Pennsylvania House nears vote on child-abuse lawsuit window
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House Democrats put their freshly minted majority status to work Tuesday in shutting down Republican efforts to make changes to legislation designed to let victims of childhood sexual abuse file otherwise outdated lawsuits. After the winners of three Pittsburgh-area special elections were sworn in, giving Democrats a...
Jennifer McClellan wins special election for Virginia’s 4th District
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Jennifer McClellan defeated her Republican opponent in a special election Tuesday to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress. McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, prevailed over pastor and Navy...
Democrats assail Fox News’ possession of Jan. 6 Capitol videos
WASHINGTON — Tucker Carlson’s access to unpublicized footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is an “egregious security breach” by Republicans, the House’s top Democrat says. Democrats will hold a virtual conference call on Wednesday to discuss the details of the thousands of hours of security footage that, Axios first...
Reports: Off-duty officer charged after shooting during fight at DuBois barVideo
An off-duty police officer is behind bars and is facing charges after he was accused of shooting a man in the face during an altercation with the owner of a Clearfield County bar over the weekend, according to WJAC and WTAJ. It all happened when officers were dispatched to “Invictus,”...
Upper Midwest braces for blizzard, nearly 2 feet of snowVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — A monster winter storm took aim Tuesday at the Upper Midwest, threatening to bring blizzard conditions, bitterly cold temperatures and 2 feet of snow in a three-day onslaught that could affect more than 40 million Americans. The storm was to begin around midday and continue through Thursday morning...
Alligator kills 85-year-old Florida woman as she walked dog
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog in a senior living community on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, officials said. The woman was walking her dog on Monday afternoon beside a canal in Spanish Lakes Fairway near Fort Pierce when the nearly 11-foot...
Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor. The vote by the convention’s Executive Committee culminates growing tension between the nation’s largest Protestant denomination — which officially...
Explosion at Ohio metals plant kills 1 worker, injures 13
OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio — A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the I. Schumann & Co. copper...
West Virginia passes campus carry, bill heads to governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses is heading to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice after passing the final hurdle in the GOP-dominated Legislature. The state House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly...
Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son takes stand at murder trial
Alex Murdaugh’s defense called his surviving son to the stand Tuesday to poke holes in evidence prosecutors have presented in the disgraced South Carolina attorney’s double murder trial. Buster Murdaugh answered questions in a matter-of-fact tone, ranging from how he found out about the killings to how his brother would...
New START: Last U.S.-Russia arms control treaty in jeopardy
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement Tuesday that Moscow is suspending its participation in the last remaining U.S.-Russia arms control treaty will have an immediate impact on U.S. visibility into Russian nuclear activities, but the pact was already on life support. Putin’s decision to suspend Russian cooperation with the...
Presidential records: Jimmy Carter is America’s longest-lived commander-in-chief
Jimmy Carter isn’t just America’s oldest living president. At 98 years old, he is America’s oldest former president, period. Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924 in Plains, Ga. Carter’s family announced this week that he has opted to forgo medical intervention and will receive hospice care at home. Several presidents...
Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social media
WASHINGTON — In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter in a terrorist attack. At the same time, the...
Police: Capture of 2 teens led to arrest after officer slain at Temple University
PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say the quick apprehension of two youths after a Temple University police officer was shot and killed near the north Philadelphia campus led to an arrest just hours later in a neighboring county. Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, 31, spotted three people dressed in black and wearing masks Saturday...
Abortion rights groups ready 2023 ballot measure in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two groups advocating for abortion rights planned to submit fall ballot language Tuesday for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Ohioans’ access to abortion, an effort that opponents have vowed to fight. The measure submitted to Republican Attorney General Dave Yost calls for establishing “a fundamental right to reproductive...
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up toxic derailmentVideo
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern on Tuesday to pay for the cleanup of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck and chemical release as federal regulators took charge of long-term recovery efforts and promised worried residents they won’t be forgotten. Speaking to reporters near...
Biden in Poland says U.S. and allies ‘have Ukraine’s back’
WARSAW, Poland — President Joe Biden, returning on Tuesday to the Polish castle where he spoke shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, said the war had hardened Western resolve to defend democracy around the globe. He warned that there were “hard and bitter days ahead,” but pledged...
Explosion kills 2 at Miami-area industrial complex
MEDLEY, Fla. — An explosion and fire at an industrial complex in suburban Miami killed two people and left three others injured Tuesday morning, officials said. The explosion in the small city of Medley shot a large fireball into the sky and left several trucks and other vehicles in flames,...
Mormon church fined $5M for obscuring size of portfolio
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under church control, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday. “We allege that the LDS Church’s investment...
4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees
LONDON — Work less, get more. A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world’s largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated from June to December will keep going with the shorter hours and that most employees were less stressed and...
U.S. home sales fell again in January; prices edged higher
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s housing slump dragged on into January as home sales fell for the 12th consecutive month to the slowest pace in more than a dozen years. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that existing U.S. home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
Mardi Gras brings joy — but also worry over violent crime
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ annual Carnival season entered its ebullient crescendo Tuesday with thousands of revelers expected to pack the French Quarter and line miles of parade routes in a citywide Mardi Gras celebration underpinned this year by violent crime concerns and political turmoil. Gunfire that broke out during...
Rep. Barbara Lee joins race for California U.S. Senate seat
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday formally launched her campaign for the Senate seat held by the retiring Dianne Feinstein, joining two fellow House Democrats in the race in the nation’s most populous state. In a video posted on Twitter, Lee ran through a list of the...
Key moments in a year of war after Russia invaded Ukraine
The war in Ukraine that began a year ago has killed thousands, forced millions to flee their homes, reduced entire cities to rubble and has fueled fears the confrontation could slide into an open conflict between Russia and NATO. A look at some of the main events in the conflict....
New quake brings fresh losses to residents of Turkey, Syria
ISTANBUL — Survivors of the earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria 15 days ago, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless, dealt with more trauma and loss Tuesday after another strong quake and aftershocks rocked the region. The 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck...
