Bower Hill Road Reopens After Gas Line Hit

October 20, 2022 4:08 am

MT. LEBANON, Pa. — (WPXI) – Bower Hill Road in Mt. Lebanon has reopened after contractors hit an 8-inch major gas line at a work site near St. Clair Hospital. All four lanes of Bower Hill Road were shut down from Segar Road to Firwood Drive. Mt. Lebanon police said emergency vehicles still had access to the St. Clair Hospital emergency room during the closure.

Winning Cash 5 Ticket Sold In Fayette County

October 20, 2022 4:05 am

FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket worth $250,000 was sold in Fayette County. According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the ticket was sold for the Oct. 18 drawing at the Prokopovitch Pitt Stop Market in Perryopolis. The market gets a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Winners can be identified only after prizes are claimed and tickets validated. A main Cash 5 game prize must be claimed within one year of the drawing date and any prizes won on any Quick Cash game must be claimed within one year of the purchase date, the Pennsylvania Lottery said.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporters Go On Strike

October 20, 2022 2:56 am

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Newsroom workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have gone on strike demanding that the company reinstate the terms of its previous contract and return to the bargaining table. The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh said its members began picketing Tuesday. Guild members have been working without a contract since 2017 and Monday voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against the company. On Oct. 6, workers from unions that are responsible for production, distribution and advertising at the Post-Gazette walked off the job. The Post-Gazette said in a statement that it would “continue to serve the Pittsburgh community, our readers and advertisers, despite any work stoppage.”

Biden Visits Site Of Collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge

October 20, 2022 2:46 am

President Biden was in Pittsburgh Thursday afternoon, at the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge that collapsed back in January. It’s now the site of an infrastructure package-funded reconstruction project. The President, touting the rebuild progress on the bridge, pledged to visit again soon. PennDOT has said they are ahead of schedule on the construction and expect to have it completed by the end of the year.  Biden was in Pittsburgh on the day the bridge collapsed and vowed at that time, to rebuild.  (Photo:  ABC News)

School Bus Involved In Violent Crash In Forest Hills

October 20, 2022 2:11 am

(WPXI) – A driver became trapped after school bus crashed into a steel pole in Forest Hills Wednesday morning. Emergency crews responded to the scene in the 2300 block of Ardmore Boulevard around 9:30 a.m. “Some people were sitting at the intersection down there they said it sounded like an atomic bomb going off when it hit the structure,” said Forest Hills Station 153 Assistant Fire Chief Jim Theilacker. It took crews around 30 minutes to get the driver out of the bus. The driver was then taken to a hospital in stable condition. There were no kids on the bus at the time of the crash. Allegheny County Collision Reconstruction Officers initiated an investigation.

Trump Deposed In Defamation Suit

October 19, 2022 5:39 pm

NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who says the Republican raped her in the mid-1990s. The deposition Wednesday provided lawyers for E. Jean Carroll a chance to interrogate Trump about the assault allegations and statements he made in 2019 when she first told her story publicly. Trump has said the rape allegation is “a hoax and a lie.” A judge last week rejected Trump’s request to delay the deposition. Details on how the deposition went weren’t immediately disclosed.

FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Booster Dose Of Novavax

October 19, 2022 5:22 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax. That company began offering its two-dose primary vaccinations in the U.S. over the summer. The FDA said the new booster option is for adults who can’t get one of the updated omicron-targeting Pfizer or Moderna boosters for medical or accessibility reasons – or who otherwise wouldn’t seek a COVID-19 booster shot at all. It’s to be used only as a first booster, not for people who’ve already had one or more booster doses already.

COVID-19 Linked To Increase In Deaths From Pregnancy

October 19, 2022 5:20 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) – COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims.. A report released Wednesday lays out grim trends across the country for expectant mothers and their newborn babies. It finds that pregnancy-related deaths have spiked nearly 80 percent since 2018, with COVID-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year. The percentage of preterm and low birthweight babies also went up last year, after holding steady for years. And more pregnant or postpartum women are reporting symptoms of depression.

U.K. Inflation Hits 40-Year High

October 19, 2022 4:13 am

LONDON (AP) – U.K. inflation accelerated to a 40-year high in September as the soaring cost of food squeezed household budgets. The Office for National Statistics says consumer price index rose 10.1%, compared with 9.9% the previous month. The new data shows inflation returned to the July peak and is once again at the highest since early 1982. The increase was driven by food prices, which leapt by 14.5% from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1980. The rise áincreases expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates further and faster as it struggles to return inflation to its 2% target.

Biden Announces Release Of 15M Barrels From Oil Reserve

October 19, 2022 4:12 am

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden announced the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve Wednesday as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by OPEC+ nations.  He will also said more oil sales are possible this winter, as his administration rushes to be seen as pulling out all the stops ahead of next month’s midterm elections. The strategic reserve now contains roughly 400 million barrels of oil, its lowest level since 1984.