January 23, 2023 4:18 am
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s prime minister says the government will ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki didn’t specify when the request will be made. He said Monday that Poland is building a coalition of nations ready to send Leopards. He said Warsaw would make its own decisions even if there is no permission from Germany. He didn’t elaborate. Morawiecki said that Germany has “more than 350 active Leopards and about 200 in storage.” The Ukrainian government says tanks and especially the German-made Leopards are vital if it is to prevail over the Kremlin’s invading forces.
January 23, 2023 4:17 am
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) – The search for the motive behind the shooting massacre at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance hall led police to a mobile home community. Authorities say Huu Can Tran killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance hall and attempted a shooting later at another club before taking his own life. Police in his town of Hemet say he alleged earlier this month that he was the victim of fraud, theft and poisoning by relatives a decade or two ago, but didn’t provide supporting documents he promised. The death toll rose to 11 after health officials announced that one of the 10 people wounded had died.
January 23, 2023 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A man is dead after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were sent to the 2100 block of Bedford Avenue at around 6:20 p.m. A caller told dispatchers a man had been shot in the face. Officers found a 40-year-old man in the rear of an apartment building. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Pittsburgh police say one person has been taken into custody for questioning.
January 22, 2023 8:08 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A protest has turned violent in downtown Atlanta in the wake of the killing of an environmental activist by authorities. Officials say the 26-year-old shot and wounded a state trooper. Masked activists dressed in all black threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation on Saturday evening. They lit a police cruiser on fire and vandalized other buildings with anti-police graffiti. Authorities say they made six arrests and halted the violence. The activist, who went by Tortuguita, was killed Wednesday as authorities cleared protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center. Authorities say the trooper fired in self-defense, but activists question that account.
January 22, 2023 8:06 am
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House chief of staff Ron Klain is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks. That word comes from a person familiar with Klain’s plans who spoke on condition of anonymity. Klain’s expected departure comes not long after the White House and Democrats had a better-than-expected showing in the November elections. But now that Republicans have regained a majority in the House, the White House is preparing to shift to a more defensive posture. GOP lawmakers are planning multiple investigations into the Biden administration. The White House did not return calls or emails seeking comment on Klain’s expected exit.
January 22, 2023 8:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another search, this one by the FBI at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, has turned up more material containing classified markings. Biden’s personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, says in a statement that Friday’s search overseen by the Justice Department lasted nearly 13 hours. The FBI also took some of Biden’s notes dating to his years as vice president. Two previously reported document discoveries have created a political headache for Biden as he prepares to launch a reelection bid. The discoveries also complicate the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents and official records after he left office.
January 22, 2023 8:03 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Two males were found shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood Saturday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said police and medics were called to the area of Color Park on South 4th Street at around 9 p.m. According to Pittsburgh police, a juvenile male was found with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and a graze wound to the face. A second male victim was found in the area of South 9th Street and East Carson Street with wounds to the torso. Both victims were taken to area hospitals in critical condition. Pittsburgh police said two firearms were recovered from the scene. The Mobile Crime Unit processed evidence at both scenes. Detectives from the Violent Crime Unit are investigating as the case is ongoing.
January 22, 2023 4:12 am
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. (WPXI)— Both drivers were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Westmoreland County on Friday, the coroner’s office said. The crash took place along Haws Pike, or Route 56, in St. Clair Township. According to the coroner’s office, the driver of a Dodge Ram was heading east on Route 56 as the driver of a Chrysler 300 was traveling west. The Dodge crossed the center line into the opposite lane and struck the Chrysler in a head-on collision. Both drivers were pronounced deceased at the scene. Two other people were taken to a hospital for injuries. The driver of the Dodge has been identified as 36-year-old Robert Deemer of Cambria County. The driver of the Chrysler has been identified as 84-year-old Gerald McGeary of Westmoreland County. Coroner Tim Carson said the two people died from blunt force trauma. Neither of them were wearing a seat belt. Pennsylvania State Police are handling the investigation.
January 22, 2023 1:17 am
A second Republican has announced their candidacy for the office of Washington County Prothonotary. Kevin Hill of Hickory is a former district manager for the Republican Party in Washington County. He states that he has gained a wealth of business knowledge as a manager in the insurance industry. Hill says that he hopes to bring the kind of success and leadership that is needed back to the Prothonotary office, restoring how this crucial row office is run and to work as a cohesive team with the other elected officials. This announcement came after current Prothonotary Laura Hough announced Thursday that she plans to run for re-election. Hough was elected to the position in 2019 as the first registered Republican to hold the office in over forty-years. The primary is May 16.
January 21, 2023 4:32 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro says he’ll keep in place a ban on executive-branch employees receiving gifts of influence that is stricter than state law, but relax some provisions under his predecessor. Under Shapiro’s new executive order signed Friday, the roughly 80,000 executive-branch employees are banned from soliciting or accepting anything above minimal value from people seeking to influence them, such as lobbyists or government contractors. But Shapiro’s order allows employees to accept smaller items of hospitality or thanks without paying for it, such as an infrequent meal, bottle of water, cup of coffee, plaque or mug. That relaxes a stricter ban put in place in 2015 by former Gov. Tom Wolf.
