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Joe Biden & Afghanistan: Something Is Wrong with the President | National Review

Biden’s latest interview, insistence that he was incorrectly briefed, and low profile amid the Afghanistan crisis all raise troubling questions.

After making no public appearances for four days — during a major foreign crisis — President Biden read a 20-minute speech off a teleprompter on Monday afternoon and took no questions. He immediately returned to Camp David. He had no events on his schedule Tuesday. On Wednesday, he gave another 20-minute speech about vaccine boosters off a teleprompter from Camp David, and again took no questions. Also on Wednesday, the president sat for an on-camera interview with George Stephanopoulos that did not go well. According to the White House public records, Biden has had two phone conversations with foreign leaders in the past ten days — one with Boris Johnson and one with Angela Merkel.

As of this writing, Biden has no public events on his schedule for today. He is scheduled to receive the president’s daily briefing from the intelligence community and meet with his national-security team. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, he is scheduled to return to his house in Delaware today.

This is a highly unusual schedule for a president during a foreign-policy crisis. Yes, a president can perform his job anywhere, whether it’s Camp David or his own private residence.

Biden began the interview by insisting that the intelligence community had given him unclear and excessively optimistic answers about the state of the Afghan military and government:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Back in July, you said a Taliban takeover was highly unlikely. Was the intelligence wrong, or did you downplay it?

BIDEN: I think — there was no consensus. If you go back and look at the intelligence reports, they said that it’s more likely to be sometime by the end of the year.

The first problem is that there is no way to square what Biden said yesterday with his July 8 declaration that the intelligence community had not stated that the Afghan government would likely collapse:

Q: Mr. President, thank you very much. Your own intelligence community has assessed that the Afghan government will likely collapse.

THE PRESIDENT: That is not true.

Q: Is it — can you please clarify what they have told you about whether that will happen or not?

THE PRESIDENT: That is not true. They did not — they didn’t — did not reach that conclusion.

Then during the Stephanopoulos interview, Biden insisted that he himself had predicted that the Afghan government would collapse by the end of the year:

STEPHANOPOULOS: But you know that Senator McConnell, others say this was not only predictable, it was predicted, including by him, based on intelligence briefings he was getting.

BIDEN: What — what did he say was predicted?

STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator McConnell said it was predictable that the Taliban was gonna take over.

BIDEN: Well, by the end of the year, I said that’s that was — that was a real possibility. But no one said it was gonna take over then when it was bein’ asked.

The president either does not remember what he said on July 8, or he is simply trying to gaslight everyone into believing that he did warn of the Afghan government’s collapsing.

This morning, Douglas London, a former CIA counterterrorism chief and former member of Biden’s counterterrorism working group, writes that the president is lying: “Ultimately, it was assessed, Afghan forces might capitulate within days under the circumstances we witnessed, in projections highlighted to Trump officials and future Biden officials alike.”

Biden not only dodged questions — we’re used to politicians doing that — he offered a barely coherent word salad in some responses:

STEPHANOPOULOS: So when you look at what’s happened over the last week, was it a failure of intelligence, planning, execution or judgment?

BIDEN: Look, I don’t think it was a fa– look, it was a simple choice, George. When the– when the Taliban — let me back — put it another way. When you had the government of Afghanistan, the leader of that government get in a plane and taking off and going to another country, when you saw the significant collapse of the ta– of the– Afghan troops we had trained — up to 300,000 of them just leaving their equipment and taking off, that was — you know, I’m not– this — that — that’s what happened. That’s simply what happened.

Stephanopolous continued, “We’ve all seen the pictures. We’ve seen those hundreds of people packed in a C-17. We’ve seen Afghans falling-”

“That was four days ago, five days ago!” Biden interjected. It was two days ago, but that’s not really what is important; what is spectacularly odd is that Biden is reacting as if he thinks Stephanopolous was bringing up irrelevant ancient history.

Why was Biden indignant that Stephanopolous was asking about those horrifying sights?

Perhaps most unsettling was President Biden’s insistence that nothing could have been done any differently, and that none of the horrors we are witnessing could have been prevented.

