April 24, 2023 5:42 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died at 101. The University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas starred on both the football and track teams before later serving in various roles there, said Douglas died Saturday. Douglas was 14 when he met Owens in the Pittsburgh neighborhood where Douglas grew up. Douglas told Owens he dreamed of reaching the Olympics, and Owens encouraged Douglas to get a college education. Douglas was inducted into the inaugural Pitt athletics Hall of Fame class in 2018. The university is naming the 300-meter indoor track at its planned Victory Heights facility after Douglas. (Photo: AP)
April 24, 2023 1:36 pm
(AP) – CNN host Don Lemon said Monday that he has been terminated by the network after 17 years. In a statement shared on social media, Lemon said he was “stunned” and that no one from the network told him directly about his employment status. “I was informed by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN,” Lemon said in a statement shared on social media. “After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ever given any indication that I would not be able to continue to do the work I have loved at the network.” In a statement to colleagues shared Monday, CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht confirmed that Lemon and the network “have parted ways,” though he did not give a reason for the split. (Photo: ABC)
April 24, 2023 11:56 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News says it has agreed to part ways with Tucker Carlson, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said in a press release Monday that the popular and controversial prime-time host’s last program aired on Friday. Carlson became Fox’s most popular personality after replacing Bill O’Reilly in Fox’s prime-time lineup in 2016. He’s also consistently drawn headlines for controversial coverage, including most recently airing tapes from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to minimize the impact of the deadly attack. There was no immediate explanation from Fox about why Carlson was leaving.
April 24, 2023 7:43 am
LONDON (AP) — Len Goodman, an urbane long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has died aged 78. Agent Jackie Gill said Goodman “passed away peacefully,” without giving a cause. A former dancer, Goodman was a judge on “Strictly Come Dancing” for 12 years from its launch on the BBC in 2004. The ballroom dancing competition, which pairs celebrities with professional dance partners, has become one of the network’s most popular shows. Goodman was head judge on the U.S. version of the show, “Dancing With the Stars,” for 15 years until his retirement in November. Goodman was also a recipient of the Carl Alan Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to dance.
April 24, 2023 4:50 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Bed Bath & Beyond — one of the original big box retailers known for its seemingly endless offerings of sheets, towels and kitchen gadgets — filed for bankruptcy protection, following years of dismal sales and losses and numerous failed turnaround plans. The beleaguered home goods chain, based in Union, New Jersey, made the filing Sunday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey and said it will start an orderly wind down of its operations including eventually closing its stores, while seeking a buyer for all or some of its businesses. For now, the company’s 360 Bed Bath & Beyond stores and its 120 Buy Buy Baby sites as well as its websites will remain open to serve customers.
April 24, 2023 4:23 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, Ed Townsend, are suing Sheeran in a trial that opens in Manhattan federal court Monday. They say Sheeran’s 2014 hit is so similar to “Let’s Get It On” that it violates copyright. Sheeran is among the witnesses expected to testify. His lawyers say the similarities are simply the basic chord progressions and song structures behind much of pop music.
April 24, 2023 4:19 am
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments have been evacuating diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. World powers like the United States, Britain, France and Italy airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum while many Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos, many risking dangerous roads for the northern border into Egypt. Fierce fighting raged in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, on Sunday. More than 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and more than 3,700 wounded in the fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.
April 24, 2023 4:16 am
Grab the jackets again as you head to the bus stop early Tuesday. Temperatures will drop into the upper 20’s for many areas and there could be some patchy frost – especially east and north of Pittsburgh. As a result, the National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning. Much of the week will be cooler than normal with 60 degrees not in sight until the middle and end of the week. We’ll see a little more sun break out by Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 24, 2023 4:13 am
JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man is dead and two other people are in a hospital after a triple shooting in Jefferson Hills. Allegheny County dispatchers say police officers, firefighters and medics were called to Siler Drive and Ridge Road at 4:13 p.m. on Sunday. Allegheny County Police said two men and a woman were shot. One of the men died. The other man and the woman are currently listed in critical condition. Officials say the shooting came after an altercation between two families. One of the families lived on Siler Drive and the argument took place in their front yard and escalated to gunfire. Police tell our news partners at Channel 11 the two families knew one another. They were not neighbors. Investigators would not say what may have started the fight. Police are not labeling anyone as a suspect at the moment. They’ll be consulting with the county district attorney to determine who, if anyone, will face charges.
April 24, 2023 4:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CNN host Don Lemon has been fired by the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. CNN announced Lemon’s departure Monday. The host said in a Twitter post that he was stunned by the move and said he was informed by his agent. Lemon had been with the cable news network for 17 years. CNN did not provide a public explanation for Lemon’s departure. In mid-February, Lemon drew widespread condemnation for saying the 51-year-old Haley was not “in her prime” and later said he regretted the comment.
