November 28, 2022 4:10 am
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A car hauler caught fire on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Sunday morning. According to PennDOT, the vehicle fire was affecting traffic between Exit 67 and Exit 57 on the shoulder right lane. The blaze erupting from the middle of the carrier. Reportedly, five of the eight total cars on the carrier were completely destroyed. There’s no word on whether anyone was injured.
November 27, 2022 8:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is easing some oil sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to support newly restarted negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opposition. The Treasury Department is allowing Chevron to resume “limited” energy production in Venezuela after years of sanctions that have dramatically curtailed oil and gas profits that have flowed to President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Earlier this year the Treasury Department again allowed the California-based Chevron and other U.S. companies to perform basic upkeep of wells it operates jointly with state-run oil giant PDVSA. Under the new policy, profits from the sale of energy would be directed to paying down debt owed to Chevron, rather than providing profits to PDVSA.
November 27, 2022 8:04 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is drawing criticism for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The meeting came days after Trump launched his third campaign for the White House. Trump had dinner Tuesday evening at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as far-right activist Nick Fuentes, who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric. Ye has also made a series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks. Trump says he gets along great with Ye and didn’t know Fuentes or his views.
November 27, 2022 8:02 am
MONTREAL (AP) — There has been a surge in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum in Canada this year. The reasons for the big jump include the relative ease for Mexicans to obtain refugee status in Canada compared to the U.S., visa-free travel between Mexico and Canada, and the threat of violence back home. More than 8,000 Mexican nationals have applied for asylum in Canada since the start of the year. That is six times as many as last year and more than twice as many as in 2019, which was the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions that accompanied it. The majority of the asylum seekers are flying into Montreal. The city has many direct flights between the two countries.
November 27, 2022 8:01 am
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say shelling by Russian forces has hit several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as utility crews continue a scramble to restore power, water and heating from widespread strikes in recent weeks. With persistent snowfall blanketing the capital, Kyiv, Sunday, analysts predicted that wintry weather could have an increasing impact on the direction of the conflict that has been raging since Russian forces invaded Ukraine more than nine months ago. State power grid Ukrenergo said electricity producers are now supplying about 80% of demand. That’s an improvement from Saturday’s 75%, the company says.
November 27, 2022 8:00 am
MILAN (AP) — Rescuers are digging through mud for a second day in the search for people believed missing following an enormous landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia. One body was recovered on Saturday and the prefect said that 11 people remain missing in the port town of Casamicciola. They were feared buried under mud and debris that firefighters said was six meters (20 feet) deep in some places. Firefighter spokesman Luca Cari said the risks of new landslides remained, and that the quantity of mud complicated the search. The massive landslide before dawn on Saturday was triggered by exceptional rainfall.
November 27, 2022 7:59 am
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Protests against China’s strict “zero-COVID” policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country since a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi. Crowds stood and filmed as police started shoving at people who had gathered in the street in Shanghai and shouted, “We don’t want PCR tests, we want freedom!” Since Friday people have held protests across China, where street demonstrations are extremely rare. But anger and frustration have flared over the deaths from a fire in an apartment building in Urumqi that the public believes was caused by excessive lockdown measures that delayed rescue. A list on social media showed that there were demonstrations in 50 universities.
November 27, 2022 7:56 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A man arrived at a hospital after apparently being shot in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. According to Pittsburgh police, a man with gunshot wounds to the leg was dropped off at a hospital at around 2:40 a.m. The victim is in stable condition. He talked with police but wasn’t forthcoming about how he got shot. Police found a scene inside a home in the 2900 block of Sacramento Avenue and talked with residents. The Mobile Crime Unit processed evidence. The investigation is ongoing.
November 27, 2022 7:55 am
JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa.(WPXI) — At least one person is dead after a vehicle and pedestrian accident in Jefferson Hills. Allegheny County dispatchers say emergency crews were sent to the Sunoco on Route 51 at around 6:08 p.m. Saturday. Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department said the crash was fatal but has not released any further details on the incident. The road was closed while crews responded to the scene. Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department said it will release more information once the investigation is completed. (Photo: WPXI)
November 27, 2022 4:48 am
BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. (WPXI) — A man was injured after a train struck a truck in Brackenridge Friday night. Allegheny County 911 says the crash took place at the corner of 6th Avenue and Morgan Street around 10:00 p.m. Friday. Fire crews say the man was the lone occupant in the vehicle and was taken to the hospital for his injuries, but is expected to survive. Norfolk Southern Railroad Police are handling the investigation.
