February 13, 2020 2:49 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two former Ohio State football players have pleaded not guilty to holding a woman against her will and raping her. Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint made an initial appearance Thursday in Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus. Their attorneys entered the pleas on their behalf. Both were kicked off the team Wednesday after the charges came to light. The accuser told police that on Feb. 4th she was having consensual sex with Riep before Wint came into the room and both forced her into sex. Riep is a cornerback entering his senior season. Wint is a redshirt senior who would have been in the mix at safety.
February 13, 2020 12:37 pm
DETROIT (AP) –
A Pittsburgh-area official accused of obstructing police at a Detroit hotel has pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace and was placed on probation. The charge is a misdemeanor. Prosecutors say the case could be dismissed if Chelsa Wagner completes the six-month probation without any problems. Wagner is a Democrat and the elected controller in Allegheny County. She was accused of interfering with police as officers tried to remove her husband from the Westin Book Cadillac hotel last March. Hotel staff had called 911 to report that Mosley was unruly during a dispute over registration and a room key.
February 13, 2020 12:30 pm
(WPXI) – A toddler was in the back seat of her father’s SUV when he crashed into a Pittsburgh police vehicle and two other vehicles while drunk, authorities said. Three officers were in the police vehicle when the crash happened shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Columbo Street and North Negley Avenue, police said. None of the officers were hurt. When two officers got out of their vehicle, they ordered the man driving the SUV to stay parked and remain inside. Instead, 43-year-old Mario Plowden drove away and nearly hit the officers, according to police. Police followed the SUV into the city’s Morningside neighborhood, where Plowden stopped on King Avenue and was arrested, officials said. Plowden, according to police, admitted he was driving under the influence, telling officers he had some drinks on Broad Street. He had to be held up by officers and was then given a breathalyzer test. Police found Plowden’s young daughter when they went to search the SUV. They said the girl was in the back seat and her car seat was not anchored down. She was not hurt, but she was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to be evaluated before being given to her mother.
February 13, 2020 9:56 am
The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers nationwide is filing for bankruptcy protection. McClatchy Co. said it will continue to run normally as it pursues approval of its restructuring plan under Chapter 11. Its 30 local newsrooms are operating as usual. McClatchy expects fourth-quarter revenue of $183.9 million, down 14% from a year earlier. Its 2019 revenue is anticipated to slide 12.1% from the previous year. The publisher’s origins date to 1857 when it first began publishing a four-page paper in Sacramento, California, following the California Gold Rush. That paper became The Sacramento Bee.
February 13, 2020 8:58 am
A man had to be rescued from his vehicle after it became stranded along a flooded portion of Marianna Ten Mile Road in West Bethlehem Township near Rudnick’s. Washington County 9-1-1 says three people were in the vehicle. Fire crews from Marianna and Lone Pine along with State Police responded. No identities have been released. The flooding resulted from heavy rains overnight. Officials are reminding motorists not to drive through flooded out roads.
February 13, 2020 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michael Bloomberg says none of the other candidates in the Democratic primary field had answers when asked in last week’s debate why they’re better prepared than he is to take on President Donald Trump. Bloomberg campaigned in Nashville on Wednesday to mark the first day of early voting in Tennessee. The billionaire former New York City mayor says he has “workable and achievable plans” and knows how to get work done. He says he could provide health insurance to everyone by building on “Obamacare” and without massive tax increases. That’s a clear distinction with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary and has championed “Medicare for All.”
February 13, 2020 4:20 am
DENVER (AP) – Sen. Bernie Sanders’ strong showing in Democrats’ presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire is worrying members of the party back in Congress. Their concern: that the Vermont independent is a self-proclaimed socialist who embraces programs like Medicare for All. And that could scare away the very moderate voters that Democrats will need to protect their majority in the House and to give them a shot at gaining enough seats to win Senate control. Democrats are holding numerous nervous huddles about Sanders and his impact on them, but many say there’s little they can do but watch the primaries and hope.
February 13, 2020 4:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is about to face some of his harshest critics in Congress. Barr has agreed to testify on March 31 before the House Judiciary Committee. The appearance comes as questions swirl about whether Barr intervened in the case of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump. Democrats plan to ask Barr about the department’s decision to overrule four federal prosecutors on the amount of prison time recommended for Stone. After the decision, the prosecutors immediately quit. Trump tweeted a congratulations to Barr “for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have been brought.”
February 13, 2020 4:16 am
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s health ministry says 44 more people on a quarantined cruise ship have tested positive for the virus that causes the new disease known as COVID-19. The ship has 218 people infected with the virus out of 713 people tested since the ship returned to the Yokohama Port on Feb. 3. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato says five patients now in hospitals have severe symptoms and are on artificial respirators or under intensive care. Japan’s government has decided to allow passengers older than 80 to get off the ship if they wish to do so after testing negative for the virus. Those with chronic health problems or in cabins without windows will be given priority.
February 13, 2020 4:15 am
BEIJING (AP) – China is reporting 254 new deaths and a spike in virus cases of more than 15,000, after its hardest-hit province applied a new system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the outbreak, which has spread to more than 20 countries. Japan is also reporting its first death. The hardest-hit Chinese province has replaced its top officials in an apparent response to public criticism of local authorities’ handling of the epidemic. The total deaths in mainland China now are more than 1,300, with confirmed cases exceeding 59,000. That number now includes patients who have been diagnosed with a doctors’ analysis combined with lung imaging, as opposed to waiting for laboratory test results.
