November 11, 2021 4:09 am
HOUSTON (AP) – A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died. Attorney James Lassiter says Bharti Shahani died Wednesday. Her family says Shahani was studying electronics systems engineering at Texas A&M University and had been set to graduate next spring. She is the 9th person to die after festival goers rushed the stage Friday night when headliner Travis Scott took to the stage. Hundreds of others were injured in the melee. A criminal investigation into the deaths at Astroworld is underway.
November 11, 2021 4:08 am
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday that he was under attack when he shot three men during a turbulent night of street protests in Kenosha. Rittenhouse said he didn’t do anything wrong and was defending himself. His testimony was interrupted at one point by an angry exchange during which Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked for a mistrial over what they argued were “out-of-bounds” questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor. The judge did not immediately rule on the request. The startling turn came after Rittenhouse, in a high-stakes gamble, took the stand and testified that he was under attack when he shot three men during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha. The 18-year-old said: “I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”
November 11, 2021 4:06 am
BALTIMORE (AP) – President Joe Biden is touting his $1 trillion infrastructure plan as an eventual fix for the nation’s inflation and supply chain woes – if Americans just have the patience to wait for the construction to begin. The president toured the Port of Baltimore Wednesday at the start of what is likely to be a national tour to showcase his signature legislation. The bill cleared Congress last week and he will sign it next Monday. He declared that the spending would improve transportation of products and supplies from overseas and within the U.S. – an important promise as Americans are coping with the highest annual inflation rate since 1990.
November 11, 2021 4:04 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Chris Stapleton won the most trophies, but Luke Combs won the biggest one at the Country Music Association Awards. Stapleton’s six trophies Wednesday night included album, single and song of the year. Combs, another of the night’s top nominees, won just one award but made it a big one with entertainer of the year. The Brothers Osborne won vocal duo of the year for the fourth time. Lead singer T.J. Osborne, who came out as gay this year, was emotional as he thanked the audience for its support. Jimmie Allen became the second Black performer to win best new artist.
November 11, 2021 4:02 am
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has ordered a halt to enforcement of the Texas mask mandate ban in the state’s schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled Wednesday in Austin that the ban ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott violated a federal law protecting disabled students’ access to public education. The nonprofit advocacy group Disabled Rights Texas argued that Abbott’s ban prohibited accommodations for disabled children particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Yeakel prohibited Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from suing school districts that require students to wear masks as a safety measure. Messages seeking comment from Abbott’s and Paxton’s offices were not immediately returned Wednesday.
November 11, 2021 2:42 am
A Burgettstown man who scuffled with his father and shot him dead will face trial. Twenty-four-year-old Joseph Robert Warrick, Jr. requested that he have a jury trial on felony homicide and aggravated assault charges. Warrick got into an argument with his father Joseph Robert Warrick, Sr. over a missing vape pen. The argument turned physical and when the younger Warrick got loose, he pulled a gun from a holster and the gun fired killing Warrick, Sr. The district attorney offered a plea deal of third degree murder but Warrick, Jr. would not agree. The trial will be scheduled for February of 2022.
November 11, 2021 2:10 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A state court has thrown out an order by Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools, but the Wolf administration plans an appeal. Commonwealth Court ruled that the mask mandate didn’t comply with rules for setting regulations and was adopted without an existing disaster emergency declared by the governor. Commonwealth Court sided 4-1 with the ranking Republican in the state Senate and others who sued to challenge the masking order that took effect in early September. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday announced he’ll return authority over masking decisions to local school districts in January.
November 10, 2021 3:23 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Just call him sexy – after all, People magazine has. Paul Rudd has been named 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive. The actor, who has starred in “Ant-Man,” “Clueless” and This is 40,” was revealed last night on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Rudd tells the magazine for its issue this week that some will be surprised by him receiving the honor – but he won’t turn it down. Previous winners include George Clooney, Idris Elba, Brad Pitt, Michael B. Jordan and Adam Levine. (Photo: AP)
November 10, 2021 1:40 pm
(AP) – Brian Williams says he’s leaving NBC News at the end of the year. He remade his career as an MSNBC host after losing his job as “NBC Nightly News” anchor in 2015 for making false claims about his role in a wartime story. His contract is ending in December, and Williams said in a note to staff members that “following much reflection,” he had decided to leave. He said he plans to take several months off to spend time with his family and that “I’ll pop up again somewhere.” Williams was the top-rated news anchor on television for a decade until his downfall in 2015.
November 10, 2021 12:53 pm
A Pennsylvania State Trooper facing a felony aggravated assault charge continued his case. Dustin Schumacher, 30 of Claysville showed up at his preliminary hearing without his attorney. The Attorney General explained that he could postpone his hearing until his attorney could be present or waive the charges to court to get the process moving. No plea deal would be made at the magisterial level. Schumacher was arrested by State Police when they were called to a Claysville residence at 3:20 AM on September 27 where it was reported that Schumacher was causing a disturbance. When troopers arrived, Schumacher yelled at them and pushed one of them to the ground. Schumacher has been suspended without pay pending the resolution of the charges against him. His next hearing is December 8.
