July 18, 2022 4:19 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A prosecutor says the gunman who attacked the high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 should be executed because he killed his victims in a cold and calculated manner. Prosecutor Mike Satz told the 12 jurors who will decide whether Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole how he killed each victim. Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The 23-year-old is contesting only his sentence. The case is expected to last for four months. It is the nation’s deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury. (Photo: AP)
July 18, 2022 12:16 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – After a two-decade, on-again, off-again romance, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez finally “have papers” on each other. The celebrity pair got married over the weekend in Las Vegas. Lopez announced the news in an online newsletter for her fans yesterday. Lopez, who will now use the name Jennifer Lynn Affleck, says they flew to Vegas on Saturday and waited in line with four other couples to say their “I do’s” just after midnight at a wedding chapel featuring a drive-thru tunnel-of-love. Affleck and Lopez began dating in the early 2000s and even got engaged before breaking up. They rekindled their romance last year – and Lopez announced they were engaged in April. (Photo: Facebook)
July 18, 2022 9:51 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Pennsylvania’s Move Over Law is over a year old and Pennsylvania State Police said they are stepping up their efforts to make sure it is enforced. The law requires drivers to move over or slow down when they see an emergency vehicle or a disabled one. This includes moving over to a lane farther away when an emergency response driver is approaching. If this is not possible, the law states that drivers should slow to no more than 20 mph below the posted speed limit. Officers said that many drivers are ignoring this rule. First responders said the law is designed to help keep people safe in emergency situations. Troopers will be adopting a “zero tolerance” enforcement approach during a six-state trooper project. Drivers who violate the law could face a fine of $500 on their first offense and up to $2,000 on their third. Drivers who violate the law three times could also face a license suspension.
July 18, 2022 3:34 am
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges punishable by the death penalty. Along with hate crimes and weapons counts, the 27-count indictment returned last week accuses nineteen-year-old Payton Gendron of engaging in substantial planning to commit an act of terrorism. It also alleges he took aim at vulnerable older people at the Tops Friendly Market on May 14. Gendron pleaded not guilty to federal charges at an arraignment Monday. The store reopened to shoppers last week. (Photo: ABC News)
July 18, 2022 3:33 am
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) – Authorities say a gunman who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them before a shopper shot and killed him, was a 20-year-old local man who was apparently facing eviction. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said at a news conference Monday that Jonathan Sapirman, of Greenwood, began firing after leaving a bathroom at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening. He says Sapirman continued shooting people until 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, of Seymour, shot and killed him. Authorities say Dicken was shopping at the mall with his girlfriend and that he acted heroically. Ison says investigators are still trying to determine a motive, but that Sapirman’s relatives say he was facing eviction.
July 18, 2022 3:32 am
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed. The report is the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in Uvalde, Texas, for the bewildering inaction at Robb Elementary School. The Texas House of Representatives report released Sunday says the gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building and it is “almost certain” that 100 shots came before any officer entered. A hallway surveillance video also was released Sunday showing a hesitant and haphazard tactical response.
July 18, 2022 3:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of former presidential adviser Steve Bannon. He faces criminal contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Bannon is charged in Washington’s federal court with defying a subpoena that sought his records and testimony. Bannon is one of the most prominent of former President Donald Trump’s allies to refuse to testify before the committee. A conviction on each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
July 18, 2022 3:22 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Pittsburgh police say one person is dead after a shooting in Larimer. Officers said they responded to the 6500 block of Shetland Street in Larimer for two different ShotSpotter alerts at around 10:03 p.m. When they arrived at the scene they found Isaiah Massey, 23, suffering from three gunshot wounds. Massey was later pronounced dead at the scene. The Violent Crimes Unit is investigating. There are no suspects or arrests at this time.
July 18, 2022 3:19 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (WPXI) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect following a standoff situation in Uniontown on Saturday. According to Fayette County 911, first responders were dispatched to the scene on Mifflin Avenue at 11:08 a.m. Uniontown City police said that when state police entered the residence where a man was allegedly barricaded inside, no one was found. No injuries were reported in the incident. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the suspect, Jason Mills. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact law enforcement.
July 18, 2022 3:15 am
WAYNESBURG, Pa. — PennDOT has scheduled single lane restrictions on Route 188 (Jefferson Road) in Franklin Township, Greene County this week. The restrictions will be located between Route 21 (E. Roy Furman Highway) and Elm Drive and will be in place on Tuesday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Traffic will be controlled with flaggers and will allow Norfolk Southern crews to perform maintenance on the overhead railroad bridge.
