June 16, 2023 5:18 am
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police say a bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more. Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene. TV broadcasters aired images of what looked like a large van or bus smoldering in a ditch near a transport truck with a smashed engine on a road. The pavement was littered with debris, including what looked like a walking aid.
June 16, 2023 5:16 am
PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — Three people have been killed after a tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, leaving dozens more injured widespread damage. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Local officials said Thursday night that two people were missing. Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said at least one person was killed in a mobile home park that took a “direct hit”First responders from surrounding areas and from Oklahoma descended on the town, which is home to more than 8,000 people and about 115 miles northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line.
June 16, 2023 5:15 am
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days earlier to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring. The 86-year-old Francis left in a wheelchair on Friday. He smiled and waved and said “thanks” to a crowd of well-wishers. He then stood up so he could get into the small Vatican car awaiting him. His surgeon told reporters that Francis “is better than before” the surgery. Francis will make his traditional Sunday noon appearance at an Apostolic window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to greet the public in an appointment that lasts about 10 minutes.
June 15, 2023 1:18 pm
Charleroi Borough Council has suspended its Borough Manager for ten days without pay – following public complaints about his behavior and actions during a meeting earlier this month. Matt Staniszewski was not present at last night’s meeting but issued a brief statement following council’s unanimous vote saying he has retained legal counsel to deal with what he called the “inappropriate actions of council.” Council’s meeting Wednesday night was filled with citizens who were concerned about the future of the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi. No action was taken though, with council members hinting that a deal is being finalized and an announcement may be made at the board’s next meeting.
June 15, 2023 8:41 am
NEW YORK (AP) – A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal choke-hold has been indicted. Daniel Penny was charged last month in the death of Jordan Neely. New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed the indictment Wednesday, a procedural step that allows the criminal case to continue. Neely was shouting at passengers and begging for money when Penny pinned him and held him in a chokehold on May 1. Penny’s lawyers said Wednesday that Neely had not intended to kill Neely, just hold him until police arrived. They said they’re confident a trial jury will find Penny’s actions fully justified.
June 15, 2023 7:38 am
A fire early Thursday morning has reportedly resulted in signifcant damage at Canon McMillan’s football stadium in Canonsburg. Washington County 9-1-1 says police actually called in the fire just after 2 a.m. Firefighters from Canonsburg quickly brought the blaze under control in the bleachers and in the vistors side concession stand. The district has issued a statement that reads; “there appears to be visible damage and we are waiting for it to be assessed. “There is an active investigation into the case and we are waiting for a report from the State Police Fire Marshall and our insurance agency.”
June 15, 2023 5:21 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – The jury has reached deliberations in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial. The verdict form that must be completed is 27 pages long and details charges that jurors have to unanimously agree on for each of the 11 victims who were killed. The jury now has the case as we wait for the verdict. Twelve days of reliving the horror that unfolded inside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, hasn’t been easy for those in the courtroom who’ve listened to details of the gruesome attack. Thursday, the jury was handed the case of Robert Bowers who is accused of carrying out the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history, where 11 innocent worshippers were shot and killed. The jury was sent to deliberate at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Friday, jurors will meet back at the Federal Courthouse to pick up deliberations
June 15, 2023 5:02 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury deliberations are underway in the federal trial of a truck driver who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jews. A prosecutor told jurors Thursday that Robert Bowers killed his victims because of their religion. Bowers is charged with 63 criminal counts, some carrying a potential death sentence. His attorneys did not call any witnesses or present any evidence after conceding at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. Seven people were injured in the attack, including five police officers.
June 15, 2023 4:57 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used what they call his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979 and 1992 in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe homes, dressing rooms and hotels. The 85-year-old Cosby has now been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by more than 60 women. He’s denied all allegations. Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. He spent nearly three years at a state prison near Philadelphia before a higher court threw out the conviction and released him in 2021.
June 15, 2023 4:56 am
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17. That’s according to several survivors who were advised of the plans and spoke to The Associated Press. Word of a possible plea in last year’s Club Q massacre follows jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to the AP expressing plans to begin facing the consequences at the next court hearing this month. Said Anderson Lee Aldrich: “I have to take responsibility for what happened.”
