August 21, 2019 1:50 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Christie Brinkley, Hannah Brown of “The Bachelorette” and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer are among the contestants on the next season of ”Dancing with the Stars.” ABC announced the celebrity lineup Wednesday on “Good Morning America.” The season kicks off Sept. 16. The lineup also includes Lauren Alaina, Ally Brooke, and Mary Wilson and athletes Lamar Odom and Ray Lewis. Kate Flannery, Karamo Brown, Kel Mitchell and James Van Der Beek round out the list of celebrity dancers. In a change from previous seasons, viewers won’t lean the celebrity-pro pairings until the season premiere. Professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd returns to the ballroom this year.
August 21, 2019 12:49 pm
About 50 people have been laid off from Southpointe-based CNX Resources Corp. and CNX Midstream Partners LP. CNX confirmed the layoffs, which impact corporate support and operational teams. The move comes as the company continues to combine jobs in the upstream and midstream operations, where CNX Resources and CNX Midstream are aligned. CNX Resources is the sponsor of the master limited partnership at CNX Midstream which owns gathering and midstream assets. CNX Midstream has the same CEO and CFO as CNX Resources; the companies work together in CNX’s real-time operations center and contract management.
August 21, 2019 10:29 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is insisting the U.S. already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases and is noting many of his supporters “are strong believers in the Second Amendment,” in another sign he is backing away from supporting expanded checks. Trump had said in the wake of shooting massacres in Texas and Ohio that he was looking to implement “very meaningful background checks” and that he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell very much wanted to “do something.” But Trump said Tuesday that while the current system has “sort of missing areas and areas that don’t complete the whole circle,” the system is overall “very, very strong.” He says he worries about the potential for a “slippery slope” where “all of a sudden everything gets taken away.”
August 21, 2019 10:26 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. That’s according to two DHS officials who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to discuss regulations not made public. They could come as early as this week. The move is almost certain to spark a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold families until their cases are decided. The so-called Flores agreement requires the government to keep children in the least restrictive setting possible and to release them generally after 20 days in detention. Because of those restrictions, migrant families coming into the country have been released into the U.S. while their asylum requests wind their way through the courts.
August 21, 2019 8:48 am
MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) – A shooting has left two youths wounded, including an 8-year-old boy who was struck by a stray bullet. Allegheny County police say the shooting in McKees Rocks occurred around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm on Locust Street, and a shot fired in that incident struck the younger boy who was standing outside an apartment complex about two blocks away. The 8-year-old, who was attending a party at the complex, was grazed in the leg by the stray bullet.
August 21, 2019 7:40 am
The Washington County Coroner’s office has not yet released the identity of the person killed after being struck by a train in downtown Charleroi Tuesday night. Officials say it happened around 10 p.m. when the person was struck by a Norfolk Southern Train near 7th Street and Railroad Way. Officials are still working to notify the next of kin. Norfolk Southern and Charleroi Police continue to investigate.
August 21, 2019 4:18 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years. The 85-year-old talk show host filed a petition to end the marriage Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Larry King and Shawn King, then a singer and TV host, married in 1997 and have two adult sons, Chance and Cannon. They both filed for divorce in 2010 but later reconciled.
Larry King has been married eight times to seven different women and has five children. He married and divorced Alene Akins twice. He has overcome several serious health issues in recent years, including a bout with lung cancer two years ago.
August 21, 2019 4:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says any Jewish people who vote Democratic show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Trump commented Tuesday amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Trump has taken several steps favored by Israel, while the Muslim lawmakers are outspoken critics of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Trump calls Omar a “disaster” for Jews and says he didn’t “buy” the tears Tlaib shed Monday as she discussed the situation. At Trump’s urging, Israel last week blocked the pair from entering the country. Israel later agreed to a humanitarian visit for Tlaib to visit her grandmother who lives in the West Bank. Tlaib declined. Recent polling shows that a majority of Jews identify as Democrats.
August 21, 2019 4:10 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A committee of Pennsylvania Game Commission staff has recommended a statewide ban on feeding white-tailed deer. The agency biologists say that banning artificial feeding stations would help slow the spread of wildlife diseases. They’re asking residents to voluntarily stop feeding deer. The commission often addresses wildlife outbreaks of insect-borne infections, West Nile Virus, and other flare-ups, but its scientists are most concerned about chronic wasting disease in deer. The neurological disorder is fatal, and exposure cannot be detected until shortly before the deer’s death. The disease has spread to herds in 23 states, including Pennsylvania, where it continues to spread. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that municipalities that have proposed feeding bans in the past have faced opposition and eventually abandoned the idea after backlash from voters who enjoy the pastime.
August 21, 2019 4:06 am
Approximately 50 North Strabane Residents gathered for a Special Hearing regarding the Amended Development Plan for the Scenic Valley Development on McDowell lane. The mood was much more cordial than in previous meetings about the development. Laurel Communities changed the idea for the 68 acre site after public outcry regarding a 4 story senior living facility was proposed. That development is now a two phase development that replaced that senior living facility with 74 townhomes and kept the original phase two development of 52 townhomes. Neighboring residents are relieved that the plan was amended to be what it is right now. Alan Bullard of neighboring Sunset Pointe states that Developer Terry Bowe of Laurel Communities was receptive to neighbors concerns and went to great lengths to try and please neighboring residents. Bullard was complimentary of Bowe and Laurel Communities calling them “Good Neighbors”. Supervisors expect to give final approval for the conditional use of the plan in an upcoming meeting.
