State prisons will allow arts and crafts when children visit parents
Pennsylvania’s state prisons will allow incarcerated parents and their children to do arts and crafts in visiting rooms to make children more comfortable with the experience, Department of Corrections officials said Monday. Coloring books, markers, paper and other craft supplies will be available during visiting hours, all of which will...
Trump: Making daylight saving time permanent is ‘OK with me’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump thinks it’s a good idea if daylight saving time becomes permanent. A federal law specifies that daylight time applies from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November in areas that do not specifically exempt themselves....
Dallastown toddler nearly died, OD’ed on father’s fentanyl, police say
A Dallastown man whose toddler nearly died of a fentanyl overdose more than two years ago is now locked up, accused of child endangerment for allegedly leaving the deadly opioid within reach of his two young children. The concentration of fentanyl in the 14-month-old girl’s system was higher than a...
Trump’s record $4.7 trillion budget relies on strong growth
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed a record $4.7 trillion federal budget for 2020 on Monday, relying on optimistic 3.1 percent economic growth projections alongside accounting shuffles and steep domestic cuts to bring future spending into promised balance in 15 years. The deficit is projected to hit $1.1 trillion in...
California Clean Slate Law follows Pennsylvania’s lead
California may soon follow Pennsylvania’s lead in sealing criminal records for nonviolent offenders who did the crime and paid their time. The New York Times reported that California lawmakers are weighing a proposal similar to Pennsylvania’s law — and may take it one step further. While the Pennsylvania law kicks...
Trump defends ‘Tim Apple’ comment, says he was saving time
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he didn’t slip up when he referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as “Tim Apple” at a White House meeting. Trump tweeted Monday: “I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News...
Democrats pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston
MILWAUKEE — Democrats picked Milwaukee on Monday to host their 2020 national convention, setting up the party’s standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and...
Coach, wife electrocuted while installing new scoreboard
BRISTOL, Fla. — Officials say a high school baseball coach and his wife were electrocuted while installing a new scoreboard at a Florida baseball field to replace one that had been destroyed by Hurricane Michael. Liberty County School Board member Kyle Peddle tells the Tallahassee Democrat that Coach Corey Crum...
Girl found dead in duffel bag in Los Angeles County is identified
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County investigators have identified a girl found dead in a duffel bag along a suburban equestrian trail, and two people have been detained in connection with the case. The Sheriff’s Department said late Sunday the coroner’s office determined the girl was 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones...
Search continues in 2007 disappearance of Beaver County woman
CHESTER, W.Va. — The FBI is trying to solve the 12-year-old disappearance of a Pennsylvania woman who vanished after leaving West Virginia casino. The FBI in Pittsburgh says in a statement Karen S. Adams of Independence Township, Pennsylvania, went to the nearby Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in Hancock County,...
2020 Democrats aim to make inroads in rural America
DENMARK, S.C. — Deanna Miller Berry doesn’t often see presidential candidates. So when New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker recently came to Bamberg County, South Carolina, she was primed to unload about a contaminated water system. “What is your plan to fix it?” Berry asked, her eyes narrowed. Booker, former mayor...
Ethiopia mourns crash victims as plane’s ‘black box’ found
EJERE, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as “an extra safety precaution” following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed, a spokesman said Monday, as Ethiopia marked a day of mourning and the plane’s damaged “black...
Growing number of Boeing Max 8 planes grounded after crash
BEIJING (AP) — Aviation authorities in China, Indonesia and Ethiopia ordered airlines on Monday to ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after one of the aircraft crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. The crash of the Ethiopian Airlines jet shortly after it took off from Addis...
Engine trouble prompts Boeing 737 United plane to issue emergency
HOUSTON — Federal authorities say a United Airlines flight declared an emergency when an engine shut down as the plane was descending into Houston. Flight 1168 was carrying 174 passengers and six crew members when engine trouble began late Sunday as the plane neared George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston....
Pa. man admits to fatally shooting roommate over discarded Chick-fil-A bag
PHILADELPHIA — A Bucks County man told police he was so upset that his roommate left an empty Chick-fil-A bag in their apartment late Saturday, he initiated a violent argument that turned fatal. Gregory Hylton, 40, has been charged with criminal homicide and possession of an instrument of a crime,...
Woman trying to take a selfie with a jaguar when it attacks her, authorities sayVideo
A woman was attacked by a jaguar as she was apparently trying to get a photo outside the big cat’s enclosure at Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona, authorities said. Shawn Gilleland, a spokesman for the Rural Metro Fire Department, told The Washington Post on Sunday that fire crews said the...
Fire chief dies, suffers emergency at firefighter’s funeralVideo
PORTLAND, Maine — The tragedy of a Maine firefighter who was fatally injured while shielding a colleague from flames was compounded Sunday by the death of a fire chief who suffered a medical emergency at the memorial service. Oxford Fire Chief Gary Sacco suffered the emergency as several thousand people,...
Adam Schiff says it’s ‘mistake’ for Mueller not to interview TrumpVideo
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller was making a “mistake” by not demanding that President Trump testify as part of his investigation, which by many accounts may soon be nearing its end. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Adam...
Trump expected to seek $8.6B for border wall in new budget
WASHINGTON — President Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, two administration officials said Sunday, setting up another showdown with Congress, which has resisted giving him more money for his signature campaign promise. The request would more than double the $8.1 billion...
Democrats were trying to ‘protect’ Omar with resolution denouncing hate, Rep. Liz Cheney says
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Sunday that House Democrats were trying to protect Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with last week’s resolution broadly denouncing hate, as a Democratic co-author of the measure pushed back, arguing that “history is going to judge” those who voted against it. Cheney was one of 23...
Jerome Powell says Trump’s attacks played no role in rate pause
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says political attacks by President Trump played no role in the Fed’s decision in January to signal that it planned to take a pause in hiking interest rates. He also said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he can’t be fired by the...
Pennsylvania man claims he found another R. Kelly sexual abuse tape
NEW YORK — A Pennsylvania man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found what he thought was a recording of R&B singer R. Kelly in concert, but instead turned out to show a man who appeared to be Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney...
U.S. authorities to assist in investigation of Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157
U.S. air safety officials are assisting in the investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane bound for Nairobi that went down Sunday, killing all 157 people on board, including eight Americans. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will take part in the probe, officials said,...
Trump donor claimed she could offer access to president
PALM BEACH, Fla. — A company run by a donor to President Trump claimed it could provide Chinese clients with a chance to mingle and take photos with the president, along with access to his private club in Palm Beach. It remains unclear how much Li Yang charged for the...
Boeing likely to face new questions after another 737 crash
Investigators rushed to the scene of a devastating plane crash in Ethiopia on Sunday, an accident that could renew safety questions about the newest version of Boeing’s popular 737 airliner. The Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after taking off from the capital of Addis Ababa,...
