September 20, 2022 5:17 pm
CHICAGO (AP) – Officials say eight people were rushed to hospitals after being injured when an explosion Tuesday tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building. The explosion at the four-story, 36-unit apartment building occurred at about 9 a.m., officials said. The department conducted a search of the building and found no other victims underneath the debris. No cause of the explosion had been determined. The department said that the Chicago police bomb squad and agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded.
September 20, 2022 11:53 am
(WPXI) – Police in Pittsburgh are investigating after two people fell from a balcony in Mount Washington early Tuesday. Officers were called to Satalio’s in the 20 block of Bailey Avenue just before 1:40 a.m. When first responders arrived, they found a man and a woman on the ground outside of the bar with head injuries. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and the woman was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
September 20, 2022 4:13 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine is now deploying captured Russian tanks to solidify its gains in the northeast amid an ongoing counteroffensive. That’s according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War. The institute, citing a Russian claim, said that Ukraine had been using left-behind Russian T-72 tanks as it tries to push into the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk. Earlier this month, Ukraine launched its counteroffensive, pushing into territory around its second-largest city of Kharkiv. Videos and photos showed Ukrainian troops seizing tanks, ammunition and other weaponry left behind by Moscow in an apparently chaotic withdrawal.
September 20, 2022 4:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats are voting this week on changes to a 19th century law for certifying presidential elections. The measure is their strongest legislative response yet to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. A vote to overhaul the Electoral Count Act is expected Wednesday. A bipartisan group of senators is moving forward with a similar bill. The Senate Rules Committee will vote on its version of the legislation next week. Lawmakers in both parties have said they want to change the arcane law before it is challenged again.
September 20, 2022 4:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights. The spending underscores how central the message is to the party in the final weeks before midterm elections. The most intense period of campaigning is only just beginning, and Democrats have already invested more than an estimated $124 million this year in television advertising referencing abortion. That’s twice as much money as the Democrats’ next top issue and almost 20 times more than Democrats spent on abortion-related ads in the 2018 midterms. The spending figures are based on an Associated Press analysis of data provided by the nonpartisan research firm AdImpact.
September 20, 2022 4:08 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Fiona is blasting the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remain without electricity or running water. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says hurricane conditions are slamming Grand Turk, the British territory’s capital island. The government had imposed a curfew and urged people to flee flood-prone areas. rom the center. Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving north-northwest at 10 mph early Tuesday. The Hurricane Center says the storm is likely to strengthen further into a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Bermuda on Friday. It’s forecast to weaken before running into easternmost Canada over the weekend.
September 20, 2022 4:06 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the world is in “great peril.” And he says world leaders meeting in-person for the first time in three years at the U.N. General Assembly must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality, and divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded Ukraine. The U.N. chief also cited the “immense” task not only of saving the planet but of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric says Guterres’ “state of the world” speech will be “a sober, substantive and solutions-focused report card.”
September 20, 2022 4:04 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A man has died after a vehicle and a motorcycle collided in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood Monday evening. Police, EMS and fire units responded to the collision on Saw Mill Run Boulevard shortly before 7:30 p.m. The male motorcycle rider was found on the road unconscious and not breathing, police said. An off-duty nurse was in the area at the time of the crash, and performed CPR on the man until medics arrived on scene. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and was later pronounced deceased. Police said the driver of the vehicle stayed on scene and cooperated with the investigation. No other injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
September 20, 2022 3:59 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A trial date has been set for the man accused of killing 11 people and injuring six others in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. According to court paperwork, Robert Bowers is set to go on trial starting April 24, 2023. The trial will begin with jury selection, followed by opening statements and testimony. Bowers faces 63 federal charges after the 2018 shooting, and the government is seeking the death penalty. A status conference hearing is set for Oct. 6.
September 20, 2022 2:47 am
An Allegheny County man has pleaded guilty to a felony charge for the role he played in the United States Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice says thirty-one-year-old Kenneth Grayson of Bridgeville went to a rally at the Ellipse and then walked toward the Capitol where he illegally entered the grounds. Authorities say Grayson entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing doors around 2:20 p.m. and went to the Crypt. He also went to the Rotunda area where a mob of rioters started to stand in a row in front of law enforcement officers and then push against them to gain access to the adjoining hall where he then joined the mob. Officials say Grayson live-streamed a video on his Facebook page from inside the Capitol. He pleaded guilty to interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder and faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and potential financial penalties. A federal district court judge will determine his sentence after considering the U.S. sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. Grayson’s sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 19th. (Photo: WPXI)
