February 29, 2024 5:11 am
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are in Texas for dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s a sign of how central immigration has become in the 2024 campaign. Biden wants to hammer Republicans for tanking a bipartisan border security deal on Trump’s orders. He landed in the Rio Grande Valley city of Brownsville, where border crossings are down lately. Trump journeyed 300 miles away at a state park that is at the epicenter of a standoff between Texas and the federal government over enforcement.
February 29, 2024 5:08 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — A student at Canon-McMillan High School is recovering after suffering serious burns in a house fire over the weekend. Dominic Mansmann is a senior on the school’s hockey team. He has been in the ICU burn unit since Sunday. According to a GoFundMe, Dominic will need extensive surgeries and hospital stays to heal. The community is raising money for his medical expenses. The blaze broke out late Sunday night in a bedroom in the basement of the home in the 4000 block of Bentwood Drive. Fire crews were able to put the fire out quickly, but the teenager suffered burns and was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital.
February 29, 2024 5:01 am
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A Fayette County man accused of murdering his new wife and fleeing to Las Vegas had his first court appearance on Wednesday. Arthur Guty waived all charges to court. He is accused of murdering his wife inside their Uniontown home in January. Nicole Zambrano was found dead in her bed, with a gunshot wound to the head. The couple had met and married less than a year before the murder. Investigators say they currently have no motive in the case. Guty was found in Las Vegas with $140,000 in cash. Prosecutors believe he was going to try and flee the country.
February 29, 2024 4:54 am
EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) — Officials near Philadelphia are closing their investigation into a shootout and house fire that killed six members of an extended family. They say 43-year-old Canh Le shot and killed his brother, sister-in-law and two nieces before setting fire to the home and killing himself. The couple’s other child, a 10-year-old boy, died of smoke inhalation. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says the Feb. 7 violence in East Lansdowne began when the uncle argued with a 13-year-old niece. His parents fled and survived. Two police officers are recovering from gunshot wounds.
February 29, 2024 2:45 am
State Police say they have found a missing endangered man from Washington County. According to a release, Carl Boyd, 49 was located and returned home safely. No other information was provided. He had last been seen on Mancha Street in North Bethlehem Township around 11 p.m. on Tuesday and was considered to be at “special risk of harm or injury, or may be confused.”
February 28, 2024 5:22 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and has set a course for a quick resolution. The justices’ order Wednesday maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss. The court will hear arguments in April, with a decision likely no later than the end of June. The court said in an unsigned statement that it will consider “whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”
February 28, 2024 4:53 pm
(WPXI) – Two schools in Allegheny County received bomb threats Wednesday. Gateway School District received a threat that led them to evacuate Wednesday morning. Following the threat, Woodland Hills School District said they received a courtesy call from them. Minutes after the courtesy call, a Woodland Hills student found an anonymous Snapchat with a bomb threat against Woodland Hills Senior High School, officials said. Woodland Hills School District superintendent Dr. Daniel Castagna said all students from the high school were dismissed early and all evening activities are canceled. Police patrols are increased at the elementary buildings and middle school. Gateway also dismissed all high school students. Officials in both school districts deemed the threats non-credible.
February 28, 2024 4:49 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. A regular performer in clubs and on late-night TV for decades, Lewis also played Marty Gold, the romantic co-lead opposite Jamie Lee Curtis, in the ABC series “Anything But Love” and the reliably neurotic Prince John in “Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men In Tights.” He re-introduced himself to a new generation opposite Larry David in HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” kvetching regularly. (Photo: AP)
February 28, 2024 12:42 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell says he’ll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. He’s maintained his power in the face of dramatic changes in the Republican Party. He’s set to make the announcement Wednesday McConnell on the Senate floor. The Associated Press obtained his prepared remarks in which he says, “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter.” McConnell says he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027, “albeit from a different seat in the chamber.” (Photo: AP)
February 28, 2024 10:36 am
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s doctor says he “continues to be fit for duty” after conducting an annual physical that will be closely watched as the 81-year-old seeks reelection. “President Biden is a healthy, active, robust, 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor has concluded in a six-page memo on the president’s health, following a physical that took him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for more than 2 1/2 hours. The memo added that Biden, “feels well and this year’s physical identifies no new concerns.” The oldest U.S. president’s annual physical was closely watched.
