January 23, 2023 8:00 am
A persistent water line problem at Washington Park Elementary has led Washington School District to switch to a ‘Flexible Instruction Day’ on Monday. Superintendent George Lammay tells WJPA News the move included all students from Kindergarten through High School. On Friday, the district was forced to send Washington Park Elementary students home early because of the water line issue. Lammay says work continues to fix the problem.
January 23, 2023 4:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Four members of the Oath Keepers have been convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial involving far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power. A Washington, D.C., jury found Joseph Hackett, Robert Minuta, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo guilty on Monday. The verdict comes weeks after a different jury convicted two leaders of the extremist group in the mob’s attack that halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Defense attorneys said there was no plot to stop the transfer of presidential power.
January 23, 2023 4:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senior Democrats are expressing criticism of how President Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president. And they’re disappointed that the White House hasn’t been more forthcoming with the public. The latest development came Saturday, when the president’s lawyer said that during a search Friday of Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, the FBI found additional documents with classified markings and took possession of some of his handwritten notes. Second-ranking Democratic Dick Durbin says Biden should be “embarrassed by the situation.”
January 23, 2023 4:18 am
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s prime minister says the government will ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki didn’t specify when the request will be made. He said Monday that Poland is building a coalition of nations ready to send Leopards. He said Warsaw would make its own decisions even if there is no permission from Germany. He didn’t elaborate. Morawiecki said that Germany has “more than 350 active Leopards and about 200 in storage.” The Ukrainian government says tanks and especially the German-made Leopards are vital if it is to prevail over the Kremlin’s invading forces.
January 23, 2023 4:17 am
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) – The search for the motive behind the shooting massacre at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance hall led police to a mobile home community. Authorities say Huu Can Tran killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance hall and attempted a shooting later at another club before taking his own life. Police in his town of Hemet say he alleged earlier this month that he was the victim of fraud, theft and poisoning by relatives a decade or two ago, but didn’t provide supporting documents he promised. The death toll rose to 11 after health officials announced that one of the 10 people wounded had died.
January 23, 2023 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A man is dead after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Allegheny County dispatchers say police and medics were sent to the 2100 block of Bedford Avenue at around 6:20 p.m. A caller told dispatchers a man had been shot in the face. Officers found a 40-year-old man in the rear of an apartment building. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Pittsburgh police say one person has been taken into custody for questioning.
January 22, 2023 8:08 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A protest has turned violent in downtown Atlanta in the wake of the killing of an environmental activist by authorities. Officials say the 26-year-old shot and wounded a state trooper. Masked activists dressed in all black threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation on Saturday evening. They lit a police cruiser on fire and vandalized other buildings with anti-police graffiti. Authorities say they made six arrests and halted the violence. The activist, who went by Tortuguita, was killed Wednesday as authorities cleared protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center. Authorities say the trooper fired in self-defense, but activists question that account.
January 22, 2023 8:06 am
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House chief of staff Ron Klain is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks. That word comes from a person familiar with Klain’s plans who spoke on condition of anonymity. Klain’s expected departure comes not long after the White House and Democrats had a better-than-expected showing in the November elections. But now that Republicans have regained a majority in the House, the White House is preparing to shift to a more defensive posture. GOP lawmakers are planning multiple investigations into the Biden administration. The White House did not return calls or emails seeking comment on Klain’s expected exit.
January 22, 2023 8:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another search, this one by the FBI at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, has turned up more material containing classified markings. Biden’s personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, says in a statement that Friday’s search overseen by the Justice Department lasted nearly 13 hours. The FBI also took some of Biden’s notes dating to his years as vice president. Two previously reported document discoveries have created a political headache for Biden as he prepares to launch a reelection bid. The discoveries also complicate the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents and official records after he left office.
January 22, 2023 8:03 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Two males were found shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood Saturday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said police and medics were called to the area of Color Park on South 4th Street at around 9 p.m. According to Pittsburgh police, a juvenile male was found with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and a graze wound to the face. A second male victim was found in the area of South 9th Street and East Carson Street with wounds to the torso. Both victims were taken to area hospitals in critical condition. Pittsburgh police said two firearms were recovered from the scene. The Mobile Crime Unit processed evidence at both scenes. Detectives from the Violent Crime Unit are investigating as the case is ongoing.
