November 12, 2022 3:38 am
ROSS TWP. (WPXI) – Two women were arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing perfume worth more than $22,900 from a mall. Stephanie Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, and De Siree Riley, of McKees Rocks, were taken into custody after allegedly taking 76 bottles of perfume from Nordstrom at Ross Park Mall. Ross Township police were called around 7:30 p.m. Thursday for a report of a retail theft. An officer was given a description of the women, who reportedly had a toddler with them, and of the car Hopkins was allegedly driving. According to the complaint, the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop but Hopkins fled. The officer spoke with the Nordstrom manager, who said the women put 33 bottles of Tom Ford fragrance in shopping bags and left the store. The manager said the same women were in the store Monday, and stole 30 bottles of Tom Ford fragrance and 13 bottles of Sauvage fragrance at that time. Police later found the vehicle allegedly driven by Hopkins parked in the 300 block of Pleasant Ridge Road in Stowe Township. They then located Hopkins and Riley and took them into custody, and recovered the perfume. Hopkins is charged with two counts of retail theft, endangering the welfare of children, possessing an instrument of crime, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, driving with a suspended license, failure to stop at a red light and reckless driving. Riley is charged with two counts of retail theft and possessing an instrument of crime. They are awaiting arraignment.
November 12, 2022 3:34 am
(WPXI) – Traffic is now moving in both directions after a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was closed due to a crash in Beaver County around ten o’clock Friday morning. All lanes were closed on I-76 in the area of Beaver Valley Exit No. 13. State police say eighteen people were hurt, though none of the injuries appear to be serious at this time. Police said there were three separate crashes, with one involving a box truck.
November 12, 2022 3:33 am
(AP) – The family of a woman who died in a motorcycle crash is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, saying the agency’s negligence caused the fatal wreck. Leslie Gingrich was riding her Harley in Schuylkill County on June 4 when she hit a ditch spanning both lanes of a narrow, twisty road. A wrongful death lawsuit says PennDOT created the hazardous condition while working on the road, then failed to place signage warning approaching motorists of the danger. The woman’s family says residents complained to PennDOT but their complaints about the road were ignored. The family is seeking unspecified money damages.
November 11, 2022 3:50 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decades-long career, has died at age 76. Craig Marquardo, in a statement identifying himself as Gallagher’s “longtime former manager,” said the comedian died Friday at his home in Palm Springs, California, after a brief illness. Gallagher, a Fort Bragg, North Carolina, native started out as road manager for comedian/musician Jim Stafford in 1960 and soon began performing himself, honing his act at the Comedy Store and other clubs. Sledgehammer in hand, he would apply his full muscle to apples, grapes, lettuce and other produce, most famously the inevitable watermelon, with audience members in front showered in food bits. (Photo: ABC)
November 11, 2022 12:51 pm
Authorities are investigating an ATV crash in Washington County on Thursday. According to reports, at least one person was injured in the crash which occurred around six o’clock, off Snee Road in Union Township. Members of the Library Volunteer Fire Company were called out to assist the Finleyville and Elrama departments with the rescue of a male. Officials say the male rolled about 50 feet down a hill and was flown from the scene by medical helicopter to an area hospital. There’s been no word on the extent of his injuries and no other information was immediately available. (Photo courtesy of Library VFD)
November 11, 2022 4:26 am
BEIJING (AP) – China’s capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of COVID-19 cases. Elsewhere, more than 5 million people were under lockdown Friday in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou and the western megacity of Chongqing. The country reported 10,729 new cases on Friday, almost all of them testing positive while showing no symptoms. With the bulk of Beijing’s 21 million people undergoing near daily testing, another 118 new cases were recorded. Chinese leaders promised Thursday to respond to public frustration over its strict “zero-COVID” strategy that has confined millions to their homes and severely disrupted the economy. No details were given on how the government planned to ease measures.
November 11, 2022 4:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is heading to a global climate meeting with a giant domestic investment in tow. He’s likely to face questions about how far the U.S. will go to pull other large greenhouse gas emitters along. His attendance Friday at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt is the first stop on an around-the-world trip that will also take him to a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia and a Group of 20 summit meeting for leaders of the world’s largest economies in Bali, Indonesia. Biden boarded Air Force One on Thursday evening buoyed by a stronger-than-expected showing by his party in Tuesday’s midterm elections and congressional passage this year of the largest climate investment in U.S. history.
November 11, 2022 4:22 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Kevin Conroy has died at 66. The prolific voice actor’s gravely delivery on the “Batman: The Animated Series” was for many Batman fans the definitive sound of the Caped Crusader. Warner Bros. announced Friday that Conroy died Thursday after a battle with cancer. Conroy was the voice of Batman on the acclaimed animated series that ran from 1992-1996, often acting opposite Mark Hamill’s Joker. Conroy continued on as the almost exclusive animated voice of Batman, including some 15 films, 400 episodes of television and two dozen video games. In the eight-decade history of Batman, no one played the Dark Knight more. (Photo: ABC News)
November 11, 2022 4:21 am
A U.S. judge in Texas has blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness. The program was already on hold while a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by a half-dozen states challenging it. District Court Judge Mark Pittman said Thursday that the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws. Pittman is an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth. The debt forgiveness plan would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients would get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.
November 11, 2022 4:19 am
PHOENIX (AP) – Democrats have padded their narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call. About a fifth of the total ballots are left to be counted. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly led Republican Blake Masters by 5.6 percentage points late Thursday, while Democrat Katie Hobbs was 1.4 points ahead of Republican Kari Lake in the governor’s race. Election officials in populous Maricopa County expected to begin reporting results Friday from nearly 300,000 mail ballots that were returned on Election Day. That crucial group of ballots will provide clues about how remaining votes will fall.
