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Pittsburgh emergency crews came together Sunday morning to rescue an elderly man from a hillside.
EMS Rescue and Fire performed a rope rescue where they rappelled down the rock wall to get the man to safety on the ground.
Source: Pittsburgh emergency crews rescue missing elderly man from hillside – WPXI
PITTSBURGH — A man is recovering in a hospital after a shooting in Pittsburgh.
Police were dispatched to the area around 100 S. Commons at about 10:15 p.m.
Officers said they were notified that a man had arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm after they arrived at the scene.
The victim is listed in stable condition.
Source: Man arrives at hospital with gunshot wound after reported shooting in Pittsburgh’s North Side – WPXI
Sept 4 (Reuters) – Bed Bath & Beyond Inc’s (BBBY.O) chief financial officer fell to his death from New York’s Tribeca skyscraper known as the “Jenga” tower on Friday afternoon, police said on Sunday, days after the struggling retailer announced it was closing stores and laying off workers.
Source: Bed Bath & Beyond CFO plunges to death at New York’s Jenga tower | Reuters
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Another movie theatre in our area is closing.
Phoenix Theatres North Versailles 18 is closing on Tuesday, September 6. Current employees will be offered jobs at the Bridgeville location.
If you have gift cards, you can use them there, or go to the website for a full refund.
Source: Another Pittsburgh movie theater is closing – CBS Pittsburgh
Relatives tell NewsCenter 5 the U.S. Marine Corps veteran was 29 years old and had a 4-year-old daughter.
BOSTON —
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran is one of two men who were killed in a triple shooting in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, according to a family member of the victim.
Boston police said the shooting happened at about 3 a.m. Sunday in the area of 26 Melbourne St.
Boston police said one of the men who was shot was pronounced dead at the scene and another was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.The third man who was shot was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Police did not state whether more people were involved in the shooting nor the circumstances that led to it.
Source: Family: Marine veteran among 2 killed in Boston triple shooting
(CNN)Seven people were struck by gunfire overnight in Norfolk, Virginia, including several university students, officials said Sunday.
Officers responded to the 5000 block of Killam Avenue around 12 a.m. ET and found four women and three men who had been shot, Norfolk police said.The US has suffered at least 456 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
NASA hopes to revive our optimism with Artemis, a mission set to put the first woman and the first person of color on the moon in 2025.
Source: Artemis mission launch scrubbed, but rescheduled take off will open a new era
BREAKING UPDATE: The teenager shot and killed in Duquesne yesterday has been identified.
DUQUESNE, Pa. — A teen girl is dead after a shooting in the city of Duquesne.
Allegheny County dispatchers confirm that police and medics were sent to the 700 block of Priscilla Avenue at around 5:13 p.m.
Authorities found a victim, later identified as 14-year-old Lajaponis Roberts, shot at the scene. She later died at the scene.
Police said Roberts was a passenger inside of a burgundy Chevy Cruze when the shooting happened.
Source: Teen dead after shooting in Duquesne, victim identified – WPXI
(CNN)US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court.
The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in which they were stored.Federal investigators also retrieved more than 11,000 non-classified government documents from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home and resort.
In his Thursday evening address to the nation, President Biden chose a risky strategy of criticizing elected GOP officials while trying not to alienate Republican voters.
Source: Biden’s speech walks a fine line in attack on MAGA Republicans : NPR
Faith leaders and community members, including the mother of a 26-year-old man who died this March, honored the 16 men who have died in Allegheny County Jail since April 2020 on Thursday evening at an event organized by the Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network.
“If they were not in that jail, they would be alive today,” Brandi Fisher, president of the nonprofit Alliance for Police Accountability, told the crowd outside the Allegheny County Courthouse.
The event took place right before a tense jail oversight board meeting where the results of a survey taken at the height of the coronavirus pandemic revealed harrowing conditions inside the jail.
The group demanded immediate jail reforms
WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A massive drug bust in Wilkinsburg led to felony charges against two people.
In June 2022, Wilkinsburg and Penn Hills detectives and narcotics agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office launched an investigation into 57-year-old Douglas Curry.
That same month, police said Curry was stopped and detained in a traffic stop in Wilkinsburg. Police said Curry was in possession of crack cocaine.
