February 13, 2023 10:12 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Rihanna is pregnant with her second child. A representative for the pop superstar confirmed the pregnancy soon after Rihanna wrapped an epic Super Bowl halftime performance. Rihanna’s outfit prominently showed off her belly, sparking speculation she was pregnant again nine months after giving birth to her first child. She has a 9-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rock. Rihanna spent much of the performance on a platform suspended high above the field where the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs is being played Sunday.
February 13, 2023 10:10 am
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia water utility says it’s taking precautionary steps following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said in a statement on Sunday that it has enhanced its treatment processes even though there hasn’t been a change in raw water at its Ohio River intake. It’s also installing a secondary intake on the Guyandotte River in case there’s a need to switch to an alternate water source. There are currently no drinking water advisories in place. The train derailed in a fiery crash Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Emergency workers evacuated nearby neighborhoods before igniting vinyl chloride from the cars.
February 13, 2023 4:18 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east of the country. One person was killed and another was wounded on Sunday morning by the shelling of Nikopol, a city in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Gov. Serhii Lysak reported. In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, one person was wounded after three Russian S-300 missiles hit infrastructure facilities overnight, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. The attacks come as Russian forces push to take over more lands in the eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, which comprises the partially occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Ukrainian officials say that Moscow is having trouble mounting a broad offensive in the area.
February 13, 2023 4:17 am
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) – Rescue crews on Monday pulled a 40-year-old woman from the wreckage of a building a week after two powerful earthquakes struck, but reports of rescues are coming less often as the time since the quake reaches the limits of the human body’s ability to survive without water, especially in sub-freezing temperatures. The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, killed at least 33,185, with the toll expected to rise. On Monday rescuers pulled a 40-year-old woman from the wreckage of a 5-story building in the town of Islahiye, in Gaziantep province. Experts said the likelihood of finding people alive is “very, very small now.”
February 13, 2023 4:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days. Pentagon officials believe the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace has no peacetime precedent. The head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Glen VanHerck, says part of the reason for the repeated shootdowns is a “heightened alert” following a spy balloon from China that emerged over U.S. airspace in late January.
February 13, 2023 4:10 am
BRENTWOOD, Pa. — (WPXI) – Visitation for fallen McKeesport police officer Sean Sluganski continues Monday afternoon. Dozens of mourners came to pay their respects on Sunday afternoon. At points, some people were waiting in lines that were reaching out of the front door. Sluganski was killed in the line of duty on Monday. Allegheny County police were at the visitation to help manage large crowds. They are asking the public to park at Benson Lincoln Mercury on Route 51. Shuttles were bringing people from that location to the Jojm F. Slater Funeral Home. The visitations will continue on Monday from 2-8 p.m. The Fraternal Order of Police will hold its service for Officer Sluganski at 7 p.m. on Monday. The funeral for Sluganski is on Tuesday and is not available to the general public. No one is allowed to enter the cemetery other than family and the McKeesport Police Departmet.
February 13, 2023 4:06 am
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Crews battled a fire that broke out at Elizabeth Forward High School in Elizabeth Township early Sunday morning. According to Allegheny County 911, the fire broke out at around 5:30 a.m. Smoke could be seen billowing from a section of the school’s roof. Elizabeth Township Police Chief Ken Honick told Channel 11 the structural integrity of the building was possibly compromised. Two walls of the auditorium are at risk of crumbling. Chief Honick said that per the Elizabeth Forward School District, high school students won’t be having class on Monday. The middle school and elementary school will remain on a normal schedule. The school is having a staff meeting to discuss their options, Chief Honick said. Students participating in the school’s musical have lost the chance to perform after the destruction of the auditorium. A GoFundMe has been set up to help restore the lost theater, music wing, set, microphones, lights, and costumes. The police chief told Channel 11 it doesn’t appear to be suspicious at this point.
February 13, 2023 4:01 am
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mars Wrigley in the June accident at the Elizabethtown M&M/Mars factory, saying the workers were not authorized to work in the tanks and weren’t trained on the proper safety procedures for the equipment. Emergency responders cut a hole in the bottom of the tank to free the workers and both were taken to hospitals. A company representative said the safety of workers and outside contractors “is a top priority for our business.”
February 12, 2023 8:13 am
VIENNA (AP) — Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The issue highlights the delicate balancing act the European country has engaged in while trying to maintain its longstanding position of military neutrality during the war in Ukraine. The Austrian government has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while stressing the need to maintain diplomatic relations with Moscow. In a letter to Austria’s chancellor and other officials, 81 delegates from 20 countries called upon the Austrian government to prohibit the participation of the sanctioned Russian individuals at the upcoming OSCE meeting.
February 12, 2023 8:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials say those recruiting woes are the result on traditional hurdles. Young people don’t want to die or get injured, they don’t want to deal with the stress of Army life and they don’t want to put their lives on hold. But the recruiting obstacles don’t seem to be rooted in concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine or about “wokeness,” as some Republicans claim. The Army’s head of marketing says young people don’t see the Army as relevant in their lives. The Army is offering new programs, advertising and enticements to try to change those views and reverse the decline.
