YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman has asked a judge to dismiss charges that she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game too loudly on the radio. Lawyers for Delores Amorino filed legal documents Wednesday that claimed her now 19-year-old daughter is responsible for assaulting the 78-year-old woman. The filing comes a few weeks after a judge found Amorino was competent to stand trial but her daughter wasn’t.

Lawrence County District Attorney Josh Lamancusa says that he will seek the death penalty against 43 year old Keith Burley, Jr of Edingburg. He was arrested Tuesday in Youngstown following the stabbing death of eight-year-old Mark Mason at a home in Union Township. At least two other juveniles witnessed the fatal stabbing. Burley is being held in the Mahoning County Jail and is awaiting an extradition hearing today.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, 2019

TODAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
MORNING BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THIS
AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
HIGH – 85.

TONIGHT – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW – 62.

FRIDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE. HIGH – 81.

SATURDAY – ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. HIGH – 86.

SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 84.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is planning to make a statement about his handling of a sex-trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida involved in a secret 2008 plea deal that let Epstein avoid federal prosecution on charges of molesting teenage girls. Democrats are clamoring for Acosta’s resignation now that the matter has been reignited with new charges against the wealthy hedge fund manager.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro says female athletes “deserve fair and equal pay.” Fans of the World Cup champion U.S. women’s national soccer team chanted “Equal Pay!” as Cordeiro spoke at a celebration of the team at New York’s City Hall. Cordeiro said: “We hear you, we believe in you, and we’re committed to doing right by you.”

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s ambassador to the United States has resigned after being called a fool and made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump. Ambassador Kim Darroch stepped down Wednesday, days after a British newspaper published leaked diplomatic cables expressing the envoy’s dim views of the Trump administration. Darroch had been set to retire at the end of the year. It’s unclear if Prime Minister Theresa May will have time to name a replacement before she leaves office herself later this month.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency. In a significant legal victory for Trump, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by a federal judge in Maryland, who said the lawsuit could move forward. The appellate panel said Wednesday that Maryland and the District of Columbia lack standing to sue. Trump tweeted that he’s won “a big part … of the Witch Hunt.”