“2,000 stamp bags of fentanyl is a large quantity for anyone to possess. It just takes a small dose of fentanyl for someone to overdose — that’s $20,000 worth of fentanyl. That saved many lives getting that off the street today,” said Wilkinsburg Detective Sgt. Doug Yuhouse.
Source: Large drug bust in Wilkinsburg leads to 1 arrest; police still searching for another suspect – WPXI
DUQUESNE, Pa. — A young woman is dead after a shooting in the city of Duquesne, police say.
Allegheny County dispatchers confirm that police and medics were sent to the 700 block of Priscilla Avenue at around 5:13 p.m.
Authorities found a victim shot at the scene. The victim later died at the scene.
Police said the victim was a passenger inside of a burgundy Chevy Cruze when the shooting happened.
Source: Young woman dead after shooting in Duquesne, police say – WPXI
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Thursday that she’d be “happy to drain Texas of all its residents” and give them a warm welcome to Chicago.
Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that she’d be “happy to drain Texas of all its residents” and welcome them to Chicago after Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent two buses with migrants onboard to Chicago’s Union Station.
Lightfoot made the comments during a Thursday press conference after the migrants’ arrival.
“I’m happy to take and drain Texas, of all of its residents,” Lightfoot said. “I wouldn’t want to live in a state with a governor like that. I certainly wouldn’t want to live in a state where they are doing everything they can to strip people of their basic rights. And let’s not forget about what they’ve done to women and others who were seeking reproductive health care.”
ORLANDO, Fla. —
One person is dead and another was sent to the hospital after a plane at the Orlando Executive Airport flipped over during severe weather Thursday, according to the Orlando Fire Department.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed two people were inside the plane when it flipped over at about 5 p.m. The plane was holding for takeoff on a taxiway while the weather was unfavorable, according to a spokesperson for the airport.
The spokesperson said another plane that flipped over did not have anyone inside it.
“Unfortunately, that system moved in so fast, it was so severe with very heavy gusty winds that it actually flipped the airplane,” said Orlando Executive Airport director and air traffic controller, Judith-Ann Jarrette.
Source: Planes flip at Orlando Executive Airport, leaving 1 dead
The folks behind some of Pittsburgh’s most prominent radio offerings just announced their plan to unionize.
Earlier Tuesday, the content staff at Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation — the nonprofit organization that owns both 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate, and 91.3 WYEP, an independent music station — delivered a petition to management that a supermajority of eligible staff had signed declaring their intention to form a union, according to a SAG-AFTRA press release.
“We will approach this process in the spirit of collaboration and professionalism and urge PCBC leadership to do the same by voluntarily recognizing the union and begin bargaining in good faith with us,” the content staff’s organizing committee said via that press release.
“As a union town, Pittsburgh’s public radio stations should be union shops.”
Source: WESA, WYEP content staff announce intention to unionize with SAG-AFTRA | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH — The Pitt Panthers defeated West Virginia University 38-31 in the Backyard Brawl.
According to our partners at TribLIVE.com 70,622 fans made their way to Pittsburgh for the rivalry game. The event marks an all-time record for the most watched sporting event of any variety in Pittsburgh.
The game was tied 10-10 at halftime.
#WVUvsPitt #BackyardBrawl
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Source: Pitt defeats West Virginia University 38-31 in Backyard Brawl – WPXI
PITTSBURGH — A search for a missing woman took a deadly turn when a man was shot and killed after confronting a Pittsburgh police officer with a gun Thursday night.
Pittsburgh police responded to the 1400 block of Rydal Street in Pittsburgh’s Westwood neighborhood around 8:58 p.m. to assist Robinson Township police with locating a missing woman.
The woman from Robinson Township was reported missing and endangered by family earlier that evening at 6:45 p.m.
Police said the missing woman was found inside the home. It’s unclear if she was being held against her will, or what brought her to the home. We’re working to learn more about those circumstances.
Charges against Eric Fairman, 26, were filed early Thursday morning
MCKEESPORT, Pa. —
Eric Fairman, a teacher at Founder’s Hall Middle School in McKeesport, is accused of inappropriately touching four different boys over the span of several years in his role as a youth coach.
Charges against Eric Fairman, 26, of Pittsburgh, were filed early Thursday morning for eleven different incidents.
