June 10, 2024 4:58 pm
(WPXI) – Sen. John Fetterman and his wife Gisele were involved in a car crash on Sunday morning. The crash happened at the Interstate 70 and Interstate 68 interchange in Maryland. Fetterman was evaluated at a local hospital and was treated for a bruised shoulder. He and his wife were discharged from the hospital on Sunday afternoon.
June 10, 2024 5:06 am
Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the company’s move into generative artificial intelligence, marking its late arrival to a technological frontier that’s expected to be as revolutionary as the invention of the iPhone. The widely anticipated display of AI to be embedded on the iPhone a will be the marquee moment at an event that previews the next version of software that powers the company’s hardware lineup. And Apple’s next generation of software is expected to be packed with an array of AI designed spruce up its virtual assistant Siri and make many other tasks a more satisfying and perhaps even revelatory experience.
June 10, 2024 5:05 am
BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc’s parliament membership has clearly shifted to the right. The Christian Democrats of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen remained by far the biggest group and de facto brokers of the ever-expanding powers of the legislature. But the surge by nationalist and populist parties will make it much harder for the assembly to approve legislation on issues ranging from climate change to agriculture policy.
June 10, 2024 5:03 am
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors have started their second day of deliberations in the criminal case against Hunter Biden over a gun President Joe Biden’s son bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Monday before leaving the federal courthouse in Delaware. They resumed deliberations Tuesday. Jurors are weighing whether Hunter Biden is guilty of three felonies in the case pitting him against his father’s Justice Department in the middle of the Democratic president’s reelection campaign. Hunter Biden’s lawyers have argued he did not consider himself an “addict” when he bought the gun.
June 10, 2024 5:02 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A man was shot and killed in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood on Sunday. Pittsburgh police say officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near Fifth Avenue and Vine Street around 11:15 a.m. Officers found a man shot in the chest. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Violent Crime Unit detectives took a man who stayed on scene to police headquarters for questioning. Police officials say there aren’t any outstanding suspects for this shooting or ongoing danger to the public. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
June 10, 2024 4:58 am
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found in the former residence of a man convicted last week of murder in the death of his wife. The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reports that 48-year-old Brian Giles lived with Nancy Giles in an apartment in the Johnstown house before she went missing in October 2018. Her remains were found in May 2019, and on Thursday he was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the her death. On Friday, authorities said human remains were found in the basement of the home, and officials are trying to identify them and determine the case and manner of death. Giles’ attorney declined comment.
June 10, 2024 4:55 am
MUSE, Pa. — (WPXI) – No one was hurt in a fire in Washington County late Saturday night. Washington County 911 officials say firefighters were sent to a home along Maple Street in Muse around 10:45 p.m. A Channel 11 photographer on scene saw smoke coming from the roof and apparent fire damage by several windows. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
June 10, 2024 4:51 am
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man died after becoming trapped in his apartment during a fire in Westmoreland Count overnight. The fire at 227 West Smithfield Street in Mount Pleasant was reported just before midnight when a neighbor saw smoke in the building, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. Upon arriving on scene, first responders determined someone was trapped inside of an apartment. Once they gained access to the unit, they found a 69-year-old man, who Carson identified as Thaddeus Anthony Peckyno, on the ground in the back bedroom. Peckyno was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The State Fire Marshal is investigating this fire, but Carson says it “appears to be an accident from a stove/grease fire.”
June 10, 2024 4:49 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was treated at a hospital for a bruised shoulder after a car accident Sunday morning, according to a statement from his Senate office. He was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon. The statement said that Fetterman and his wife Gisele were involved in a car accident with another driver. They were both evaluated at a local hospital and discharged within hours. The senator returned to his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be back in the Senate for votes this week. A spokeswoman for Fetterman said that the senator was driving the car and the accident was on Interstate 70 in Maryland.
June 10, 2024 2:09 am
A driver at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in North Strabane Township was injured Saturday, during a harness race and flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital. According to reports, the driver Mike Wilder was hurt after three horses got tangled up during the race. One of the horses started falling back and the injured horse and driver were thrown onto the track. Wilder, according to his wife, did not suffer life-threatening injuries and is recovering. The horse had to be euthanized.