Source: Joe Biden & Afghanistan: Something Is Wrong with the President | National Review

Source: Capitol Police Investigate ‘Bomb Threat’ Near Library of Congress – The New York Times

Capitol Police Investigate ‘Bomb Threat’ Near Library of Congress – The New York Times

The police closed off several streets and sent alerts to congressional staff members, prompting evacuations.

By Emily Cochrane and Maria Cramer

Aug. 19, 2021Updated 2:21 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress surrendered to the police on Thursday, after hours of negotiations and evacuations of several government buildings in the area.

The man surrendered peacefully, according to a law enforcement official.

The man drove a black pickup onto the sidewalk of the Library of Congress at about 9:15 Thursday morning, and the police responded to a disturbance call, Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Capitol Police said in a news conference.

When the police arrived, the man said he had a bomb and one of the officers observed what appeared to be a detonator in his hand, Chief Manger said.

The police spent hours negotiating with the man, he said. It was unclear whether the man did actually have explosives.

“We don’t know what his motives are at this time,” Chief Manger said. He confirmed that some of those negotiations had been streamed live on social media.

“We’re trying to get as much information as we can to try to find a way to peacefully resolve this,” he said. Chief Manger declined to describe the conversation between the man and the negotiators.

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The man, whom officials identified as a resident of Grover, N.C., named Floyd Ray Roseberry, about 50 years old, was making anti-government statements, according to a law enforcement official.

A spokesman for Facebook confirmed that the company had taken down a post with a video broadcast from man in the truck. In the rambling video, he addresses President Biden, demanding to speak with him or a representative, and sometimes shows a metal object in his lap. He describes himself as “a patriot” and expresses grievances with Democrats. He repeatedly says he does not want to die or hurt anyone but warns that the device will explode if the police fire at him, though the man offered no evidence to support that.

2 women dead after shooting at Indiana factory: Sheriff’s office – ABC News

The two people shot dead Wednesday at an NHK factory in Frankfort, Indiana, were employees of the company — a grandmother and granddaughter who were arriving for their shift, according to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office.

The alleged suspect, 26-year-old Gary C. Ferrell, was an employee at the factory is in custody, authorities said.

The shooting took place in the parking lot of NHK Seating of America in Frankfurt, Indiana. The plant manufactures seats and seating parts for a Subaru plant in nearby Lafayette.

“Please avoid the area of our new NHK,” the sheriff’s office wrote shortly after the incident began. “This is an active scene.”

ABC News’ Will Gretsky contributed to this report.

Source: 2 women dead after shooting at Indiana factory: Sheriff’s office – ABC News

Source: ‘Unruly’ passengers arrested at Nashville airport after refusing to wear masks on flights | WKRN News 2

‘Unruly’ passengers arrested at Nashville airport after refusing to wear masks on flights | WKRN News 2

Two “unruly passengers” were arrested Tuesday at Nashville International Airport after police said they refused to wear masks onboard their flights.

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Bodybuilder charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot – YouTube

More than seven months after a mob of pro-Trump rioters attacked the Capitol building, authorities have identified and arrested a high-profile suspect who was photographed dragging a police officer down a set of stairs during the siege.

Logan Barnhart, a 40-year-old Michigan bodybuilder, faces multiple charges, including assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, according to the FBI.

HuffPost, which first reported Barnhart’s arrest, said Barnhart became a “white whale” for online internet sleuths searching for information on unidentified insurrectionists in the aftermath of the attack. The “Sedition Hunters” community gave Barnhart the nickname “CatSweat” because he is alleged to have worn a Caterpillar brand sweatshirt to the Capitol on January 6.

The FBI had been referring to the suspect, who was wanted for assaulting officers, as Capitol suspect 128-AFO. According to HuffPost, the outlet identified Barnhart months ago thanks to the work of “citizen sleuths,” but refrained from publishing his name because of his violent history, which includes rioting charges from his teenage years.

