Philippines grounds company’s aircraft after deadly fireVideo
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine aviation officials on Monday grounded all aircraft belonging to a company that owns a plane that caught fire while taking off from Manila’s airport, killing all eight people on board. All of Lionair Inc.’s aircraft will remain grounded during the investigation of the burning of its...
Philadelphia train passenger fatally shot during apparent robbery
PHILADELPHIA — A man riding on a train in Philadelphia was shot and killed early Monday during an apparent robbery, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 12:50 a.m. on a westbound elevated Market-Frankford line train near the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station at Kensington and Allegheny avenues. The 41-year-old victim...
Medical fetish company donates entire stock of scrubs to U.K. hospitalVideo
The shortage of medical equipment in this time of the coronavirus pandemic has made hospitals desperate for help — no matter the source. In the United Kingdom, a hospital in the National Health Service even sought out help in procuring scrubs from a medical fetish company, Newsweek reports. Luckily for...
Ohio prison worker tests positive; inmate sues for releaseVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio prison employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the state reported Sunday night, marking the first such occurrence in Ohio at a time of growing national fears about the impact of the virus in crowded jails and prisons. The employee at Marion Correctional Institution in north-central...
How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?Video
NEW YORK — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren’t enough to go around? Health care workers...
Navy hospital ship set to arrive in New York City harborVideo
NEW YORK — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds is scheduled to arrive Monday morning in New York Harbor to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. The USNS Comfort, which was sent to New York City after 9/11, will be used to treat non-coronavirus patients while...
Dutch museum says Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in raidVideo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch museum says that a painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen in a raid overnight. The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam says “Spring Garden” by the Dutch master was stolen in the early hours of Monday. Police are investigating the break-in at a...
Dozens still without power around Cleveland after severe weather hits
CLEVELAND — A few hundred utility customers remained without power early Monday after severe weather spawned what forecasters called a “100-year flood” in Cleveland and led to a number of water rescues. Meanwhile, flood warnings issued by the National Weather Service remained in place for some rivers, including the Black...
North Korea says U.S. clearly doesn’t want nuclear talksVideo
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that “reckless remarks” by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear that Washington has no intention of resuming nuclear talks, and warned that it is now compelled to pay back “the pains the U.S. has imposed on our people.” After...
Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantineVideo
TEHRAN, Iran — Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of violent prison disturbances in the country, which is battling the most severe coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. Israel meanwhile announced that Prime Minister...
Wolf administration lays off about 2,500 state employees amid coronavirus outbreakVideo
HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration has laid off about 2,500 part-time and seasonal employees and interns as the financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens, straining Pennsylvania’s cash flow, Spotlight PA has learned. The affected workers, which include temporary clerical staff and employees who help out in departments across state government...
World coronavirus roundup: Airline crews to work hospitals, Spain tops China in infectionsVideo
Here’s the latest news from around the world on the coronavirus pandemic. In England Britain’s health service is asking airline cabin crew who have been laid off during the coronavirus pandemic to go to work in temporary new hospitals being built to treat covid-19 patients. The National Health Service says...
Phoenix police officer killed, 2 others wounded in shootingVideo
PHOENIX — A Phoenix police commander was killed and two other officers were wounded Sunday night as they responded to calls about a dispute between roommates. Cmdr. Greg Carnicle, a veteran officer and father of four, was killed. The other officers, both women, were hospitalized, the department said. Sgt. Mercedes...
Storms, tornadoes damage homes, businesses in Midwest, SouthVideo
Strong storms that brought tornadoes, high winds, hail and rain to parts of the Midwest and South caused extensive damage in some areas but no deaths, officials said Sunday. Tornadoes were spotted in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin as thunderstorms swept through the area Saturday. Strong wind and a possible...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards: Stay-home order ‘may well’ be extendedVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Orders closing many Louisiana businesses and keeping people home to slow the spread of covid-19 ‘may well’ have to be extended past April 13, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday. He spoke as the numbers of Louisiana residents falling ill and dying from the new coronavirus continued...
West Virginia reports first coronavirus deathVideo
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia reported the state’s first death linked to the new coronavirus pandemic on Sunday. The fatality involved an 88-year-old woman from Marion County, the Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news release. The statement said the death was confirmed through the Marion County...
Report: About a dozen students have symptoms of covid-19 at Liberty University
Around a dozen students at Liberty University in Virginia have reported being sick with symptoms that are consistent with covid-19, according to the New York Times. School President Jerry Falwell Jr. asked students to return to campus last week after spring break. Students returning to campus are now reportedly being...
Trump adds 30 days to distancing guidelines as virus spreadsVideo
WASHINGTON — Bracing the nation for a grim death toll, President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the voluntary national shutdown for a month, bowing to public-health experts who told him the coronavirus pandemic could claim over 100,000 lives in the U.S., perhaps significantly more, if not enough is done to...
Sheriff: Maryland man’s party violated emergency order
LA PLATA, Md. — Authorities in Maryland charged a man with failing to comply with the state’s coronavirus emergency order after they found him with dozens of people around a bonfire. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that officers were called to a house in Hughesville...
School districts develop plans, implement online learning
Kiski Area School District, like many other districts, will begin teaching students remotely this week, relying on Google tools, email and the cooperation of parents to stream lectures and distribute assignments. It’s going to be a challenge, Superintendent Tim Scott said. But at this point, there are few options. “We’re...
Moscow orders residents to stay home as coronavirus spreadsVideo
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered residents to stay in their homes, warning that the spread of novel coronavirus in Europe’s largest capital city “has entered a new phase.” The Russian capital’s 12.7 million people were ordered to stay home starting Monday, with limited exceptions, in the strictest measures yet imposed...
Man dies in covid-19 outbreak at Maryland nursing homeVideo
MOUNT AIRY, Md. — A resident of a Maryland nursing home died after contracting covid-19 in an outbreak that has sickened dozens of the facility’s residents and strained a short-handed staff, health officials said Sunday. A man in his 90s who was a resident at the Pleasant View Nursing Home...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ complaints spurred Trump’s scrapped New York ‘quarantine’ idea, report saysVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — President Trump’s scrapped plan to “quarantine” New York, New Jersey and Connecticut because of the coronavirus was in response to Gov. DeSantis’ complaints about New Yorkers coming to Florida, according to the Washington Post. DeSantis has been making the New York City area, currently the center of...
Counties across U.S. without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
SANTA FE, N.M. — As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for covid-19 infections, an analysis by The Associated Press shows. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows...
Gov. Wolf orders Beaver, Centre, Washington County residents to stay home
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has extended his order for residents to stay at home in most circumstances to almost one-third of Pennsylvania’s counties amid an increase in coronavirus cases and a dozen more deaths that brought the total to 34 for the outbreak. The governor on Saturday extended the...
