April 4, 2023 4:21 am
VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands (AP) — A train has derailed near the Dutch city of The Hague, killing one person and injuring some 30 passengers, many of them seriously. At least two carriages came to rest in a field next to the tracks after the accident in the early hours on Tuesday. Television images showed people using makeshift bridges to cross a canal running alongside the rails to reach the stricken train in the darkness. The cause of the accident that happened around 3:25 a.m. in the town of Voorschoten, near The Hague, is not immediately clear.Dutch media reported that there was a small construction crane on the tracks, but authorities did not immediately confirm that.
April 4, 2023 4:20 am
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are seething at U.S. efforts to cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips. They appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. President Xi Jinping’s government sees the chips that are used in everything from phones to kitchen appliances to fighter jets as critical assets in its rivalry with Washington and efforts to gain wealth and global influence. China has its own chip foundries, but they can supply only low-end processors used in autos and appliances. The U.S. government, Japan and the Netherlands have cut off access to chipmaking tools they say might be used to make weapons.
April 4, 2023 4:19 am
Forecasters are warning of more severe weather and fire danger in the days ahead across much of the same region hit hard by storms last week. The fierce storms that began Friday spawned tornadoes in 11 states. That system dropped a tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, and traveled northeast through the South and into the Midwest and Northeast. Forecasters say more severe weather is forecast for Tuesday afternoon and evening across parts of northeastern Missouri into southeastern Iowa and west central Illinois. The threat for fire danger also remains high across portions of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Wildfires destroyed more than 40 homes in Oklahoma on Friday.
April 4, 2023 4:13 am
The Washington City Council breezed through their agenda meeting Monday night. Department reports highlighted discussion. Leading off, Police Chief Dan Rush publicly thanked Doug DeCosta for his efforts in helping return two kidnapped children to their home in Zanesville, Ohio last month. Rush explained how DeCosta recognized the vehicle and kids from an Amber Alert earlier in the day and contacted police to make sure no further harm was done. Rush reported that the man arrested for the kidnapping, Thomas Pritchard, is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. Council also received good news from Christy Rowing, Executive Director of the City of Washington Citywide Development Corporation. Rowing reported that the city was awarded a grant from the Pennsylvania State Local Share Accounts fund. The city will receive $99,000 to improve streetscape lighting. The lighting was found to be deficient during he Christmas Parade in 2022 when a lady temporarily lost contact with a young child and found it difficult to see much of anything due to dim lighting on city streets. Rowing expects to begin installation of updated and new light poles and lights in late summer.
April 4, 2023 4:10 am
UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A Unity Township woman is out $14,000 after a man told her that her McAfee account was credited for more than she was owed. According to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office, the woman, 74, spoke with Pennsylvania State Police back in January about the theft. The woman said she was contacted by an unknown man who said her McAfee account was credited $14,000 instead of $140. She was told to transfer the money from her bank into Bitcoin to return it. Officials said the woman withdrew the requested amount of money from her bank account and was told to buy Bitcoin from a kiosk at the Lowrey Avenue Sunoco gas station in Jeanette. The woman sent the receipt with the account number and other personal information to the man, officials said. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating and urge residents to never give out personal information, never buy gift cards or send money electronically to someone you do not know, hang up and call police if it seems suspicious. The Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office is assisting with the investigation.
April 4, 2023 4:06 am
A portion of a Jefferson Hills road is permanently closed as part of the construction of the Mon Fayette Expressway. Approximately one mile of Miller Road, between the intersection with State Route 885 (Clairton Road) and the intersection with State Route 837 (North State Street) closed at 7 a.m. for construction of PA Turnpike 43, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Cul-de-sacs will be constructed at each end of the closure for turn-around points, according to the commission. Alternate routes are 837 and 885. The project is part of the Route 51 to I-376 Project’s 53A1 construction section. For more information visit www.paturnpike.com/monfayette.
April 4, 2023 2:05 am
State Police continue to investigate a fatal shooting in the city of Washington last night and troopers have told our news partners at WPXI that no weapon was found on Eduardo Hoover Jr. of Corapolis, who was shot and killed by police officers Sunday night. Troopers say the police chase began in Mt. Pleasant and after a nearly 18 mile pursuit, he rammed his vehicle into police cruisers twice and officers fired. The incident played out shortly after six o’clock in the eleven-hundred block of Jefferson Avenue, which was then closed for several hours. According to state police, Hoover slowed down on Jefferson Avenue which allowed officers to get in front and behind his vehicle. He then stopped, put his truck in reverse and slammed into the front of a police car before driving forward and hitting a utility pole. After hitting the pole, Hoover put his truck into reverse again and sped toward the responding officers, prompting them to shoot at Hoover inside the vehicle. According to authorities, Hoover reportedly had an extensive criminal record dating back at least a decade and most recently had been charged with burglary and trespassing. (Photo: WPXI)
April 4, 2023 1:47 am
A man living in a Peters Township apartment who created an hours long SWAT standoff pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday. Brandon Osborne, 31 who currently claims to be homeless, pleaded guilty to felony strangulation and misdemeanor criminal mischief charges. The plea deal will see Osborne serve one year minus one day to two years minus two days in the Washington County Correctional Facility. Once released, he will serve six-months’ probation. In addition to his jail time, Osborne will pay $2000 restitution to the victim. Osborne’s victim contacted police about a domestic violence situation in November. The victim told police Osborne choked them and that firearms were in the apartment where they lived. That caused an hours long standoff with the SWAT team until police realized Osborne fled the scene before they arrived. After Osborne was sentenced he addressed the judge and apologized to the court and the victim in the courtroom for his actions that led to this event. (Photo: WPXI)
April 3, 2023 4:41 pm
(AP) – NASA has named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year. The first moon crew in 50 years includes the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission. NASA introduced the three Americans and one Canadian on Monday during a ceremony in Houston. The four are NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen. They will not land or even go into lunar orbit. Rather, they will fly around the moon and head straight back to Earth. The 10-day mission will be a prelude to a lunar landing a year later. (Photo: AP)
April 3, 2023 4:31 am
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student has filed a lawsuit seeking $40 million in damages from Newport News school officials. The lawsuit filed Monday accuses school administrators of gross negligence and ignoring multiple warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.” Abby Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was shot on Jan. 6 as she sat in her classroom. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and required four surgeries. The Newport News School Board and its members didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit.
