September 13, 2019 12:43 pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The family of rock Star Eddie Money says he has died at 70. Money died Friday. The husky-voiced, blue collar performer was known for such hits as “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight.” In 1987, he received a best rock vocal Grammy nomination for “Take Me Home Tonight,” which featured a cameo from Ronnie Spector.
September 13, 2019 11:51 am
McKEESPORT, Pa. (WPXI) – Police are looking for a man who they say ran from the car of a woman whose body was found Thursday morning at Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. Police are investigating it as a homicide. A man walking his dog found her body shortly before 10 a.m. The woman has not been identified, but she is described as black and was wearing a yellow sundress. Her body showed signs of strangulation based on an initial examination, according to police. Police said the woman might have died elsewhere, and her body then brought to the park in a car. Surveillance video showed a silver 2007 Chevrolet Impala with a sunroof and rear spoiler being driven in the park near where the woman’s body was found, shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, police said. That car belonged to the victim and was found Thursday night in the parking lot of Walmart in South Strabane Township. Police have arrested Clyde Cox, 27, and Daron Parks, 26 for being in that car, they are not charged in her death. Police are still looking for a man known as ‘Moe’ who they say ran from the car so they can question him further. An autopsy will be conducted Friday to determine the cause and manner of the woman’s death. Anyone with information is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tipline at 1-833-255-8477.
September 13, 2019 9:33 am
BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese state news agency says Beijing will lift punitive tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork ahead of trade negotiations. Soybeans were the biggest U.S. export to China before Beijing halted purchases in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes in a fight over trade and technology. The two sides are preparing for talks in October in Washington. Trump earlier postponed an increase in tariffs on Chinese imports.
September 13, 2019 9:21 am
An investigation is underway into an early morning house fire in Washington Friday. Crews were called to the two-hundred block of Allison Avenue just before 4 a.m. It took crews about thirty minutes to bring under control and there were no injuries as the result of the fire. Fire Chief Gerry Coleman says the occupant was not home when crews arrived. The fire was limited to the upper floor of the home. Coleman, however, did say that police had responded to a report of someone shooting fireworks out of a window in that area a short time before the fire broke out. He says it’s unclear whether or not the two incidents are connected.
September 13, 2019 8:55 am
BOSTON (AP) – Actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the sweeping college admissions scandal . The “Desperate Housewives” star was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty in May to a single count of conspiracy and fraud. She was also given a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and a year of supervised release. She has admitted to paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her daughter’s SAT exam answers in 2017. Prosecutors had recommended a month in prison and a $20,000 fine. Huffman’s lawyers said she should get a year of probation, 250 hours of community service and a $20,000 fine. Huffman said before sentencing that “I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I have inflicted more damage than I could ever imagine.” She’s the first parent to be sentenced among 34 charged in the scheme. (Photo: CNN)
September 13, 2019 4:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration has begun enforcing radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum as tens of thousands of migrants wait on the Mexican border, seeking refuge. The new U.S. policy would effectively deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border who aren’t from Mexico. It would disallow anyone who passes through another country without first seeking and failing to obtain asylum there. The rule will fall most heavily on Central Americans, mainly Hondurans and Guatemalans, because they account for most people arrested or stopped at the border. But it also represents an enormous setback for other asylum seekers, including large numbers of Africans, Haitians and Cubans who try to enter the United States by way of the Mexican border.
September 13, 2019 4:22 am
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has a tentative settlement to thousands of lawsuits alleging it was partly responsible for a national opioid crisis. But that doesn’t mean its court battles are over. More than 20 states and lawyers representing some 2,000 local governments have signed on, pending ironing out some details. But the majority of states have not agreed. And some are promising to continue their legal fights against the company and the Sackler family, which owns it, saying the settlement does not go far enough to hold the company accountable. They say they’re prepared to object to the proposed deal in bankruptcy court, where it heads next. More than 20 states have also filed lawsuits against members of the Sackler family. Several have said they intend to continue those cases.
September 13, 2019 4:21 am
BANGKOK (AP) – Pope Francis will meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Naruhito when he visits Japan in November. Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Pope Francis will visit Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki during his Nov. 23-26 visit. He said Abe invited Francis to visit Japan when he went to the Vatican in 2014. Suga said, “We welcome the visit as a way to gain understanding of the international community about atomic bombing.” Japan has not had such a visit since St. John Paul II was the first pope to visit Japan, in 1981. Japan, where the main religions are Buddhism and Shintoism, has about 441,000 Catholics, many in Nagasaki. Nagasaki, in southwestern Japan, is rich in the legacy of Christian missionaries dating back to the samurai era, including 26 martyrs killed in 1597. Francis has repeatedly called for a world without nuclear weapons.
September 13, 2019 4:19 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Early front-runner Joe Biden took on the most fire at Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate, and former Obama Housing Secretary Julián Castro was the most explicit in arguing it was time for a new generation. Castro also seemed to allude to speculation about the 76-year-old Biden’s mental acuity during an exchange about health care. When Biden denied that his health plan required people to buy into Medicare, Castro exclaimed, “Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?” Sen. Bernie Sanders faced sharp criticism about his universal health care plan from several candidates, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren was more in the background than in prior debates but didn’t damage herself. The likely result is little change in a primary that has been remarkably static for months.
September 13, 2019 4:12 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Pennsylvania attorney general is suing some members of the family that founded and controls Purdue Pharma over their role in the opioid crisis after a tentative settlement with 20 other states was announced. Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the sealed Commonwealth Court lawsuit on Thursday, arguing the defendants should take responsibility for pain they have caused. Shapiro’s office also has a lawsuit pending against Purdue Pharma over its marketing practices in the state. Shapiro says the two lawsuits will proceed independently. He says the new lawsuit claims Sackler family members “directed, controlled and participated in” a deceptive campaign to sell OxyContin. Messages seeking comment left with a lawyer and a spokesman for Sackler family members weren’t returned.
