December 17, 2022 9:13 am
CHICAGO (AP) – Prosecutors say the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said Robert Crimo Jr. surrendered to police on Friday and will have a bond hearing Saturday. Rinehart said the charges are based on Crimo sponsoring his then 19-year-old son’s application for a gun license. A grand jury in July indicted Robert Crimo III on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the people killed and wounded in the attack.
December 17, 2022 9:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration says the U.S. is buying 3 million barrels of oil to begin to replenish U.S. strategic reserves that officials drained earlier this year to fight inflation. The new action was announced late Friday. The oil was drained in a bid to stop gasoline prices from rising amid production cuts by OPEC and a ban on Russian oil imports. President Joe Biden withdrew 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve starting in March, bringing the stockpile to its lowest level since the 1980s. Officials say the new purchase will begin in January, with addiiional purchases likely to follow.
December 17, 2022 9:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructure as president. He vowed to take on China and bulk up American manufacturing. He said he would reduce the budget deficit and make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. Yet after two years as president, it’s Joe Biden who is acting on these promises. Aides insist Biden is following his own agenda. His legislative victories are not winning him votes from Trump loyalists or boosting his overall approval ratings, but they reflect a major pivot in how the government interacts with the economy. Biden has committed more than $1.7 trillion to reshaping industry, technology and energy in the U.S.
December 17, 2022 9:08 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Emergency crews have pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. The missile was one of what Ukrainian authorities said a day earlier were 16 strikes eluding air defenses among 76 fired in the latest Russian attack targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The attacks were part of Moscow’s strategy to leave Ukrainian civilians and soldiers in the dark and cold this winter.
December 17, 2022 4:21 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A Washington County man is accused of sexually assaulting six children. One victim claims they were assaulted at least 100 times by Leo McIntyre III. According to our news partners at Channel 11, McIntyre is a former swim instructor at a local swim school. North Strabane police filed charges after six kids came forward, saying McIntyre assaulted them repeatedly over a number of years. Multiple children told police McIntyre was nicknamed “bug a boo”. According to criminal complaints, children as young as 5 years old said McIntyre played “the weenie game,” with details of that game that included sexual assault and child rape. Multiple kids alleged McIntyre told them to keep it a secret. The allegations are shocking to parents with children enrolled in the Goldfish swim school, where McIntyre had been an instructor for five years, from 2017 until this year. Goldfish management tells Channel 11 he was fired in June for not following curriculum and complying to brand standards. Investigators say none of the alleged victims in these cases were students at the school. North Strabane police say this is an active investigation, and if any parents have any questions or concerns to reach out to police. McIntyre is in the Washington County jail, and his bail was denied.
December 17, 2022 1:13 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says that as a result of a months-long investigation, they have arrested 33-year-old Breyonne Hooks of Pittsburgh and 31-year-old Samantha Scagline on multiple drug charges. Walsh says the arrests were made today following raids at two homes in Washington, one at 80 East Beau Street and the other at 346 Burton Avenue. Walsh says they confiscated large amounts of crack cocaine, heroin, two fully-loaded automatic pistols, cash and drug paraphernalia
December 16, 2022 4:23 pm
Virginia “Jeanne” F. Allender, of Washington, the founder and director of the Washington Christian Outreach, died on Thursday, December 15, 2022. She was 87. Jeanne, who was a devout Christian, said that more than four decades ago, her life changed after she was given a bag of used clothing and was asked to distribute it to someone in need. Donations of clothes and household goods quickly poured in, filling her home and a church basement. Her ministry grew into the Washington Christian Outreach, a non-denominational, all-volunteer organization that today serves thousands of community members in Washington and the surrounding area. Many of those she served affectionately knew her as Momma Jeanne. Arrangements are under the direction of William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington. Calling hours will be announced by the funeral home.
December 16, 2022 4:29 am
BATANG KALI, Malaysia (AP) – A landslide at a hillside tourist campground in Malaysia has left 16 people dead and authorities say 17 people are feared buried at the site on an organic farm outside of Kuala Lumpur. District police chief Suffian Abdullah said 94 Malaysians were sleeping at the campsite in Batang Kali in central Selangor state, around 31 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, when the incident occurred early Friday. Suffian said the people had entered the area, a popular recreational site, on Wednesday. Suffian said a five-year-old boy was among the dead. Seven people have been hospitalized and another 53 rescued. Survivors reportedly said they heard a loud thundering noise before the soil came crashing down.
December 16, 2022 4:26 am
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) – Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have been charged with state crimes for their roles in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. The charges range from negligent homicide to malfeasance. They were handed down by a grand jury on Thursday. Police had initially blamed the Black motorist’s death on a car crash at the end of a high-speed chase in rural northeast Louisiana. But The Associated Press obtained and published long-suppressed body-camera video that showed white officers beating, stunning and dragging Greene as he pleaded for mercy and wailed, “I’m scared!” These are the first charges to emerge from Greene’s death. They follow years-long investigations that have expanded to examine whether police brass concealed evidence of troopers beating other Black motorists.
December 16, 2022 4:25 am
Twitter has suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk. Those who saw their accounts suspended include journalists working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications. The company hasn’t explained why it took down the accounts and made their profiles and past tweets disappear. The sudden suspension of news reporters followed Musk’s decision Wednesday to permanently ban an account that automatically tracked the flights of his private jet using publicly available data.
