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BETHEL PARK, Pa. —

Crews were called to the scene where a fire broke out in in Bethel Park.

The fire was reported early Wednesday morning on the 1000 block of Fairview Drive.

Firefighters had to go back between some trees to position themselves to fight the fire.

It was not initially clear if there were any injuries.

Source: Crews respond to fire in Bethel Park

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Starbucks is closing six stores in the Los Angeles area – among 16 nationwide – out of concerns about an inability to keep employees safe.

Safety concerns cited at some stores are linked to issues like drug use and a growing mental health crisis. The company recently announced a new initiative to focus on employee safety, including plans to close restrooms, modify store layouts and improve security systems.

Source: Starbucks to close 6 stores in LA area amid safety concerns like drug use, mental health crisis

KEY POINTS

• PepsiCo raised its revenue outlook for the year as consumers paid more for its Doritos chips and Gatorade.
• This marks the second consecutive quarter that the company has hiked its revenue forecast without updating its expectations for earnings.
• While higher costs weighed on its profits, the food and beverage giant saw a larger hit from the Russia-Ukraine war.
• For 2022, Pepsi now expects organic revenue growth of 10%, up from its prior forecast of 8%. This marks the second consecutive quarter that the company hiked its revenue forecast without updating its earnings guidance. Pepsi still expects core constant currency earnings per share growth of 8%.

Source: PepsiCo (PEP) Q2 2022 earnings beat Wall Street estimates

The first lady compared the diversity of the Hispanic community to that of breakfast tacos in a speech to a Latino nonprofit group in San Antonio.

Source: Jill Biden Slammed for Comparing Latinos to Tacos in Speech

PITTSBURGH — You’ve seen it on your social media pages or a friend at work said, “I got hacked.” Cybercrimes are on the rise with the amount of victims in our region nearly doubling from 2019 to 2021.

“One of the biggest threats we see to western Pennsylvania is ransomware and that tracks nationally,” said Supervisory Special Agent Jonathan Holmes with the FBI Pittsburgh Cyber Criminal Squad.

Local numbers show 32 victims from six surrounding counties with a loss of $390,000 to ransomware in 2021, but the FBI believes those numbers are much higher and says victims need to come forward to help prevent further cyber crimes.

Source: FBI: Cybercrimes on the rise with amount of victims in Pittsburgh region

PITTSBURGH —

A 16-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the hand.

Police said the victim told police he was leaning outside a third-floor window of a home on the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood when he was hit by the bullet.

The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. Monday.

Pittsburgh Public Safety said the boy was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Source: 16-year-old struck by bullet in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Two men were arrested on gun charges in downtown Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood in the past four days.

According to Pittsburgh police, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Forbes Avenue for reports of a disorderly person with a gun on July 7 just before 1:40 p.m. Officers were provided a description of the man and attempted to make contact when they found him before he ran away down Market Street toward Fifth Avenue.

Police watched as he threw what was suspected to be a gun over a railing down to the bypass below Fort Duquesne Boulevard. They caught up to him and he was taken into custody without incident, police said.

The gun, more than $1,900 in cash and 81 blue pills in an unmarked pill bottle were recovered by police.

The man, identified as 18-year-old Malik Terry, is under 21 and isn’t eligible for a concealed carry permit. The gun was also not registered to him.

Two days later, on July 9, Pittsburgh police responded to the intersection of S 14th Street and Bingham Street for a man holding a firearm around 2:35 a.m.

According to police, when the suspect saw the officer, he opened and reached inside the passenger door of a gray Chrysler 300 he was standing beside and was seen moving around the passenger seat and glove compartment before slamming and locking the door.

Responding officers identified the man and explained why they were talking to him. They confirmed the car was his and saw a firearm in plain view on the passenger seat through the window, police said.

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Police also said they later obtained a search warrant and took possession of the firearm.

The man, identified as 28-year-old Treyontae Campbell, of Pittsburgh, was arrested. He’s charged with carrying a firearm without a license.

Terry is charged with Carrying a Firearm Without a License, Possession, Possession with Intent to Deliver, Tampering with Evidence, and Disorderly Conduct.

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Source: 2 men arrested on gun charges in downtown Pittsburgh, South Side

Heinz Field is getting a new name.

The Steelers confirmed a partnership with the Michigan-based financial technology company Acrisure. The insurance brokerage firm has ties to Thomas Tull, one of the Steelers’ minority owners.

