2 convicted for tossing horse lubricant and glitter on cops
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon protesters have been sentenced to five days in jail for throwing horse lubricant mixed with gold glitter on two police officers at a protest. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says the defendants were protesting against a rally organized by a right-wing group called Patriot...
3rd child dies after horse-drawn carriage hit in Michigan
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police say a third child has died after a pickup truck drove into the back of an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan. Two children, ages 6 and 2 years old, died at the scene of Friday evening’s crash. State Trooper Seth Reed told the Detroit...
Trump still hangs tariff threat over Mexico despite deal
STERLING, Va. — President Donald Trump on Sunday dangled renewing his tariff threat on Mexico if the U.S. ally doesn’t cooperate on border issues, as Democratic challengers criticized a deal reached to avert the tariffs as overblown. In a series of tweets sent before departing for his golf club in...
North and South Carolina warn of Portuguese Man O’ Wars on beaches
Wildlife officials in North Carolina and South Carolina are warning beachgoers about Portuguese Man O’ Wars in the ocean and on beaches. On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources posted to Facebook that a small number of the sea creatures were reported on state beaches. The post warns,...
Case opened: Democrats begin public airing of Mueller report
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it’s “case closed.” But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller . House Democrats have scheduled a series of hearings this coming week on the special counsel’s report as they intensify their focus on the Russia probe and pick up the pace on...
Pope laments ‘culture of insults,’ decries church propaganda
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday lamented what he called a “culture of insults” enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other “exclusivist ideas” that he said contrast with a Christian mission to foster harmony. In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis...
The ‘Chocolate tube’: Testing polluted surfing beaches
LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Most surfers know it’s best to avoid surfing near pipes that dump storm water into the ocean soon after a storm, due to the increased chance of getting sick from bacteria that enter the surf. Many do it anyway because the periods just after storms often...
Lottery ticket worth $530 million sold in San Diego store
SAN DIEGO — A lottery ticket worth $530 million in the Mega Millions draw was sold at a liquor store in San Diego, the City News Service reports. The winner will have to decide whether to receive the estimated $530 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $345.2 million cash...
Franklin Regional life skills students gain marketable experience through shop
Before opening the FR Panther Shop, learning support teacher Michelle Longo first had to learn how to use all of the equipment, so she could show her life-skills students. “We literally learned it all together,” Longo said. Funded by a roughly $12,000 grant from the FR Panther Foundation, special-education students...
Storm sends giant Chick-fil-A cow flying through the airVideo
There’s a chicken restaurant in Alabama that’s missing a cow. A storm Friday brought strong winds through Montgomery that caused the expected damage to trees and power lines. It also set free an inflatable cow that was tethered to a Chick-fil-A. It was lunch time when Savannah Wallace recorded a...
Attempt at Great Salt Lake to break float record sinks
MAGNA, Utah — A gathering at the Great Salt Lake in hopes of making it into the record books fell way short. Utah park officials invited people to a beach on the lake’s south end Saturday in an attempt to set the world record for the largest number of people...
Army veteran, former pilot had lifelong love of aviation
Charles Steel followed his heart into the clouds but kept his feet firmly planted on the ground. Likely influenced by cousin Chalmers Goodlin, a renowned test pilot from New Alexandria, Mr. Steel obtained his pilot’s license in 1945, at 18. “Chalmers bought a DC-10, and my dad flew it from...
Hillary Clinton says her youngest brother has died
Hillary Clinton’s brother has died. The former U.S. senator, Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential candidate announced Saturday on Twitter her youngest brother, Tony Rodham, died Friday. Clinton remembered him as a kind and generous person who could walk into a room and “light it up with laughter.”...
Pennsylvania man says rise in tornadoes caused by traffic circles
The Keystone State has had more than the expected number of tornadoes so far this year and explanations often involve El Niño or climate change. But at least one resident of the northeast corner of Pennsylvania is blaming them on something else: traffic circles. A news program on WNEP-TV in...
Pickup hits Amish horse-drawn carriage in Michigan, killing 2 kids
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a pickup truck rear-ended an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan, killing two children and seriously injuring two others and a woman who were in the carriage. The state police say the two adults and five children who were in the carriage were ejected...
Pomp, parade marks Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday
LONDON— Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a traditional display of British pageantry at its very best. About 1,400 soldiers in ceremonial scarlet coats and bearskin hats marched past the queen in a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Westminster. Royals...
Trump suspends proposed tariffs on Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he has suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached...
Gay couple attacked on London bus after refusing to kiss in front of male gang
LONDON — Two women were punched by male assailants on a London bus after the couple refused to perform a kiss for the gang that surrounded and taunted them as lesbians, according to an account by one of the victims. The alleged attack last week was revealed in social media...
Trump does aboutface on going to the moon
ORLANDO, Fla. — President Trump executed a cosmic flip flop in priorities Friday when he tweeted that the United States should not keep talking about going back to the moon, despite his administration’s insistence that the United States should, in fact, go back to the moon. “For all of the...
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman opens State House pool for use by kids
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP — Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor is opening the pool in the official residence he doesn’t use to children who typically wouldn’t have access to one. Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced Friday the new access to the pool at the State House. The residence is on National Guard...
Trump team weighs palette for red, white and blue Air Force One
The White House is pressing ahead with President Trump’s demand that Boeing paint new Air Force One jets red, white and blue, replacing the blue-and-white pattern used since the early 1960s. The Air Force, which manages the $5.3 billion program to build two new presidential planes, hasn’t been given a...
Joe Biden’s abortion flip-flop shows how fast and far Democrats have shiftedVideo
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s announcement this week that he had reversed decades of opposition to using federal funds to pay for most abortions capped a rapid move within his party against what had been one of the few compromises in abortion politics. On Wednesday, the Biden campaign said he still...
State Democratic Party adds to calls for Sen. Daylin Leach to resign
HARRISBURG — Leaders of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party on Friday added to calls for a state senator to resign over accusations of sexual misconduct. The statement came a day after the Senate’s top Democrat said an inquiry he commissioned into complaints about Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, found a “lengthy pattern of...
Unity woman had ‘heart of a caring person’
Anna Dunn made it her life’s work to care for the Benedictine brothers at Saint Vincent Archabbey. She spent 40 years as a certified nurse’s aide at the monastery infirmary, caring for brothers and priests who were convalescing or were in their last hours, said her daughter Kathleen Hendrickson. “She...
Franklin Regional will host technology camp for girls
The Females Embrace Awesome Technology camp, four days of science, technology, engineering and math activities geared toward girls, is set for June 24-27 at Franklin Regional Senior High School. The program will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Girls in grades 6-9 will explore computer science and...
