Supreme Court won’t take Maryland bump stock ban case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to take up a challenge to Maryland’s ban on bump stocks and other devices that make guns fire faster. The high court on Monday turned away a challenge to the ban, which took effect in October 2018. A lower court had dismissed the challenge at an early stage and that decision had been upheld by an appeals court. Maryland’s ban preceded a nationwide ban on the sale and possession of bump stocks that was put in place by the Trump administration and took effect in 2019. Both bans followed a 2017 shooting in Las Vegas in which a gunman attached bump stocks to assault-style rifles to shoot concertgoers from his hotel room. Fifty-eight people were killed.

Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5B
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TALI ARBEL AP Business Writers
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion deal. Verizon said Monday that it will keep a 10% stake in the new company, which will be called Yahoo. As part of the deal, Verizon will receive $4.25 billion in cash, preferred interests of $750 million and the minority stake. The transaction includes the assets of Verizon Media, including its brands and businesses such as Yahoo and AOL. The deal is expected to close in the second half of the year.

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(North Sewickley Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia are reporting a one vehicle accident that happened last Thursday, April 29, 2021 around 3:45 PM on the PA Turnpike in North Sewickley Township.

Troopers are reporting via release that Casy Bowman of Wampum was driving a 2020 Hyundai Palisade Eastbound on the turnpike when she hydroplaned due to the heavy rain and large amounts of water on the roadway and lost control of the vehicle. The SUV left the roadway and struck a guard rail causing severe front-end damage to the vehicle.

Bowman sustained minor injuries but refused to be transported to the hospital. Four other passengers in the vehicle including two children in a front-facing car seats also suffered minor injuries and were not transported to the hospital.

Bowman was given a citation for not driving a vehicle at a safe speed for conditions.

(PITTSBURGH, PA) US Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) announced late Friday that he sent a letter to school district stakeholders in Pennsylvania’s 17th District, including school boards, superintendents, principals and school leaders outlining the funding in the American Rescue Plan Act which was specifically designed to address learning loss by students during the pandemic. The letter urges all schools to make summer learning or other COVID-19 related education programming free and accessible to all students and provides details of the federal support Congress has provided to K-12 schools through three pieces of legislation during the pandemic.

“Nothing is more important right now than ensuring our students are caught up and supported. Accordingly, I write to request that you consider using the federal funds available to you to ensure any summer learning or other programming designed to address learning loss is free and accessible to every student in your district. The ability to pay for learning programs should not be a barrier to any of our students or families,” Lamb wrote in the letter.

(Ambridge, Pa.) Pa State Rep Rob Matzie announced Friday twoGrants totaling $25,000 to fund Beaver County projects designed to ensure more residents have a say in community planning.

Matzie said Ambridge and Rochester are each receiving a $12,500 grant to fund Heart and Soul projects in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the Orton Family Foundation.

“To be successful, community planning and development must be a collaborative effort that reflects the needs, desires and aspirations of all residents,” Matzie said. “Heart and Soul projects help make that happen by bringing residents to the table to share stories and experiences, ensuring that future development is based on a shared vision for the community.

“Today’s funding is exciting because it’s going to help get more Ambridge and Rochester residents involved in that process.”

Matzie said funding for the grants comes from the Municipal Assistance Program, which is administered by the state Department of Community and Economic Development.

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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Hopewell Twp., Pa.) Hopewell Township Fire Chief  Mike Wasik said his department was dispatched to a wood frame home off Temple Road in the township at approximately 5 p.m. Sunday . The fire was  started in an attached garage, the residents in the home  escaped the fire , Chief Wasik said.

A North Carolina man is being charged after he stole a vehicle belonging to the Allegheny County Airport Authority Friday and driving it through the glass doors of the landside terminal. The Vehicle cam to a final resting place against a cement pillar.

35-year-old Harry Griffith was found hiding behind the Hyatt Hotel after running from the crash. He was injured according to police.

According to the report an Airport Authority employee had parked his vehicle to collect trash from receptacles near the building. After he had exited and began gathering the trash, he heard the vehicle and turned to see it being driven into the building. The driver then jumped out of the vehicle and ran and was followed by the airport employee.”
Griffith was transported to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries. Charges are pending.

(Corapolis, Pa.) Fire crews responding to a report of an explosion around 3:30 AM this morning discovered a home burning in Coraopolis. The Fire was in the 1600 block of State Avenue.

Reports say that one person was rescued from the home but died from his injuries. The fire was under control within an hour.

The Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.