June 11, 2022 4:52 am
President Joe Biden says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “didn’t want to hear it” when U.S. intelligence gathered information that Russia was preparing to invade. Speaking to donors at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles, made the remarks as he talked about his work to rally support for Ukraine as the war continues into its fourth month. “Nothing like this has happened since World War II. I know a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating. But I knew we had data to sustain he” – meaning Russian President Vladimir Putin – “was going to go in, off the border.”
June 11, 2022 4:51 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he describes as an aggravating security environment. Kim concluded a major political conference Friday that was held as outside governments monitor signs of a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test explosion. Kim’s comments published by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency on Saturday didn’t include any direct criticism of the United States or rival South Korea amid a prolonged deadlock in nuclear diplomacy during the three days of discussions.
June 11, 2022 4:50 am
SINGAPORE (AP) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stressed American support for Taiwan, suggesting at Asia’s premier defense forum that recent Chinese military activity around the self-governing island threatens to change the status quo. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Austin noted a “steady increase in provocative and destabilizing military activity near Taiwan,” including almost daily military flights near the island by the People’s Republic of China. “Our policy hasn’t changed, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be true for the PRC,” he said. Austin said Washington remains committed to the “one-China policy,” which recognizes Beijing but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei.
June 11, 2022 4:46 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A male victim was killed in a shooting on Friday evening in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood. Allegheny County 911 confirmed police and EMS were called to the 400 block of Parklow Street at 8 p.m. Pittsburgh police said the male victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital. A witness told police the male was shot after a dispute. Detectives processed the scene, and the investigation is ongoing.
June 11, 2022 4:37 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Mayor Ed Gainey, Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt and members of the Pittsburgh police announced new safety measures they plan to implement on the South Side, starting immediately. Last weekend, extra patrols and motorcycle units were out tagging and towing cars along East Carson Street. That same weekend, there were two separate shootings on the South Side that left three people wounded. In addition to extra patrols, more detectives will be out, as well as inspectors for code and occupancy enforcement, roving DUI patrols, and additional lighting will be placed throughout the area. The mayor is taking his safety initiative one step further. Starting from 1 a.m. Saturday, Gainey will be out on the South Side, specifically East Carson Street.
June 10, 2022 4:20 pm
GREENVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a woman was killed and her husband was critically injured in the fiery crash Tuesday of a helicopter at their southwest Ohio home. The crash occurred around 9:40 a.m. near Greenville, roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Dayton near the Indiana border. The Darke County sheriff’s office says 34-year-old Charles Zimmer was flown to Miami Valley Hospital with life-threatening injuries. His wife, 35-year-old Krista Zimmer, was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. Officials said it’s unclear whether the Enstrom F-28F was trying to land or take off at the time of the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
June 10, 2022 3:49 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Officials say the Saturday night melee in Philadelphia that left three people dead began with a fistfight and was followed by random gunfire a block or more away. The remarks come as officials say a pair of 18-year-olds suspected of killing two bystanders have been arrested in Virginia on Thursday. They say the initial fistfight turned deadly when two men fired at each other. They say the two teenagers then opened fire at random down the street, killing a youth counselor and a home health aide on Philadelphia’s popular South Street. They say 11 other people were injured.
June 10, 2022 3:48 pm
(AP) – Four people were being treated for wounds that were not life-threatening after a shooting Friday at a mall in North Carolina, police said. Rick Goodale, a spokesman for the Gastonia Police Department, said the shooting happened around noon Friday in the food court of the Eastridge Mall in Gastonia. The city of about 77,000 people is west of Charlotte, not far from the state line with South Carolina. Goodale said by phone that there is no active threat to the public. He said the four people shot are being treated for their wounds. He said two people of interest are being questioned.
June 10, 2022 12:21 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A senior administration official says the mandate expires Sunday. The official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined the mandate is no longer necessary. The official said Friday the CDC will reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every 90 days and it could be reinstated if a troubling new variant emerges. Airline and tourism groups had been pressing the administration to eliminate the testing requirement.
June 10, 2022 8:54 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The costs of gas, food and other necessities jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs. Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from 12 months earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year surge of 8.3%. On a month-to-month basis, prices jumped 1% from April to May, a steep rise from the 0.3% increase from March to April. Much higher gas prices were to blame for most of that increase. America’s rampant inflation is imposing severe pressures on families, forcing them to pay much more for food, gas and rent and reducing their ability to afford discretionary items, from haircuts to electronics.
