June 2, 2024 6:35 am
MT. LEBANON. Pa. —(WPXI)- Mt. Lebanon Police say they responded to an incident involving a barricaded person. Allegheny County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 800 block of North Meadowcroft at around 7:30 p.m. At 8:53 p.m. Mt. Lebanon Police posted on social media and asked residents to avoid the area. Mt. Lebanon Police say one person was taken into custody but have not provided any other information at this time. Police said the road was safe and back to normal at 10:19 p.m.
June 2, 2024 6:26 am
PITTSBURGH —(WPXI)- First Lady Jill Biden made a visit to Pittsburgh to speak at the Pride celebration on Saturday. Dr. Biden was featured at Allegheny Commons Park where the annual Pride Parade came to a close. She stopped to talk to people in the crowd and take photos on her way to the podium. In her speech, she delivered support for people in LGBTQ+ relationships who have ever felt afraid to express themselves. “It shouldn’t take courage to hold someone’s hand on the bus, to kiss them goodbye on the sidewalk, to love who you love,” Dr. Biden said. She also spoke out against any legislative efforts that are designed to restrict LGBTQ+ rights.
June 2, 2024 5:14 am
Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as president. He posted his first video from a UFC fight in New Jersey on Saturday night. That was two days after he had become the first former president in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony charges. In the video, Trump says “it’s an honor” and there is footage of him waving to fans and posing for selfies at the UFC fight. The video ends with Trump telling the camera: “That was a good walk-on, right?” By Sunday morning, Trump had amassed more than 1.1 million followers on the platform and the post had garnered more than 1 million likes and 24 million views.
June 2, 2024 5:03 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A protest has begun at the University of Pittsburgh. Protesters gathered outside the Cathedral of Learning just before 6 p.m. on Sunday. At 7:21 p.m. Pitt Police said the Cathedral of Learning and WPU would be closed until further notice. They also believe traffic will be impacted near Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Blvd. Protesters say they stand with the people of Palestine. One person was detained at the protest while Channel 11 was at the scene. That man was running cases of water toward the encampment. Police say the protesters do not have a permit for food or water, which is why he was detained. They are calling for the University of Pittsburgh to sever any ties with Israel or companies promoting the Israel-Hamas War. A very high police presence has been monitoring the situation.
June 1, 2024 6:44 am
Emergency responders were dispatched to a two vehicle accident just before 6:00 am on Saturday. According to Washington County 9-1-1, the accident involved a tractor trailer and a car at mile marker 43.1 on Interstate 79 North. The accident closed both lanes of the road but were reopened at 7:30 am. One person was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
June 1, 2024 3:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict. They’re also enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution. It’s all part of the GOP bid to reclaim the White House. On Friday, the House Judiciary chairman demanded the prosecutors in the New York hush money case appear for questioning. Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump’s innocence or political viability were instantly bullied to stay silent — or told to “leave the party.” President Joe Biden said the attacks on the justice system are “reckless” and “irresponsible.” Experts on authoritarianism warn that Trump is vowing to use the state against his opponents.
June 1, 2024 3:43 am
SINGAPORE (AP) — United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials he didn’t see war with China as imminent, nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, stressing the importance of renewed dialogue between him and his Chinese counterpart in avoiding “miscalculations and misunderstandings.” Austin’s comments Saturday at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore came the day after he met for more than an hour on the sidelines with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, the first in-person meeting between the top defense officials since contacts between the American and Chinese militaries broke down in 2022.
June 1, 2024 3:38 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole. Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was rigged and driven by politics.
June 1, 2024 3:33 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding Mideast war. Biden on Friday added Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release hostages for an extended cease-fire. The Democratic president calls the proposal “a road map to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages.” One phase of the deal calls for beginning major reconstruction of Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed 36,000 Palestinians.
June 1, 2024 3:30 am
SUMY REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months. The Ukrainians were returned on several buses that drove into the northern Sumy region. As they disembarked, they shouted joyfully and called their families to tell them they were home. Some knelt and kissed the ground, while many wrapped themselves in yellow-blue flags. They hugged one another, breaking into tears. Many appeared emaciated and poorly dressed. The exchange was the fourth prisoner swap this year and the 52nd since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Earlier in the day, the bodies of the fallen were also swapped.
