Horror film in Leechburg looking for extras to be bar patrons for Mia Z performance
A horror film that is shooting a scene in Leechburg and featuring singer Mia Zanotti is seeking extras to play bar patrons. The scene is slated to be shot sometime in April. The website for the movie, “Occurrence at Mills Creek,” describes the film’s premise as: “Cassandra awakens to a...
Sen. Schumer pushes for fentanyl sanctions against China days before trade talks
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced legislation Sunday to crack down on fentanyl producers in China, the world’s largest exporter of the lethal synthetic drug. The bill aims to impose economic sanctions on China and other countries that have turned a blind eye to companies and traffickers producing fentanyl,...
Congressman Walter Jones Jr. of North Carolina dies at 76
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. of North Carolina, a once-fervent supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who later became an equally outspoken Republican critic of the war, died Sunday, his 76th birthday. The congressman’s office confirmed his death in a statement, saying Jones died...
2 state legislators hear from proponents of Sunday hunting at Penn State New Kensington event
About 30 residents gathered at Penn State New Kensington on Sunday to learn more about a bill being considered in the state Legislature that would allow hunting on Sundays during hunting season. Most, if not all, of those in attendance were already in favor of such a change, but wanted...
2nd day of search in Brush Creek fails to locate reported body, officials say
For a second day Sunday, multiple Westmoreland and Allegheny County emergency response crews were unable to locate a body that a witness told police he saw floating Saturday in Brush Creek in North Huntingdon. Crews on Sunday entered the creek in inflatable rafts, dive teams from Monroeville and Murrysville responded,...
9 hurt when DUI suspect drives onto sidewalk in California
FULLERTON, Calif. — Witnesses and emergency responders lifted a pickup truck off people trapped when a driver plowed into a crowd on a sidewalk in Southern California early Sunday, injuring at least nine, authorities said. Police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after...
Trump’s Afghan envoy intensifies peace efforts with Taliban
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s special envoy for Afghanistan is returning to the country after stops in Europe and the Middle East for an extended diplomatic tour aimed at pushing a U.S. peace initiative. The State Department said in a statement Sunday that Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad...
Memorial set for Nashville musician Kyle Yorlets killed in robbery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mourners plan to gather Monday at a memorial service in Tennessee for musician Kyle Yorlets after the frontman for the rock band Carverton was gunned down during a robbery. The service will be held at Belmont University, Yorlets’ alma mater, the Nashville-based band said in a statement....
El Paso bristles at Trump’s claim that wall made city safe
EL PASO, Texas — People walking over the Paso del Norte Bridge linking this West Texas border city to Mexico can watch President Donald Trump’s border wall getting bigger in real time. Workers in fluorescent smocks can be seen digging trenches, pouring concrete and erecting rust-colored slabs of 18-foot-high metal...
Shutdown deadline looms as wall negotiations hit a snag
WASHINGTON — As negotiations over a border security hit a snag, the White House on Sunday would not rule out another federal government shutdown even as it signaled a willingness to obtain funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed wall by other means. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney,...
Tabloid CEO’s lawyer denies Enquirer tried to extort Jeff Bezos
WASHINGTON — The National Enquirer committed neither extortion nor blackmail by threatening to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, an attorney for the head of the tabloid’s parent company said Sunday. Elkan Abromowitz, an attorney for American Media Inc. chief executive David Pecker, said on Sunday a “reliable...
Embattled Virginia governor: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam considered resigning amid a scandal that he once wore blackface, but the pediatric neurologist said Sunday that he’s “not going anywhere” because the state “needs someone that can heal” it. Northam made the comments on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying it’s been...
Finnish report: Some troops helped to kill Jews in WWII
HELSINKI — An Israeli Holocaust historian on Sunday praised Finnish authorities for publishing a report concluding that the country’s volunteer battalion, which served with Nazi Germany’s Waffen-SS, took part in atrocities during World War II, including participating in the mass murder of Jews. Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center...
NY woman resorts to baseball bat after patty not available
NEW YORK — A woman who couldn’t get a beef patty at a favorite New York eatery used a baseball bat in protest. On Saturday, police released surveillance video of the woman in action in the Bronx — smashing a restaurant’s windows after learning the eatery had run out of...
Two drivers killed in separate Indiana County crashes, troopers say
Two people were killed in separate accidents Saturday in Indiana County, according to state police. Christine Pierce, 55, of Indiana, was killed in the first crash that occurred at 10:32 a.m. on the 3500 block of Route 286 in White Township, state police said. Troopers reported Pierce’s vehicle crossed the...
Megan’s Law shines light on Alle-Kiski Valley sex offenders
Former Leechburg police Chief Mike Diebold’s headline-grabbing release from the Westmoreland County jail two weeks ago concerned some residents who felt he shouldn’t live near three schools because he’s a registered sex offender. Sex offenders rarely garner such attention when they get out of jail. Often, their neighbors are unaware...
10th Street Bypass reopened as floodwaters recede
The 10th Street Bypass between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and 10th Street in Pittsburgh reopened to traffic Sunday morning, PennDOT District 11 has announced. The section was closed Friday due to flooding along the Allegheny River. On Saturday, PennDOT also reopened the “bathtub” area of the Parkway East and the southbound...
South Korea, U.S. sign new cost-sharing deal for US troops
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says it has signed a new deal with the United States on how much Seoul should pay for the U.S. military presence on its soil. Sunday’s signing followed rounds of failed negotiations on the matter that caused worries about the decades-long military alliance between...
Afghan lawmaker says airstrikes kill 21 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan — Airstrikes in the southern Helmand province have killed 21 civilians, including women and children, an Afghan lawmaker said. Thirteen civilians were killed in one strike and eight in another, Mohammad Hashim Alkozai, a senator from Helmand, said Sunday. Both airstrikes were carried out late Friday in the...
Keystone park vistas inspire award-winning New Alexandria photographerVideo
Keystone State Park hides few sites around its 78-acre lake that Carolyn Anderson hasn’t explored. “I have probably been at every spot you can be at,” said the lifelong resident of nearby New Alexandria. “I’ve been in the bushes, hanging from trees, everything.” Anderson travels to the Derry Township park...
Fayette County man flown to hospital after suffering burns in Saltlick fire, dispatcher says
Multiple fire departments from Fayette and Westmoreland counties responded to a house fire Sunday in Saltlick Township where one resident reportedly suffered burns, according to a Fayette County dispatcher. The dispatcher said an elderly male resident inside the house on Stanton Road, near Champion, was airlifted by medical helicopter to...
Dems’ 2020 field now includes Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined the growing group of Democrats jostling to be president and positioned herself as the most prominent Midwestern candidate in the field, as her party tries to win back voters in a region that helped put Donald Trump in the White House....
Snow returning to southwestern Pennsylvania Sunday, forecasters say
Southwestern Pennsylvanians will likely see a return of snow to the region late Sunday afternoon that could result in two inches of snow by Monday morning, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Moon. Shannon Hefferan, a meteorologist, said Pittsburgh area residents can expect a new weather system...
Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents and trying to get shots on their own
Ethan Lindenberger, frustrated by years of arguments about his mother’s anti-vaccination stance, staged a quiet defection via Reddit. The Norwalk, Ohio, teenager needed advice, he said, on how to inoculate himself against infectious disease and his family’s dogma. At 18, he was old enough, Lindenberger explained. He wanted to get...
More snow for storm-buried Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE — Pacific Northwest residents who are more accustomed to rain than snow were digging out from a winter storm and bracing for more on Sunday. The sun was out but the National Weather Service said snow would return late in the afternoon into the evening across the Northwest. Snowfall...
