March 16, 2024 5:15 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — (WPXI) – An investigation into a shots fired incident on Friday led to a police pursuit in the South Hills and three people taken into custody. At 11:40 a.m., police responded to a report of shots fired into a home in the 800 block of Third Street in Clairton. Around 30 minutes later, officers with Whitehall and Brentwood police departments spotted the vehicle involved along Route 51 and attempted to pull it over. Police said three males ran from the vehicle during the traffic stop. Officers were able to take one of them into custody, while the other two got back into the vehicle and fled the scene. The vehicle was spotted again a short time later in Bethel Park, where officers began to pursue it. At 12:44 p.m., police said the driver of the suspect vehicle lost control and crashed into a guardrail at the intersection of Library and Clifton roads. The two males who were inside the vehicle got out and fled on foot. Both were taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit. Police said a gun was also recovered during the investigation. The intersection of Library and Clifton was shut down for hours but has since reopened. Allegheny County Police are investigating.
March 16, 2024 2:28 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has withdrawn from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. A judge had ruled Wade had to leave or Willis couldn’t continue to pursue the charges. Wade’s role in the prosecution had come under fire since an attorney representing one of Trump’s co-defendants alleged in early January that Wade and Willis were involved in an inappropriate relationship that resulted in Willis profiting improperly from the prosecution. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Friday the allegations created an “appearance of impropriety” that infected the prosecution team.
March 16, 2024 1:00 am
A Washington man had his preliminary hearing Friday and he is facing several felony charges. Alan Gubanish, 35 had drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communications facility charges held for court without a hearing. According to the criminal complaint, City of Washington Police were called to a North Franklin St. apartment on February 9 to investigate a person found deceased. The victim, identified as Casey Cole was found to have a suspected bag of heroin marked “Fed Ex” in her mouth and other narcotics located at the scene. Interviews of callers at the scene indicated that Cole admitted to purchasing the drugs via CashApp from Gubanish. Police obtained possession of Cole’s cell phone and extracted data corroborating what witnesses told them. Stamp bags recovered at Cole’s home tested positive for xylazine and methamphetamine. Gubanish will be formally arraigned on April 25. He remains in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond.
March 15, 2024 4:54 pm
(WPXI) – An investigation into a shots fired incident on Friday led to a police pursuit in the South Hills and three people taken into custody. At 11:40 a.m., police responded to a report of shots fired into a home in the 800 block of Third Street in Clairton. Around 30 minutes later, officers with Whitehall and Brentwood police departments spotted the vehicle involved along Route 51 and attempted to pull it over. Police said three males ran from the vehicle during the traffic stop. Officers were able to take one of them into custody, while the other two got back into the vehicle and fled the scene. The vehicle was spotted again a short time later in Bethel Park, where officers began to pursue it. At 12:44 p.m., police said the driver of the suspect vehicle lost control and crashed at the intersection of Library and Clifton roads. The two males who were inside got out and fled on foot. Both were taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit. Police said a gun was also recovered during the investigation. Allegheny County Police are investigating.
March 15, 2024 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is opposing the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying the U.S. needs “strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers.” The announcement Thursday comes as the Democratic president campaigns in the Midwest and could have ripples in his race against Republican Donald Trump. Nippon Steel announced in December it plans to buy the Pittsburgh-based steel producer for $14 billion in cash. That raised concerns within the federal government about what the transaction could mean for unionized workers, supply chains and U.S. national security. Nippon Steel promises no job losses and says it’s committed to keeping U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
March 15, 2024 4:58 am
Voters are heading to the polls in Russia for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years after he stifled dissent. The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent rights groups and given Putin full control of the political system. It also comes as Moscow’s war in Ukraine enters its third year. Voters will be casting their ballots Friday through Sunday at polling stations across the vast country’s 11 time zones, as well as in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine.
March 15, 2024 4:56 am
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a two-page order Thursday saying that though the Trump team had raised “various arguments warranting serious consideration,” a dismissal of charges was not merited. Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, is presiding over one of the four criminal cases against the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee. This case involves records, some highly classified, he took with him from the White House.
March 15, 2024 4:54 am
Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses and killed at least three people in the central United States. Officials scrambled Friday morning to assess the extent of the destruction with the power out. The three reported deaths came in Logan County, Ohio. Thursday night’s storms also left trails of destruction in Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas. Officials say there are “many, many significant injuries” after a suspected tornado in Winchester, Indiana. Search efforts are underway there. Officials say a tornado in Kentucky’s Trimble County damaged many structures. A suspected tornado struck the retirement community of Hot Springs Village in Arkansas.
March 15, 2024 4:51 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway. The Pittsburgh Penguins say a shipment carrying bobbleheads of the franchise icon was stolen after arriving in California. The team had intended to give the bobbleheads away to fans during their home game against the San Jose Sharks. Instead, the club will give fans a voucher that will allow them to pick up the item at a later date. The team says it is “shocked” by the theft and is working with state and federal authorities in hopes of recovering the items.
March 15, 2024 4:48 am
NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is in custody after an hours-long standoff with police in Washington County that shut down a main neighborhood road in North Strabane Township. Police were called to a home on Demar Boulevard around 3 p.m. Thursday after they said Edward Snarey Jr., 69, assaulted his 92-year-old mother. “They could see fresh wounds on her from the domestic and she was able to get out of the residence. In speaking to the actor, he would not speak to police anymore, closed the door, requested we get a warrant,” said Lt. Michael Miller, with North Strabane Police. When Snarey refused to come out of the home, police called in the SWAT team. Investigators say there were multiple complicating factors during the standoff. “We found out that there was also another female inside of the residence. Through our investigation we found out there were weapons inside of the house,” Miller explained. After multiple gas canisters were used by police, officers wheeled Snarey out of the home on a stretcher around 8 p.m. and put him in the back of an ambulance. Snarey is charged with simple assault, neglect of a care-dependent person, terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. (Photo: WPXI)