The Steelers didn’t disclose the financial terms of the 15-year deal that will change Heinz Field to Acrisure Stadium.

Source: Steelers’ Heinz Field gets new name, will now be known as Acrisure Stadium

One lucky customer who purchased a lottery ticket at a Stop & Shop in Allegheny County has won $679,726.50. Pennsylvania Lottery officials revealed that a jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket was sold at a Stop N Shop located at 10991 Frankstown Road. The store will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket. The winning ticket matched all five balls drawn on Sunday: 5, 8, 27, 35, 42. The lucky winner has one year to claim their prize. More than 14,600 other Cash 5 with Quick Cash tickets also won prizes in the drawing.

Source: Lottery ticket worth more than $679,000 sold in Allegheny County

A shooter opened fire after a “disturbance” broke out among attendees of an event advertised online as the “Big Fendi Celebrity B-Day Pool Party” Glen Cove Police said.

Source: Long Island pool party shooting leaves three victims injured

Telsa founder Elon Musk tweeted a meme of himself laughing in response to a brewing legal battle with Twitter after he moved to drop his $44 billion takeover of the company.

Elon Musk responded to the latest major development in his ongoing feud with Twitter early Monday morning – tweeting out a meme of him laughing after Twitter reportedly lawyered up to sue him for moving to drop his $44 billion takeover of the company.

The post has a series of four photos of the Telsa founder laughing with captions that read: “They said I couldn’t buy Twitter; Then they wouldn’t disclose bot info; Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court; Now they have to disclose bot info in court.”

The tweet quickly garnered over 180,000 likes. Musk is one of the most-followed people on the platform, with 100.8 million followers

Moments later, Musk tweeted another meme featuring Chuck Norris playing chess. “Chuckmate,” Musk added.

Musk had been absent from Twitter for several days. Monday morning’s post is the first statement from Musk since Twitter reportedly hired heavyweight merger law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP to represent it in a forthcoming suit, Bloomberg reported Sunday.

Source: Elon Musk responds with laughing meme to Twitter lawsuit over broken buyout | Fox Business

A pregnant woman in Texas is contesting an HOV lane citation she received last month as she claims her unborn child should as a unique person after a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

A pregnant mother from Plano, Texas is looking to contest a traffic citation she received for driving in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane, as she claims her unborn child should count as a second passenger.

On June 29, officers pulled over Brandy Bottone, who was 34 weeks pregnant at the time, as they suspected her of being the only person in the vehicle that was driving in the HOV lane, FOX 4 of Dallas reported.

She claimed, however, that her unborn child is a legal person, following a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Source: Pregnant mother in Texas sparks legal debate in claiming unborn child should allow HOV travel in post-Roe era | Fox News

The Texas House Investigative Committee’s preliminary report into the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde could be released within the next 10 days, and the chairman of the committee is pushing for the report to include the critical 77-minutes of “hallway” surveillance video, according to a source close to the committee.

(CNN)The Texas House Investigative Committee‘s preliminary report into the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde could be released within the next 10 days, and the chairman of the committee is pushing for the report to include the critical 77-minutes of “hallway” surveillance video, according to a source close to the committee.

Rep. Dustin Burrows, the committee chairman, is not pushing for the release of video showing victims or footage of violence, per the source.

The shooting took place May 24, when a gunman fatally shot 19 young students and two teachers inside a classroom before authorities breached the door more than an hour later — after waiting in a school hallway.

Burrows is prohibited from releasing the 77-minute “hallway” video of the law enforcement response because he signed a non-disclosure agreement with Texas Department of Public Safety, he said on Twitter on Friday.

Source: Uvalde shooting: Investigative report into shooting could be released within 10 days – CNN

Officers found the boy on a train platform with a stab wound to the abdomen, police said in a statement. Preliminary investigations indicate a fight began on the street and continued into the train station .

Source: Subway stabbing: A 14-year-old is fatally stabbed at a train station in New York, authorities say – CNN

CHICAGO (WLS) — Six outdoor diners were hurt when a car jumped a curb and crashed into a Near North Side restaurant late Friday night, Chicago fire officials said.

“It was shocking, but I’m really happy with how everyone handled the situation the best way they could,” said Jeffrey Magee, the assistant general manager of Uproar.

Source: Chicago Crash: Car slams into Near North Side Uproar restaurant patio, door, 6 diners injured, police say – ABC7 Chicago

Authorities in Johannesburg’s Soweto township say 14 people were killed and three others were wounded during a mass shooting at a bar Saturday night.

