(New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pa.) At a news conference that was held Thursday afternoon by Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli she identified The 9-year-old boy who was found dead in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, on Wednesday morning.
Ziccarelli identified the boy as Azuree Charles and she confirmed there is a person of interest in the case but did not provide any other details.
Azuree’s father, Jean Charles, was arrested on Wednesday by police for charges unrelated to the case and he is currently being held in jail.
Anyone with information is asked to call the New Kensington Police Department at 724-339-7533.

In this image made from video supplied by NASA, SpaceX Dragon space capsule is lifted out of the water after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, May 6, 2022. NASA’s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and the European Space Agency’s Matthias Maurer undocked from the International Space Station less than 24 hours earlier. (NASA via AP)
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has returned four astronauts from the International Space Station with a midnight splashdown off the Florida coast. Friday’s homecoming for the three Americans and one German caps the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s space taxi service. The astronauts rode back to Earth in the same capsule that delivered them to the space station last November. They departed the orbiting lab Thursday, after spending nearly a week with their replacements. Their mission was highlighted by NASA’s first paying guests, three millionaires who visited last month. SpaceX handled everyone’s travel.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates resumed their ascent this week, as the key 30-year loan reached its highest point since 2009. The increases came in the week preceding the widely anticipated action by the Federal Reserve, announced Wednesday, to intensify its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point and signaling further large rate hikes to come. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the 30-year rate rose to 5.27% from 5.1% last week. The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages jumped to 4.52% from 4.4% last week.

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LONDON (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries are gradually increasing the amount of crude they send to the world. That decision Thursday comes even as Europe’s proposed phaseout of Russian oil threatens to yank millions of barrels off a global market already thirsty for crude. The cautious approach from the OPEC+ alliance — which includes non-member Russia — will exacerbate a global energy crunch. Prices are expected to rise further for oil and the gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel made from it. OPEC+ has stuck with its road map to gradually open the oil taps, agreeing to add 432,000 barrels per day in June.

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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It’s been two months since the contentious, once-a-decade process to redraw Pennsylvania legislative districts wrapped up. These days a couple hundred candidates hoping to unseat or succeed state lawmakers are rushing headlong into the homestretch of a primary election that will greatly cull their numbers. The state’s legislative redistricting commission produced a map reflecting dramatic shifts in demographics and giving Democrats hope they can gain seats in a General Assembly that has been controlled by Republican majorities for nearly all of the last three decades. Going before voters in the May 17 primary election will be candidates for all 203 House and 25 of 50 Senate seats.

(Aliquippa, Pa.) The American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania Region responded to a multi-family fire in the 500 Block of Superior Avenue in Aliquippa, Beaver County on Thursday, May 5, 2022.

The fire displaced 75 residents from 40 units in the apartment building including 52 adults and 23 children.

Residents were transported to the Salvation Army Building at 514 Franklin Avenue for initial assessment.

The Red Cross has established a shelter at the Franklin Avenue location to provide overnight accommodations, emergency assistance, meals, and recovery planning for displaced residents.

Anyone in need of Red Cross assistance should call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio

(Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pa.) Hopewell Township officials are  warning   anyone wishing to post  political signs on the islands at the Five Points intersection in Hopewell Township not to do so.  The signs will be removed and will be placed behind the police station where they can be picked up.  The township has a program in place where only flowers are to be planted there by those designated to do so.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Twp., Pa.) Center Township Supervisors held their work session last week  and reported that a traffic study was done  for a Sheetz  that would be located just off I-376. Senior Staff Engineer Joshua  Haydo from David E. Wooster and Associates are working  with developers  on the proposed project.  Center Township’s planning commission hasn’t met with the  developer on the proposed project  which would be located  between I-376  and  a new GetGo  currently under construction. on the site where Toys ‘r’ Us was located..

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa Fire Chief Dave Foringer reported that his department was dispatched to Valley Terrace Apartments Building D  at 2:05 a.m. Thursday morning for a couch on fire.  The chief said  they were  assisted by 7 neighboring departments to put out the fire that  started  on a couch.