NEW YORK (AP) — An online message board with a history of use by violent extremists is suffering sporadic outages after its cybersecurity provider cut off support for what it called a “cesspool of hate” following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. A lack of security support would leave the site open to online attacks that might block access. 8chan went dark shortly after midnight, but appears to be back online early Monday.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say another person has died from a weekend mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, raising the death toll in that attack to 21. El Paso police tweeted that the latest victim died early Monday morning at a hospital. No other details were immediately provided. More than two dozen people were wounded in the attack. The suspected gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, has been booked on capital murder charges.
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf has ordered the commonwealth flag on all commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds to half-staff to honor the victims of the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
“We can ban assault weapons and institute stricter background checks. We can make communities safer. We can target white nationalism and promote tolerance. We can invest in mental health care and help those struggling. We cannot accept this violence as normal. We must act.”
The commonwealth flag shall be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019. The United States flag has already been ordered to half-staff during this time. All Pennsylvanians are invited to participate in this tribute.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police Chief Richard Biehl says it’s hard to believe that the gunman in the Dayton attack didn’t recognize his sister when he opened fired and killed her and eight other people. Police say 24-year-old Connor Betts opened fire around 1 a.m. Sunday in a popular entertainment district. Police say he was fatally shot by officers within 30 seconds.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the nation must reform mental health laws to better identify “mentally disturbed individuals” after two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio this weekend killed dozens of people. The Republican president avoided blaming guns for the killings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Trump said at the White House on Monday, “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.”
A western Pennsylvania man was among the victims in the tragic Dayton, Ohio mass shooting. 25-year-old Nicholas Cumer was a 2012 graduate from Washington High School. Cumer – a model student at St. Francis University where he was studying to get his Master’s Degree in cancer care – was studying in Dayton for an internship program wen he was shot by the gunman. A Mass in his memory will be held at St. Francis University this week. Counseling is also available for St. Francis University students.
Beaver Falls will soon be the location for a new state-funded community cultural project. Beaver County Radio News Intern Kristian Biega has more on the story…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2019
TODAY – MIXED CLOUDS AND SUN THIS MORNING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 86.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. LOW – 66.
TUESDAY – SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING
THE AFTERNOON. STORMS MAY CONTAIN
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HIGH – 85.
With the school year approaching, an opportunity for both students and adults returns to the county; that being the Beaver Valley Community Concert Association series of concerts! All concerts are held at the Beaver Falls Middle School Auditorium.
This season’s series includes:
2019
2020
For more information, you can visit the BVCCA website by clicking here.
Co-Presidents Rhonda Ficca and Jean Macaluso joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County on August 5 to preview the upcoming season. If you want to listen to the interview (including an impressive feature by Rhonda at the end), click on the player below.
AP source: Brady signs 2-year, $70M extension with Patriots
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer
Tom Brady has never known what it’s like to play out the final season of a contract in his 20-year NFL career, and the New England Patriots superstar quarterback isn’t about to find out.
Brady, who turned 42 on Saturday, is signing a two-year, $70 million extension that runs through 2021 and includes a hefty raise this season, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because the Patriots hadn’t announced the extension, confirmed the NFL Network’s report on Brady’s contract.
Brady will get an $8 million raise in 2019, when he’ll make $23 million. The extension also calls for him to make $30 million in 2020 and $32 million in 2021, when he would be 44.
Brady, who led the Patriots to a 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53, is one of just four players to win six NFL titles. The others all played for Vince Lombardi’s mighty Green Bay Packers teams in the 1960s: Hall of Famers Herb Adderley and Forrest Gregg and their teammate, Fuzzy Thurston.
Adderley, 80, told the AP earlier this year that he believes it will take another 100 years for someone else to join the exclusive club, although he figures Brady will make it a moot point with a seventh ring before he decides to retire.
“Oh yes, indeed. He has a shot at it as long as he plays,” Adderley said.
Brady and the Patriots open defense of their latest Super Bowl title against Pittsburgh on Sept. 8. Usually, the champion kicks off the season but that honor goes to Green Bay and Chicago this year as the NFL celebrates its 100th season.
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