Pence claims Biden broke Trump administration’s deal with Taliban

Former Vice President Mike Pence claimed Tuesday that President Joe Biden reneged on the cease-fire deal his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, agreed with the Taliban in February 2020, setting the stage for what Pence called “a foreign-policy humiliation unlike anything our country has endured since the Iran hostage crisis.”

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Pence claimed that by the time the 45th president left office, “the Afghan government and the Taliban each controlled their respective territories, neither was mounting major offensives, and America had only 2,500 U.S. troops in the country—the smallest military presence since the war began in 2001.”

The key provisions of the agreement — described as “foolhardy” in the pages of The Post by Rich Lowry last month — included the US withdrawing all combat forces from Afghanistan by May of this year, the Taliban denying safe haven to terror groups, the release of up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for 1,000 Afghan security forces held by the Taliban, and the beginning of comprehensive peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Western-backed Afghan government.

In Tuesday’s op-ed, Pence credited the agreement with the fact that the US “has not suffered a single combat casualty” in Afghanistan in 18 months.

Source: Pence claims Biden broke Trump administration’s deal with Taliban

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Early Voting in Newsom Recall Election Underway – YouTube

The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election is an upcoming special election on whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, scheduled to be held in-person on September 14, 2021, with every voter set to receive a ballot at their address for the option to vote by mail, beginning August 16, 2021.^[1]^[2]

Before this election, the only other gubernatorial recall attempt in California that qualified for a general vote happened in 2003, which resulted in Gray Davis being replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.^[3]^[4] The recall election will be the fourth gubernatorial recall election ever held in the United States.^[5] This election is the result of one of at least 54 attempts in California’s history to remove an elected governor from office and one of six efforts to remove Newsom.^[3]^[4] Every California governor since 1960 has faced some form of recall attempt.^[6]

Dog Food Recall 2021: Simply Nourish Dog Food Recalled From PetSmart – Thrillist

Wet Noses Natural Dog Treat Company announced a recall of 51,000 packages of Simply Nourish frozen dog food sold at select PetSmart locations nationwide. The issue is elevated levels of vitamin D. The notice, shared by the FDA, says that “dogs ingesting elevated levels of vitamin D may exhibit symptoms such as vomiting, loss of appetite, increased thirst, increased urination, excessive drooling, and weight loss.” Needless to say, you don’t want to take the risk and feed this to your pup.

Additionally, the recall states, consuming elevated levels of vitamin D “over a long period of time can lead to serious health issues in dogs including renal dysfunction.” If your dog has eaten the recalled food and exhibits these symptoms, you should contact your vet.

Here’s a look at the specific products that are part of the recall. All were sold in two-pound and four-and-a-half-pound packages. You can find more details about the products on the FDA website.

Simply Nourish Frozen Chicken & Veggies

Simply Nourish Beef & Barley

Simply Nourish Turkey & Sweet Potato

Simply Nourish Pork & Veggies

You can return the packages to the place of purchase for a refund.

Source: Dog Food Recall 2021: Simply Nourish Dog Food Recalled From PetSmart – Thrillist

Source: Thousands of holidaymakers and locals evacuated as ‘huge’ wildfire rages around St Tropez | Daily Mail Online

Thousands of holidaymakers and locals evacuated as ‘huge’ wildfire rages around St Tropez | Daily Mail Online

Thousands have been evacuated from their homes on the French Riviera after huge wildfires broke out in St Tropez, as firefighters battled to control the blaze.

BBC news presenter Geeta Guru-Murthy and her husband Philip Collins had to abandon their burning villa and their car as they escaped the raging fires bringing horror to holidaymakers.

As many as 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and holiday sites while others were locked down in a holiday centre for Air France employees.

Prototype military plane crashes outside Moscow, kills 3

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian prototype military transport plane crashed while performing a test flight outside Moscow on Tuesday, killing all three crew members on board, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation said.

The new light military transport plane, Il-112V, crashed in a forested area as it was coming in for a landing at the Kubinka airfield 45 kilometers (28 miles) west of Moscow, the corporation told the Tass news agency.

Two test pilots and a flight engineer were aboard the plane, and none survived, the corporation said.

