February 22, 2023 4:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. It’s a stunning level of access granted by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and it’s raising new questions about the Republican leader’s commitment to transparency, oversight and safety at the Capitol. A hard-right political commentator, Carlson says his team is spending the week at the Capitol pouring through the video and preparing to reveal their findings. But granting such high-profile access to sensitive security details to such a deeply partisan figure is a highly unusual move that is raising alarms on Capitol Hill.
February 22, 2023 4:06 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — (WPXI) – Residents living near the East Palestine train derailment site are reporting a lot of health concerns. Rashes, sore throats, headaches and runny eyes are the most common complaints 11 News has heard from folks living in and around the original evacuation zone in East Palestine, Ohio and Darlington Township in Beaver County. However, it’s not all physical symptoms. The uncertainty has a lot of people feeling on edge and concerned about their long-term health. Folks have also been sharing pictures of the rashes they say they’re experiencing just from being in their homes. Some are so severe they look like chemical burns. Our news partners at Channel 11 talked to one neighbor, Eric Cozza, who said his wife has an autoimmune disease and her rashes have been so bad, they had to go to the emergency room. Cozza lives .3 miles from the derailment site. He’s lived in East Palestine his entire life and said he’s never experienced the symptoms he’s now dealing with. He said he won’t let his kids or dogs in the yard because he’s afraid the soil is contaminated. “Headaches, non-stop headaches,” Cozza tells Channel 11. “Yesterday I went to Boardman for roughly two hours. All my symptoms went away. When we got home, they all came back.”
February 22, 2023 4:05 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – For the third time this month, warm winds could push temps back to record levels again Thursday. Highs will climb into the 60s through the day and could touch 70 degrees or more. The current record is 70 degrees set in 1922. For comparison, the average high temperature is 42. The warmth won’t stick around though with colder winds dropping the temperature more than 30 degrees by Friday morning. Wind chills in the low 20s will make it chilly at the th bus stop. Temperatures will rebound back into the mid 40s to start the weekend, with highs climbing near 50 by Sunday.
February 22, 2023 4:02 am
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned. Buttigieg announced the reforms Tuesday — two days after he warned Norfolk Southern to fulfill its promises to clean up the mess just outside East Palestine, Ohio, and help the town recover. The railroad reiterated its commitment to safety and aiding East Palestine but didn’t directly respond to Buttigieg’s criticism. The head of the EPA plans to return to the town Tuesday to talk about the next steps in the cleanup and efforts to keep people safe.
February 21, 2023 1:53 pm
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill. The Environmental Protection Agency told Norfolk Southern to take all available measures to clean up contaminated air and water. Regulators also said the company would be required to reimburse the federal government for a new program to provide cleaning services for impacted residents and businesses. The EPA warned Norfolk Southern that if failed to comply with its order, the agency would perform the work itself and seek triple damages from the company.
February 21, 2023 4:24 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It’s Mardi Gras – or Fat Tuesday in New Orleans – and the annual, ebullient climax of the city’s Carnival season comes this year with some political intrigue. Mild weather is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of tourists and locals to city streets, many of them in costume, to mark the raucous end of Carnival season. Among the revelers will be opponents of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who are gathering last-minute signatures ahead of a Wednesday deadline to force a recall election. There’s also an undercurrent of worry about recurring violent crime. One person was killed and four wounded when gunfire broke out during a Sunday night parade.
February 21, 2023 4:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet. The law shields Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of a terrorism victim can sue Google for helping extremists spread their message and attract new recruits. The case is the court’s first look at Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, adopted early in the internet age to protect companies from being sued over information their users post online.
February 21, 2023 4:16 am
ISTANBUL (AP) – Authorities and media in Turkey and Syria say the death toll has risen to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people. Turkey’s disaster management authority said Tuesday that six people were killed and 294 others were injured with 18 in critical condition after Monday’s 6.4-magnitude quake. Pro-government media outlets said in Syria reported that a woman and a girl died as a result of panic during the earthquake in the provinces of Hama and Tartus. The earthquake’s epicenter was in the town of Defne in Turkey’s Hatay province bordering Syria. It was also felt in Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and as far away as Egypt. It was followed by a 5.8 temblor and dozens of aftershocks.
February 21, 2023 4:13 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Western countries of igniting and sustaining the war in Ukraine. He has dismissed any blame for Moscow almost a year after the Kremlin’s unprovoked invasion of its neighbor that has killed tens of thousands of people. In his long-delayed state-of-the-nation address, Putin cast Russia and Ukraine as victims of Western double-dealing. He said Russia, not Ukraine, was the one fighting for its very existence. The speech reiterated a litany of grievances that the Russian leader has frequently offered as justification for the widely condemned war and ignored international demands to pull back from occupied areas in Ukraine.
February 21, 2023 4:10 am
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — (WPXI) – All eyes are on East Palestine as the city prepares for a clinic to open up in town. Several residents said they’ve become ill since the train derailment. Doctors who specialize in chemical exposure will be in East Palestine Tuesday to assess neighbors who have major concerns about their health. Families surrounding the Ohio town, including Pennsylvanians, said they’re experiencing headaches, rashes, dizziness and nausea. They want to know why. Neighbors said their confidence in what officials are telling them is safe is quickly waning. The EPA and other official agencies continue to test and monitor the quality of both the air and water. Right now, they say the levels aren’t a concern. Monday, residents started booking appointments for a clinic that the Ohio Department of Health and the county health department will provide Tuesday beginning at noon on West Martin Street, where doctors with chemical exposure expertise will assess those who are feeling sick.
