August 12, 2022 4:26 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A spokesperson for Anne Heche says the actor is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and isn’t expected to survive. The statement released on behalf of her family said she is being kept on life support to determine if she is a viable organ donor. Earlier Thursday, police said they are investigating Heche for driving under the influence of drugs. Heche crashed her car into a Los Angeles area house on Aug. 5. A police spokesman said Thursday that detectives with a search warrant took a blood sample from Heche, and it showed narcotics in her system. A spokeswoman for Heche declined comment on the investigation.
August 12, 2022 4:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A flagship Democratic economic bill is perched on the edge of House passage. Friday’s expected vote would mark final congressional approval. That would hand President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on his climate, health care and tax goals. Democrats hope that will energize voters ahead of November’s congressional elections. Republicans are solidly opposed, but the same was true last Sunday when Democrats used Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote to power the measure through the 50-50 Senate. The package is much smaller than Biden’s original environment and social program. But it still gives Democrats bragging rights to addressing long-term party goals.
August 12, 2022 4:23 am
WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) – Authorities are investigating the motives of an armed man who they say tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office, fled, and was shot and died hours later in a rural standoff with law enforcement. The case Thursday unfolded as the FBI warns its agents to take extra precautions amid an increase in social media threats to bureau personnel and facilities following a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. A law enforcement official briefed on the Cincinnati matter says federal investigators are examining whether the suspect in that case, identified as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, may have had ties to far-right extremist groups, including the Proud Boys.
August 12, 2022 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is calling for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate. In messages posted late Thursday on his Truth Social platform, Trump writes, “Release the documents now!” The Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant earlier Thursday, with Attorney General Merrick Garland (pictured) citing the “substantial public interest in this matter.” Garland said he had personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, earlier this year.
August 12, 2022 4:16 am
NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – North Huntingdon Township Police need your help trying to track down a bank robbery suspect who tried to rob the PNC Bank on Norwin Avenue 45 minutes before it closed for the day Wednesday. He told the teller he was armed and demanded money, but ended up walking out empty-handed. “He passed a note to the teller asking for money and she didn’t have any money to give him, and he walked out of the bank with no money at all,” Detective Tom Harris said. Police said the teller did not have much money in her drawer. The man became frustrated, then walked out and got into a black BMW. The suspect is described as a white man, who was wearing what appears to be an Adidas bucket hat, a surgical mask and reflective sunglasses.
August 12, 2022 4:13 am
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — (WPXI) – A one-year-old girl is dead after she was hit by a vehicle in Fayette County. A 58-year-old man was taken into custody on the scene. He has been identified as Donnie Sigmon of Brownsville. Pennsylvania State Police were called to Green Street in Brownsville for reports of the accident at around 5:14 p.m. Police are still investigating.
August 12, 2022 3:25 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — (WPXI) – The father of a 3-month-old baby who died after being left inside a hot car earlier this summer has turned himself into police. Khang Nguyen is facing charges as a result of the incident on June 16 along Fort Couch Road in Upper Saint Clair. Police found the baby unresponsive after he was left inside the father’s hot minivan for hours in the driveway of a home. Paramedics attempted to save the infant but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier this summer, the medical examiner identified the baby as Kayden Nguyen. Thursday morning, Kayden’s father Khang Nguyen turned himself in with his attorney at Pittsburgh Municipal Court. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children, and recklessly endangering another person.
August 11, 2022 4:47 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said Thursday that people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others. The changes come more than 2 1/2 years after the start of the pandemic. They are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected.
August 11, 2022 4:06 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a hastily scheduled Justice Department news conference. Garland also said that he personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida earlier this year. (Photo: ABC News)
August 11, 2022 8:43 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans who signed up for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since November, though the U.S. job market continues to show signs of strength. Applications for jobless aid climbed by 14,000 to 262,000 and now have risen five out of the last six weeks, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average for claims, which smooths out weekly ups and downs, rose by 4,500 to 252,000, also the highest since November. Unemployment applications are a proxy for layoffs and are often seen as an early indicator of where the job market is headed.
