New regulations, high deer numbers await hunters as Pa.’s firearms season nears
Andy Williams famously sang, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” when speaking about the holiday season. But, if you ask deer hunters for their take on the most delightful season each year, it would likely be the days that follow Thanksgiving, when Pennsylvania’s annual firearms deer hunt comes...
Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A bus carrying people home to North Macedonia from a tourist trip to Istanbul crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. Seven people were taken to hospitals for treatment. The accident happened around 2 a.m. North Macedonia’s chief...
Waukesha parade crash suspect’s bail raises questions
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The suspect in a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee that killed five people was free on $1,000 bail posted just two days before the deadly event, a fact that is leading to a review of what happened and renewed calls for giving judges more power to...
Pennsylvania activist Frank Scavo sentenced to 60 days in prison
Frank Scavo was sentenced to 60 days in prison Monday for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., his attorney confirmed. Attorney Ernie Preate Jr. said Scavo was also fined $5,000 and must pay $500 in restitution. Senior U.S. District Judge Royce C....
Florida school massacre families settle lawsuit against FBI
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The families of most of those killed and wounded in the 2018 Florida high school massacre announced Monday have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the federal government over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack....
House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Alex Jones, Roger Stone among others
WASHINGTON — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as lawmakers deepened their probe of the rallies that preceded the deadly attack. The subpoenas include demands for documents...
Probe finds ‘overwhelming evidence’ of misconduct by Andrew Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. — A legislative investigation released Monday found “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed women and that he ordered state workers to help produce his book on pandemic leadership during work hours. The report also found that Cuomo’s staff “substantially revised” a state health department report...
8 unruly airline passengers face more than $160,000 in fines
U.S. regulators proposed $161,823 in fines against eight airline passengers for alleged alcohol-related misbehavior, saying the rate of unruly behavior on flights “remains too high.” The highest penalty announced in a statement Monday was $40,823 against a traveler who flew Southwest Airlines Co. on April 15 from San Jose, California,...
The next Kyle Rittenhouse legal battle? The $2 million bail posted after his arrest
KENOSHA, Wis. — With the ink barely dry on his acquittals, Kyle Rittenhouse is expected to face another legal battle soon over the $2 million bail posted after his arrest. Rittenhouse’s attorneys filed a motion shortly after the verdict, arguing that the money should be given to the teenager because...
U.S. Attorneys, Pa. Sheriffs’ Association: Firearms must be checked properly at the airport
As more travelers are expected to head to the nation’s airports over the holiday season, the last thing any of them want is an additional delay. And the last thing airport security officers want is for that delay to happen due to the discovery of a gun in a passenger’s...
3 teens arrested in shooting at suburban Denver high school
AURORA, Colo. — Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper reported Monday. A television station quoted the city’s police chief as saying that gang involvement was suspected....
How covid shots for kids help prevent dangerous new variants
Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against covid-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. “Love thy neighbor is something that we really do believe, and we want to be good community members...
Police: Wisconsin parade-crash suspect was in a domestic disturbance
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes earlier, Waukesha’s police chief said Monday. Police Chief Dan Thompson said that there...
Official: More than 90% of fed workers got shots by deadline
WASHINGTON — More than 90% of federal workers received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President Joe Biden. Biden announced in September that more than 3.5 million federal workers were required to undergo vaccination, with no with option to get regularly tested instead,...
5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds into Wisconsin Christmas parade
WAUKESHA, Wis. — A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant, as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 others. One video...
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic moved to North Carolina facility after cancer diagnosis
BUTNER, N.C. — The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, a prominent figure in a Netflix documentary series, has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis, according to his attorney. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage,...
About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crowbars, ransacked a high-end department store in the San Francisco Bay Area, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said. Three people were arrested while the majority got away after...
Expect to pay more for Christmas trees, experts say
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year. Several factors are driving the trend, Newsday reported, including over-the-top sales last year during the first Christmas during the covid-19 pandemic and supply chain issues this year. Experts said tree buyers should...
Biden’s political standing fuels Democratic worry about 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was supposed to be a moment of triumph for Joe Biden. The Democratic president had just signed into law the most significant infrastructure package in generations. And he had done it by bringing Democrats and Republicans together, just as he promised during last year’s campaign. But...
GOP embraces natural immunity as substitute for vaccines
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republicans fighting President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandates are wielding a new weapon against the White House rules: natural immunity. They contend that people who have recovered from the virus have enough immunity and antibodies to not need covid-19 vaccines, and the concept has been invoked by...
Rittenhouse acquittal tightens the political vise for Biden
WILMINGTON, Del. — A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn down by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing inflation. Now, the president finds himself caught between outraged...
Hundreds protest Rittenhouse acquittal across U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore — Law enforcement in Portland declared a riot Friday night as about 200 demonstrators protested the acquittal of a teen who killed two people and injured another in Wisconsin. The protesters were breaking windows, throwing objects at police and talking about burning down a local government building in...
Penn State enrollment numbers mirror national trends
We are? If the answer to the popular college cheer is “Penn State,” there are fewer voices chiming in these days. Although Penn State’s University Park campus, which turns away hundreds of well-qualified students every year, bounced back to better than 2019 enrollment numbers, increasing from 46,313 students last year...
Conflict over abortion laws won’t abate if Roe v. Wade falls
On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion — is imperiled as never before. Yet no matter how the current conservative-dominated court handles pending high-profile abortion cases — perhaps weakening Roe, perhaps...
Protests erupt over virus limits in Austria, Italy, Croatia
VIENNA — Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain skyrocketing coronavirus infections. Demonstrations against virus restrictions also took place in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands on Saturday, a...
