April 4, 2022 4:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are launching a whirlwind week of votes and procedural maneuvers with the goal of confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court by Friday. After more than 30 hours of hearings last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee kicks off the process Monday morning with a vote on whether to move Jackson’s nomination to the Senate floor. The panel could deadlock on the vote, meaning Democrats will have to spend additional hours on the Senate floor to do a “discharge” from committee. The deadlock is due to the Senate’s narrow 50-50 majority.
April 4, 2022 4:11 am
ARCHBALD, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say an all-terrain vehicle a family was riding in northeastern Pennsylvania became submerged in water, killing a woman. The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported that the 38-year-old Jermyn woman, her husband and her two children were riding a side-by-side on private property Saturday afternoon in Archbald when they went into what appeared to be a puddle but was actually four to five feet deep. The police chief said the vehicle rolled in the water, and the husband rescued the children but was unable to free his wife. The newspaper reports that she was identified Sunday afternoon by the Lackawanna County coroner as 37-year-old Jamie Uchic.
April 4, 2022 4:10 am
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say the six people killed during an 80-vehicle pileup on a Pennsylvania interstate during a snow squall earlier this week included four men and two women. The (Pottsville) Republican-Herald reports that Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Albert Barnes said Friday that the victims of Monday’s crash on Interstate 81 were between 40 to 70 years old. All were burned beyond recognition. Two are believed to have been from Pennsylvania and the other four from out of state. Names will be released by state police as soon as a positive identity is made and families are notified.
April 4, 2022 4:07 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man police say is involved with a shooting in Clairton was arrested after a traffic stop in Lawrence County. According to reports, State Police say that 18-year-old Tyyon Cobbs of Clairton was driving on I-79 in Plain Grove Township on March 27, when he was pulled over for a traffic violation. Officials say that Cobbs is believed to have been involved in a shooting that occurred on March 16 in Clairton. One person was injured in the shooting. Cobbs has been charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, conspiracy, carrying a firearm without a license, and reckless endangerment. According to court documents, Cobbs was denied bail.
April 4, 2022 4:04 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Uniontown police are investigating after a shooting left one person injured Sunday night. Police say the shooting happened at Sails Inn on Gallatin Road in Uniontown. Investigators are currently going through surveillance footage to identify the suspect. There is no word on the victim’s condition.
April 3, 2022 8:07 am
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Accomplished character actress Estelle Harris, best known as character George Costanza’s mother on “Seinfeld” and the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died at the age of 93. Harris died Saturday of natural causes at home in Palm Desert, California, her son Glen Harris confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Harris also played Aunt Harriet in Nora Ephron’s 1992 directorial debut “This Is My Life” and appeared opposite Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in two films: 1977′s “Out to Sea” and 1988′s “The Odd Couple II,” according to THR. Her recurring role as Muriel, the lazy maid at The Tipton Hotel, on the 2005-08 Disney Channel series “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” introduced an entirely new generation to Harris’ talents, THR reported. Born Estelle Nussbaum on April 4, 1928, in Manhattan, New York, Harris launched her career in amateur productions and dinner theater before making her film debut in 1977′s “Looking Up,” Forbes reported. Harris’ other film credits included “Promoted,” “CBGB,” “Playing Mona Lisa,” “Dancing in September,” “What’s Cooking?,” “Lost & Found,” “My Giant,” “Chairman of the Board,” “Downhill Willie,” “Perfect Alibi,” “This Is My Life,” “Stand and Deliver,” “Once Upon a Time in America” and “Summerdog,” the magazine reported.
April 3, 2022 8:04 am
BEIJING (AP) — COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed cases over the previous 24 hours, along with 7,788 asymptomatic ones. Both figures were up slightly from the day before, while the northeastern province of Jilin posted a combined 4,455 cases Sunday, also marking an increase from Saturday. While small by the standards of some countries, the daily increases are some of the largest since the virus was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019. Shanghai with its 26 million people last week began a two-stage lockdown, with residents of the eastern Pudong section supposed to be allowed to leave their homes Friday, while their neighbors in the western Puxi section underwent their own four-day isolation period.
April 3, 2022 8:03 am
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops are finding brutalized bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, including missile strikes Sunday that targeted fuel and ammunition supplies in southern and eastern Ukraine. Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of Kyiv, saw the bodies of at least nine people in civilian clothes who appeared to have been killed at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs. The AP also saw two bodies wrapped in plastic, bound with tape and thrown into a ditch. Authorities said they were documenting evidence as Ukraine’s military reclaims territory and discovers indications of execution-style slayings to add to their case for prosecuting Russian officials for war crimes. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said scores of killed civilians were found on the streets of Bucha and the Kyiv suburbs of Irpin and Hostomel in what looked like a “scene from a horror movie.” Arestovych said some people were shot in the head and had their hands bound, and some bodies showed signs of torture, rape and burning.
April 3, 2022 7:59 am
CHARLEROI, Pa. — Mon Valley fire crews arrived to the scene of a three-car accident Saturday evening in the borough. According to officials, a driver hit two parked cars before flipping the vehicle and fleeing the scene at the corner of 3rd Street and Fallowfield Avenue. Charleroi Fire was assisted on scene by the Charleroi Regional Police Department, Mon Valley EMS and Bujanowski Towing. No suspects have been identified at this time. (Photo: Charleroi Fire Department Facebook Page)
April 3, 2022 7:51 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — SVU detectives with Pittsburgh Police are looking for a missing 13-year-old boy. Keenu Brooks was last seen by family members at his residence in the 5300 block of Mifflin Road on March 30 at 6 p.m. Police say that Keenu was confirmed to be in attendance at school Wednesday, but did not come home after school. Keenu attends Sister Thea Bowman School in Wilkinsburg. Anyone with information on his location is asked to call SVU detectives at (412)323-7141.