Source: Prototype military plane crashes outside Moscow, kills 3

New Zealand in lockdown over first COVID infection in 6 months

Jacinda Ardern announced that all New Zealand will be in the toughest, level-four lockdown for at least three days.

New Zealand was ordered into a strict nationwide lockdown Tuesday — after just one COVID-19 case was detected.

It was the first locally transmitted infection in the community in six months.

“The best thing we can do to get out of this as quickly as we can is to go hard,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a televised national address.

“We have seen what can happen elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it. We only get one chance,” she insisted.

Ardern announced that all New Zealand will be in the toughest, level-four lockdown for at least three days from Wednesday, with schools, offices and businesses closed and only essential services operational.

The biggest city, Auckland — where the unidentified 58-year-old man tested positive — would have a longer, seven-day lockdown, as would Coromandel, a coastal town where the infected person spent time.

Source: New Zealand in lockdown over first COVID infection in 6 months

Haiti earthquake has affected 1.2 million people, says UNICEF – CNN

(CNN)Around 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been impacted by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday morning, according to UNICEF.

The quake left at least 1,941 people dead and more than 6,900 injured; that toll is expected to rise in the coming days, but search and rescue efforts are being hampered by a lack of resources and by heavy rains, which have caused mudslides that blocked roads in the region.

Tropical Storm Grace, which hit the same region late Monday “is further disrupting access to water, shelter, and other basic services,” UNICEF said in a statement Tuesday. “Flooding and mudslides are likely to worsen the situation of vulnerable families and further complicate the humanitarian response.”

On Tuesday, donor countries and humanitarian organizations increased efforts to help the country. The Pentagon announced it had formed a joint task force to assist USAID in disaster relief efforts, while the United Nation and the European Union allocated $8 million and $3.5 million respectively in aid to Haiti.

Source: Haiti earthquake has affected 1.2 million people, says UNICEF – CNN

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Man found shot to death inside Pittsburgh duplex – WPXI

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — A man was found shot to death early Tuesday morning inside a duplex in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, police said.

Officers went to Malden Street just after 5 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert for gunshots fired.

A man was found shot to death early Tuesday morning inside a duplex in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, police said.

Source: Man found shot to death inside Pittsburgh duplex – WPXI

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Fred Brings Impacts Inland

As Fred moves inland, impacts will spread from Georgia into the southern Appalachians today through tonight. A high risk of flash flooding is in place through tonight as very heavy rainfall may lead to widespread flash flooding and landslides. A few tornadoes may occur today from parts of northeastern Georgia into the western Carolinas and southwestern Virginia. Read More >

Source: National Weather Service

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Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez sentenced in sexual assault case

By WPXI.com News Staff

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was sentenced Tuesday to two to four years in state prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Westmoreland County.

Vazquez was found guilty in May on 15 charges: 10 counts of sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor and one count each of statutory sexual assault, indecent sexual assault and corruption of a minor.

>>PREVIOUS STORY: Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez found guilty on multiple sexual assault, abuse charges

During the trial, Vazquez did not deny the sexual relationship he had with the teenager, but he did deny knowing that she was only 13 years old.

Vazquez’ attorney claimed the teen misled his client about her age.

Investigators said Vazquez and the girl began a relationship in 2017 and it continued until he was arrested in 2019. The investigation began after the girl’s mother found photos from Vazquez on her daughter’s cellphone and called police.

Source: Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez sentenced in sexual assault case

One person dead following shooting in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood

Shooting happened early Tuesday morning

PITTSBURGH —

A man is dead following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Public Safety said the incident happened around 5 a.m. Tuesday on the 1300 block of Malden Street.

Source: One person dead following shooting in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood

Police investigate after person is shot in the stomach in New Castle

Shooting happened Monday afternoon

NEW CASTLE, Pa. —

Police were investigating after a person was shot in the stomach in New Castle, Lawrence County.

The shooting happened around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon on Beech Street in the Westview Terrace Housing Project.

