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Two people are facing charges after shots were fired Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Sixth Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
When police arrived on the scene, they said they were directed to a woman seen walking away from the area. The woman was detained and identified as 21-year-old Aeriana Ghee.
No one was injured. Both Ghee and Coulibaly are in the Allegheny County Jail.
Source: Two charged after shots ring out in downtown Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —
Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Senate approved legislation Wednesday that Republicans say will restrict sexually explicit content and classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, mirroring partisan fights playing out in statehouses around the country.
The bills passed nearly along party lines, and Democrats warned that Gov. Tom Wolf will veto them. They still require approval from the state House of Representatives.
One bill, which passed 29-21, would prohibit classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students.
A second bill, which passed 30-20, would require educators to identify sexually explicit content in the curriculum, classroom materials and books. Educators would have to notify parents if a child’s coursework or a book they’d like to check out from a library contains explicit content, and parents could opt their children out of viewing the material.
Wolf’s office said he would veto “any legislation that discriminates against LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians.”
A third bill that would prohibit transgender girls and women from playing in youth and collegiate sports in a way that matches their gender was headed for a veto by the Democratic governor after passing the Senate on Wednesday.
Bills like the one on classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation have cropped up in numerous states in recent months.
Source: Bills limiting LGBTQ instruction, trans athletes pass Pa. Senate
State police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who fled from a traffic stop earlier this month in New Stanton.
Trooper James Daggett said he pulled over a black Honda near a West Byers Avenue hotel around 8:30 a.m. June 15 for a registration issue and illegal window tinting. His dash camera captured a few photographs of the man before the suspect fled the stop onto Interstate 70 westbound.
Source: State police seeking help to identify man who fled New Stanton traffic stop | TribLIVE.com
About $90,000 worth of raw fentanyl in powder form was confiscated from a Cambria County man Tuesday after an arrest in Ligonier Borough, according to authorities. Cortez M. Haselrig, 25, who lives near Johnstown, is being held at Westmoreland County Prison.
About $90,000 worth of raw fentanyl in powder form was confiscated from a Cambria County man Tuesday after an arrest in Ligonier Borough, according to authorities.
Cortez M. Haselrig, 25, who lives near Johnstown, is being held at Westmoreland County Prison on charges of drug possession, criminal use of a communication facility and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $500,000.
The arrest is connected to a four-month drug trafficking investigation spanning the two counties, authorities said.
Haselrig is the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers guard Carlton Haselrig, according to police sources. Carlton Haselrig died in 2020.
The major arrest was part of a joint investigation among state police, Westmoreland County detectives, the Department of Homeland Security and Ligonier Valley and Penn Township police, said District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli and Trooper Steve Limani. The county was designated two years ago by federal authorities as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, meaning more resources and investigative help has been directed locally.
Westmoreland County Detective Tony Marcocci labeled Haselrig an “upper-level dealer”
Source: $90K worth of raw fentanyl seized, man arrested after bust in Ligonier Borough | TribLIVE.com
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing from political life and that he would not take part in the country’s next national election, a move that could possibly ease the return of long-serving leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who was ousted from office a year ago.
Bennett’s statement to stand down, at least for now, comes just over a week after he informed the public that he could no longer hold together his fragile coalition, sending the country to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years. An election is likely to take place in late October or early November.
A poll taken by Israeli TV’s Channel 12 News immediately following Bennett’s announcement on Wednesday showed Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party gaining at least 15 seats more than its closest rival and gaining enough support from other right-wing factions and those loyal to the former leader to form a government with a small majority.
Kankakee police said late Wednesday night that Kyle M. Washington, 25, of Kankakee; Deontay M. Tyler, 24, of Kankakee; and a 27-year-old Kankakee man were killed. The family of the third man has not yet been notified of his death, so his identity had not yet been publicly released as of early Thursday.
Investigators said a relative called police about 2 p.m. Wednesday after going to a two-flat home in the 600-block of West Merchant Street Wednesday afternoon and finding the three men dead inside the upstairs apartment with apparent gunshot wounds.
Yellowstone National Park provided some details on the incident, adding it is still under investigation:
- A 34-year-old male from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was gored by a bull bison near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful on June 27.
- The male was walking with his family on a boardwalk when a bull bison charged the group.
- Family members did not leave the area, and the bull bison continued to charge and gored the male.
- The male sustained an injury to his arm and was transported by ambulance to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
- This incident remains under investigation, and there is no additional information to share.
- Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park are wild and can be dangerous when approached. When an animal is near a campsite, trail, boardwalk, parking lot, or in a developed area, give it space. Stay more than 25 yards (23 m) away from all large animals – bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes – and at least 100 yards (91 m) away from bears and wolves. If need be, turn around and go the other way to avoid interacting with a wild animal in proximity.
- This is the second reported incident in 2022 of a visitor getting too close to the animal and the bison responding to the perceived threat by goring the individual.
- Bison are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans.
PITTSBURGH — The latest monkeypox case in Pennsylvania tested positive in Allegheny County.
As of this afternoon, there are eight confirmed cases in Pennsylvania. All but one are from the Philadelphia area. The local case was treated at Central Outreach in the Northside.
Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Stacy Lane, treated the patient.
“Initially the patient’s symptoms were mild. He eventually tested positive over the course of two days at West Penn Hospital, and the state confirmed he does have monkeypox,” Dr. Lane said.
Source: First positive monkeypox test in Pittsburgh reported – WPXI
A gunman shot the 20-year-old woman in the head at very close range. The 3-month-old baby was not harmed, police said.
Source: Woman fatally shot while pushing baby in stroller in NYC’s Upper East Side
Pittsburgh River Rescue recovered a body from the Allegheny River on Wednesday afternoon, public safety officials said.
River Rescue officers responded to the scene and recovered the body from the water.
A witness had reported seeing the body in the river, officials said.
The body has not yet been identified.
The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause and manner of death.
Source: Body found in Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s first Supreme Court pick, will be sworn in as the 116th justice today at noon ET. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s high court.
Source: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court
An abortion rights rally is planned Wednesday in downtown Greensburg in the wake of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade and ending the federal right to an abortion. The rally is slated for 5:15 p.m. at Main and Otterman streets, according to a post
Source: Abortion rights rally slated in Greensburg
The long wait is almost over for fans of the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival. Canceled in 2020 and 2021, the festival returns for its 48th year Thursday through Sunday at Twin Lakes Park, east of Greensburg. “It just keeps going and growing, so we’re very happy,” said Diane Shrader,
Source: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival returns after 2-year hiatus
Airbnb on Tuesday announced it would officially ban parties in its short-term rental properties, but a Pittsburgh councilman said the city should still go ahead with further restrictions proposed following a mass shooting in the spring at a North Side gathering that killed two teenagers.
Two people were arrested after police responded to a shots fired call in downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon.
Responding officers were directed to a female seen leaving the area on foot. She was detained, and officers located a firearm in her waistband.
Source: 2 people in custody after police respond to shots fired call in downtown Pittsburgh
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Tuesday for carrying out a years-long scheme with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls.
(CNN)Three people are dead and at least 50 injured after an Amtrak train derailed Monday in Missouri, authorities said Monday evening.
Cpl. Justin Dunn, a spokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, told reporters that two of the people who were killed were aboard the train while the third was in a dump truck that the train struck.Authorities said the tragic incident happened at an uncontrolled intersection — without warning lights or motion gates — where a gravel road crossed the railroad tracks southwest of town.Amtrak said the train collided with the dump truck at a public crossing near the city of Mendon at about 12:42 p.m. CT (1:42 p.m. ET).Eight cars and two locomotives left the track “after striking a truck that was obstructing a public crossing near Mendon, Missouri,” company officials said in an updated statement. Dunn told reporters that seven cars had derailed.
Source: Amtrak train derails in Missouri: Multiple people killed and at least 50 injured – CNN
NEW FLORENCE, Pa. —
Two residents were evaluated by paramedics, but not taken to the hospital, after fire broke out in a home in New Florence, Westmoreland County.
The fire was reported around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at a house on 17th Street.
Crews were still on the scene three hours later.There was no initial word on how the fire started.
Source: Paramedics evaluate two residents after fire breaks out in Westmoreland County home
San Antonio (CNN)Fifty migrants are believed to have died after they and others were found in sweltering conditions in a semitruck in San Antonio, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday, in a scene the mayor called a “horrific human tragedy.”
The death toll, which the city’s fire chief gave Monday as 46, includes migrants from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Their discovery Monday comes as US federal authorities have launched an “unprecedented” operation to disrupt human smuggling networks amid an influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border.“An alleged human smuggling event” was alerted by San Antonio police to the US Department of Homeland Security’s investigation unit, which is leading the probe, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said Monday. The incident appears to be among the most deadly in recent years for migrants near the southern border.Three people detained away from the trailer site are in police custody, though their connection to the situation is unclear, Police Chief Bill McManus said at a news conference Monday night.
