March 25, 2024 5:02 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Six Powerball tickets purchased in Pennsylvania won significant prizes in Saturday night’s drawing. According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, three tickets bought in the state that used Power Play won $100,000. Three tickets without Power Play won $50,000. The numbers for the grand prize worth $750 million on Saturday were 6-23-25-34-51 and the Powerball was 3. The Power Play was 2X. There was no grand prize winner in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing. The jackpot is now worth an estimated $800 million for Monday’s drawing — the sixth-largest prize in the promotion’s history.
March 25, 2024 4:58 am
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania teen charged in a 12-year-old girl’s death after another teen reported receiving a video asking for help cleaning up and getting rid of the body has been sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison as part of a plea deal. Ash Cooper, who formerly went by Joshua Cooper and is now 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder and other charges in the November 2022 death of 12-year-old Morgan Connors in Bensalem. Cooper’s attorney says his client feels “significant remorse and sorrow.” Police said Cooper told officers the shooting was “an accident.” Prosecutors said the defendant has never revealed a motive for the crime.
March 25, 2024 4:57 am
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say the search for a 6-year-old girl swept away in a rain-swollen southeastern Pennsylvania creek has become a recovery mission rather than a rescue mission. Authorities in Chester County said the child was reported missing Saturday evening after she slipped and fell into fast-moving Chester Creek. Fire companies searched for hours and the Coast Guard continued the effort through the night. But the county’s fire commissioner said the search moved into a recovery mode Sunday. Chester Mayor Stefan Roots said it was unclear how the girl and her friends ended up beside the creek swollen by recent rains.
March 25, 2024 4:54 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has scheduled former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial to begin April 15. Judge Juan M. Merchan made the ruling Monday. The judge earlier had scolded the ex-president’s lawyers as he weighed when to reschedule the trial after a last-minute document dump caused a postponement of the original date. Merchan bristled at what he suggested were baseless defense claims of “prosecutorial misconduct,” appearing unpersuaded by Trump team arguments that prosecutors had until recently concealed tens of thousands of pages of records from a previous federal investigation. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee arrived in court Monday for the hearing scheduled in place of the long-planned start of jury selection.
March 25, 2024 4:48 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police investigating the killing a pregnant Amish woman in rural Pennsylvania say they seized six guns, a variety of ammunition and a pair of sneakers that may match tread marks left at the crime scene during searches of the suspect’s home and vehicle. Search warrant documents released over the weekend say 23-year-old Rebekah Byler suffered “multiple sharp force wounds” to her neck and was shot in the head during last month’s attack . Truck driver Shawn Cranston of Corry is charged with two counts of homicide. In a newly released search warrant affidavit, a state trooper says Rebekah Byler’s 3-year-old son told investigators that a man wearing sneakers killed his mother.
March 25, 2024 2:22 am
The Penguins say that a shipment of Jaromir Jagr bobble-heads that was stolen earlier this month has been located and secured. As a result, officials say the bobble-heads will now be distributed at the team’s home game planned for April 6th. The team issued a statement saying that they were notified last week that a special cargo recovery team negotiated the return of the stolen property to a secure warehouse located in Ontario, California. They said the truckload arrived in Pittsburgh Monday and is expected to be delivered to PPG Paints Arena within the next week. Fans with a bobble-head voucher from the originally scheduled distribution will be able to redeem those vouchers on April 6th and 7th.
March 24, 2024 7:38 am
LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, are said to be “extremely moved” by the public’s warmth and support following her shocking cancer announcement as tributes continued to pour in from around the world. After weeks of frenzied speculation on social media about her health and well-being, Kate said in a candid video message on Friday that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following major abdominal surgery. The 42-year-old princess said the cancer discovery was a “huge shock” and she was now in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy. Criticism of those jumping to sometime-outlandish conclusions continued to be voiced over Sunday.
March 24, 2024 7:29 am
BEIRUT (AP) — A mayor in northeastern Lebanon says an Israeli airstrike has wounded at least three people. The airstrike was reported near the city of Baalbek, which is a stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. The attack is the latest to hit the area in recent weeks. The strike occurred a few minutes after midnight Saturday and wounded three people, according to Baalbek’s mayor, Bachir Khodr. Since the Israel-Hamas war began Oct. 7, Hezbollah has been carrying attacks on Israel’s military posts along the border. Israel has since staged dozens of airstrikes, mostly along the border. But since late February the Baalbek area has been attacked at least three times.
March 24, 2024 7:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations. Biden also appeared in Missouri’s Democratic primary, which was not expected to report results until next week. The primary races Saturday were not in doubt. But they are still closely watched by insiders for turnout and signs of protest voters. For Biden, some liberals are registering their anger with Israel’s war against Hamas following the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Trump faces dissent from people worried about the immense legal jeopardy he faces or critical of his White House term.
March 24, 2024 7:23 am
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday, two days after an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed over 130 people. Events by cultural institutions were cancelled, flags lowered, and TV entertainment and advertising was suspended, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Meanwhile, family and friends of those still missing after the attack waited for news of their loved ones. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russian authorities had arrested 11 suspects, including four believed to have participated in the attack. He claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement, and the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate claimed responsibility.
