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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
The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress in nearly three decades, though it falls short of more restrictive gun control proposals that Democrats favor.
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan gun bill intended to prevent dangerous people from accessing firearms and increase investments in the nation’s mental health system, ending nearly three decades of gridlock in Washington over how to address gun violence in the United States.
Final passage of the legislation in Congress came one month after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead, a horror that galvanized a core group of bipartisan lawmakers to strike a narrow compromise.
“God willing,” Mr. Biden said as he put his pen down on Saturday morning, “it’s going to save a lot of lives.”
For lawmakers, advocates and survivors of gun violence, the law is the culmination of decades of work, building on repeated failed efforts to overcome Republican opposition and overhaul the nation’s gun laws in response to mass shootings across the country. But the law’s enactment came the same week that the Supreme Court struck down a New York law limiting where gun owners could carry a firearm outside the home, citing the Second Amendment.
Source: Biden Signs Gun Bill Into Law, Ending Years of Stalemate
The House gave final approval to the Senate-passed compromise, ending nearly three decades of congressional inaction.
Source: Congress Passes Bipartisan Gun Legislation, Clearing It for Biden
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right in the U.S. for almost half a century.
KEY POINTS
- The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion.
- Roe since 1973 had permitted abortions during the first two trimesters of pregnancy in the United States.
- Almost half the states are expected to outlaw or severely restrict abortion as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision on a Mississippi case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
- Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. The court’s other five conservatives, including Chief Justice John Roberts, joined in the judgment, which was opposed by the three liberal justices.
Source: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights
If you’re arriving at Do the Universe with the basic need for entertainment and to spend 86-minutes worth of comfort viewing with these classic characters (including some Cornholio spice), then Judge’s film certainly scores.
Beavis and Butt-Head have always been the dirtier, animated cousins to Bill & Ted. They’re two metal enthusiasts, dim-witted losers who find real comfort in each other’s company. There are, of course, other easy similarities: The blond and brunette pairing and their never-ending search for babes. But never has the kindred spirits shared by these duos been more felt than in creator-director Mike Judge’s time-travel movie “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.”
Source: Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe movie review (2022) | Roger Ebert
About 200,000 people will have roughly $6 billion worth of student loan debt canceled under a deal reached by the Biden administration this week.
The agreement covers more than 150 schools, including DeVry University, the University of Phoenix, and the recently defunct ITT Technical Institute.
Another 68,000 borrowers who did not attend eligible colleges will have their applications for relief fast tracked under the deal.
Source: Biden administration canceling $6 billion in student loan debt for 200,000 borrowers | Fox Business
McKees Rocks police have arrested three men following a drug raid in McKees Rocks.
Cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, packaging material, manufacturing contraband, edible narcotics and several stolen firearms were recovered from the suspects’ residence, according to police.
The raid occurred after a search warrant was issued in a narcotics investigation.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Allegheny County Housing Authority Police and Stowe Township Police Department assisted with the arrests.
Source: Arrests made in McKees Rocks drug raid
Pittsburgh Regional Transit police are looking for two men accused of firing a gun inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus while passengers were inside.
The incident was captured on video. According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, the video shows one of the men taking the gun out of a backpack, placing it on his lap and pulling the trigger. The bullet hit a window at the back of the bus. The driver stopped the bus and opened the front door when he heard the shot and both men ran off.
A rider said she’s going to be extra cautious now when riding the bus.
“I look around when I’m on the bus all the time just to make sure nothing is happening,” said Cristal McConnell. “It is terrifying. I don’t like it. I wouldn’t think it would happen here.”
Source: Police investigating gunfire on Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus – WPXI
A group of local amusement parks are changing the way guests experience their summer fun by going cashless next week.
Parkgoers can make payments with cards and secure mobile payment systems like Apple Pay and Good Pay. Guests who prefer cash can use the Cash to Card Kiosks throughout each park to load cash onto a prepaid card.
“By transitioning to solely accepting cards or secure mobile payments, we can provide a better, more efficient experience to our guests,” says Kennywood and Sandcastle General Manager Mark Pauls in the release. “We expect to see wait times decrease for food and retail stores, and have added several Cash to Card Kiosks throughout each park to provide guests a simple and easy way to convert their cash onto a card.”
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Guests can use card to pay for parking, admission into the parks, food and gift shop items.
All three parks accept all major credit and prepaid debit cards, including MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover.
Kennywood and Sandcastle will be making the switch on Tuesday, June 28, while Idlewild visitors will be the change go into effect Wednesday, June 29.
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Source: Local amusement parks going cashless starting next week – WPXI
The major decision by the US high court is expected to allow more people to carry guns legally.
Source: Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights
Police say a county jail guard in central Arkansas was shot and killed by a man being booked into the jail
No names and few details about the Wednesday night shooting at the Perry County jail in Perryville, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, were immediately released.
Source: Arkansas county jail guard fatally shot by man being booked
Accident involving Bell UH-1B ‘Huey’ used in Hollywood films took place at show where guests without pilot licenses could fly aircraft
Source: Six die in vintage helicopter crash in West Virginia
A water main break sent water shooting into the sky, shutting down a section of Carnahan Road in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood Wednesday.
Source: Water shoots into the air after water main break in Pittsburgh neighborhood
The fire started just before 4 a.m. Wednesday morning in a vacant building along East Carson Street near 19th Street.
Source: ‘Suspicious’ four-alarm blaze sends fire crews to Pittsburgh’s South Side
With this recent uptick in violence, Target 11 investigator Rick Earle sat down with the man who runs the Group Violence Intervention unit in the city of Pittsburgh.
“My team is putting their lives on the line on a regular basis. The people that we are blessed to work with on our team, they love hard, they love the community and they are about the village,” said GVI Director Cornell Jones. “They’re trying to really make sure that these young people have a chance.”
Jones and 15 other civilian members in his unit work out in the community with at-risk individuals, attempting to steer them away from a life of crime.
: Target 11: Group Violence Intervention unit working with Pittsburgh police to curb violence
BREAKING: Officials confirmed to Channel 11 that Pennsylvania State Police and EMS units are on the scene of an incident in East Pittsburgh.
Source: Pennsylvania State Police, EMS respond to incident in East Pittsburgh
At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said.
DHAKA/ASSAM, India, June 19 (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said.
In the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during the wave of flooding that began this month, police officials said on Sunday.
Source: Monsoon rains kill dozens, millions stranded in Bangladesh and India | Reuters
All City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and federal offices and courts are closed Monday for Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Banks are closed.
State liquor stores normally open Mondays are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Post offices are closed, with no pickup or delivery of regular mail.
Source: What’s open and closed for Juneteenth on Monday in the Pittsburgh area | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A man is dead and another has been arrested after a shooting in Braddock.
Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed that officers were called to reports of a shooting in the 500 block of 4th Street at around 1:35 p.m. on Sunday.
Source: Man dead after shooting in Braddock, another man arrested
A shooting on Sunday evening in Washington, D.C. left a police officer and several others injured. Videos from the scene show multiple people on the street.
Source: Washington, DC shooting: Teenager killed, 3 adults, including police officer injured
