Trump jokes to Putin: ‘Don’t meddle in the election’
OSAKA, Japan — With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia’s Vladimir Putin “Don’t meddle in the election” in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Moscow extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign. The tone of the president’s comment did little to silence...
This Month In Sports History: June
A look back at sports history in the month of June via the Associated Press archives....
Marianne Williamson barely spoke during debate but ruled internet, late-night shows
Nearly half an hour went by during Thursday’s Democratic debate before Marianne Williamson even had the chance to speak. In total, Williamson talked for roughly five minutes onstage in Miami, placing her among the group of presidential hopefuls who had the least amount of airtime during the first debates of...
Seoul: U.S. ready for talks with N.Korea on denuclearization
SEOUL — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea reaffirmed Friday that Washington is ready to hold talks with the North, South Korea’s government said, as North Korea escalates its calls for the United States to make new proposals to resolve the impasse in their nuclear diplomacy. Stephen Biegun’s reported...
Rivals attack Biden, with Kamala Harris leading way on race issues
Rival presidential contenders pummeled former Vice President Joe Biden with searing, emotional critiques Thursday at his first presidential debate in Miami - denouncing his record on racial issues and calling on him to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. In one of the most dramatic moments of...
Murrysville cycling group helps Monroeville man cope with Lyme disease
A decade ago, Greg Shogan of Monroeville went through a series of perplexing ailments. First, he got cat scratch disease, which lingered for a couple months before going away. “Shortly after that, my whole face went numb, and I saw everyone I could see and probably had about 20 brain...
New Jersey woman charged in identical twin’s fatal stabbing ordered jailed until trial
CAMDEN, N.J. — “Amanda you stabbed me,” a stunned Anna Ramirez told her identical twin as blood seeped from her chest early Saturday morning outside their Camden home, according to a witness statement read in court Thursday. She was pronounced dead less than an hour later and her twin sister...
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson describes Jared Kushner’s secret diplomacyVideo
WASHINGTON — In a remarkable glimpse into President Trump’s unconventional way of running the White House and foreign policy, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has described a string of secret meetings, hidden dinners and undisclosed conversations with world leaders conducted by presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner — and concealed from...
Congress approves border funding despite Democratic disputeVideo
WASHINGTON — The House approved a White House- and Senate-supported $4.5 billion bill Thursday to respond to the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, sending it to President Trump’s desk despite deep skepticism from progressives that it doesn’t do enough to protect migrant children. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., allowed the...
Paul Manafort confessed to mortgage fraud charges, Manhattan prosecutors sayVideo
NEW YORK — A disheveled Paul Manafort limped into a Manhattan courtroom Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a host of fraud charges — but prosecutors say the former Trump campaign chairman has already confessed to some of those very crimes. Shortly after Manafort entered his not guilty plea before...
Search for missing Utah student turns up ‘person of interest’Video
SALT LAKE CITY — A man whose home was searched as police investigate the disappearance of a Utah college student was named a “person of interest” in the case Thursday, and police were trying to find a mattress that had been inside his home. The announcement was made shortly after...
Prosecutors: Father angry over eaten cake kills 5-year-old son
MILWAUKEE — Prosecutors say a Milwaukee father is accused of fatally punching his 5-year-old son because the boy ate some of the cheesecake he had gotten for Father’s Day. Travis Stackhouse is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the child’s death last Saturday. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office determined...
Pennsylvania’s top health official stresses need for vaccinations
Pennsylvania’s health secretary emphasized the importance of vaccination in the wake of a national measles outbreak. “Vaccines are a safe and effective way to protect yourself from a number of serious, life-threatening diseases,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in a statement. “Getting your vaccinations can help protect those...
Pennsylvania group to keep pushing for independent redistricting commission
Pennsylvania advocates for redistricting reform will keep pushing for an independent commission to oversee the process in light of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to keep courts out of state efforts to address gerrymandering. The high court’s conservative majority decided in a 5-4 ruling that partisan gerrymandering — drawing congressional...
A pregnant woman who was shot in the stomach was charged in her baby’s death
A 27-year-old Alabama woman was indicted on manslaughter charges Wednesday in the shooting death of her own unborn child, even though, police say, another woman pulled the trigger. The moment quickly became a flashpoint in the broader debate over abortion, particularly in Alabama, and raised questions over how fairly manslaughter...
Snake tries to steal rainbow trout from angler in Virginia
An angler won a game of tug-of-war with a snake trying to steal a rainbow trout from his stringer on Crooked Creek in Virginia, according to a report from Storyful. Larry Bobbit, the angler, shot a video on June 22 of the incident, which went viral on the social media...
Fisher Price recalls 71,000 inclined baby sleeper accessories
Fisher Price recalled about 71,000 inclined sleeper accessories included with all models of the Fisher-Price Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yards. The company said in a statement it decided to recall the accessories after similar products had been linked to infant deaths. Fisher Price said there have been no reported...
Elementary students accidentally given graphic sex guide
In a recent health class, a sixth- and seventh-grade students in Canada got quite an adult version of sex education. While the booklet, the Safer Sex Guide, given to the kids offers advise on how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), it also talks about fetishes and sex acts (like...
Cat found after nearly 3 years; Kansas owner ‘in shock’
GARDNER, Kan. — A cat named Meow has been reunited with her suburban Kansas City owners after she went missing nearly three years ago. The Kansas City Star reports that Meow escaped after Taylor Jezik moved to a new apartment complex in Gardner, Kansas. Jezik searched for Meow in her...
Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim
MATAMOROS, Mexico — The young family from El Salvador appeared in this border city over the weekend with panic on their faces. They went to the downtown bridge that leads to Brownsville, Texas, where Xiomara Mejia, a migrant from Honduras, explained that the newcomers would not be able to add...
Remains identified of Nebraska twins killed at Pearl Harbor
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class...
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman expects to move forward after Senate dispute
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said he isn’t harboring any ill will over the chaotic scene that unfolded Wednesday while he was presiding over the state Senate. “I don’t take any of this personally,” he told the Tribune-Review on Thursday ahead of an expected vote on the state budget. Shouting, name-calling...
What to watch on debate night: Biden, Bernie and other stars
WASHINGTON — Same stage. Same rules. But the Democrats’ second back-to back debate is fueled by star power. Debate night No. 2 marks the first time top-tier presidential candidates will confront one another in person over who is best fit to lead the Democratic effort to oust President Donald Trump...
Friends: Trump accuser told us of attack in the ’90s
NEW YORK — Two women have confirmed that the writer E. Jean Carroll told them in the 1990s that she’d been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump in the dressing room of a New York City department store. The women, both journalists who were friends with Carroll, spoke publicly for the...
Piano teacher gets to keep $40K in feud with noisy neighbor
SELAH, Wash. — An appeals court says a piano teacher in Washington state deserved the $40,000 she was awarded in a dispute with a neighbor who revved his pickup truck engine for months to drown out the sound of her lessons. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the appeals court ruled Tuesday...