Three people were killed Sunday afternoon when an Amtrak commuter train smashed into a car ín Northern California, authorities said.
Three people died at the scene. Two adults and a child were taken to hospitals but there was no immediate word on their conditions, KRON-TV reported.
The victims were inside the four-door sedan when it was struck. The car came to rest about 60 feet away from the tracks.
Source: 3 killed as Amtrak train hits car in Northern California
At least four people were killed and hundreds injured, about 30 of them seriously, after part of a stadium in El Espinal in Colombia’s western state of Tolima collapsed during a bullfight Sunday, government officials said.
Source: At least 4 dead, hundreds injured after collapse at stadium in Colombia | CNN
One person is dead and one is injured after reported shootings in Pittsburgh overnight.
Source: One dead, one injured after shootings in Pittsburgh
The fire took a couple of hours to extinguish.
According to dispatch, a fire started at home on Elwood Street just after 11:30 a.m. and it took until nearly 2 p.m. to extinguish.
It’s unknown how many people were inside and what their conditions may be.
Source: Coroner called to the scene of house fire in Fayette County
The officer was wearing a ballistic vest, escaping serious injury.
Police say the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Julian Reese-Krasausky, shot an officer in the chest. The officer was wearing a ballistic vest, escaping serious injury. The officer was transported to the hospital.
Reese-Krasausky was arrested and police noticed he had sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder. He is being treated at an area hospital and is in stable condition.
Police said Reese-Krasausky was in possession of a privately manufactured firearm.
Police say an initial investigation shows no officers fired their weapons.
Source: Suspect identified after multiple people, including Pittsburgh officer, are shot
A Monroeville man is suing UPMC after a misread COVID-19 test and a phone call that forced him to cancel his wedding.
Michael Martin says back in July of 2020, just days before he and his fiancée were set to be married, he didn’t feel well.
After going to UPMC Mercy South Side a test showed he had strep throat, but was later told he had COVID.
As a result Martin and his fiancée had to cancel their Aug. 1 wedding. Not long after, Martin learned that a physician assistant made an error with his test.
“I wasn’t positive,” Martin said. “It wasn’t a false negative. It wasn’t anything other than negligence on not doing what she was supposed to do on that computer.”
The couple eventually were able to get married.
UPMC Community Medicine Primary Care Partners of Monroeville, UPMC and the physician assistant who reported the positive test result are named in the lawsuit.
Source: COVID lawsuit: Man sues UPMC over test
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case, Pittsburgh Catholics cheered the decision.
“Those of us who have worked and prayed to protect unborn children are profoundly grateful that the Supreme Court of the United States has determined that there is not a constitutional right for abortion,” Bishop David Zubik said in a statement Friday.
The 6-3 decision Friday to uphold a strict Mississippi state law reversed nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections. It came about two months after a draft of the opinion of overturning the case was released.
Friday’s news was hailed by area Catholic leaders and some parishioners, even though polls have shown that a majority of U.S. Catholics support abortion rights.
Source: Pittsburgh Catholics say Supreme Court’s abortion decision marks a day of ‘great happiness’
A few hundred yards away, families were burying loved ones and digging out belongings from their destroyed homes by hand. Of the more than two dozen civilians interviewed by The Washington Post in the area where the officials touched down, no one reported receiving any aid beyond sweets and juice handed out by wealthy business executives.
PENN HILLS, Pa. —
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified skeletal remains that were found in Penn Hills last year.
The remains were identified as those of Stacey Childs, 56.
The remains were found along Brushton Avenue in October.The cause and manner of Childs’ death have not yet been determined.
No additional information was immediately provided.
County police are investigating.
Source: Penn Hills: Human remains found along Brushton Avenue
OSLO, June 25 (Reuters) – The arrested suspected in a fatal shooting spree in Oslo is believed to be a radicalised Islamist who has a history of mental illness, Norway’s PST intelligence service said on Saturday.
The suspect, who was not named by police, has been known to security services since 2015, the PST added.
Source: Norway shooting suspect thought to be Islamist with mental health issues – police | Reuters
BREAKING NEWS: Three females were shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood overnight.
Two other females who were shot showed up at a local hospital, according to police. One had a gunshot wound to the hand that required surgery and the other was shot in the leg.
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Police said all three victims are believed to have been shot after an altercation that led to gunfire on South 12th Street.
The Mobile Crime Unit processed the scene. Several people were taken to police headquarters for questioning.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Source: 3 females shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood overnight – WPXI
