October 12, 2020 4:23 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana officials have announced a second death from Hurricane Delta. The state Department of Health says a 70-year-old woman in Iberia Parish died in a fire likely caused by a natural gas leak following damage from the storm. Gov. John Bel Edwards said earlier Sunday that an 86-year-old man from St. Martin Parish died in a fire that started after he refueled a power generator in a shed. Delta made landfall Friday evening in southwest Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane and then began weakening quickly over land. It came weeks after Hurricane Laura battered the same region. Laura claimed 32 lives, though only seven of the deaths came the day that the hurricane struck. Many others were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from generators.
October 12, 2020 4:22 am
DENVER (AP) – Police say a private security guard working for a Denver TV station was jailed for investigation of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of another man during dueling right- and left-wing protests. The gunfire erupted Saturday afternoon. The Denver Post reports the guard – identified as 30-year-old Matthew Dolloff – was taken into custody after the clash in which another man apparently slapped him and sprayed him with Mace. The wounded man later died at a nearby hospital. Authorities did not reveal his name but family members identified him on Sunday as 49-year-old Lee Keltner.
October 12, 2020 4:20 am
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Joe Biden is campaigning in Ohio as he attempts to expand the battleground map and keep President Donald Trump on the defensive in a state thought to be out of reach after veering right in the presidential race four years ago. The Democratic presidential nominee on Monday stressed an economic message and promoted his own record while casting Trump as having abandoned working-class voters who helped him win Rust Belt states that put him in the White House in 2016. He held Monday rallies in Toledo and Cincinnati. Vice President Mike Pence held his own rally Monday in Columbus, while Trump had an evening rally planned in Florida.
October 12, 2020 4:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett’s confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day. In a competing effort to define the 48-year-old Barrett, who sat silent and wearing a face mask, Republican senators called President Donald Trump’s pick a thoughtful judge with impeccable credentials. Barring a dramatic development, Republicans appear to have the votes to confirm Barrett to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court.
October 12, 2020 4:18 am
UNDATED (AP) – Kentucky voters are about to get their first, and potentially only, chance to see a debate between Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Amy McGrath. They’re set to meet Monday evening for a socially distanced encounter. The debate will be aired on Gray Television’s Kentucky-based stations. It comes near the end of a big-spending campaign. McConnell is seeking a seventh term and has consistently led in polling. The rivals will debate at WKYT, and the Lexington station took a number of precautions in response to the coronavirus. Kentucky is in the midst of another spike of COVID-19 cases.
October 12, 2020 4:17 am
ATLANTA (AP) – People eager to cast ballots are lining up on Georgia’s first day of early in-person voting. Some voters showed up before dawn to be among the first in line. Problems soon developed at a massive voting site in the state’s most populous county. Fulton County spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez said technicians had to fix the electronic poll books used to check voters in at State Farm Arena, where the Atlanta Hawks NBA team plays. And the wait was up to four hours at Cobb County’s election headquarters. Early in-person voting began Monday throughout Georgia and runs through Oct. 30.
October 12, 2020 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania say two people were arrested after climbing onto a Pittsburgh bridge in an attempt to hang a protest banner. Police said the man and woman climbed the superstructure of the 6th Street/Roberto Clemente Bridge at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The bridge was then closed to traffic and fire department crews cut the line the protesters were using to try to hang the banner. The protesters were arrested after they descended three hours later. Public safety officials said criminal charges were planned but didn’t specify what they would be.
October 12, 2020 4:13 am
BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) – The wife of Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor says state police have identified and spoken with a woman who used a racial slur in confronting her at a western Pennsylvania grocery store. Gisele Fetterman says the woman appeared to recognize her and began harassing her late Sunday afternoon at a store near the Fetterman home in Braddock. She’s the wife of Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. Gisele Fetterman says the woman directed a racial epithet at her repeatedly, even following after Fetterman retreated to her vehicle in the parking lot. That’s where Fetterman recorded a two-second clip and posted it to social media. A state police spokesman says he is unsure of the status of any investigation and offered no immediate comment.
October 12, 2020 4:10 am
MCKEESPORT, Pa. —(WPXI) -The Serra Catholic high school football team is being suspended for two weeks after one person on the team tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Officials said one “individual with the team” tested positive, so more than 40 student-athletes and staff will quarantine as well over the next two weeks. In addition to the team postponing activities and quarantining, the release said the high school will be closed Monday — students will learn virtually out of “an abundance of caution.” According to the release, the person who tested positive for the coronavirus is following all health guidelines and experiencing only mild symptoms. Each person who was in close contact with that person is being notified by the health department. Last month, the high school closed for several days after two students tested positive for the virus.
October 11, 2020 7:55 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Sunday urged North Korea to commit to its past disarmament pledges while expressing concerns over the North’s unveiling of a suspected new long-range missile during a military parade. During celebrations marking the 75th birthday of its ruling party in Pyongyang on Saturday, North Korea paraded a variety of weapons systems, including two missiles that were disclosed for the first time to a foreign audience. One is what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile that is larger than any of the North’s known ICBMs, and the other would likely be an upgraded version of a missile that can be fired from submarines. While some experts say they could be mock-ups of missiles under development, their disclosures suggest North Korea has been continuously pushing to boost its weapons capability amid a stalemate in nuclear diplomacy with the United States.
