With wins in 7 states and DC, Biden closes in on nomination
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer
Joe Biden has taken a big step toward winning enough delegates to be the Democratic presidential nominee. The former vice president swept the seven states that conducted presidential primaries on Tuesday plus the District of Columbia. Those victories have put hundreds more delegates in Biden’s corner ahead of the summer nominating convention. Biden could lock down the nomination during next week’s primaries in West Virginia and Georgia. Biden’s advance came as voters across the U.S. were forced to navigate curfews, health concerns and National Guard troops. In some cases, they waited in line hours after polls closed.

(Pittsburgh,Pa.) More protests occurred in downtown Pittsburgh yesterday for the fourth straight day.

It is being reported that the group of protesters stopped in front of the Allegheny County Jail and sat down for about an hour. Pittsburgh Police shutdown Second Avenue because of the protestors. After the sit down at the jail the protestors traveled across the 10th Street Bridge and onto the South Side of Pittsburgh where they sat at the intersection of East Carson and 10th streets. The protestors then made their way back into downtown and ended up back in Market Square.

Pittsburgh Police reported that there were no arrests and no incidents during Tuesday’s protest march. The March was to protest the death of George Floyd the young black man who was killed in police custody when and officer knelt on him cutting off his air supply for over eight minutes.

Judge gives control of Joe Exotic’s zoo to Carole Baskin
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has awarded ownership of the zoo made famous in Netflix’s “Tiger King” docuseries to Joe Exotic’s chief rival. U.S. District Judge Scott Palk on Monday granted control of the Oklahoma zoo that was previously run by Joseph Maldonado-Passage — also known as Joe Exotic — to Big Cat Rescue Corp. The Florida group was founded by Carole Baskin, who also featured prominently in the hit Netflix series. Maldonado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year federal prison for killing five tigers and plotting to have Baskin killed.

Minnesota files civil rights charge vs police in Floyd death
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota has filed a human rights complaint against the Minneapolis Police Department in the death of George Floyd by an officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for several minutes, even after he stopped moving. Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced the filing at a news conference Tuesday. Widely seen bystander video showing Floyd’s death has sparked protests around the world. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been fired and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Three other officers involved were fired but have not been charged.

Pennsylvania Turnpike to lay off hundreds of toll collectors
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs. The Turnpike Commission voted Tuesday to make the entire interstate network a cashless system. The cuts are the latest development in the agency’s multi-year transition from a system that’s largely relied on workers stationed in toll booths to collect cash to one that employs E-ZPass as well as automated license readers. The job losses will begin June 18, and the commission said some health benefits will remain in place for two years.

Social media, music world go dark for Black Out Tuesday
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, joining voices around the world outraged by the killings of black people in the U.S. Instagram and Twitter accounts, from record labels to everyday people, were full of black squares posted in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Most of the captions were blank, though some posted #TheShowMustBePaused, black heart emojis or encouraged people to vote. Seven states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday host presidential primary elections. But some on social media question if posting black squares diverts attentions.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF AUTUMN IVEY

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Aliquippa, Pa.) AUTUMN IVEY SAID  SHE WAS DRIVING THROUGH ALIQUIPPA SATURDAY NIGHT ON HER WAY TO WORK.   SHE SAID GOD TOLD HER TO  ORGANIZE A PROTEST IN ALIQUIPPA. SHE CALLED AND GOT PERMISSION ACCORDING TO POLICE AND IT WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST OF  100 PEOPLE.  IVEY SAID IT STOOD FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.  MAYOR DWAN B. WALKER SAID IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE PROTEST WAS AT THE POLICE STATION AT 10 A.M.SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2020

SHE SAID THE PROTEST LASTED ONE HOUR AND AT 11 A.M. THEY LOCKED ARMS, HELD HANDS, AND STOOD AROUND THE AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT OF THE ALIQUIPPA POLICE DEPARTMENT. REVEREND BAILEY  LED THEM IN THE LORD’S PRAYER FOLLOWED BY THE CHANT “NO JUSTICE. NO PEACE”.

Man gets life plus 11 to 22 years in homicide, rape case
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole and a consecutive 11- to 22-year sentence in the strangulation death of a man and the rape of a woman last year. Fifty-nine-year-old Richard Mickens pleaded guilty Tuesday in Allegheny County to first-degree murder in the death of 51-year-old Luke Connelly in Carnegie in May 2019. Mickens also pleaded guilty to the rape and aggravated assault, for which the consecutive term was imposed. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors withdrew their bid to seek the death penalty in the case.