March 13, 2023 4:26 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is poised to testify Monday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush-money payments he arranged and made on the former president’s behalf. Cohen’s impending grand jury appearance was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly about grand jury proceedings and did so on condition of anonymity. Cohen’s testimony comes as the Manhattan district attorney’s office closes in on a decision on whether to seek charges against Trump. The former president has denied the affairs and has said he did nothing wrong.
March 13, 2023 4:22 am
McCANDLESS, Pa. – (WPXI) – Police are looking for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run that happened in McCandless Saturday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said police and medics were called to 95 Blazier Drive at around 10:18 p.m. The victim was hit while crossing McKnight Road near the Pine Creek Shopping Center. According to McCandless police, the car involved is believed to be a black Honda with heavy damage to the front and passenger side. The vehicle is missing the passenger mirror and a large piece of molding. The exact model of the car isn’t known at this time.
March 13, 2023 4:20 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Headaches, congestion, itchy skin rashes — and fear. That’s what many residents are experiencing a month after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Worry and mistrust grip a community whipsawed by assurances that the water and air is safe, warnings of coverups and danger, and social media misinformation. Heather Bable says she doesn’t feel safe in the town where her family has lived for four generations. She’s looking for a new home. Her mother, Sherry, says people near the crash site are vulnerable to cancer and railroad operator Norfolk Southern should buy them out. Experts say living near a hazardous spill doesn’t necessarily elevate a person’s risk.
March 13, 2023 4:18 am
A house was damaged by fire in Washington County. Washington County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to Fulton Street in Marianna at around 3:08 a.m. Sunday. The fire appeared to have damaged a portion of the upstairs floor of the house. Part of the roof was also damaged. Everybody was out of the home and no one was injured.
March 13, 2023 4:15 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Wind chills in the teens and a few icy spots will greet you as you head out early Tuesday, so be careful as you head out the door. Overnight snow showers will leave roads wet and anything untreated could be slick. A few snow showers will linger through the day, but any additional accumulation won’t amount to much. Temperatures rebound through the middle of the week, with highs pushing back near 60 by Thursday.
March 13, 2023 2:55 am
(WPXI) – Officials say the man who is responsible for shooting and killing a man inside a Uniontown bar after an argument last week should be considered armed and dangerous. Daryl Truley Jr., 32, is wanted for criminal homicide, aggravated assault and gun-related charges in connection to the shooting death of Darrell Gregg, 32. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower said Truley and Gregg argued before Gregg was shot. Tommy Stargell Jr., 28, was also killed. Bower said Stargell was trying to break up the fight when he was shot. Bower said state police, Uniontown police and his office have been working on the double homicide. At one point last week, police thought a second shooter could be involved, but Bower said during a news conference Monday that law enforcement is looking for Truley. He also said he will be in court Tuesday to try to shut down the scene of the shooting — the Sails Inn, which he called a “nuisance bar.” Bower held up a thick stack of papers and said it was the complaint against the bar, which he said is 235 pages long and includes 74 incidents involving police.
March 13, 2023 2:10 am
SOUTH STRABANE, Pa. — Two Washington teenagers died in a one-vehicle crash late Saturday night in South Strabane Township. It happened in the 3000 block of East Maiden Street just after 11 p.m. Callers reported a car “wrapped around a tree” and possible entrapment to Washington County 911 operators. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, EMS confirmed one teen occupant was found deceased next to the vehicle, while another was still heavily trapped inside the wreckage. The Washington County Coroner identified the victims as 17-year-old Justin Crawford and the passenger as 17-year-old Nevaeh Sheets. The coroner’s office says Crawford lost control of the car and hit the tree. It is unknown if either were wearing a seatbelt. A cause and manne rof death for both is pending. South Strabane Township Police are investigating.
March 12, 2023 1:32 pm
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say eight people were killed when a suspected smuggling boat overturned off the coast San Diego, and crews were searching for at least seven additional victims. San Diego Fire-Rescue said lifeguards responding late Saturday at Blacks Beach pulled eight bodies from the water but that thick fog hampered search efforts overnight. Fire-Rescue and Coast Guard vessels combed the area early Sunday. Daniel Eddy, San Diego Fire-Rescue’s deputy chief of operations, said there was a long debris field on Black’s Beach. Black’s Beach is jointly owned by the city of San Diego and the state. The stretch of sand is also known as Torrey Pines City Beach and Torrey Pines State Beach.
March 12, 2023 8:16 am
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop has been forced to evacuate after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state. Across the Central Coast’s Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday, including roughly 1,700 from the unincorporated community of Pajaro, where many residents are farmworkers. First responders and the California National Guard rescued more than 50 people from Pajaro. A local official called it “the worst case scenario.” Crews began working to fix the levee around daybreak Saturday. The storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter.
March 12, 2023 8:14 am
NEW YORK (AP) — It was called Silicon Valley Bank, but its collapse is causing shockwaves around the world. From California to to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, companies and people are scrambling to figure out how to manage their finances after their bank suddenly shut down Friday. In California, the bank was a longtime lender to the wine industry, which worries about its absence. Entrepreneurs in London were in a panic as the bank’s UK business shuts down. And CEOs of startups worldwide worried about making payroll and whether they’ll have to furlough workers as a result of the bank’s failure.
