May 28, 2024 2:39 am
(WPXI) – A state trooper is out on bail, after he allegedly beat a man unconscious during a confrontation. James Stevenson, 29, is facing charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment, burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief. Stevenson was off-duty when he arrived at a house in Connellsville on May 26 and charged past a man who lived in the same house on the porch to get inside. He went into an upstairs bedroom, where he found a man and woman, both without their pants on, the criminal complaint said. Stevenson jumped on the man and began “beating” his face to the point where he got knocked out, the complaint said. He also grabbed the woman, shook her and told her they were leaving. The pair went downstairs together and the woman ran to her car and left. The man who was outside during the attack passed Stevenson on his way out, while he was heading upstairs to check on the man, who was unconscious on the bed. The man went after Stevenson and reached through the driver’s side window to grab him. Stevenson opened the door, which pushed him to the ground and broke his glasses, and left the scene, the complaint said. The man who Stevenson allegedly beat up was taken to a local hospital where he was diagnosed with several facial injuries. Stevenson, who enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in June 2020, is suspended without pay.
May 27, 2024 9:50 am
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide Friday. The official formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple a U.N. estimate of 670 killed in the landslide in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior. In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the country’s National Disaster Center, Luseta Laso Mana, said the landslide “buried more than 2,000 people alive” and caused “major destruction” int Yambali village in Enga province. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely.
May 27, 2024 9:46 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel faces new condemnation over strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that local health officials say killed at least 45 Palestinians. Some of those killed were displaced people living in tents that were engulfed by fire. Many were women and children. Israel has faced surging international criticism over its war with Hamas. Even some of its closest allies like the United States are expressing outrage at civilian deaths. Israel says it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts. One of those courts last week demanded that Israel halt its offensive in Rafah.
May 27, 2024 3:58 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite by early next week. The notification of the banned launch drew quick, strong rebukes from its neighbors. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were meeting on Monday with Chinese Primer Li Qiang in Seoul for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years. The notification says the launch would be between Monday and June 3. North Korea didn’t specify what was being launched, but it has said it plans three launches of military spy satellites this year. South Korea’s military said Friday that signs of preparations to launch a spy satellite had been detected.
May 27, 2024 3:54 am
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has insisted that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court’s rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. He also questioned the possible involvement of authorities in the settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Josep Borrell further pressured Israel to take immediate actions to make sure that tax income meant for the Palestinian authorities are no longer stopped. Borrell insisted Israel had driven the Palestinians to the edge of a catastrophe because “the situation in Gaza is beyond words. The occupied West Bank is on the brink, risking an explosion any time.”
May 27, 2024 3:50 am
VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms have killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The storms obliterated homes and destroyed a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a mobile home park. Five people were killed in Arkansas, two in Oklahoma and one in Kentucky. Tens of thousands of residents were without power across the region.
May 27, 2024 3:44 am
Violent storms continued to tear through the Washington County area on Sunday. At approximately 3:45 PM on Sunday, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Washington County and surrounding areas. According to Washington County 9-1-1 officials, no widespread damage was reported. West Penn Power is reporting 2900 people without power in several areas. In Washington County, just under 2000 people are affected by power outages, the majority of the outages are in Centerville and West Pike Run Township. Other areas that are reporting outages have less than 100 in their areas.
May 27, 2024 3:42 am
PITTSBURGH —(WPXI)- Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s rail replacement project at the Willow Avenue crossing will soon switch to the outbound tracks. Currently, PRT crews are working on the inbound tracks at Willow Station. But, on May 29, they will switch sides and start replacing the outbound tracks. That work is expected to take until June 16. Riders using St. Anne, Willow, and Overbrook Junction should use the inbound platforms to travel inbound or southbound while this work is underway. PRT warns riders may experience up to 40-minute delays when operators must wait for oncoming vehicles to pass. The Red Line will continue to operate as normal from downtown to South Hills Village. Additionally, rail cars will continue to terminate at Penn Station through May 31.
May 27, 2024 2:46 am
South Strabane Township emergency responders were dispatched to an accident at the intersection of E. Beau Street and Davis School Road Sunday afternoon. At 2:00 PM a three car accident occurred. According to Washington County 9-1-1 officials, one victim was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, that victim was 93 year old Rose Marie Gillespie. She died shortly before 5:00 PM at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Two other victims were transported to the hospital by ambulance. East Beau Street was closed to traffic for approximately two hours on Sunday. (photo credit: South Strabane Fire Dept. Facebook page)
May 26, 2024 7:32 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The militants have continued to fire projectiles at communities around Gaza more than seven months into the war but have not fired longer-range rockets in months. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the latest barrage. Earlier on Sunday, aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. But was unclear if humanitarian groups would be able to access the aid because of ongoing fighting in the area. (Photo: AP)