Source: South Africa police say 14 dead in bar shooting in Soweto

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: A man was shot and a car was riddled with bullets in an overnight shooting in Wilkinsburg.

Source: Man taken to hospital, car riddled with bullets after overnight shooting in Wilkinsburg

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Two people were shot and two others were injured in an overnight shooting in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village neighborhood.

Source: 2 people shot, 2 others hurt including juvenile in overnight Terrace Village shooting

Kiski Township is one of the biggest townships in the state, covering 42 square miles, but overnight the majority of its police force walked off the job.

Source: Majority of Kiski Township police officers quit jobs overnight

Mayim Bialik is in hot water again following her recent hosting gig on “Jeopardy!”

The game show producers were forced to intervene during a show earlier this week when Bialik, 46, mistakenly said that a contestant didn’t win her points, when, in fact, the player did.

Source: Mayim Bialik makes another ‘Jeopardy!’ snafu: ‘That was ridiculous’

(CNN)President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Biden is expected to sign the executive order during a Roosevelt Room ceremony Friday morning. Vice President Kamala Harris is also scheduled to attend.

There is no action the President can take to restore the nationwide right to an abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Biden has acknowledged publicly his options to expand abortion access remain limited, and has called on the American people to elect more members of Congress in November’s midterm elections who will support federal legislation protecting abortion access.

Source: Biden to sign executive order Friday aimed at safeguarding abortion rights – CNNPolitics

Two new monkeypox cases have been reported in Allegheny County.

In a July 1 press release, the health department suggested these methods to prevent monkeypox:

• Practice safe sex, including the use of condoms and dental dams
• Avoid contact with bedding and other materials contaminated with the virus
• Avoid contact with people who may be infected
• Avoid skin to skin contact with someone with a rash
• Wash your hands with soap and water
• Use personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for infected persons

Source: 2 new monkeypox cases reported in Allegheny County; brings county total to 5 – WPXI

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — A new bill is proposing changes to the current medical marijuana laws in Pennsylvania.

Currently, the Commonwealth has a zero-tolerance policy for anyone driving with THC (the psychoactive chemical in marijuana) in their system.

However, advocates for Senate Bill 167 say that even when the intoxicating effects of marijuana wear off, THC remains in the body for much longer. Meaning even if a driver is not intoxicated at the time of a drug test, they can still test positive for THC.

Senate Bill 167, sponsored by State Sen. Camera Bartolotta (Beaver/Greene/Washington), would require “proof of impairment”, just like with many other prescription medications.

Source: New changes coming to Pennsylvania medical marijuana law

The Washington Street bridge in Swissvale was shut down unexpectedly Thursday evening after drivers reported feeling movement or shaking while crossing over it.

Swissvale Fire Chief Clyde Wilhelm said one driver felt movement or shaking while coming across the bridge, then pulled over. Another driver also pulled over behind the first driver stating they felt movement on the bridge too.

Source: Emergency shutdown of Swissvale bridge

The former prime minister of Japan was assassinated on Friday in the city of Nara. He served in the office longer than anyone before stepping down in 2020.

Source: Shinzo Abe Dies After Being Shot in Japan: Latest Updates – The New York Times

Pittsburgh Regional Transit, formerly known as the Port Authority, said the incline will be out of service from Aug. 1 through mid-November during a rehabilitation project to update the mechanical, control and electrical systems.

There will also be upgrades to the incline’s upper and lower stations, where passengers board and exit at West Carson Street and Grandview Avenue, and the bridge structure will be painted.

During the closure, PRT said shuttle buses will run between Mount Washington and Station Square every 30 minutes. Trips will also be added to the 40 bus route.

The Monongahela Incline is a community asset that provides a quick and reliable connection from Mt. Washington to Station Square and downtown Pittsburgh.

For more information about the upgrades, go to PortAuthority.org/InclineRehab.

Source: Pittsburgh’s Monongahela Incline will close for rehab project

Driverless technology company Argo AI has laid off recruiters this week. The firm said it is making “prudent adjustments” to continue to grow in a capital-intensive field that likely won’t generate profits for years.

Source: Pittsburgh-based Argo AI lays off recruiters after hiring more than 1,700 people in 6 years

‘It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6,’ read a Thursday tweet from James Caan’s official Twitter

Source: James Caan, The Godfather and Elf Acting Legend, Dead at 82