February 25, 2023 3:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is moving to require patients see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access amid a deepening opioid crisis. The proposal is likely to overhaul the way millions of Americans get their prescriptions after relying on doctor’s appointments by computer or phone during the pandemic. Doctors will no longer be able to use telehealth to prescribe drugs that the federal government says have the the most potential to be abused – Vicodin, OxyContin, Adderall and Ritalin, for example. The Drug Enforcement Administration will also clamp down on how other, less addictive drugs can be prescribed over virtual and phone visits.
February 25, 2023 3:38 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden says there’s “pretty much” nothing left to do but choose the time and place for President Joe Biden’s reelection announcement. She made the comments in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in Kenya, the second and final stop of her five-day visit to Africa. The president has long said it’s his intention to seek reelection, but he has yet to make it official, keeping the political world in suspense. President Biden was asked about his wife’s comments just hours later in an interview with ABC News. He laughed and said, “God love her” and added that he had “other things to finish” before getting into a “full-blown campaign.”
February 25, 2023 3:30 am
PITTSBURGH-(WPXI)-A woman is dead after police said she fired shots at officers in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood on Friday. According our news partner WPXI and Allegheny County police, Pittsburgh police were first called to the scene for reports of a suspicious person. A woman inside an abandoned home began shooting at officers. When she came out of the house with a raised pistol, she was shot and killed by police. The woman has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office as Adrienne Arrington, 39. “It was just like ‘pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,’” one woman said. She had been talking to her friend in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood around 3:30 p.m. when the incident unfolded. “I called a friend of mine to see what was going on, if he knew. They said that a woman was shooting at police. I then heard five shots and I heard a lady scream,” she said. The incident drew dozens of police including SWAT officers. They stayed on scene for several hours. Maurice Trent is the Pastor at Lighthouse Cathedral. The church is right next to where the shooting happened. “I would like to say it was shocking, but it’s not. This is the third one that’s happened in the last few years,” he said. Pittsburgh police told Channel 11 another woman was injured in the incident but was not shot. It’s unclear how she was hurt.
February 25, 2023 3:08 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Two pieces of legislation that would temporarily waive time limits so victims can sue over otherwise outdated child sexual abuse claims have the approval of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The votes Friday amounted to a do-over that was required because state officials bungled the required advertising of a previous version two years ago. The chamber voted 161-to-40 to send the Senate a constitutional amendment. If senators go along with it, the amendment could go before voters for final approval as soon as November. Separately, they also voted 134-to-67 to make the change as regular legislation. That means it would take effect immediately if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor.
February 24, 2023 4:16 am
A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl. Orange County Sheriff John Mina characterized the shootings Wednesday as random acts of violence. Mina said during a news conference Thursday that 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the initial shooting that killed 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin and that “numerous more charges” would follow. Spectrum News 13 identified the slain reporter as Dylan Lyons. Authorities say the gunman also killed T’yonna Major and critically wounded her mother at a nearby home.
February 24, 2023 4:14 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses is set to pound California, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards. The National Weather Service says the storm could dump as much as 5 feet of snow in some Southern California mountains, which could bring whiteouts and an increased risk of avalanches. Rare blizzard warnings are in place. Further north, portions of Interstate 80 in California and Wyoming already have been closed because of impassable conditions, including a 70-mile stretch over the Sierra Nevada. Snow, ice and freezing rain also are expected to keep hitting areas of the Plain states and northern areas, including New England.
February 24, 2023 4:12 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s president has pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber first anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called “the longest day of our lives.” In a defiant video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recalled the terror unleashed a year ago by the Russian assault, triggering Europe’s biggest and deadliest war since World War II. He said: “We survived the first day of the full-scale war. We didn’t know what tomorrow would bring, but we clearly understood that for each tomorrow, you need to fight. And we fought,”
February 24, 2023 4:04 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — (WPXI) – Bethel Park police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman. Authorities say 56-year-old Kim Saravia was last known to be in Downtown Pittsburgh. They believe she flew to California to visit family on Feb. 4 and returned to Pittsburgh on Feb. 7. She called her family after returning and they have not heard from her since then. Saravia suffers from mental health issues. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 160 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She usually travels with a red suitcase. Police do not believe Saravia has any money, a cell phone or transportation. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Bethel Park Police Department at 412-833-2000.
February 24, 2023 4:00 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency has launched an online train derailment dashboard for concerned residents following the train derailment in East Palestine. The website has information about air and water testing, health assessments and other resources. “As clean-up efforts continue, our agency wants to make sure residents had an easily accessible online resource containing accurate and relevant information to refer to if they have questions,” said PEMA Director Randy Padfield. “Our priority continues to be ensuring that every concerned resident has the information and resources they need to make important health and safety decisions for their families.”
February 24, 2023 2:42 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, didn’t get much warning before dozens of cars went off the tracks, and there is no indication that crew members did anything wrong. That’s according to federal safety investigators, who released a preliminary report Thursday into the fiery wreck that prompted a toxic chemical release and an evacuation. The National Transportation Safety Board says the train’s crew did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks. The report’s release came as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to East Palestine since the wreck nearly three weeks ago.
