November 26, 2023 4:14 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Katayoun “Kat” Copeland says she’s running for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 2024. Copeland is a Republican who recently left her job in the U.S. attorney’s office in Pennsylvania to run for attorney general. Copeland also was a prosecutor for Delaware County and served for two years as the court-appointed district attorney there. Copeland has competition for the Republican nomination. York County’s district attorney, Dave Sunday, has announced his candidacy. Four Democrats have announce their candidacy. The attorney general’s office is Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement office. Candidates must file paperwork by Feb. 13 to appear on the April 23 primary ballot.
January 3, 2023 4:24 am
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A criminology graduate student charged in the slayings of four University of Idaho students has waived his right to an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania so he can be taken more quickly to Idaho to stand trial. Twenty-eight-year-old Bryan Kohberger was arrested on first-degree murder charges early Friday by state police at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania and appeared in court there Tuesday. His attorney says the Washington State University criminology graduate student is eager to be exonerated and should be presumed innocent. Kohberger’s family expressed sympathy for the victims’ families but vowed to support him.
February 22, 2022 4:15 am
TORONTO (AP) – Canadian lawmakers have voted to extend the emergency powers that police can invoke to quell any potential restart of blockades by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions. Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted 185 to 151 to affirm the powers Monday night. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier that the powers were still needed despite police ending the occupation of the nation’s capital by truckers over the weekend and police ending border blockades before that. The emergencies act allows authorities to declare certain areas as no-go zones. It also allows police to freeze truckers’ personal and corporate bank accounts and compel tow truck companies to haul away vehicles.
March 29, 2021 4:16 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Prosecutors at the trial of Derek Chauvin played a video showing white former Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds as the Black man pleaded for his life and went limp. The video posted to Facebook soon after Floyd’s arrest by a bystander shows Chauvin pinning Floyd at the officers’ squad car and ignoring onlooker shouts to get off him. Chauvin’s trial began Monday with prosecutor Jerry Blackwell telling jurors that Chauvin “didn’t let up, he didn’t get up” even after Floyd said 27 times that he couldn’t breathe and went motionless. The defense says it’ll show that Chauvin reacted exactly as he was trained. The widely seen video sparked waves of outrage across the U.S. and beyond.
May 30, 2020 4:16 am
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – The federal government has cited a Georgia nursing home for taking longer than 24 hours to report that six workers had been hospitalized with the coronavirus. The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Friday that it’s the agency’s first citation for a workplace safety violation related to COVID-19. The agency proposed a fine of $6,500 for a violation it concluded was “other than serious.” The nursing home’s administrator, Katy Callaway, said she had not received the citation and declined to comment.
August 10, 2019 4:11 am
PLUM, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man whose 3-year-old daughter drowned last week is now facing charges after police say he left his two young children alone in the pool to go inside and make a drink. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday, 27-year-old Charles Mitchell told officers he returned to the backyard Aug. 1 to find his daughter submerged in the deep end of the pool and pulled her out and started CPR. Mitchell has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment. No attorney is listed in court documents. Police say he told them his 4-year-old son wanted to swim but his daughter didn’t, so he put a life vest on his son and his daughter stayed outside while he left for five minutes to fix a ginger ale mixed with an apple-flavored alcohol. They say he later changed his statement to say it was only ginger ale.
September 23, 2024 5:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months. The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election. Bipartisan negotiations began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in the House. House Speaker Mike Johnson dropped his plan to link temporary funding with a mandate that would have compelled states to require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.
November 26, 2023 3:46 am
A Washington man was arrested on Thanksgiving afternoon after a car chase through the City of Washington. According to police, the incident began as a domestic dispute. Demoreaze Betts, 31 is accused of trying to break into a woman’s home by removing an air conditioner. He climbed through the window and threatened the woman with a gun. The victim called police after Betts left. Police found him when he returned to the scene and gave chase. Demoreaze is in the Washington County Jail unable to post $150,000 bond. He faces burglary and terroristic threats charges among others. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 6.
January 3, 2023 4:23 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is preparing to step up its attacks on Ukraine using Iranian-made exploding drones. Moscow is looking for ways to keep up the pressure on Kyiv after months of battlefield setbacks for the Kremlin’s war strategy. Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address late Monday that Ukraine has information Russia is planning a prolonged attack by exploding drones. He said the goal is to break Ukraine’s resistance by “exhausting our people, (our) air defense, our energy” more than 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbor. Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to shore up confidence in Moscow’s flawed war effort which in recent months has been dented by a Ukrainian counteroffensive backed by Western-supplied weapons.
February 22, 2022 4:12 am
TOKYO (AP) – World leaders are lining up to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin after he ordered his forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Leaders in Asia and elsewhere on Tuesday voiced strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, along with worries about how a European war could hurt global and local economies and endanger foreign nationals trapped in Ukraine. Some nations publicly signaled a willingness to pursue punishment. Global reactions followed on Monday night’s emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that was called by Ukraine, the U.S. and six other countries.