Source: Police investigate after person is shot in the stomach in New Castle

ALDI to host hiring week, fill over 400 positions in Pittsburgh

The company will host a National Hiring Week from Sept. 20-24, during which local stores and warehouses will host interview events to fill available positions.

PITTSBURGH —

ALDI announced Monday it is hiring more than 20,000 new store and warehouse employees across the country through February 2022 and beyond.

ALDI says it’s looking to fill more than 450 positions in the greater Pittsburgh area.

The company will host a National Hiring Week from Sept. 20-24, during which local stores and warehouses will host interview events to fill available positions.

Interested applicants can view open positions in their area at careers.aldi.us/now-hiring.

ALDI recently increased pay for store and warehouse employees and the new national average. Starting wages for store and warehouse positions will be $15 and $19 per hour respectively.

ALDI employees are also eligible for benefits, including health care, retirement plans, financial wellness and employee assistance programs and paid time off.

Source: ALDI to host hiring week, fill over 400 positions in Pittsburgh

Bachelor in Paradise season premiere recap: amazing, exciting, scary | EW.com

Season 7 of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ kicks off with guest host David Spade, a bunch of randy singles, and the most night-one make-out sessions in the show’s history.

Hello again, rose lovers! In most parts of our country, the vision of a pandemic-free summer never quite materialized. (Get vaccinated, FFS!) But at least there’s one part of the world where randy, attractive singles can throw caution, dignity, and common sense to the wind: Bachelor in Paradise, that little stretch of beach where tiny crabs run free and producers reserve the right to portray contestants in ways that “may be embarrassing, unfavorable, humiliating, and/or derogatory, and/or may portray him or her in a false light.”

Source: Bachelor in Paradise season premiere recap: amazing, exciting, scary | EW.com

Chris Cuomo breaks silence on brother Andrew’s scandal

Chris Cuomo on Monday night finally broke his on-air silence about his brother’s sexual harassment scandal and subequent resignation — claiming network rules prevented him from covering the groundbreaking news.

“I never covered my brother’s troubles because I obviously have conflict, and there are rules at CNN about that,” Cuomo said at the end of his 9 p.m. show.

“My position has never changed. I never misled anyone about the information I was delivering or not delivering on this program.”

The CNN host’s comments come after he spent the last week on vacation as his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, announced his resignation following a damning official report by state Attorney General Letitia James that concluded he sexually harassed several women.

Chris Cuomo had faced scrutiny for failing to address the governor’s spiraling scandal and for his role advising his brother after the sexual harassment claims surfaced earlier this year.

On Monday night, he downplayed the conversations he had with his sibling during that time as simply brotherly advice.

Source: Chris Cuomo breaks silence on brother Andrew’s scandal

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Four arrested for guns, drugs at North Side Pittsburgh hotel – WPXI

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — Four people, including a juvenile, were arrested and charged with gun and drug violations after a SWAT incident at a hotel in Pittsburgh’s North Side.

Samuel Mitchell, 27, Dorian Ingram, 26, Kevin Whitely, 22, and one juvenile were charged with in the incident at 1 a.m. Aug. 13 at the Double Tree Hotel at 1 Bigelow Square.

Officers with the Pittsburgh Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice, Violent Crime Unit and Pittsburgh SWAT served a search warrant on a room on the 10th floor of the hotel, following ongoing investigation into the recent rash of violence on the North Side.

Police said during an initial sweep of the room, large quantities of narcotics and one firearm were observed in plain view.

Following a second search, six firearms, 12 bricks of heroin and about $900 in cash was found.

Mitchell, Ingram and Whitely are currently held in the Allegheny County Jail, while the juvenile was taken to the Shuman Center.

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Afghanistan: striking image appears to show 640 people fleeing Kabul in packed US military plane | Afghanistan | The Guardian

The picture obtained by US defence and security news site Defense One is believed to show 640 people crammed into a C-17 Globemaster III, among the highest number of people ever carried in such an aircraft.

US defence officials reportedly said the passengers – among them women and children – on the flight were safely evacuated from Kabul to Qatar on Sunday.

