July 3, 2023 5:06 am
PARIS (AP) — Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday. In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight, out of a total of 3,354 arrests in all since June 27, and two law enforcement stations were attacked, among other damage. Around 45,000 officers were deployed nationwide to counter anger over discrimination against people who trace their roots to former French colonies and live in low-income neighborhoods. Nahel, the teenager killed last Tuesday, was of Algerian descent and was shot in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
July 3, 2023 5:05 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli drones have struck targets in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank and hundreds of troops are deployed in the area. Monday’s incursion resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at least five Palestinians were killed and 27 injured. It came at a time of growing domestic pressure for a tough response to a series of attacks on Israeli settlers including one last week that killed four people. Jenin, the area of the raid, has been a flashpoint as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalated since the spring of 2022.
July 3, 2023 5:01 am
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Three of nine people have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a burglary ring that authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say stole art, sports memorabilia and other items from museums and other institutions over two decades. Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced charges in June against nine Lackawanna County residents in 18 heists across six states between 1999 and 2019. The thefts included Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock art taken from one museum. Other artwork, antique weapons and gems and gold nuggets were taken from other institutions along with valuable sports championship rings, belts and trophies.
July 3, 2023 4:59 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man is dead and a woman is critically injured after a shooting in Uniontown on Saturday. According to investigators, first responders were called to the scene along Pershing Court at 2:16 p.m. Police say the shooting stemmed from an apparent home invasion. Uniontown Police said three people forced their way into the apartment Saturday afternoon and an unknown number of people started firing. Police said a teenage girl and a man were inside the home at the time. They are not releasing their names for their protection. Police said the teen was flown to a nearby hospital. Detectives said one of the suspects, who forcibly made his way into the home, was 19-year-old Elijah Fitzgerald. He was shot and killed. The other two suspects got away on foot, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.
July 3, 2023 4:55 am
LIGONIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. – (WPXI) – Officials have identified the man shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in Ligonier Township. Robbie Thomas Saunders, 59, was armed with a machete when he aggressively approached officers from the front door of a home on Gravel Hill Road Sunday, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. Saunders was shot once and died after being transported to Conemaugh Memorial Hospital in Johnstown. Ligonier Valley Police were initially called to the address for the report of a domestic disturbance at around 3:50 p.m. Authorities say no officers were injured. The officers involved are on administrative leave until the investigation wraps up. State police and Westmoreland County detectives are investigating and the DA will review the evidence and will determine if the use of deadly force was justified.
July 2, 2023 7:18 am
No one matched all five numbers and the Powerball number on Saturday night. Monday’s jackpot drawing will be worth an estimated $522 million. If someone should match all of the numbers then, the lump sum payout will be $269.6 million before applicable taxes. The winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing were 04-17-35-49-61 with a red Powerball number of 08. The Power Play multiplier was 2X. The odds of a single ticket winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.vThe Powerball jackpot was last hit in the April 19, 2023, drawing, lottery officials said in a news release. That was when a ticket in Ohio matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win a grand prize worth $252.6 million. Since then, there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. The Powerball jackpot has been won two other times during 2023. A player in Washington won a $754.6 million jackpot in the Feb. 6, 2023, drawing, and a player in Virginia won a $162.6 million jackpot in the March 4, 2023 drawing.
July 2, 2023 7:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades. Over a span of 370 days, a Supreme Court reshaped by three justices nominated by President Donald Trump made both of those goals a reality. Last June, the court ended nationwide protections for abortion rights. On Thursday, the court’s conservative majority decided that race-conscious admissions programs at the oldest private and public colleges in the county are unlawful. Precedents that had stood since the 1970s were overturned. The court just ended a term in which ethical questions swirled around the justices and public trust dipped. There were other expected conservative decisions, but also some notable surprises.
July 2, 2023 7:14 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore say two people were killed and 28 victims were wounded in a mass shooting, including three who are in critical condition. Baltimore Police Department Acting Commissioner Richard Worley says there were a total of 30 victims in the shooting he says took place at a block party just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the Brooklyn Homes area in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue. Worley says All of the victims were adults. Nine victims were transported by ambulance and 20 victims walked into area hospitals with injuries from the shooting. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has asked anyone with information about the shooting to assist investigators.
July 2, 2023 7:13 am
PARIS (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France saw a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager. Overall violence overnight Saturday appeared to lessen compared to previous nights. Police made 719 arrests nationwide by early Sunday after a mass security deployment aimed at quelling France’s worst social upheaval in years. The crisis is posing a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. It is also exposing deep-seated discontent in low-income neighborhoods over discrimination and lack of opportunity. The 17-year-old whose death Tuesday spawned the anger was buried Saturday in a Muslim ceremony.
July 2, 2023 7:13 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk has limited the number of tweets that most Twitter users can view each day. He described the restrictions as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the social media platform. The site is now requiring people to log on to view tweets and profiles. That’s a change in its longtime practice to allow everyone to peruse the chatter. The restrictions could result in users being locked out of Twitter for the day after scrolling through several hundred tweets. Thousands of users complained Saturday of not being able to access the site. Musk said after facing backlash that he would raise the thresholds on how many tweets accounts can read per day.
