July 29, 2023 4:28 am
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 870,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly. The recall covers certain pickups from the 2021 through 2023 model years with single exhaust systems. The company says in documents posted Friday by government safety regulators that a rear wiring bundle can come in contact with the axle housing. That can chafe the wiring and cause a short circuit, which can turn on the parking brake. The company says it doesn’t know of any crashes or injuries from the problem. Dealers will inspect the rear wiring harness. If protective tape is worn through, the harness will be replaced. If the tape isn’t worn, they’ll install a protective tie strap and tape wrap.
July 29, 2023 4:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018. The president said in a statement that: “Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward.” It was the president’s first public acknowledgment of the child. The president added that he and first lady Jill Biden “only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy.”
July 28, 2023 5:02 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles who added high harmonies to such favorites as “Take It Easy” and “The Best of My Love” and sang and co-wrote the hit “Take It to the Limit,” has died at 77. Meisner. The Eagles said in a statement that Meisner died Wednesday from of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Called “the sweetest man in the music business” by former bandmate Don Felder, the baby-faced Meisner joined Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon in the early 1970s to form a quintessential Los Angeles band that is one of the most popular acts in history.
July 28, 2023 4:59 am
(AP) – Donald Trump has been indicted on three additional charges in a case that accuses him of illegally possessing classified documents. These new allegations, in a case stemming from a 2022 raid at his Florida estate, add fresh detail to the criminal case initially issued last month. The former president faces three new charges in a superseding indictment issued by federal prosecutors on Thursday. Trump is newly accused of asking a staffer at his Mar-a-Lago club to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents. The employee is also now charged in the case.
July 28, 2023 4:58 am
(AP) – Nearly 200 million people in the United States are under either a heat advisory or flood warning of some kind, as high temperatures and severe storms are to continue blazing and battering the nation. The National Weather Service says a “dangerous” heat wave began blanketing the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Thursday and will continue into the weekend. Severe thunderstorms and flash floods are possible for parts of the Northeast and South, in New England and South Florida. And record-breaking temperatures will persist in the Southwest and Midwest. Due to the widespread extreme heat, many of the nation’s largest power grids are under stress.
July 28, 2023 4:55 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say they have filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate. Carlee Russell turned herself in Friday on charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was released on bond. Both charges are misdemeanors that carry up to a year in jail. Russell disappeared after calling 911 on July 13 to report a toddler wandering beside a stretch of interstate. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted. Her attorney later said she made the story up.
July 28, 2023 4:52 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania say they are angry that millions of dollars to expand adult mental health services got cut out of state spending legislation, and are pushing to get it included now that the legislation is held up in a month-old partisan stalemate. The fight over the money comes as schools and counties report spikes in demand for mental health services on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, and say they don’t have the resources to support those in need. Funds for adults were left on the cutting room floor in a budget bill that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro says he will sign. The Senate Republican-authored budget bill instead pushed those dollars to student mental health. Democrats say that both should be funded.
July 28, 2023 4:51 am
PITTSBURGH – (WPXI) – A heat advisory is in effect through Friday evening. High temperatures Friday will be in the lower 90s, but the high humidity will make it feel close to 100°. Have a backup plan for outdoor events as heat will take its toll if you’re active outdoors for any length of time. Find ways to stay cool if you have to be outside. A few rounds of showers and storms are expected this weekend. Storms are possible Friday evening and will last on and off through Saturday. There will be many dry hours, however, any storm can bring damaging winds and very heavy rain. By Sunday, we’ll see a drier push of air from the north which will lower the humidity and cool us below average for early next week.
July 28, 2023 1:51 am
A Canton Township couple who drove around road closed signs at the intersection of Routes 18 and 50 while it was under construction in Mt. Pleasant Township pleaded guilty on Thursday. John Riggle, 50 and Tonya Riggle 46 were scheduled to appear for a summary trial. To avoid trial, John Riggle pleaded to summary offenses of criminal mischief and obedience to traffic control devices. He was fined $250 total for both offenses. Tonya Riggle pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and received a $100 fine. According to the criminal complaint, the couple were on their way home on May 15 when their motorcycle became submerged in freshly poured cement after Tonya Riggle moved the road closed signs so John Riggle could pass through. More than $44,000 in damages will be paid by their insurance company. In a related case, Douglas Harlan who 4 hours earlier drove his tractor trailer through the same intersection had his case continued for 90 days. He faces felony criminal mischief and summary obedience to traffic control device charges.
July 27, 2023 5:40 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — July has been so hot so far that scientists calculate that this month will be the globally hottest on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through. Thursday’s announcement by the World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says July’s heat is beyond record-smashing. They say Earth’s temperature has been temporarily passing over a key global warming threshold. July is about six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit warmer than the old record set in 2019. Scientists say this month may be the hottest in 120,000 years.
