Hiring sign is displayed outside of a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July, a sign that businesses may pull back further on hiring and potentially cool chronically high inflation. There were 10.1 million advertised jobs on the last day of August, down a huge 10% from 11.2 million openings in July. In March, job openings had hit a record of nearly 11.9 million. The sharp drop in job openings will be welcomed by the Federal Reserve. Fed officials have cited the high level of openings as a sign of strong labor demand that has compelled employers to steadily raise pay to attract and keep workers.

FILE – Country music great Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait in September 2000 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Christoper Berkey, File)

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee. She was 90. Her compositions reflected her pride in her humble background and spoke frankly of her experiences as a woman and mother in Appalachia on such hits as “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and “The Pill.” Her bestselling 1976 autobiography was made into a movie, with Sissy Spacek winning an Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn. Lynn wrote unfiltered songs about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control that sometimes got her in trouble with radio programmers.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) A portion of Brodhead Road in Hopewell Township was closed for a period of time Monday afternoon after  a two vehicle accident occurred in the area know as Bucktail Hill.

The accident in which one person was injured occurred at 12:48PM. Firefighters from the City of Aliquippa had to extricate one person from one of the vehicles. The injured person was taken to a local hospital for their injuries. There is no word on the victim’s condition as Police continue to investigate the accident.

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(McKees Rocks, Pa.) 23-year-old Khaream Miller of McKees Rocks plead guilty yesterday to voluntary man slaughter in an incident that occurred on February 5, 2022 in which during argument with Keith Glaser he shot him six times. Glaser died 12 days later at Allegheny General Hospital. Miller had a permit to carry a concealed weapon and no prior criminal history before the incident. Miller’s plea was part of a plea agreement with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office.
A witness told police Miller and Glaser had past issues, said he saw punches thrown and then heard gunshots.
Miller told officials that he was attacked and knocked down and fired his gun out of fear.
Miller was sentenced to serve between three and six years in state prison.

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Story by Beaver County radio Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Pittsburgh police responded to a shots-fired call at the intersection of Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Maddock Place in the Cultural District of downtown Pittsburgh around 11:20 PM last night.
When officers arrived on scene they found a man who had been shot multiple times in the stomach.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and succumbed to his injuries just after midnight.
There is no word on what happened as police continue to investigate.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Gibsonia, Pa.) The westbound lanes of the Pa Turnpike between Cranberry and Butler Valley were closed until just after 5 AM Tuesday morning  after a one person was killed in a two vehicle crash.
There is no word this morning on what caused the accident as Pennsylvania State Police are investigating

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 43-year-old Michael Talbert of Farrell, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by 8 years of supervised release.
United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on Talbert in connection with the guilty plea and sentencing.
Beginning in December of 2019 and continuing through August of 2020, the DEA received authorization to conduct a Title III wiretap investigation into an organization that operated throughout the United States, including Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico.
Talbert, as a member of this multistate drug trafficking organization, was intercepted discussing the distribution of cocaine. In addition to the intercepted communications, agents seized cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, ecstasy, marijuana, firearms, and bulk United States Currency from members of the organization, including Talbert.

This photo provided by Administrative office of Pennsylvania Courts shows Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Baer has died at age 74 only months before he was set to retire. The court confirmed Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, that Baer died overnight at his home near Pittsburgh.(Administrative office of Pennsylvania Courts via AP)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died at age 74 only months before he was set to retire. The court confirmed Saturday that Baer died overnight at his home near Pittsburgh. It didn’t give a cause of death but called his “sudden passing” a “tremendous loss for the court and all of Pennsylvania.” The court also said Justice Debra Todd is now the first female chief justice in commonwealth history. Baer was an Allegheny County family court judge and an administrative judge in family court before he was elected to the high court in 2003. He became its chief justice last year. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Baer was set to retire at the end of the year.