April 12, 2023 1:23 am
A Wheeling, West Virginia woman who is accused of crashing her car into other cars and assaulting police elected to stand trial on those accusations. Manasha Bradley, 29 faces multiple felony charges of aggravated assault and fleeing from an officer. Unable to come to a plea agreement, Bradley requested a jury trial. According to the criminal complaint, Bradley struck several vehicles and traffic delineators while trying to exit a concert at The Pavilion at Star Lake back in October of 2022. She got stuck in traffic several times trying to get out of the facility and assaulted several other people including police. She was eventually apprehended when she crashed her vehicle into a swampy area a few miles away. Bradley is free on $75,000 bond.
April 11, 2023 5:21 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — New data details the nation’s worsening tide of sexually transmitted infections, but health officials are hoping an old drug will help the fight. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released data about some of the most common infectious diseases in the U.S. The numbers show how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections have been accelerating across the country. Meanwhile, the CDC is considering recommending the antibiotic doxycycline to be used after sex to prevent those infections. The pills are already used to treat some infections. Researchers have found that taking them soon after unprotected sex can sometimes prevent infections from happening at all.
April 11, 2023 5:19 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has or plans to issue as part of an investigation of the district attorney’s handling of the Trump case. The House Judiciary panel is scheduled to hold a hearing in Manhattan on Monday on crime in New York City and what it alleges are Bragg’s “pro-crime, anti-victim” policies.
April 11, 2023 4:26 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to go electric when it comes time to buy a new vehicle. They say the main deterrents are high prices and too few charging stations. The poll shows that even with tax credits of up to $7,500 to buy a new EV, it will be difficult for President Joe Biden and the auto industry to persuade drivers to ditch their gas-burning cars and trucks for vehicles without tailpipe emissions. The poll comes from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
April 11, 2023 4:25 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville’s governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the Legislature. He quickly returned to the chamber after being sworn in on the Capitol steps. The council vote returns Jones to the Capitol after just four days. Republicans banished the two over their role in a gun-control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting. The other lawmaker, Justin Pearson, could be reappointed Wednesday.
April 11, 2023 4:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chatroom on a social media platform popular with gamers. Held on the Discord platform, which hosts real-time voice, video and text chats, a discussion originally created to talk about a range of topics turned to the war in Ukraine. The Associated Press interviewed a person who said he was a member of the Discord chat group in which documents appeared for several months. He claims another poster in the group has for several months been uploading intelligence documents, apparently to impress others in the group.
April 11, 2023 4:23 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his workplace, killing five people. Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel identified the shooter as Connor Sturgeon. He was killed by police responding to the shooting Monday. Gwinn-Villaroel also said the shooter livestreamed the attack. An emotional Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said he lost a close friend in the shooting. At least nine others were wounded in the attack, including a police officer who had just graduated from the academy on March 31. The shooting comes just two weeks after a former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.
April 11, 2023 4:21 am
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American and Filipino forces have launched their largest combat exercises in decades in waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions. The annual drills called Balikatan will run up to April 28 and involve more than 17,600 military personnel. It’s the latest display of American firepower in Asia, as the Biden administration strengthens an arc of alliances to better counter China, including in a possible confrontation over Taiwan. Meanwhile, the Philippine foreign and defense secretaries will meet their American counterparts in Washington to discuss the American military presence and proposed joint naval patrols. China has warned against the U.S. deployment in the region.
April 11, 2023 4:18 am
Small Businessperson Kevin Redford has officially announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Washington County Commissioner. He is a graduate of Peters Township High School and Duquesne University. Redford has worked for his family’s business, Redford Photography, for the past 23 years. He is currently a resident of North Strabane Township. Redford says his business experience, as well as his commitment to volunteering and community service in the County, “makes him a strong candidate to lead Washington County into the future”. Redford says his plan includes “supporting the oil and gas industry, increasing government transparency, and providing resources for our first responders.”
April 11, 2023 4:12 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A large police presence was called to the University of Pittsburgh for reports of shots fired on Monday night. Police received information claiming shots were fired at Pitt’s Hillman Library. Pittsburgh Public Safety said early Tuesday morning that a Pittsburgh Police Officer used their firearm to get through a locked door in the library, but there’s no evidence that any other shots were fired. Officers cleared the building. Nobody was hurt. Students can now return to the library to retrieve their belongings. According to Pitt’s website, the library is open 24 hours.
