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Christians Mark Good Friday as Some Holy Sites Reopen

Christians mark Good Friday as some holy sites reopen
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down. Many religious sites are open to limited numbers of faithful but there will be none of the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter. Last year, Jerusalem was under a strict lockdown. This year, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, died and rose from the dead, is open to visitors but only expecting a few dozen. The virus is still raging in the Philippines, France, Brazil and other predominantly Christian countries.

CDC Issues Guidelines for Celebrating Easter

(Washington, DC) The CDC and doctors are advising people to celebrate Easter safely to limit COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

The CDC released some guidance for Sunday, which includes celebrating with people you don’t live with virtually or outside while following social distancing. The CDC also said those who are fully vaccinated may gather together without masks.

They suggests eating your Easter meal only with those you live with, attending religious services virtually or holding an egg hunt outside with masks and 6 feet of distance.

The guidelines state if you are fully vaccinated, you can gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks. Also, if you are fully vaccinated, you can gather indoors with un-vaccinated people from one other household without masks, unless any of those people or anyone they live with is high risk.

City of Beaver Falls to Resume Street Sweeping

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The Beaver Falls Police Department via their Facebook Page is advising residents that street sweeping in the City of Beaver Falls will begin This Sunday Night, April 4, 2021, at midnight. The Department is asking you to please get into the habit of moving your vehicles so that the Street Department can properly clean the streets in the city.

Penguins end long winless drought in Boston; beat Bruins 4-1

Penguins end long winless drought in Boston; beat Bruins 4-1
KEN POWTAK Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Mike Matheson scored a highlight-reel goal after a lengthy rush, and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins ended a long winless drought in Boston with a 4-1 victory over the Bruins. Zach Aston-Reese, Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who won their fifth straight game and improved to 11-2-1 in their last 14. Casey DeSmith stopped 30 shots as Pittsburgh won in Boston for the first time since an overtime win Nov. 24, 2014, ending an 0-8-2 stretch since then. The Bruins had gone 12-0-1 in their last 13 games in TD Garden against the Penguins. Brad Marchand scored his 14th goal and rookie goalie Dan Vladar stopped 19 shots in his third career start for Boston, which had collected at least a point in five of its previous six games (4-1-1).

Geneva falls to Washington & Jefferson 20-6

The Golden Tornadoes travelled to Washington to take on the Presidents for tonight’s college football matchup.  No points made it on the board until the end of the first when W&J managed a touchdown, although their extra point attempt was blocked by Geneva.  With halftime closing in, Geneva finally made it into the endzone although the extra point attempt went wide left, bringing the game to a tie at 6 with a minute left in the half.  The Presidents managed to complete a 40 yard hail mary touchdown pass with 4 seconds to play to break the tie going into the half W&J 13 Geneva 6.  The Golden Tornadoes tried to make a comeback in the second half but were unsuccessful.  W&J managed one more score during the third and fourth was scoreless.  The final score was W&J 20 Geneva 6. You can hear the post game below.

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Hayes homers, Pirates 2-hit Cubs 5-3 on chilly opening day

Hayes homers, Pirates 2-hit Cubs 5-3 on chilly opening day
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a two-run homer and Pittsburgh’s relievers dominated in a two-hitter, helping the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on a chilly opening day. The gametime temperature at Wrigley Field was 36 degrees, and the flags at the iconic ballpark rippled in the breeze for much of the sunny afternoon. A crowd of 10,343 dressed in winter jackets, hooded sweatshirts and hats for the return of fans to Wrigley after they were kept out last summer because of the pandemic. Anthony Rizzo, Joc Pederson and Willson Contreras each hit a sacrifice fly for Chicago, but that was it for the reigning NL Central champions.

Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits

Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld federal regulators’ decision to ease ownership limits on local media, rejecting a claim that the change would hurt minority and female ownership. The court ruled Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission acted reasonably in 2017 when it modified rules that predated the internet. The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They also limited how many radio and TV stations one company could own in a single market and restricted the number of TV stations a company could operate in one media market.

OPEC and allies agree to gradually boost crude oil output

OPEC and allies agree to gradually boost crude oil output
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied countries say they have decided to gradually add back some 2 million barrels per barrel per day of oil production from May to July. They’re moving cautiously in pace with the recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. The group is gingerly adding back production that was slashed last year to support prices as demand sagged during the worst of the pandemic recession, which sapped demand for fuel. The group will add back 350,000 barrels per day in May, 350,000 in June, and 400,000 in July. Meanwhile Saudi Arabia will restore an additional 1 million barrels per day that it made on its own.