October 23, 2022 8:29 am
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police identified a suspect in a shooting inside a hospital Saturday during which two employees were killed and the alleged gunman was wounded. Police said they detained Nestor Hernandez, 30, after a Methodist Health System police officer shot and wounded him at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Hernandez was taken to another local hospital for treatment, the Dallas Morning News reported. Methodist Health System police, Dallas police and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the shooting inside the hospital around 11 a.m., the Morning News reported. “A Methodist Health System Police Officer arrived on the scene, confronted the suspect, and fired his weapon at the suspect, injuring him,” hospital spokesperson Ryan Owens said in a statement. The names of the victims and their positions at the hospital were not immediately released. Hernandez faces capital murder charges. At the time of the shooting he was on parole for aggravated robbery and was wearing an active ankle monitor, police said. (Photo: AP)
October 23, 2022 8:26 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Roslyn was expected to deliver a treacherous storm surge to parts of Mexico Sunday after plowing over the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm just offshore from the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Sunday that Roslyn had become “extremely dangerous” with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph). The storm was forecast “to bring damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains to portions of west-central Mexico today,” the hurricane center said at 12 a.m. Sunday. The center placed Roslyn’s core about 45 miles (75 kilometers) west of Cabo Corrientes — the point of land jutting into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta — and moving north at 12 mph (19 kph). Forecasters said Roslyn likely would pass close to Cabo Corrientes and the Puerto Vallarta region during the night, but warned that those areas would still see high winds, heavy rains and rough surf.
October 23, 2022 8:22 am
(WPXI) – The fifth gun in the last week was found at a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport. According to a release from Allegheny County police, TSA officers saw a Sig Sauer 9 mm handgun carefully concealed in a passenger’s duffel bag. The officers told Allegheny County police that the firearm had been disassembled and separately wrapped inside various pieces of clothing within the duffel bag. Police determined that the passenger, identified as 20-year-old Shane Woods from Lancaster, California, did not have a concealed firearm permit. The FBI was notified and is involved in the investigation. Woods has been charged with firearms not to be carried without a license. He will be taken to Allegheny County Jail for arraignment.
October 23, 2022 8:19 am
(WPXI) – A Clairton Volunteer Fire Department member says a 26-year-old man is dead after a house fire. Allegheny County dispatchers confirm first responders were sent to the 1100 block of Toman Avenue at around 8:15 Saturday morning. Firefighters say the man was found dead at the scene along with a family cat and dog. The Allegheny County Fire Marshall is investigating.
October 23, 2022 8:17 am
(WPXI) – Police were called to a fatal shooting in Penn Hills over the weekend. Allegheny County 911 confirmed police and EMS units were called to the 300 block of Crescent Gardens Drive. Allegheny County police said detectives determined the suspect was shooting at two vehicles outside the home, and fired once into the residence striking the victim. Allegheny County homicide detectives said a 31-year-old male died in the shooting. He was later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as Dwight Nolan. There is no information on a suspect at this time.
October 23, 2022 2:13 am
The North Strabane Township Fire Department was called out Saturday afternoon to a house fire in the Hendersonville area of the township. According to a post on the fire department’s Facebook page, crews arrived to find a working fire. The fire department says they had the blaze under control quickly. There’s been no word on what may have sparked the blaze or if there were any injuries. (Photo: North Strabane Fire Department FB page)
October 22, 2022 6:23 am
WJPA was tipped to an overnight fire in Washington. The blaze was reported Friday around 11:30 p.m. at an abandoned house at 486 Ewing Street in the West End of Washington. According to Washington County 911, the first responding units reported the house was fully involved with heavy fire showing. Fire units from the City of Washington, as well as South Strabane, Canton Township, North Strabane, and Peters Township responded. Crews were on scene for nearly two and a half hours. No injuries were reported. The state fire marshal was called and is investigating.
October 22, 2022 5:19 am
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that relatives of people who died in the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max planes are crime victims. The judge’s ruling Friday could help clear the way for the families to challenge a settlement that spared Boeing from criminal prosecution. The judge’s ruling means that the Justice Department should have notified families before privately negotiating a 2021 settlement with Boeing. Judge Reed O’Connor says the next step is deciding what remedies the families should get for not being told of the talks with Boeing. Some relatives want to scrap the settlement.
October 22, 2022 5:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to Donald Trump. The nine-member panel sent a letter to the former president’s lawyers on Friday, demanding his testimony under oath by mid-November and outlining a series of corresponding documents. The decision by lawmakers to exercise their subpoena power comes a week after the committee made its final case against the former president, who they say “personally orchestrated” a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. It remains unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond to the subpoena, if at all.
October 22, 2022 5:15 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal appeals court has issued a stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plans to forgive student loan debt. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay Friday evening. Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration’s program to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. It’s unclear what the decision means for the 22 million borrowers who already applied for the relief. The Biden administration had promised not to clear any debt before Oct. 23 as it battled the legal challenges, but the soonest it was expected to begin erasing debt was mid-November.
