Freeport Area High School senior makes volunteering big part of life
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley people and the notable things that they do. About 100 children being treated at area hospitals will soon feel more comfortable courtesy of Kaitlyn Ritter. The Freeport Area High School senior organized a blanket project with the...
5 die, 2 hospitalized when plane parts hit California house
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday. The male pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine...
Detainee on hunger strike details force-feeding
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed there are now nine men — up from six earlier this week — being force-fed under court order in a detention center in El Paso. One of the hunger strikers, a 22-year-old man from India who called The Associated Press on Friday, described...
Boy, 4, finds gun and shoots pregnant mom in the face
SEATTLE — A 4-year-old boy in a Washington state apartment found a loaded gun under a mattress and used it to shoot his pregnant mother in the face, authorities said Sunday. The 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend were watching television in bed Saturday when their son found the gun between...
Power restored in Mt. Pleasant area after outage as Super Bowl starts
Hundreds of West Penn Power customers in the Mt. Pleasant area may have only caught a glimpse of the Super Bowl on Sunday. A circuit lockout in the area cut power to 500 to 1,500 customers around 7 p.m., just after the game’s kickoff, said Eyad Gheith, a spokesman for...
Trump says he’ll reject U.S. intelligence assessments he disagrees with
WASHINGTON — Despite growing foreign-policy misgivings about him even within the Republican Party, President Trump insisted in an interview aired Sunday that he feels free to ignore the assessments of his intelligence chiefs and instead act on his own beliefs. In the interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the president...
People flock outside as Western Pa. experiences 61-degree swing
Runners and walkers packed the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh and disc golfers at Deer Lakes Parks were ready to break out their shorts Sunday. Even morning temperatures of 36 degrees were warm enough for Tom Gillespie and Kristin Agona to enjoy their run through downtown
Greensburg. “This is...
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates for historic trip
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis landed Sunday in Abu Dhabi on the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, where he is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while ministering to an unusual, thriving Catholic community. Francis earlier Sunday called for the urgent observation of...
Federal move could ‘virtually destroy’ online gambling in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Online gaming is already a big hit even though it is still in its infancy. Internet gaming has generated a billion dollars in revenue for New Jersey casinos and millions in new income for the state treasuries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. But an unwelcome guest crashed the internet gaming...
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage in U.S. immigration custody
ATLANTA — Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation in the Atlanta area involving local and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan...
Kansas judge calls children the ‘aggressor’ in sex with 67-year-old man
Can children ages 13 and 14 years old be the aggressors in a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man? A Leavenworth County, Kan., judge said he thought so when he reduced the prison sentence for a man who paid for sex with young girls he solicited on the internet. District...
Winners and losers pack Rivers Casino for 1st Super Bowl with legal betting
Chris Renda won $100 with the flip of a coin. The Penn Hills resident was among the first winners Sunday at Rivers Casino as hundreds gathered to watch — and bet — on the Super Bowl. Renda bet on tails and started the game off a winner. “I’m undefeated,” he...
Trump: NFL people thankful he signed criminal justice bill
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said “a lot of people” from the NFL have been calling and thanking him for signing legislation addressing concerns with the criminal justice system. Trump also said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have set aside...
Trump expecting Patriots to capture 6th Super Bowl trophy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump expects the New England Patriots to win a sixth Super Bowl trophy Sunday. He calls quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick the best ever and says the New Orleans Saints were victims of a “terrible” call that possibly kept them...
Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law
WASHINGTON — The outcome of a fight over a Louisiana law regulating abortion providers could signal whether a fortified conservative majority on the Supreme Court is willing to cut back on abortion rights. The high court is expected to decide in the next few days whether the state can begin...
Annual Golden Gloves tournament to begin Saturday
The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League will host Golden Gloves tournament bouts Saturday at the Royal Place Restaurant, 2660 Library Road in Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the first bell set for 7. For information or tickets, call Gloria Cvetic at 412-576-9285. The Royal Place card is the...
Greensburg teacher ‘made you feel like the most important person in the room’
Ryan Soisson never had his mother as a teacher in school. But he isn’t sure it would have mattered. “She was a great teacher all the time,” he said. Kathryn N. Soisson of Greensburg died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. She was 52 years old. Mrs. Soisson was born July 12,...
Man shot friend, then self during argument after party in Apollo home, police say
A small party Friday night devolved into an argument early Saturday that ended with two men shot dead inside an Apollo home, police said Sunday. David Lee, 33, allegedly shot and killed David Gaydos, 25, both of Apollo, during an argument inside Lee’s home early Saturday, according to the Armstrong...
Boil-water advisory issued for Raccoon, Potter in Beaver County
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa has issued a boil-water advisory for customers in Raccoon and Potter in Beaver County following a water line break. An 8-inch water line along Green Garden Road broke Saturday, resulting in pressure loss in both townships. The Raccoon water storage tank also emptied following...
Virginia governor digs in, says he wasn’t in racist photo
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s insistence that no, on further consideration, that’s not him in the racist photo that appeared on his 1984 medical school yearbook page did nothing to quell the clamor from his own party Sunday for him to resign. In fact, the Democrat’s stunning about-face...
MMA fighter wanted in killings captured after escaping van
CONROE, Texas — An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Conroe police Lt. Scott Spencer said in...
Rapper Bow Wow arrested in Atlanta, charged with battery
ATLANTA — Atlanta police say rapper Bow Wow has been arrested following a fight with a woman. Police couldn’t tell who was the primary aggressor, so both were charged with battery. Officer Jarius Daugherty said in an email that the rapper, whose given name is Shad Moss, was arrested early...
Trump says release of Mueller report up to attorney general
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it’s “totally up to” his attorney general whether the public gets to read special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report. Trump was asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” whether he’d have a problem with a public release. He said: “I don’t know. It depends. I...
1 deputy killed, another wounded in 12-hour standoff in Ohio
CINCINNATI — A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Ohio that left another deputy wounded and a suspect in custody, authorities said Sunday. Capt. Jeff Sellars of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said officers responded about 7 p.m. Saturday to the...
Morning Parkway East crash shut down highway for about an hour
The eastbound lanes of the Parkway East near Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood are back open following an early-morning closure due to a crash. PennDOT officials reported the crash around 6:45 a.m. on Route 376 near the Forbes Avenue/Oakland exit. Trib news partner WPXI reported that a damaged pickup truck was towed...
