there was any criminal intent. Walsh is not naming the person who sent at least six packages to local judges and officials, prompting a courthouse evacuation. All neighboring county buildings were evacuated and closed for the day as well. “If there was a threat or anything harmful, there would be charges,” Walsh said. “After a thorough investigation we determined there wasn’t a crime, the intent for a crime was not there, there were not any threats, and the envelops didn’t contain any substance or poisonous substance.” Walsh was asked about the intent if it wasn’t criminal. “I can’t speak for the individual and don’t want to give up the identity, so I don’t want to comment on that,” he said. Sources said it comes down to a serious mental health issue, and that the suspect has had similar behavior issues in the past. Walsh and Sheriff Tony Andronas commended the county response to the incident. The postal inspectors and FBI were also called in to investigate. The postal inspector will be brought in to provide training to courthouse personnel at the end of the month.
March 2, 2023 4:26 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews are scrambling to shuttle food and medicine to residents of California mountain communities stranded by back-to-back winter storms. In San Bernardino County east of Los Angeles, plowing is underway around the clock but authorities say it could take more than a week to reach some areas. In one mountain town, a grocery store roof collapsed Wednesday as safety inspectors were checking on reported damage. No one was injured. The storm could bring heavy snow to the Southwest and some portions of the High Plains, even as record high temperatures hit the Gulf Coast into the Ohio Valley.
March 2, 2023 4:24 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The crew includes the first person from the Arab world going up for a monthslong stay. The Falcon rocket bolted from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday. The Dragon capsule should reach the space station Friday. NASA’s two astronauts are joined by one Russian cosmonaut and only the second person from the United Arab Emirates to fly to space. They will replace a U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew up there since October.
March 2, 2023 4:23 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain. Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will. Traveling to international competitions has become arduous because Russia’s invasion has closed the country’s airspace. A Ukrainian diver proudly bears the name of his late grandfather who died in the bombarded Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Ukraine’s Olympic medal-winning artistic swimmers say war’s terrors are taking a mental toll on them.
March 2, 2023 4:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both Democrats and Republicans are preparing for a prolonged political battle over student debt relief if the U.S. Supreme Court rejects President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive federal loans. At stake is the loyalty of young, college-educated voters who are a critical part of the Democratic coalition. Conservative justices appeared deeply skeptical of the debt relief plan this week, and the White House wants to turn up the heat on Republicans and deflect disappointment from borrowers if the court rules against the administration.
