Complaint: ‘Jane Doe’ beaten, burned, discarded in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — A woman known for two decades simply as “Jane Doe” after her battered remains were found on the edge of a Wisconsin cornfield was a cognitively impaired 23-year-old who sought help from a nurse now accused of “barbaric brutality” and charged in her death, investigators who worked the...
10 hospitalized from Oklahoma facility after flu shot mix-up
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Ten people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were apparently accidentally injected with what’s believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Emergency responders were called Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, about 40 miles...
Remembering heroes: Reenactors recreate slave uprising
LaPLACE, La. — To the beat of drums and the clip clop of horses’ hooves, the crowd of African Americans dressed in period costume marched down a street Friday in southeastern Louisiana, recreating the start of what became the largest slave uprising in U.S. history. Across the street, Claudine Ory,...
Police: Dad, daughter kidnapped woman, dumped her in desert
LOS ANGELES — A father and a daughter kidnapped a woman from a Las Vegas suburb and brought her to his house in Southern California, holding her captive for a week, raping her and then leaving her for dead in the desert, authorities said Friday. Stanley Alfred Lawton, 54, and...
Rostraver man printed his love of God for others to see
Charles Gillingham spent the last few months of his life working on a religious tract he titled “God’s Road Map to Eternal Life.” The 10-page tract was an outgrowth of his desire to spread God’s word and of his interest in artwork and printing, said his daughter Christi Crawford. “He...
Lawyer: John Bolton has knowledge about Ukraine not yet public
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton was “part of many relevant meetings and conversations” relevant to the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump that are not yet public, his lawyer said Friday. Charles Cooper, an attorney for Bolton, made the revelation in a letter that suggests Bolton...
Wisconsin governor returns ‘holiday tree’ name to evergreen
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has gone back to calling the evergreen on display at the state Capitol a holiday tree, reversing his predecessor who declared it a Christmas tree. The state Department of Administration places a huge evergreen in the Capitol rotunda every year ahead of Christmas....
O.J. Simpson sues Las Vegas casino, contends he was defamed
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly. Simpson, on parole in Nevada for a 2008 conviction for armed robbery and assault...
Colorado town pays $50K to woman ticketed for playing Frisbee toplessVideo
Women have the same rights as men to bare their chests in Loveland, Colorado. At least until city council reviews their indecent exposure law. Efrosini “Effie” Krokos, 20, has been paid $50,000 and had all charges dropped after she was cited for playing Frisbee topless in her front yard on...
2 Disney employees, ex-assistant principal among 17 in child porn sting
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida child porn investigation led to the arrest of 17 men, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced. Among the 17, accused of possessing and sharing child porn, were two Disney workers and one was a former middle school assistant principal, officials said. None of the...
Spruce planted in New York in 1959 becomes Rockefeller Center Christmas treeVideo
Carol Schultz of Florida, N.Y., planted a 4 foot Norway spruce in her yard in spring 1959. She wasn’t sure it would survive. Sixty years later, she watched as the tree was cut down in her yard, lifted by a crane and hauled to New York City, where it will...
Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundationVideo
NEW YORK — A judge Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interests. New York state Judge Saliann Scarpulla imposed the penalty after the president admitted to a...
Excela launches expanded cardiology services with new team of specialistsVideo
When nearly 100 patients left Excela Health System last year to undergo minimally invasive heart valve replacements not offered through its Westmoreland County hospitals, officials knew it was time to stop the bleeding. It is now “game on,” Excela acting CEO John Sphon said after the recruitment of four specialists...
Cambria County teacher apologizes to parents for Trump assignment
GALLITZIN — School officials in Pennsylvania have apologized to parents after students received a homework assignment involving President Donald Trump. WJAC-TV reports the assignment sent home from a teacher at Penn Cambria Middle School in Cambria County had some parents upset on Wednesday. The assignment had asked students to pretend...
NYPD: Couple, 5-year-old-child die in suspected homicides-suicideVideo
NEW YORK — A man killed his estranged wife and their 5-year-old child with a knife then took his own life in their Harlem home, the New York Police Department said Thursday. Police responding to a 911 call from distressed relatives found the bodies of Jennifer Schlecht, 42, and her...
Ex-school principal in Ohio charged with sex contact with 6 children
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — A former Ohio elementary school principal has pleaded not guilty to charges of having sexual contact with six young children. The Zanesville Times Recorder reports 32-year-old Cory Marling pleaded not guilty Wednesday in central Ohio’s Muskingum County to 11 counts of gross sexual imposition. The indictment says...
South Carolina man: McDonald’s sweet tea came with different leaf inside
HILTON HEAD, S.C. — A South Carolina man who went to McDonald’s for a sweet tea says he received a little extra herbal substance on the side. The Island Packet reports Parrish Brown went to a McDonald’s on Hilton Head Island and asked for a sweet tea with light ice...
Michael Bloomberg opens door to 2020 presidential campaignVideo
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, signaling his dissatisfaction with the current crop of candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump. Bloomberg, who initially ruled out a 2020 run, has not made a...
Pennsylvania tax revenues for 1st quarter at 6.1% above pre-recession peak
At least we’re not Ohio. A new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts that looks at state tax revenues at the end of the first quarter of 2019 found they were up 13 percent across the nation since their pre-recession peak in 2008. “The results mean that states collectively had...
Some in GOP warn against election challenge in KentuckyVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some Kentucky Republicans are warning Gov. Matt Bevin against challenging the election results in his bid for a second term unless he finds evidence of massive fraud. U.S. Rep. James Comer, who lost to Bevin by 83 votes in the 2015 GOP gubernatorial primary, is among Republicans...
Millions at stake in dinosaur fight: Are fossils minerals?
HELENA, Mont. — The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a Montana ranching couple rich beyond their dreams. Or they may have to share the wealth. It all comes down to how the state Supreme Court answers a seemingly...
Lake-effect snow could bring up to 7 inches to northwest Pennsylvania
A portion of northwest Pennsylvania could get its first taste of winter in the form of lake-effect snow. National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Erie and Crawford counties from 4 p.m. Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday. A cold front moving through the state is expected to...
The words Trump had to hear: Investigations, Biden, Clinton
WASHINGTON — There were three words President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden, Clinton. That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview with career State Department official George Kent. “Potus wanted nothing less than President Zelenskiy to go to the microphone...
Senate panel advances judicial nominee Steven Menashi on party-line voteVideo
WASHINGTON — A divided Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a top aide to President Donald Trump for a federal appeals court post Thursday, despite complaints from lawmakers about his refusal to answer questions about his record at the Education Department and the White House. Steven Menashi, an associate White House counsel,...
Crash leaves thousands of tortillas on a Pennsylvania road
MINERSVILLE — Police say 40,000 pounds of tortillas littered a Pennsylvania road when a tractor trailer hit another truck and then a car before toppling over. WNEP-TV reports that the Wednesday crash occurred near Minersville on Route 901 when one truck hauling the tortillas took a curve too fast and...
