August 22, 2022 12:51 pm
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) – Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back.
August 22, 2022 12:35 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name – and the subject of partisan attacks – during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December. That’s after more than five decades of service. Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He was a leader in the federal response to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases even before the coronavirus hit, (Photo: ABC News)
August 22, 2022 4:23 am
MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that shows a suspect being held down on the ground and beaten. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police’s investigation into the incident and the sheriff’s office’s internal investigation. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended. In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. According to police, a report indicated that a man was making threats to a convenience store employee in Mulberry on Sunday morning. Mulberry is located about 137 miles (220.48 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock. Police said when the officers confronted the man, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the video. Three law enforcement officers are seen in the video. One can be seen punching the shoeless suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen kneeing him, and a third is holding him down. The unidentified man was arrested and taken to a local hospital. He faces charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and other assault charges, police said.
August 22, 2022 4:19 am
(AP) – Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives. The move Monday is a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign. The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5 that are better than ever at dodging immunity from earlier vaccination or infection. If the FDA quickly clears the combo shots made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, boosters could be offered within weeks. Moderna is expected to file a similar application soon.
August 22, 2022 4:17 am
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Millions of students wearing face masks have streamed back to schools across the Philippines in their first in-person classes after two years of coronavirus lockdowns that are feared to have worsened one of the world’s most alarming illiteracy rates among children. Officials grappled with daunting problems, including classroom shortages, an approaching storm and quake-damaged school buildings in the country’s north, to welcome back on Monday more than 27 million students who enrolled for the school year. The Department of Education said some schools would have to split classes up to three shifts a day due to classroom shortages and to avoid overcrowding that could turn schools into new epicenters of coronavirus outbreaks.
August 22, 2022 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Tuesday’s primary elections feature two top Florida Democrats squaring off for the right to face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. He’s a rising conservative star frequently mentioned as a top alternative to Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential contest. In New York, redistricting has left two longtime House Democratic colleagues, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler, competing for the same seat. Oklahoma Republicans will choose between two Trump loyalists competing in a runoff to be their party’s nominee to replace retiring GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe. He has more than four years left on his term.
August 22, 2022 4:15 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The United States and South Korea are holding their biggest combined military training in years as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has pushed its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises will continue through Sept. 1 in South Korea and include field exercises involving aircraft, warships, tanks and potentially tens of thousands of troops. Similar drills were canceled or shrunk in recent years due to COVID-19 or to create space for diplomacy. North Korea last week harshly criticized South Korea’s president for continuing military exercises with the U.S.
August 22, 2022 4:12 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A local church was struck by lightning just before Sunday’s service. St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, located on East Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood was just about to hold mass at around 8:55 a.m. when the lighting hit. Our crew at the scene learned that close to 150 parishioners were inside the building at the time. The dome of the church is moderately damaged with tiles hitting the road below. The speaker and electrical systems inside were also damaged. “We heard it inside the church, knocked off the electricity. Some of the lights came on but there’s electrical damage inside. The sound system is not in good shape. We had some other little problems but mainly the roof is in not the best of shape,” said Father Larry DiNardo. He said no one was hurt and gatherers were able to start services after emergency crews cleared the scene.
August 22, 2022 4:08 am
The Peters Township School District held an open house on Saturday to allow residents to tour the new the new high school. The public got to view the $100,000,000 building that took two years of planning. Residents that took guided tours of the building were all in agreement that the building is beautiful and remarkable. Residents got to see the 1,200 seat auditorium, 2,400 seat gymnasium and three classrooms. Also on the tour was the Learning Commons that is the replacement for a library. It contains research books and the media center but it also contains classrooms and a central meeting place for students. The Learning Stairs is a unique feature where students may gather on a set of stairs to plug in computing devices and gather for meetings, presentations and any other general purpose. The building opened to students in January of 2021.
August 22, 2022 2:00 am
MONESSEN, Pa. (WPXI) — A vehicle crashed into a building in Westmoreland County Saturday morning. Members of the Charleroi Fire Department were issued to help Monessen with the accident at around 11:50 a.m. The crash happened at the Monessen Park Centre strip mall along Grand Boulevard. Emergency crews said the scene was cleared in about an hour. No injuries were reported. (Photo Credit: Charleroi Fire Department Facebook Page)
