November 24, 2023 5:08 am
LONDON (AP) — Irish police have arrested 34 people after suspected far-right protesters in central Dublin attacked police, damaged shops and set fire to vehicles. The rioting happened on Thursday night after an unidentified man stabbed three children outside a school earlier in the day. The head of the Irish police, Commissioner Drew Harris, said Friday that an officer was seriously injured in the violence that began after news spread that a 5-year-old girl was receiving emergency medical treatment at a hospital. At least 100 people took to the streets, some armed with metal bars and covering their faces. Police said the street violence was caused by “a small group of thugs.”
November 24, 2023 5:06 am
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners in line with a truce deal that saw 13 Israeli hostages freed by militants in Gaza hours earlier. Thirty-three prisoners were freed Friday in the West Bank and handed to a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Qadura Fares heads an advocacy group for prisoners. He said the remaining six prisoners were being freed from a Jerusalem lockup. The releases on both sides were part of a deal for a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war that began Friday. Over the next four days, 150 Palestinian prisoners and 50 Israeli hostages are to be freed.
November 24, 2023 5:03 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A 16-year-old girl continues to fight for her life after police say a 36-year-old man who called her his girlfriend shot her. Police said the teen was shot in the head by 36-year-old Nathan Glasscock (pictured) Monday night in Uniontown. Police said Glasscock told them he didn’t mean to shoot her. They said he told them he wanted to shoot the grandmother for interfering in his relationship with the girl. The victim’s great-aunt, however, says that’s a lie. The grandmother — Karen Leydig — and the girl were just 10 feet away from each other when police say Glasscock pulled the trigger. The teen is in critical but stable condition at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Glasscock is due in court on Nov. 28.
November 24, 2023 4:56 am
An early morning fire in Morris Township has injured at least one person. Washington County 911 says the blaze was reported just before 3 a.m. at a home along Lemon Hill Road. Dispatchers tell WJPA News one female was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. Her identity and condition were not available. Fire crews from numerous departments were called to the two-story home. There is no word on the cause of the fire at this time.
November 24, 2023 2:16 am
Freedom Transit is announcing complimentary rides on all fixed routes on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. According to Freedom Transit this will allow customers access to popular shopping locations during the holiday shopping weekend. Locations served will be the Crown Center Mall, Donaldson’s Crossroads, Gabes, The Hollywood Casino, Home Depot, Old Mill Plaza, South Hills Village, Strabane Square Plaza, Target, Tanger Outlets, Trinity Point Walmart, and the Washington Mall. For more information visit their website at www.freedom-transit.org
November 23, 2023 11:13 am
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused in a legal filing of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993. The three-page summons filed Wednesday does not contain details of the alleged assault but names Adams, the transit bureau of the New York Police Department and the New York Police Department Guardians Association as defendants. In a statement, a City Hall spokesman said the mayor does not know the person making the accusation and denied the claim. The filing comes as Adams has been dogged by an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign that prompted agents to seize his phones and raid the home of his chief campaign fundraiser.
November 23, 2023 4:28 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made from North Korea’s capital region on Wednesday night. It came a day after North Korea launched a spy satellite and claimed to have put it into orbit. South Korea says it has decided to partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement and restart front-line aerial surveillance of North Korea. U.N. Security Council resolutions prohibit any satellite liftoffs by North Korea, viewing them as covers for testing its long-range missile technology.
November 23, 2023 4:25 am
City of Washington Police were called to the 400 block of Broad Street at approximately 1:30 Thursday morning for a report of shots being fired. According to Washington County 9-1-1, a man was shot and drove himself to Washington Hospital. The hospital was put on a lock down as per their protocol. No other details are available.
November 23, 2023 4:16 am
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the vehicle crash and explosion that left two people dead at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge. The vehicle was speeding Wednesday from Niagara Falls, New York, toward the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. The crash raised concerns on both sides of the border. But the FBI said its investigation found no explosive materials or “terrorism nexus.” It added that it had turned the matter over to local police “as a traffic investigation.”The incident prompted the closing of the border crossing and three others in the area. The other three later reopened.
November 23, 2023 4:13 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Beloved cartoon characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants are taking to the skies above New York City in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade, marking its 97th year, starts Thursday on Manhattan’s upper west side and makes its way alongside Central Park in front of big crowds before ending up in front of Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street. At street level, more than two dozen floats will go by, interspersed with marching bands from around the country. Among the big names performing is Cher, who just released her first Christmas album.
