October 9, 2020 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The tensions between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump are getting even worse. Now she is questioning his fitness to serve. And she’s announced legislation that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and to remove the president from executive duties. Pelosi says Trump needs to disclose more about his health after his COVID-19 diagnosis. The president quickly answered back on Twitter, saying that “Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation.” Congress isn’t in legislative session, and so any serious consideration of the measure, let alone votes in the House or Senate, is unlikely.
October 9, 2020 4:07 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Gov. Jim Justice has announced bars around West Virginia University in Morgantown can reopen next Tuesday. The move comes a month after images of maskless college students packing bars led the governor to shut them down. Police and state alcohol regulators are expected to step up enforcement in the college town. He abruptly ordered Monongalia County bars to close indefinitely on Sept. 2, two days after allowing them to reopen. The owners of 12 restaurants and bars sued the governor and local officials in Morgantown last month in federal court over the shutdown.
October 9, 2020 4:06 am
Pennsylvania is reporting its highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections in more than five months. The Department of Health said Thursday that another 1,376 people tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. It was the second consecutive day that new infections rose above 1,300. Thursday’s statewide case count was the highest since April 30, when Pennsylvania recorded 1,397 new infections. Health officials cite increased spread among college and university students. The governor is expressing concern but says the state is in a much better position now to handle the influx than it was at the beginning of the pandemic.
October 9, 2020 4:04 am
(WPXI) – Beaver County leaders have confirmed to Channel 11 that President Donald Trump’s planned visit to western Pa. on Monday has been canceled. We have learned he was looking at holding an event in Ambridge in Beaver County, but that visit was scrapped Friday morning. It’s not clear why the visit was canceled, but sources tell Channel 11 it’s possible the president could visit another part of Pennsylvania.
October 9, 2020 2:04 am
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Authorities are trying to identify human remains found in a wooded area near an interstate overpass in West Virginia. News outlets cited a statement from the Morgantown Police Department in reporting two volunteers were cleaning a camp site along the Deckers Creek Rail-Trail near the Interstate 68 overpass on Wednesday when they found the remains inside of an old coke oven. Officers confirmed the remains were human, but did not find any forms of identification. Police were investigating the circumstances around the death and trying to determine an identity. Authorities said the remains will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office.
October 8, 2020 2:00 pm
DETROIT (AP) – Six people plotted to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home. That’s according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. The FBI said in the court filing that four of the six men had planned to meet Wednesday to “make a payment on explosives and exchange tactical gear.” The FBI quoted one of the accused as saying Whitmer “has no checks and balances at all.” Authorities scheduled a Thursday afternoon news conference to talk about the case. The government used informants and undercover agents to thwart the alleged plot. áThe criminal complaint said the plan involved Whitmer and her second home in northern Michigan. (Photo: CNN)
October 8, 2020 7:44 am
President Donald Trump says he won’t participate in next week’s debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden if it’s virtual. Debate organizers announced Thursday that the debate would be virtual because of Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19. The Commission on Presidential Debates made the announcement a week before Trump and Biden were scheduled to face off in Miami. It said the candidates will “participate from separate remote locations,” while the participants and moderator remain in Miami. But Trump told Fox News that he’s “not going to do a virtual debate.” He was diagnosed with the coronavirus a week ago and said he looked forward to debating Biden on stage in Miami.
October 8, 2020 6:21 am
A McMurray man was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon in Cross Creek Township. The Washington County Coroner’s office says 64 year old David Copeland was pronounced dead along Avella Road (State Route 50) just before 5 p.m. He was the operator of a three-wheel motorcycle that was traveling west when he struck a fallen tree in the road and lost control. A cause and manner of death are pending. State Police continue to investigate.
October 8, 2020 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The vice presidential debate featured plexiglass barriers erected to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. They were no match for the night’s most infamous intruder, a fly that briefly buzzed around the stage before spending a long stretch perched on Mike Pence’s head. The incident went unmentioned on the debate stage, with the Republican vice president and Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris continuing to discuss systemic racism in the justice system. But as the insect remained embedded in Pence’s white mane, the social media firestorm was immediate. It easily created more, well, buzz, than nearly anything else that occurred.
October 8, 2020 4:13 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is crediting an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19 and suggesting his diagnosis could be a “blessing in disguise” for the nation’s battle against the pandemic. But there is no way for the president or his doctors to know whether the drug had any effect. In a new White House video posted Wednesday evening, Trump says his improving condition sheds light on an experimental antibody cocktail. He promises to swiftly get the drug approved for broader use – and distribute it for free – even though he does not have the power to order that himself.
