June 28, 2020 7:42 am
LONDON (AP) — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organization BMI to stop use of their material in Trump’s reelection campaign. “The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of its licensing agreement,” the Stones said. “If Donald Trump disregards the exclusion and persists, then he would face a lawsuit for breaking the embargo and playing music that has not been licensed.’’ The Stones had complained during Trump’s 2016 campaign about the use of their music to fire up his conservative base at rallies. The Rolling Stones’ 1969 classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” was a popular song for his events. It was played again at the close of Trump’s recent rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma — an indoor event criticized for its potential to spread coronavirus.
June 28, 2020 7:39 am
RED BLUFF, Calif (AP) — A man drove into a Northern California distribution center and started shooting at people, killing an employee and wounding four others before he was killed by police, authorities said. The shooting by a 31-year-old man with a semi-automatic rifle started about 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walmart distribution center south of Red Bluff, a city of about 14,000 people about 131 miles north of Sacramento, California. Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at a news conference that the shooter circled the parking lot four times before crashing into the building and opening fire with the rifle. Red Bluff Police officers shot and killed the suspect, KHSL-TV reported.
June 28, 2020 7:34 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — One man was stabbed in the face and another man died after he was stabbed multiple times overnight, police said. Investigator said they were called to a business near Lincoln Avenue and Loire Way just before 10 p.m. last night. Officers found a worker stabbed in the face. He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Police said the suspect left the store and walked up Lincoln Avenue. Near the intersection of Lincoln and Wiltsie Street, the person stabbed a second man multiple times. That victim was pronounced dead at the scene. There have not been any arrests in the case yet and police are still investigating.
June 28, 2020 7:32 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man has been charged with criminal homicide and other counts in a triple shooting that killed a 15-month-old boy in Pittsburgh more than seven years ago. The now-22-year-old Wilkinsburg man, who was a teenager at the time of the May 2013 shooting, was arrested Saturday on homicide, conspiracy, aggravated assault and weapon charges. Police say a group of 25 to 30 people were at a picnic in the East Hills neighborhood on May 21, 2013 when three people got out of a vehicle across the street and opened fire. Authorities say an aunt picked up Marcus White Jr. and apparently tried to shield him with her body, but a bullet struck her in the back and traveled through her before fatally wounding the child in the chest. Another aunt of the child was also wounded. Both adults survived. Detectives said at the time that they didn’t believe the victims were the intended targets.
June 28, 2020 4:53 am
FINLEYVILLE, Pa. – A Finleyville man died as a result of an ATV accident early Saturday morning in Union Township. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco reported the death of Tyler James Gereshenski, 21. According to authorities, Gereshenski was operating an ATV in the southbound lanes of the PA Turnpike State Route 43 around 12:15 a.m. when the vehicle was struck by an SUV near mile marker 44.4. Police say Gereshenski was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy, as the Pennsylvania State police continue the investigation of the incident. State Police were assisted by Allegheny Health Network Ambulance, Southeast Regional EMS and the Finleyville Fire Department.
June 27, 2020 4:54 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas and Florida have clamped down on bars in America’s biggest retreat yet as the nation’s daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to an all-time high of 45,300. In Florida, Miami-Dade County announced beaches would be closed for the Fourth of July weekend. Texas Governor Greg Abbott closed bars and scaled back restaurant capacity as the second-largest state sets records for cases and hospitalizations. It’s a reversal for a Republican governor who had pursued one of the nation’s most aggressive reopening efforts. In Asia, the number of confirmed cases in India topped 500,000, while China and South Korea battled smaller outbreaks in their capitals.
June 27, 2020 4:19 am
South Korea has reported 51 more confirmed coronavirus cases as new clusters emerge in the densely populated Seoul area where people have been increasingly venturing out despite government warnings against complacency. Thirty-five of the new cases are in the capital region, which is at the center of a COVID-19 resurgence threatening to erase earlier gains against the virus. Authorities are struggling to trace contacts and predict infection routes as new clusters pop up. Hundreds of infections have been linked to nightspots, church gatherings, restaurants and low-income workers who couldn’t afford to stay home. Officials are resisting calls to reimpose stronger social distancing guidelines, concerned about hurting the economy.
June 27, 2020 4:17 am
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s order Friday applies to children at three family detention centers in Texas and Pennsylvania operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Some have been detained since last year. Citing the recent spread of the virus in two of the three facilities, Gee set a deadline of July 17 for children to either be released with their parents or sent to family sponsors.
June 27, 2020 4:16 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A journalist who covered President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa on Saturday says he’s tested positive for COVID-19. Oklahoma Watch reporter Paul Monies said on Twitter he was notified Friday of his positive test result. Monies said he was inside the BOK Center in Tulsa for about six hours on Saturday during Trump’s rally. Monies said he was wearing a mask and mostly following social distancing guidelines. Monies was never near Trump and spent most of the time around other journalists. He said an epidemiologist who contacted him said it’s difficult to determine exactly when he contracted the virus.
June 27, 2020 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are intensifying their attacks on President Donald Trump and his Republican allies over health care. They’re hoping that an issue that helped lift the party during the midterms will prove even more resonant as the White House seeks to repeal the Affordable Care Act during a public health crisis. Spikes in coronavirus cases nationwide and the Trump administration’s filing this week supporting a GOP-led effort to dismantle the Obama-era law in the courts have offered Democrats an opportunity to return the issue to the spotlight. Republican attempts to dismantle the law is now an issue the party believes is even more crucial as the coronavirus ravages the nation.
