May 6, 2024 4:59 am
NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. — A man is dead after a shooting in North Braddock. Allegheny County dispatchers say police were called to the 500 block of Stokes Avenue at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday. When police arrived they found a man who had been shot dead inside a house. He was later identified as Derek Polite, 56, by the medical examiner’s office. Police say witnesses told them that Bernard Junior Polite lives in the house with a family member. Polite was taken into custody Sunday afternoon after state police say he tried to shoot a pastor during a sermon in North Braddock. Anyone with information is asked to call the Allegheny County Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.
May 6, 2024 4:59 am
NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man is facing charges after Pennsylvania State Police say he tried to shoot a pastor who was giving a sermon at a church in North Braddock. Video taken at the church shows Pastor Glenn Germany preaching at the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobinger Avenue at 1:09 p.m. on Sunday. A man then walks up and points a handgun directly at him. Police say the man tried to fire the gun but it did not go off. Pennsylvania State Police say the gunman was Bernard Junior Polite, 26, from Braddock. The small congregation had about 25 parishioners, including Germany’s daughter, when police say Polite walked from the back of the church to the front pew. The pastor quickly dives behind the pulpit and the gunman walks after him. That’s when Deacon Clarence McCallister, 63, quickly took Polite, who was still holding the gun, to the ground. McCallister was behind the camera taping the service a few feet away. Polite reportedly told the pastor voices in his head told him to shoot him. Polite is facing attempted homicide charges. County Police confirmed to Channel 11 that Polite lived with his uncle less than half a mile away from the church on Stokes Avenue. Detectives were called to the home at 8:15 p.m. for the shooting death of a man. The identity of that man hs not been released at this time.
May 5, 2024 11:26 am
(WPXI) – A man died in an ATV crash in Donegal Township overnight. Pennsylvania State Police say the crash happened on Chicora Fennelton Road in Donegal Township near the intersection with Geibel Road. Police say the ATV rolled over when the driver lost control while going around a bend. The man killed in the crash was identified as David Sibenac, 39, of Gibsonia.
May 5, 2024 6:17 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action. They know women impacted by the Florida change last week will look to them for services no longer available where they live. In North Carolina, health care clinics are rushing to expand availability and decrease wait times. Their reaction is part of a growing trend in the U.S. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, more than 20 states have adopted laws banning or severely limiting abortions. In response, states with looser restrictions have taken steps to welcome women who want or need to end their pregnancies.
May 5, 2024 6:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say a driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House, but the fatal collision is being investigated “only as a traffic crash” and there was no threat to the president’s residence. The U.S. Secret Service says the driver was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday at an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department confirms the vehicle crashed into a security barrier at the intersection of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The male driver was not immediately identified.
May 5, 2024 6:11 am
Twenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus. Video from WVAW-TV showed officers with heavy gear and shields lined up on the campus in Charlottesville. Protesters chanted “Free Palestine.” The arrests come after tense and sometimes violent weeks on campuses around the U.S., as the Israel-Hamas war prompted dozens of protests. Also Saturday, protesters at the University of Michigan commencement ceremonies chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags that collided with the annual celebration of pomp and circumstance.
May 5, 2024 6:10 am
HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston following heavy rains that have resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others have prepared to evacuate their properties as a flood watch remained in effect through Sunday afternoon with forecasters predicting additional rain. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo says 178 people and 122 pets have been rescued so far in the county. She says the area is expecting more rain on Sunday, which could be problematic. For weeks, drenching rains in Texas and parts of Louisiana have filled reservoirs and saturated the ground.
May 5, 2024 6:07 am
Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin starts another six-year term as president holding extraordinary power. Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, he has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running independent-minded journalists out of the country and promoting an increasing devotion to prudish “traditional values” that push many in society to the margins. His influence is so dominant that other officials could only stand on the sidelines as he invaded Ukraine despite expectations it would bring international opprobrium, as well as cost many Russia lives. With that level of power, what Putin will do in his next term is a daunting concern at home and abroad.
May 5, 2024 6:02 am
PITTSBURGH —(WPXI)- A woman is facing charges after police say she caused a house fire that caused two firefighters to suffer injuries. According to court documents, emergency crews were called to Grape Street in Knoxville for reports of a house on fire Friday night. The fire had started on the porch of one house and then spread to a neighboring one. Police say Lynae Mockabee-Mitchell, 40, was standing outside of her vehicle when they arrived. She allegedly told them she lit her ex-boyfriend’s items on fire on the porch and that the fire quickly spread out of control. Two firefighters were injured while fighting the fire. Police say they were hurt when the roof of the porch collapsed. One of those firefighters hurt their back and the other suffered an ankle injury. Both of them were taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital. Court documents say that Pittsburgh firefighters ruled out all natural or accidental causes for the fire in their investigation. Investigators believe $20,000 worth of damage was done to the first house and that the second house sustained $5,000 worth of damage. Mockabee-Mitchell faces five different arson charges and three counts of criminal mischief. She has been denied bail and is being held at the Allegheny County Jail.
May 5, 2024 5:53 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November. Democrats are treading cautiously over an internal divide about the campus demonstrations while Republicans are playing up their rivals’ disagreements. GOP candidates have used the protests to step up their criticism of President Joe Biden, both for how he’s handled the war and for the unrest on campuses. Many Democrats have tried to avoid taking sides in protests that have divided important parts of their base. They’re trying to balance criticism of antisemitism and rule-breakers with the need to protect the right to peaceful protest.
