May 7, 2022 4:23 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Willie Nelson is cancelling an upcoming performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival and postponing other shows after a positive case of the coronavirus in his band. The 89-year-old musician posted on his band’s website on Friday that “due to a positive Covid case in the Willie Nelson Family Band” two upcoming shows slated to happen May 6 and May 7 would be postponed and that Nelson’s Sunday performance at Jazz Fest would be cancelled. The news comes after Melissa Etheridge announced Thursday that she would not be able to perform Saturday at Jazz Fest due to “COVID hitting my crew.” The festival started April 29 and ends Sunday.
May 7, 2022 4:21 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Mehmet Oz’s rivals in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate are escalating their attacks on the celebrity heart surgeon’s connections to his parents’ native country of Turkey, raising it as a possible national security issue. Oz, best known as TV’s Dr. Oz, has rejected any suggestions he is a threat to national security and has accused his opponents, particularly GOP rival David McCormick, of making “bigoted attacks.” If elected, Oz would be the nation’s first Muslim senator. The criticism of Oz and his ties to Turkey has mushroomed in the weeks after Oz won the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who remains deeply popular with conservative voters.
May 7, 2022 4:21 am
HAVANA (AP) – A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak has blown away outer walls from a five-star hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens. Havana Gov. Reinaldo García Zapata told the Communist Party newspaper Granma that no tourists had been staying at the 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations. Officials say about a dozen people are missing and that searchers are hunting for people who may be trapped. Cuban state TV blamed the blast on a truck carrying natural gas that it was supplying to the hotel. The blast happened as Cuba tries to revive its tourism sector. (Photo: AP)
May 7, 2022 4:18 am
UNDATED (AP) – President Joe Biden on Friday authorized the shipment of another $150 million in military assistance for Ukraine for artillery rounds and radar systems in its fight against Russia’s invading forces. Biden says the latest spending means his administration has “nearly exhausted” what Congress authorized for Ukraine in March and called on lawmakers to swiftly approve a more than $33 billion spending package that will last through the end of September. A U.S. official says the latest tranche of assistance includes 25,000 artillery rounds, counter-artillery radars, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts.
May 7, 2022 4:13 am
The National Weather Service had a Flood Watch in effect for our area until 8:00 a.m. Saturday, which has expired. However, flooding and runoff may still be dangerous. Reports to Washington County Control of flooded roadways in Cecil and Canton Townships came in this morning. The Weather Service has also indicated that the Monongahela River is expected to crest at 24.6 feet, near flood stage, at Charleroi tonight into Sunday morning. Meanwhile, last night on Route 231 in Claysville near Deer Trail Road, high water trapped a car, but the occupants were able to be rescued safely. A reminder: don’t drive through areas that are water-covered–as the water could be deeper than it appears.
May 6, 2022 3:52 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The man charged in an attack on comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl has pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanors. Isaiah Lee entered not guilty pleas in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday to charges of battery, possessing a deadly weapon with intent to assault, and two charges related to interfering with public events. He was ordered to stay at least 100 yards from Chappelle. The 23-year-old Lee was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly rushing the stage during Chappelle’s set in the last of a four-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl that was part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy festival. (Photo: AP)
May 6, 2022 2:52 pm
HONESDALE, Pa. (AP) – A judge has dismissed a temporary protective order against a candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor after his attorneys attacked the motivation and credibility of the candidate’s wife. Teddy Daniels claimed vindication after the ruling by President Judge Janine Edwards, telling reporters outside the Wayne County Courthouse, “Justice was served.” His wife had testified that Daniels was verbally abusive and made threats. Daniels’ wife had obtained a temporary protection-from-abuse order against him last week. Daniels denied the allegations. He claims he was the target of “political terrorism” meant to damage his campaign.
May 6, 2022 2:47 pm
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has accepted a judge’s findings and says U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection. Earlier Friday, a judge concluded that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office. State Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot announced his decision after a daylong hearing in April that included arguments from lawyers for the voters and for Greene, as well as extensive questioning of Greene herself. State law says Beaudrot had to submit his findings to Raffensperger, who then had to decide whether to accept that conclusion.
May 6, 2022 8:42 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department showed that last month’s hiring kept the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. The economy’s hiring gains have been remarkably consistent in the face of the worst inflation in four decades. Employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 12 straight months. Yet it’s unclear how long the jobs boom will continue.
May 6, 2022 4:19 am
UNDATED (AP) – Authorities in Tennessee say they have located an abandoned vehicle used by a man wanted in Alabama for murder and the jail official who disappeared with him. Williamson County Sheriff said via Twitter on Friday that a vehicle used by escaped Alabama inmate Casey White and former Correctional Officer Vicky White was located in Bethesda. A nationwide manhunt is ongoing for the pair. Casey White was awaiting trial in a capital murder case. Vicky White was the assistant director of corrections for the jail in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
