Suspect in custody in shooting death of Alabama sheriff
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — Few details were available Sunday morning about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an Alabama sheriff in a community near the state’s capital the night before and the capture of an 18-year-old suspect several hours later. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams...
Pentagon chief fires Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official for allegedly proposing a deal with the White House behind Esper’s back to resolve the matter of a Navy SEAL whose case that has been championed by President Donald Trump. At Esper’s request, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer...
Secret documents: China detention camps to ‘prevent escapes’
The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the toilet, scores that determine...
Artificial intelligence moves into health care
The next time you get sick, your care may involve a form of the technology people use to navigate road trips or pick the right vacuum cleaner online. Artificial intelligence is spreading into health care, often as software or a computer program capable of learning from large amounts of data...
Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
NEW YORK — Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as...
Schiff says more hearings, witnesses possible in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON— Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday he won’t foreclose the possibility of his committee undertaking more depositions and hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Schiff said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that his committee continues to conduct investigative work, but he won’t...
Official says White House gave Navy go-ahead on Gallagher
WASHINGTON — The Navy has been notified that the White House will not intervene to stop a disciplinary proceeding that could cost a SEAL his position in the elite unit, a senior Navy official said Sunday. Although President Donald Trump had tweeted on Thursday that he would not let the...
Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from a Baltimore hospital where she had been treated for a possible infection. The 86-year-old Ginsburg has returned to her home in Washington, D.C., and is “doing well,” court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Sunday. Ginsburg spent two...
Cop pulls over giant banana car; gives driver $20
Getting pulled over on the highway can cost you some green. Unless your driving a yellow banana. Steve Braithwaite has been touring America in a banana-shaped convertible for two years, according to his Big Banana Car website. He was recently departing Michigan behind the wheel of his home-made fruit sculpture...
For some rural TV viewers, local news is anything but
LINCOLN, Neb. — When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than 200 miles away. It’s frustrating for the 61-year-old rancher, who wants to know the latest developments in...
Alabama sheriff shot, killed in line of duty
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff was fatally shot Saturday evening in a community near the state’s capital, authorities announced, later saying they were seeking a man considered to be a “serious risk” who may be traveling on foot. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams had...
Hong Kong votes in election seen as referendum on protests
HONG KONG — Voting was underway Sunday in Hong Kong elections that have become a barometer of public support for anti-government protests now in their sixth month. Long lines formed outside polling stations for 452 seats in the city’s 18 district councils. The councils are largely advisory and have little...
Secretary of Navy says Trump’s tweet is not a formal order
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The secretary of the U.S. Navy said Saturday he doesn’t consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of a sailor who could lose his status as a Navy Seal. “I need a formal order...
Top lawmakers reach agreement on spending as deadline nears
WASHINGTON — Negotiations on a package of spending bills to fund the federal government have produced a key breakthrough, though considerably more work is needed to wrap up the long-delayed measures. Top lawmakers of the House and Senate Appropriations committees Saturday confirmed agreement on allocations for each of the 12...
Task force recommends eliminating state grand jury reports
Pennsylvania should consider abolishing the kind of grand jury report that detailed extensive allegations of child sexual abuse among Catholic clergy, a task force of lawyers, judges and legal scholars said. In the report released last week, the result of a two-year review of the state grand jury system also...
North Huntingdon man loved his family, restoring old cars
George J. “Jim” Tomasic Jr., of North Huntingdon, had a talent for fixing things, whether it was working on a project around the house or it was restoring and repairing old cars. But, first and foremost, he dedicated to his family, said his wife of 30 years, Joan L. Tomasic....
Iowa woman gets 50 years in prison for 1992 beating death
MUSCATINE, Iowa — An Iowa grandmother convicted of the 1992 killing of her former boyfriend has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, which was the maximum allowed. The Muscatine Journal reports that 56-year-old Annette Cahill showed no emotion when she was sentenced Friday. Following a mistrial earlier this year,...
Memorial unveiled to victims of Texas Walmart mass shooting
EL PASO, Texas — A memorial was unveiled Saturday honoring the 22 people who were killed in a recent mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The 30-foot tall golden obelisk, called the “Grand Candela,” or “Big Candle,” was revealed to the public during a morning ceremony in...
Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl
NEW YORK — At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered. Not in 2019. Conspiracy theories continued to flourish, even...
Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president and he will not take a salary if he wins, according to senior aides who offered new details on Saturday about the New York billionaire’s plans to navigate his wealth as he marches toward a...
Till memorial, others taking security steps amid vandalism
A commission behind a memorial for teenage lynching victim Emmett Till in Mississippi was forced to get a new sign with a glass bulletproof front and add cameras and alarms after previous markers were riddled with bullet holes. It’s one of numerous monuments to U.S. civil rights figures or events...
3 wounded in shooting outside Salt Lake City concert venue
SALT LAKE CITY — Three people were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown concert venue in Utah’s capital, not far from the unrelated Friday night evacuation of an NBA arena, police said. The shots were fired shortly after 10 p.m. from a car as the three left The Complex,...
From air, pope greets leaders of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis managed an airborne diplomatic dance by sending telegrams of greetings to the leaders of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as he flew through their airspace on his way from Thailand to Japan. Francis made sure not to offend Beijing in the telegrams Saturday,...
5 states resisting creation of panels to promote the census
ORLANDO, Fla. — With billions in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the Census Bureau’s chief recommendations for making sure everyone is counted during the 2020 census. Five states — Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas...
Locals react to impeachment proceedings against President Trump
The Tribune-Review sought reaction to the impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is some of what people in Western Pennsylvania had to say: Sindy Diaz, 48, of Greensburg, Republican “I believe this sham impeachment is a giant waste of the taxpayers money and time....
