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Health experts decry Trump's shunning of virus rules
WASHINGTON — Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump’s largely mask-free, socially un-distanced Republican convention event on the White House lawn, saying some of his 1,500 guests may have inadvertently brought and spread the coronavirus to others. “There almost certainly were individuals there who were infected with...
Trump, at N.H. rally, sows fears about 'thugs,' 'anarchists'
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only thing standing between “democracy and the mob,” as he lashed out at protesters who accosted his supporters as they left the White House the night before. Sowing fear about the implications...
Pa. utility regulators leave moratorium on shutoffs in place
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state utility regulators have effectively extended a moratorium preventing utilities from terminating service to non-paying customers for three more weeks while the state fights the spread of the coronavirus. The four-member panel of two Democrats and two Republicans postponed a vote on Thursday’s agenda until Sept. 17,...
Kenosha police union gives its version of Jacob Blake shooting
MADISON, Wis. — The Kenosha police union on Friday offered the most detailed accounting to date on officers’ perspective of the moments leading up to police shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back, saying he had a knife and fought with officers, putting one of them in a headlock...
Teen accused of killing 2 in Kenosha thrust into debate over protests
ANTIOCH, Ill. — A white 17-year-old who says he went to protests in Wisconsin to protect businesses and people has become a flashpoint in a debate over anti-racism demonstrations that have gripped many American cities and the vigilantism that has sometimes met them. On Tuesday, Kyle Rittenhouse grabbed an AR-15...
Surge in mail-in ballots could delay election results, so Wolf wants to change the rules
Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLIVE/The Patriot-News, Triblive/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday unveiled a wishlist of election reforms to address logistical concerns that some county...
Kansas girl's killer 5th federal inmate executed this year
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Kansas girl’s killer Friday became the fifth federal inmate put to death this year, an execution that went forward only after a higher court tossed a ruling that would have required the government to get a prescription for the drug used to kill him. Questions...
College towns growing alarmed over covid-19 outbreaks among students
RALEIGH, N.C. — As more and more schools and businesses around the country get the OK to reopen, college towns are moving in the opposite direction because of too much partying and too many COVID-19 infections among students. With more than 300 students at the University of Missouri testing positive...
Man gets 5 years in prison for lottery scam targeting elderly Pennsylvanians
The ringleader of a Jamaican lottery scheme that bilked senior citizens out of millions of dollars will spend more than five years in prison for the scam that spanned not just Pennsylvania but also reached nationwide, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Friday. Kristoff Cain, who went by Patrick Williams, pleaded...
Sheriff: Deputy suspended after handcuffing elderly woman
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — A Florida deputy has been suspended after placing an elderly woman who ran a stop sign in handcuffs, officials said this week. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced during a news conference Wednesday that the deputy had been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome...
Patrol: Tesla Autopilot driver was watching movie, crashed
ZEBULON, N.C. — A Tesla driver, whose car was on Autopilot mode, was watching a movie on his phone when he crashed into a sheriff’s deputy’s car, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. A state trooper and a Nash County deputy on Wednesday were on the side of U.S....
Woman let newborn die in a toilet because a baby ‘would change her life’: police in N.J.
A Bergen County, N.J., woman charged in the death of her newborn told police she left her baby boy in the toilet to die because she didn’t want the child, according to court documents. “She left the baby there because she realized it would change her life,” a police detective...
Japan PM Shinzo Abe says he's resigning for health reasons 
TOKYO — Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. Abe has had ulcerative colitis since he was a teenager and has said the...
Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home 
SAN FRANCISCO — California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death and destruction. In the past two days, evacuation orders were lifted for at least 50,000 people in the...
Flooding in Niger kills 45, displaces more than 226,000
NIAMEY, Niger — Flooding from heavy rains in Niger has killed at least 45 people this week and forced more than 226,000 from their homes, officials in the West African nation said Friday. Niger’s western region has been hardest hit by days of rain that caused the Niger River to...
Pennsylvania adds 835 new covid-19 cases, 20 new deaths
By adding 835 cases, Pennsylvania on Friday posted its highest new covid-19 case count in nearly two weeks. The Pa. Department of Health also announced 20 new deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing the state total to 7,655. The state said there were 156,317 individuals tested from Aug. 21-27, with...
Anonymous hack exposes Nicaraguan government secret covid-19 data 
The Nicaraguan government has consistently reported some of the lowest coronavirus infection numbers in Central America despite never having implemented quarantine measures. Doctors and international health organizations have expressed doubt that the government was publishing the true numbers. Now, the former director of epidemiology of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health,...
County: 4 people tied to RNC in Charlotte have coranvirus
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four people who were at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County said. WBTV reported Friday that those who tested positive at the event were immediately isolated. Nearly 800 people were tested who attended the...
Mom charged after 6-year-old son accidentally shoots himself
CINCINNATI — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in his family’s Cincinnati home while she slept has been charged with felony child endangerment. Darnasia McKinney, 26, also faces a charge of receiving stolen property stemming from Thursday’s shooting. She was scheduled to make her initial court...
Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska
MOSCOW — The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part...
Read President Trump's full 2020 RNC acceptance speech
Here is the complete text of President Donald Trump’s speech, accepting the nomination as the Republican candidate for president. The speech came on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention, and delivered on the South Lawn of the White House. “Friends, delegates, and distinguished guests: I stand before you...
Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage
WASHINGTON — Facing a national moment fraught with racial turmoil and a deadly pandemic, President Donald Trump accepted his party’s renomination on a massive White House South Lawn stage Thursday night, boasting of helping African Americans and defying his own administration’s pandemic guidelines to address a tightly packed, largely maskless...
Ill. teen charged in Kenosha shooting that killed 2, hurt 1
KENOSHA, Wis. — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, one count...
Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats
LAKE CHARLES, La. — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. A full assessment of the damage wrought by the...
North Carolina man freed after 1976 rape conviction vacated
CONCORD, N.C. — A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit was freed Thursday. Ronnie Long’s attorney broke the news of his impending release via Twitter on Wednesday, the Charlotte Observer reported. “The state said it will ask the district...


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