Source: Teacher and youth coach charged with sexually assaulting at least 4 boys
PITTSBURGH — A man is dead after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Thursday night.
The shooting happened just before 10:45 p.m. in the 2100 block of Park Hill Drive.
When officers responded, they found a man who had been shot inside an apartment. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Source: Man shot, killed inside East Hills apartment – WPXI
State police have released new information about an overnight shooting in East Pittsburgh.
The victim told police four people surrounded his car on Western Avenue around 11 p.m. Wednesday night and opened fire on him.
He then drove to a Sunoco on Lincoln Highway and sought help from the gas station’s employees.The victim, who was not identified, suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and is expected to be OK.
So far, no arrests have been announced.
Source: Man drives to East Pittsburgh Sunoco for help after being shot
Ravil Maganov, 67, was being treated at the hospital after he suffered a heart attack.
Source: CEO of Russian oil company dies in fall from hospital window – The Washington Post
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 277,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. because the rear view camera lens can get cloudy and reduce visibility for the driver.
The recall covers certain F-250, 350 and 450 trucks as well as the Lincoln Continental, all from the 2017 through 2020 model years. The recalled vehicles have a 360-degree camera system.
Ford says the anti-reflective lens on the cameras can degrade, causing a cloudy image. The company says it has more than 8,800 warranty reports in the U.S. due to the problem.
Dealers will replace the camera at no cost to owners. Ford will notify owners by letter starting Sept. 12.
Source: Ford pickup recall
“The Incredible Hulk” actor Lou Ferrigno shared a glimpse of what it’s like to be an honorary police officer and work on the job.
“Hulk” actor Lou Ferrigno shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it is like to be on a police “ride along,” after being named an honorary officer with the Syracuse (New York) Police Department.
The former bodybuilder is best known for his role as the ‘Hulk’ on the sci-fi TV series “The Incredible Hulk.”
Source: ‘Hulk’ actor Lou Ferrigno shares photo of police scene while serving as a reserve sheriff | Fox News
President Biden said the former Soviet leader had the “imagination to see that a different future was possible.”
Source: Putin, Biden and other leaders react to Mikhail Gorbachev death – The Washington Post
MT. OLIVER, Pa. (KDKA) — One person is dead after a shooting in the borough of Mt. Oliver.
Allegheny County police said officials were notified of a shooting on Dawes Street around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
First responders found a man who was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was later identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as 20-year-old Timothy Coates.
Police are investigating. It is not clear if there are any suspects.
PITTSBURGH —
A man was arrested following a burglary at the McDonald’s on the 500 block of Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said police got a call about a possible break-in at the restaurant around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
Responding officers found the front door shattered and a man inside going through the cash register.The man was arrested and taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
His identity has not been released.
Source: Man arrested following burglary at Downtown Pittsburgh McDonald’s
PITTSBURGH
— In August, sources tell Target 11 that as many as 100 of the approximately 830 Pittsburgh police officers couldn’t pass the state’s new firearms recertification test.
The municipal officers’ education and training commission changed the scoring this year, making it more difficult, according to some officers.
Officers must complete a short course and a long course. They shoot from distances as far as 75 feet and as close as three feet. They are also required to shoot while standing and while kneeling, and they must fire each round in a certain amount of time.
Sources tell Target 11 they don’t believe any officers will be fired over this.
Officers will go through retraining until they’re able to pass the test.
The city declined to release any numbers, and said we would have to file a right-to-know request, which 11 News has done.
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Source: Target 11 sources: As many as 100 Pittsburgh officers failed new firearms test – WPXI
PLUM, Pa. —A 1-year-old child was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Tuesday after falling from a window in Plum, police said.
Allegheny County police homicide detectives responded to a home on Winchester Avenue around 6:30 p.m. and are investigating the fall.
It’s unclear what lead up to this child’s fall or how many feet the child may have fallen.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more about the child’s condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Allegheny County Police at their tip line at 1-833-all tips.
Source: 1-year-old Plum Borough child in critical condition after fall
PITTSBURGH —
Allegheny County 911 dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital following a crash on West Liberty Avenue.
The crash happened in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood between Saranac Avenue and Belle Isle Avenue.
The condition of the person taken to the hospital has not been released.
Source: 1 person taken to hospital following crash that snarled traffic on West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh
