July 17, 2023 1:16 pm
WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A freight train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania spurred precautionary evacuations, but officials say no injuries were reported and there’s no known hazard to the public. The 40-car CSX train, which was operating on tracks owned by Norfolk Southern, derailed around 4:50 a.m. Monday in Whitemarsh Township. CSX said at least 16 cars went off the tracks, but officials later said 15 cars had derailed. Whitemarsh police say silicone pellets were leaking from at least one of them, but they posed no risk to the public. Among the other derailed cars, five contained urea, a liquid fertilizer, and another had tetrachloroethylene, which is used as a dry cleaning agent and metal degreasing solvent. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
July 17, 2023 5:08 am
MIAMI (AP) — A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a key area of law. A pretrial conference Tuesday to discuss procedures for handling classified information will represent the first courtroom arguments in the case before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon since Trump was indicted five weeks ago. The arguments could give insight into how Cannon intends to preside over the case while she also confronts the unresolved question of how to schedule Trump’s trial as he campaigns for president.
July 17, 2023 5:07 am
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say officers killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta. Officials add a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers were wounded Sunday while trying to take 40-year-old Andre Longmore into custody. All three are expected to recover. Officials said Longmore was gunned down in an Atlanta suburb about 15 miles from where the four shooting deaths occurred Saturday. All of the victims were in their 60s and residents of the same Hampton, Georgia, subdivision where Longmore lived. It remains unclear why he shot the people.
July 17, 2023 5:06 am
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded. The valley along part of inland California’s border with Nevada has long been the hottest place on Earth. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service said Sunday temperatures were expected to reach a high of 128 degrees. Death Valley’s brutal temperatures come amid a blistering stretch of hot weather that has put roughly one-third of Americans under some type of heat advisory, watch or warning. Las Vegas also faces the possibility of reaching an all-time record temperature on Sunday.
July 17, 2023 5:05 am
Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials say was a Ukrainian attack that also killed a married couple and injured their daughter. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said that the attack early Monday had been staged by the Ukrainian special services and involved two sea drones. Ukrainian officials didn’t claim responsibility for the attack, which is the second major strike on the bridge since October, when a truck bomb blew up two of its sections. The bridge is a key artery for supplying Crimea, which serves as a major hub for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
July 17, 2023 5:02 am
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Heavy rains are pounding an already saturated Northeast for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, canceled airline flights and power outages. A sudden flash flood also swamped a southeastern Pennsylvania road late Saturday afternoon, sweeping several cars away and claiming at least five lives. Authorities say three other people, including a 9-month-old child, remain missing in Bucks County’s Upper Makefield Township. Hundreds of flights were canceled at New York-area airports because of the weather, and Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut closed its terminal. Thousands of homes and businesses lost power. In Vermont, which saw major flooding last week, officials said a dozen state roads remain closed.
July 17, 2023 5:00 am
NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. – (WPXI) – It was Wednesday afternoon when 36-year-old Prevail Hall was tragically killed on Route 51. Her family is devastated and wants answers from investigators. Valerie Hall, feels like her family is being kept in the dark, not getting any information from state police about the death of her daughter-in-law Prevail Hall. “Nobody will talk to us. And the only thing we knew to do is to let you know, so maybe you could find answers and tell us what’s going on,” Valerie said. “She was quiet. But she was willing to help people. That’s what she was doing the day of the accident. Prevail was killed on July 12 right in front of their house, when she was hit by a red car as she was riding her bike back home. Her husband of 22 years heard the impact and ran over to see a horrific scene. “He found her on the road. Her bicycle was about 50 yards away from her, mangled. She was mutilated,” Valerie said. “I mean, he’ll never get that image out of his mind for the rest of his life.” Route 51 was shut down in both directions for several hours as state police investigated. The driver of the car stopped.
July 17, 2023 4:55 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. – (WPXI) – A 14-year-old girl is facing charges after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Uniontown. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to 32 Wilson Avenue at around 3:16 p.m. on Saturday. Uniontown City Police say the girl shot the boy. She is facing involuntary manslaughter charges and will be charged as a juvenile. A third teen was in the house but fled the scene. Police later questioned that teen and say they witnessed the shooting. Police say the girl thought she was playing with a BB gun, but it was actually a real gun. Authorities say the girl was forthcoming with information and cooperative. Pennsylvania State Police are assisting in the investigation.
July 16, 2023 7:16 am
SUCHIATE, Mexico (AP) — Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala to Mexico have formed a group to head north hoping to reach the border with the United States. The group that started out Saturday i, made up of largely Venezuelan migrants. They walked along a highway in southern Mexico led by a Venezuelan flag with the phrase “Peace, Freedom. SOS.” The men, women, children and teenagers are being followed by Mexican National Guard patrols. The migrants say they decided to organize the group to continue migrating north because many have been sleeping on the street and have run out of money to buy food.
July 16, 2023 7:15 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Families of several women who were slain and dumped along the coastline of New York’s Long Island are trying to find closure after the capture of a man who authorities say is responsible. Police on Friday announced the arrest of 59-year-old architect Rex Heuermann. They say he killed at least three of the 11 people whose homicides in the area have baffled investigators for more than a dozen years. There were doubts about whether the serial killer would ever be caught. But now that a suspect is in custody, families of the victims say they hope to obtain some closure as they continue to process the unexpected news of a break in the case.