Source: Afghanistan: striking image appears to show 640 people fleeing Kabul in packed US military plane | Afghanistan | The Guardian

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Protest outside White House as Taliban seizes Afghan cities | wusa9.com

5,000 troops are being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate U.S. Diplomats and Afghan allies.

WASHINGTON — People with ties to Afghanistan are pleading to President Joe Biden to step in and help as hundreds of people protested Saturday afternoon outside the White House.

The protest was hours after President Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to evacuate U.S. diplomats and Afghan allies.

“We want Mr. President to hear and to act immediately, we want him to act now because Afghanistan is in a tragedy and we want him to stop the Taliban,” Azahullah Zalmay said.

RELATED: Biden orders 1,000 more troops to aid Afghanistan departure

Zalmay lives in Northern Virginia but his home country is Afghanistan.

He said it’s been hard to watch what’s happening from 7,000 miles away.

“To be honest I am dying,” Zalmay said. “Since last night I haven’t slept yet. I couldn’t sleep. It’s a tragedy for my people. I can’t sleep.”

Source: Protest outside White House as Taliban seizes Afghan cities | wusa9.com

Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next – ABC News

The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.

The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the U.S. and its allies melted away.

WHY DID THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES COLLAPSE?

The short answer? Corruption.

The U.S. and its NATO allies spent billions of dollars over two decades to train and equip Afghan security forces. But the Western-backed government was rife with corruption.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IN AFGHANISTAN?

It’s not clear.

The Taliban say they want to form an “inclusive, Islamic government” with other factions. They are holding negotiations with senior politicians, including leaders in the former government.

They have pledged to enforce Islamic law but say they will provide a secure environment for the return of normal life after decades of war.

But many Afghans distrust the Taliban and fear that their rule will be violent and oppressive. One sign that worries people is that they want to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which is what they called it the last time they ruled.

Source: Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next – ABC News

Suspect on the run after two-county police chase ends in Coraopolis

Incident happened late Sunday night

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. —

Police are searching for a suspect who led officers on a chase from Beaver County into Allegheny County late Sunday night.

The chase started in Aliquippa, Beaver County and ended in the area of Sixth and Locust Streets in Coraopolis.

A dark-colored sedan was spotted in a grassy area near where the chase ended.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to figure out why police were pursuing this suspect and any information about the person officers are looking for.

Source: Suspect on the run after two-county police chase ends in Coraopolis

Garfield homes left without power since Tuesday

PITTSBURGH —

Multiple homes in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood have been left without power since Tuesday, residents say.

On Sunday, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Jim Madalinsky witnessed wires from a utility pole sitting on the ground near the sidewalk in Garfield Commons.

Resident Antoinette Coto says the power lines have been sitting there like this since Tuesday evening.

Four homes in Garfield Commons are still without power more than five days later –without any answers as to when power will be restored.

“To leave us basically stranded and abandoned is heartbreaking,” Coto said.

Coto says she’s not sure exactly what happened, but she noticed the utility pole was snapped Tuesday before any of the storms rolled through later in the week. She says a crew from Duquesne Light was out that day and replaced the pole but never got the electricity turned back on.

“All of our food in the refrigerator and freezer have to be discarded. Some people, one of my neighbors said they were staying at a hotel. People have been visiting friends and family,” said Coto.

Duquesne Light told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 the loss of power is due to a wiring issue under the control of the property owners.

Duquesne Light’s full statement below:

“When we received the original inquiry, we immediately sent a troubleshooter to investigate at 242 Fern St, the address of Garfield Commons. What we’ve since learned is the outage you mentioned is due to a repair that has been on hold for wiring approval by the building owner.

The equipment in question is owned by the property and not DLC — once the wiring is complete and approved, we can finish the restoration. We’ve been in contact with the property’s maintenance department today, have provided our direct contact information, and assured them we’re available 24/7 to complete this work once approved.

We urge the residents of this building to contact their Property Owner/Manager about this issue. Again, we stress, the equipment in question is owned by the property owner, and we cannot restore power until their work is complete and we have approval.”

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out to the property owners with no response.

Source: Garfield homes left without power since Tuesday