November 30, 2022 4:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages. It’s an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide. The bill approved Tuesday would ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the legislation is “a long time coming” and part of America’s “difficult but inexorable march towards greater equality.” Senate Democrats are moving quickly to send the bill to the House and President Joe Biden’s desk.
November 30, 2022 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. A Washington, D.C., jury on Tuesday found Rhodes guilty of sedition after three days of deliberations. The nearly two-month-long trial showcased the far-right extremist group’s efforts to keep Republican Donald Trump in the White House at all costs. An attorney for Rhodes says they intend to appeal. Rhodes was also convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, but acquitted of two other conspiracy charges.
November 30, 2022 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Treasury Department says it has complied with a court order to make former President Donald Trump’s tax returns available to a congressional committee. The Supreme Court last week rejected Trump’s request for an order that would have prevented Treasury from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. The court ended the three-year legal battle over disclosure of Trump’s tax returns. A department spokesperson said “Treasury has complied with last week’s court decision” but declined to say whether the committee had accessed the documents.
November 30, 2022 4:10 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A police officer was hurt while trying to break up a fight and evidence of a shooting was found in Downtown Pittsburgh Tuesday evening. According to Pittsburgh police, officers saw juveniles in a dispute at the Five Guys restaurant near Market Square. Allegheny County 911 told Channel 11 police activity began around 7:20 p.m. Officials said one officer sustained a hand injury trying to break up the fight. The officer was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. According to police, one juvenile was arrested at the scene for assaulting the officer. While dealing with the fight, officers were notified of shots fired and found evidence of a shooting a few blocks away near Coffey Way and Sixth Avenue Police said one person has been detained in connection with the shots fired call. There were no reported injuries in the shooting and the investigation is underway. Police said they don’t believe these incidents are connected.
November 30, 2022 4:03 am
A Monessen high school student who was shot Tuesday night has died and authorities say they are now investigating the shooting as a homicide. They say a search warrant was being issued for a house at the corner of South 14th Street and Reservoir Avenue in Monessen, in the area where the teen was shot. The sixteen-year-old male was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest and police say he died there Wednesday. Police say they have not yet made an arrest. The Monessen School District operated Wednesday morning on a two-hour delay and district officials say counseling and support staff would be on hand for any student who may need them.
November 30, 2022 3:18 am
Thanks to Washington County residents and businesses, our annual 2000 Turkeys campaign has surpassed its goal. More than $234,000 has been raised. It means that needy families throughout the county will have a complete Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. It was projected that we would need $200,000 to provide those meals. The total was announced at WJPA Wednesday morning. All money raised stays right here in Washington County to help our neighbors. You can still make a donation by sending a check to; 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, Pa. 15301. Donations are still coming in, and an updated total will be announced next week.
November 29, 2022 5:25 pm
(WPXI) – Police are investigating after three people were shot in McKeesport. According to Allegheny County 911, police and EMS units were called to the 500 block of Pirl Street at 1:42 p.m. McKeesport police said all three victims’ injuries are considered to be non-life-threatening. McKeesport police detectives are working this investigation.
November 29, 2022 1:10 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Clarence Gilyard Jr., a popular supporting actor whose credits include the blockbuster films “Die Hard” and “Top Gun” and the hit television series “Matlock” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died at age 66. He had a prolific career, starting in the 1980s with appearances in “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life” and other television shows. Gilyard was then in two of the biggest movies of the decade: “Top Gun,” in which he played a radar intercept officer, and “Die Hard,” when he was featured as a villainous computer maven whose one liners included “You didn’t bring me along for my charming personality.” (Photo: ABC)
November 29, 2022 12:55 pm
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – A Walmart employee who survived the mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company. Employee Donya Prioleau claims in her lawsuit that Walmart continued to employ the shooter “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.” The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court. Walmart, áwhich is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, didn’t immediately respond to a request seeking comment. Prioleau’s suit alleges that she has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder from witnessing the rampage in the store’s breakroom. Police said that store supervisor Andre Bing fatally shot six employees and wounded several others. Police said he died at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
November 29, 2022 12:43 pm
A domestic violence call to Peters Township Police escalated into a SWAT team event on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the Residences on McMurray, an apartment complex situated just off West McMurray Road. Peters Township Police Chief Douglas Grimes indicated that the victim escaped the apartment with minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police say she told them that the suspect, Brandon Osborne, may have had firearms in the apartment. Police called for assistance from the South Hills Area Council Of Governments’ Community Emergency Response Team. The Washington County SWAT team, Allegheny Bomb Squad along with police from North Strabane, South Strabane and Baldwin also assisted. Police spent several hours trying to coax Osborne from the apartment before they were issued a search warrant. Upon entering the apartment police found Osborne had fled the scene sometime between the initial call from the victim and the initial arrival of police. A rifle and hand gun were found in the apartment. Osborne is still at large. Police are in contact with him asking him to turn himself in. Police anticipate charges to be filed against Osborne once he is in custody.
