September 1, 2020 2:06 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The number of deaths from the coronavirus continues to surge in West Virginia while confirmed cases hit a new daily record. Health officials announced eight more virus-related deaths Tuesday, pushing the state’s total to at least 222 deaths. That’s up 91% since Aug. 1. The latest deaths include three residents apiece from Kanawha and Logan counties and one each from Mingo and Monroe counties. Despite Gov. Jim Justice’s indoor mask mandate issued July 6, daily positive cases have skyrocketed. According to the Department of Health and Human Resources’ website, the state reported 225 confirmed cases Sunday, topping the one-day record of 180 set on July 30.
August 31, 2020 5:17 pm
(AP) – Delta and American are following the example set by United Airlines and saying they will drop an unpopular $200 fee on customers who change a ticket for travel within the United States. The moves come as airlines try desperately to lure people back to flying. Although air travel has recovered slightly since April, it is still down sharply. Normally in summer, 2 million or more people pass through security checkpoints at U.S. airports each day. That number hasn’t been above 900,000 since the early days of the pandemic in mid-March. But in dropping change fees, airlines are abandoning a lucrative extra.
August 31, 2020 12:54 pm
State Police in Greensburg are investigating the death of a Washington County woman who was killed late Sunday in a crash in Westmoreland County. Authorities say 41-year-old Lucinda Jones of Finleyville died in an accident around ten o’clock in the 500 block of Arona Road in Arona. Jones was taken to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville where she was pronounced dead.
August 31, 2020 10:22 am
LATROBE, Pa. — President Donald Trump will be in Latrobe Thursday. Trump will be speaking at 7 p.m. at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, according to a news release. Doors will open at 4 p.m.
August 31, 2020 4:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions as he unleashed a flurry of tweets Sunday about a deadly clash between his supporters and protesters in Portland, Oregon. Trump’s critics also pointed to the president’s plans to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, the site of another police-involved shooting. Local Democratic leaders denounced Trump’s plans to visit Kenosha. A man was shot and killed in Portland after a large caravan of Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the city’s streets. In tweets Sunday, Trump praised the caravan participants as “GREAT PATRIOTS!” and blamed the city’s Democratic mayor for the death.
August 31, 2020 4:26 am
BRYAN, Texas (AP) – Three people have been killed and a fourth critically injured when a plane crashed at the city-owned airport in Bryan, Texas. City spokesperson Kristen Waggener said details of the Sunday afternoon crash, including a possible cause, were not yet known. Federal Aviation spokesperson Lynn Lunsford said the single-engine airplane with four people on board crashed at Coulter Field Airport, about 85 miles northwest of Houston shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The names of those on board have not been released. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
August 31, 2020 4:24 am
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – Scores of police supporters gathered in downtown Kenosha where protesters have demonstrated against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend. Some attending the rally in the Wisconsin city on Sunday wore “back the blue” shirts. Others carried American flags. They applauded when law enforcement vehicles rolled by. A Kenosha police officer shot Blake in the back Aug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Blake’s shooting. Some protests have devolved into unrest. On Tuesday, two people were killed by an armed civilian during protests in Kenosha.
August 31, 2020 4:23 am
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters that led to an argument between the president and the city’s mayor over who was to blame for the violence. On Saturday evening a caravan of about 600 vehicles packed with Trump supporters drove through the liberal city and was met with counter-protesters. Skirmishes broke out and, about 15 minutes after the caravan left the city, a supporter of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer was fatally shot.
August 31, 2020 4:23 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Racing the political clock, Democrats are searching for way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says most briefings on what the administration knows about efforts to influence the election will now be given to Congress in writing. He says that in the past, delivering “all-member” briefings in-person has resulted in “leaks” for political purposes within moments. A top Democrat calls that “a lie.” But there’s little time for Democrats to challenge the decision in the shadow of the Nov. 3 election and few options to compel the administration to change course.
August 31, 2020 4:19 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Joe Biden is forcefully condemning the violence at recent protests while also blaming President Donald Trump for fomenting the divide that’s sparking it. He’s dismissing his presidential opponent as incapable of tackling the violence himself. Biden said Monday in Pittsburgh that Trump can’t stop the violence “because for years he’s fomented it.” Trump says Biden won’t condemn the violence, but Biden said Monday, “It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted.” (Photo: WPXI)
