December 19, 2022 4:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House Jan. 6 committee has unveiled a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump, citing evidence that it says merits prosecution by the Justice Department. Among the crimes the panel cited at its final public meeting Monday are obstruction of an official proceeding, aiding in an insurrection and conspiracy to defraud the United States. The referral has mostly symbolic import, and it will ultimately be up to the Justice Department, which has been conducting its own investigation, to decide what charges, if any, to bring.
December 19, 2022 4:02 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Authorities in Ukraine’s capital say it’s being targeted in a new attack and a critical infrastructure point has been hit. The statement Monday morning came three days after what they described as one of Russia’s biggest attacks on Kyiv since the beginning of the war. The Kyiv city administration says more than 20 Iranian-made drones were detected over the capital’s air space and at least 15 were shot down. It added that a critical infrastructure point was hit, without giving more details. There are no immediate reports of casualties. Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure, including in Kyiv, as part of a strategy to try to freeze Ukrainians.
December 19, 2022 4:00 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Four people were hurt and eight people were displaced after a car slammed into a house in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood late Saturday night. According to Pittsburgh police, the car hit the front of a house in the 2600 block of Woodland Avenue at around 2:15 a.m. Video shows a mangled car resting through the front of the home, with the front portion of the car on the front porch. Police said the driver was pinned between the car and the house. He was extricated and taken to an area hospital in stable condition. A child inside the house was taken to a hospital in stable condition. An adult was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition. A police officer was evaluated on scene for a hand injury, officials said. According to officials, an estimated eight people were displaced from the crash. The American Red Cross is assisting the people displaced.
December 19, 2022 2:56 am
A major road work spanning multiple municipalities in Washington County is just around the corner. PennDOT announced plans to display the Route 18 Pavement Preservation Project earlier this week. The work is slated to take place along Henderson Avenue in the City of Washington at the intersection with Route 844, and continue through Canton, Chartiers, and Mount Pleasant Townships to the intersection with Route 50. Resurfacing will be the main work, along with drainage improvements, guide rail and signage replacements and traffic signal replacements. Detours will be in place during the work period, which is scheduled to begin in April of 2023, with the overall project lasting until April of 2024. More information and details on the project can be found at the PennDOT District 12 website.
December 19, 2022 2:02 am
CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — Thousands of volunteers came out to the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies on Saturday afternoon for this year’s Wreaths Across America ceremony. Family members of those laid to rest joined the American Legion, local scouts, and community members in placing 15,000 wreaths on each individual grave — a token of appreciation for the 23,000 buried on these grounds in Cecil Township. Volunteers said for the last few years, the events surrounding Wreaths Across America Day were spread out over several days, due to the pandemic, so this was the first ceremony since 2019.
December 18, 2022 8:07 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles with a potential range of striking Japan in a possible protest of Tokyo’s adoption of a new security strategy to push for more offensive footing against North Korea and China. The launches come two days after the North claimed to have performed a key test needed to build a more mobile, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland. South Korea and Japan condemned the North’s latest missile launches. On Friday, the Japanese government adopted a national security strategy that would allow it to carry out preemptive strikes and fire powerful cruise missiles. That was a major break from its strictly self-defense-only postwar principle.
December 18, 2022 8:07 am
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revealed that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying out his duties. In an interview published by Spanish newspaper ABC, Francis said he gave the note to the cardinal who then was the Vatican secretary of state, and he presumes the current cardinal in that role now has the instruction. Francis, who turned 86 on Saturday, has had surgery to repair a bowel narrowing and has been hobbled by knee pain that for months saw him use a wheelchair. Now he increasingly uses a cane. Francis played down the mobility issue, saying, “You don’t govern with your knee.”
December 18, 2022 8:06 am
Just in time for the holidays. The Mega Millions jackpot rose again as there were no winners in Friday night’s drawing, lottery officials announced. The jackpot is now at $465 million heading into Tuesday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The numbers drawn Friday night were 8, 35, 40, 53 and 56, plus the gold Mega Ball 11. If someone wins on Tuesday, it would be the 12th largest jackpot in the promotion’s history. A winner could take the amount in an annuity paid over 30 years or opt for a lump sum of $250.4 million before taxes. One ticket in California matched all five white balls for $1 million, while 21 tickets had four white balls plus the Mega Ball. The last time that anyone won the grand prize in the game was Oct. 14, lottery officials said.
December 18, 2022 4:03 am
Washington County 9-1-1 Officials state that a car hit a tree in Peters Township at about 2:30 Saturday morning. The accident occurred at the intersection of Churchhill and Turkeyfoot roads. A car crashed into a tree, one female was entrapped and extricated, a male was able to escape. Both were taken to a local hospital.
December 18, 2022 4:02 am
A one vehicle accident happened on Route 40 in Amwell Township at about 9PM Friday night. County 9-1-1 Officials state that a car hit a utility pole and brought down power lines that crossed both lanes. The accident occurred in the area of 578 E. National Pike. Rt. 40 has reopened. It was closed between Zediker Station Road and Hallam Road.
