April 24, 2022 7:00 am
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AP) – An Air Force major general in Ohio has been convicted by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in the first-ever military trial of an Air Force general. The charge faced by Maj. Gen. William Cooley during the weeklong court martial at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio had three specifications, one alleging a forcible kiss and two alleging forcible touching. Cooley was convicted Saturday of the forcible kissing specification but acquitted of the other two. An Air Force official said he could face as much as seven years in jail when he is sentenced Monday.
April 23, 2022 11:37 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – An advisor to Ukraine’s presidential office says Russian forces are trying to storm a steel plant that is the last defense stronghold in the strategic port city of Mariupol. The reported assault came after the Kremlin claimed its military had seized all of Mariupol except for the seaside plant. Earlier Saturday, a Ukrainian military unit released a video of women and children holed up underground there and saying they longed to see the sun. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, Russia’s military pounded other cities and towns in southern and eastern Ukraine. Officials reported that cruise missiles hit the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people.
April 23, 2022 4:22 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools have begun putting on this year’s delayed Carnival parades, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic. The schools’ colorful floats and flamboyant dancers began entering the Sambadrome grounds late Friday to parade before tens of thousands of fans on the first evening of the two-night spectacle. Rio’s Sambadrome has been home to the parade since the 1980s, and is a symbol of Brazil’s Carnival festivities. During the pandemic, it was a shelter for more than 400 homeless people and also served as a vaccination station. Sao Paulo also kicked off its Carnival parade Friday evening. Both cities put off this year’s parades for two months due to concerns about the proliferation of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Photo: AP)
April 23, 2022 4:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – At least four people were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets in the nation’s capital Friday. The hail of gunfire led to lockdowns at several schools and left a community on edge before the suspect was found dead hours later. The suspected gunman was found dead inside an apartment at the scene after Metropolitan Police Department officers conducted door-to-door searches of buildings in the area. Police believe the man had a “sniper-type setup” with a tripod and rifle in his apartment and began firing indiscriminately at people walking below. The shooting was recorded and posted online on 4chan, an online message board. The four victims are all expected to recover.
April 23, 2022 4:16 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A fired Philadelphia police officer has been arrested on aggravated assault and other charges in the beating of a mother who was violently pulled from her SUV by police after she accidentally drove into a scene of civil unrest between police and protesters with her 2-year-old son in the car. The interaction between Rickia Young and more than a dozen officers during the October 27, 2020 protests that followed the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace, Jr.- a Black man in mental health crisis- was recorded by at least one witness on their cellphone. Darren Kardos, 42, was one of two officers fired over the incident and the first to face charges.
April 23, 2022 4:12 am
The Greene County Board of Elections announced Friday that voters in the county should be aware of unsolicited direct mail that may be coming to mailboxes starting Monday, April 25. Two political advocacy groups–Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information–will be sending direct mailings, which will include voter registration applications or mail ballot applications. The Board of Elections advises that the mailings are not affiliated with the Board and the responsibility for their accuracy rests with those advocacy groups. The Board of Elections also noted that to be removed from the mailing lists, residents need to contact the organization by phone or email with a code listed on the bottom of the letters; the Board of Elections cannot remove people from the mailing lists.
April 23, 2022 3:56 am
State Senator Camera Bartolotta announced Friday that a state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RCAP) grant was awarded to Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village in Avella. the grant will be used to expand the visitor center multipurpose room and for the front entry. In addition, the grant will also fund a pedestrian trail and a picnic area, and will help replace stairs leading to the archeological site. RCAP is a Commonwealth grant program administered by the office of the Budget for regional economic, cultural, recreational and historic improvement projects.
April 22, 2022 5:15 pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – More than two years after he started work on it, Gov. Tom Wolf is set to enact the centerpiece of his plan to fight climate change. It’ll make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon-pricing policy. But it might be a short-lived victory. One lawsuit is already challenging Wolf’s regulation, and the term-limited Democratic governor might be replaced in eight months by a successor who opposes it. On Saturday, a legislative agency is set to publish Wolf’s carbon-pricing rule on power plants. Mark Szybist of the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council says it’s the farthest-reaching step being taken in Pennsylvania to fight climate change.
April 22, 2022 12:52 pm
(WPXI) – Family, teammates and friends gathered Friday to honor the life and legacy of Dwayne Haskins at the Allegheny Center Alliance Church on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Teammates and coaches joined family and friends to share stories about the quarterback. Haskins was hit and killed by a dump truck in South Florida on April 9th. According to a 911 audio recording, his wife Kalabrya called 911 from Pittsburgh shortly after the incident. During the call, she told a dispatcher that her husband had to walk to get gas but then lost touch.
April 22, 2022 4:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has pledged $1.3 billion more for new weapons and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its strong but increasingly difficult battle against the Russian invasion. And he is vowing to seek much more from Congress to keep the guns, ammunition and cash flowing. The new package, announced Thursday, has $800 million in military aid including much-needed heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and drones for the escalating battle in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It builds on roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance that Biden had previously approved. There’s also a fresh $500 million in direct economic assistance to Ukraine for government salaries, pensions and programs.
