September 30, 2020 4:11 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky judge delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police. That’s according to the state Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office. Audio recordings of the proceedings were originally supposed to be released Wednesday. Cameron’s office asked a Louisville court for a week’s delay, so it could redact the names of witnesses and personal information such as addresses and phone numbers. Cameron’s spokeswoman said Wednesday that a judge granted a shorter delay, giving the attorney general until noon Friday. Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville home by police who were executing a narcotics warrant in March.
September 30, 2020 4:09 am
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Authorities in Florida say a woman has been killed and a man hospitalized following a shooting at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says it responded to the center Tuesday night, where deputies found the woman dead at the scene. The man has been taken to a hospital with injuries that haven’t been detailed. Lt. J.D. Stronko said early findings show the two may have been in a “domestic relationship.” Investigators think they were both Amazon employees. This is the second shooting outside the Amazon facility this year. In June, a targeted shooting left one person dead and two others wounded.
September 30, 2020 4:08 am
CLEVELAND (AP) – The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night. Trump in particular repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry – and personal – comments that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has of a nation facing historic crises. There were heated clashes over the president’s handling of the pandemic, the integrity of the election results, deeply personal attacks about Biden’s family and how the Supreme Court will shape the future of the nation’s health care. Trump also refused to condemn white supremacists who have supported him, telling one such group known as Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.”
September 30, 2020 4:03 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A few hundred people brought their support for gun rights to the steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol building for what is an annual rally. Tuesday’s gathering constituted a pep rally, provided an update on the gun lobby’s legislative efforts and opposition, and gave participants an opportunity to target Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and other political opponents. áOrganizers said rainy weather and the pandemic may have kept down attendance. Cease Fire PA, which advocates to reduce the harm done by firearms, says about 1,600 people have been killed by guns in Pennsylvania in the past year.
September 30, 2020 4:01 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s counties are pressing lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf to allow them to process mail-in ballots before Election Day in the battleground state as they consider the prospect of waiting until polls open to dig into 3 million envelopes. Allowing counties time to process mail-in ballots before Election Day remained stuck Tuesday in a wider partisan dispute between the Democratic governor and the Republican-controlled Legislature. County officials say processing mail-in ballots before Election Day will speed up vote counting amid concerns that a presidential election result will hang in limbo for days on Pennsylvania’s vote count. Meanwhile, Philadelphia on Tuesday opened seven satellite election offices.
September 29, 2020 4:58 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A 39-year-old woman has been charged in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his California home. Prosecutors say Sodsai Dalzell was charged Tuesday with attempted kidnapping and burglary. She appeared in court, but it’s not clear whether she entered a plea. An email to her attorney wasn’t immediately returned. Montana told sheriff’s deputies the baby was asleep in his Malibu home when a woman he didn’t know entered and grabbed the child. Authorities say Montana’s wife, Jennifer, pried the child out of the arms of Dalzell, who fled and was later arrested.
September 29, 2020 4:47 pm
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. She is the 14th justice to be buried at the cemetery. Washington last week honored the 87-year-old Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, with two days where the public could view her casket at the top of the Supreme Court’s steps and pay their respects. On Friday, the women’s rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so. (Photo: CNN)
September 29, 2020 11:56 am
Classes will continue as normal in the Ringgold School District after two students at Ringgold South Elementary tested positive for the coronavirus. District officials say they were informed of the positive cases early Monday morning and contact tracing was conducted to determine who may have been in close contact with the students. They say anyone who may have been in close contact with them will be notified and asked to self-quarantine for fourteen days. In a letter to parents, district officials say the Pennsylvania Department of Health has not recommended any closures or cancellation of classes at this time.
September 29, 2020 4:35 am
A 24-year-old man has been arrested following a police chase that began in Allegheny County, wound its way through Washington County, moved into West Virginia and ended in Ohio. Authorities say Shad Boccella began his crime spree on Saturday when he assaulted two women in a parking lot on East Carson Street and stole their car, only to abandon it a short distance away. Police say he was then arrested and taken to jail after reports of a theft at a restaurant on the South Side. Boccella was released from jail on Sunday but then reportedly stole a bike from someone on a bridge in McKeesport, and then tried to jump into a boat that was being towed away. Police say Boccella was high on meth, and he was arrested again and taken back to jail, only to be released again Monday morning. Shortly after that, the chase began. It eventually ended in St. Clairsville, Ohio where Boccella was arrested and is currently in the Belmont County Jail in Ohio on fleeing and eluding charges. He’s facing charges in Pittsburgh as well.
September 29, 2020 4:15 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s governor says the state is showing signs of a potential new surge of coronavirus cases. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that could prompt another shutdown of businesses and further delay school reopenings. The number of new cases in California has improved over the last few weeks, but Newsom said he is concerned about the “reproduction number” in several highly-populated areas. A number greater than one means the virus is spreading. The “R number” is close to one in the San Francisco Bay area and in parts of Southern California. Still, the Newsom administration plans to lift virus restrictions in more counties on Tuesday.
