New White House press secretary McEnany to hold 1st briefing
WASHiNGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, is to face reporters for the first time in the White House Briefing Room on Friday, something her predecessor never did during a nine-month stint as press secretary. During past administrations, a White House press secretary holding a formal briefing would hardly be news. But it’s an oddity in the current administration, in which the media-obsessed Trump sees himself to be his best spokesman, communications director and strategist. Trump shook up his communications team in early April. Former press secretary Stephanie Grisham rejoined the first lady’s office in a new role as Melania Trump’s chief of staff.

Biden on sexual assault allegation: ‘never, never happened’
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is denying a former staffer’s allegation of sexual assault, saying the accusation is not true. “This never happened,” Biden says.  It’s Biden’s first public comment on an accusation of sexual assault by his former Senate staffer, Tara Reade. He answered questions about the allegation Friday in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Biden said he will ask the National Archives to determine whether there is any record of such a complaint being filed, but he said repeatedly that he doesn’t believe such a record exists. Reade worked for Biden when he was a U.S. senator from Delaware.

Biden denies former staffer’s sexual assault allegation
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is denying a former staffer’s allegation of sexual assault, saying the accusation is not true. “This never happened,” Biden says in a statement Friday.  It’s Biden’s first public comment on an accusation of sexual assault by his former Senate staffer, Tara Reade. He is to appear on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss the allegation for the first time on television.expected to give his first public comments on a sexual assault allegation that has roiled his presidential campaign.  A number of former Biden staffers have defended him. But Biden himself has yet to weigh in on the accusation, even as it’s taken on fresh attention this week after two of Reade’s associates said she previously told them about elements of her allegations.

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano 

Yesterday April 30, 2020 was new acting Aliquippa Police Chief John Lane’s first day on the job. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano stopped by the Aliquppa Police Department to talk with Lane yesterday:  John Lane was born and raised in Aliquippa graduated from Aliquippa High School in 1989, and reminisced about the former high school and hospital both being gone. He said he, served 7 years in the U.S. Army. Upon returning from the  Army  He  attended the Community College of Beaver County’s Police Academy. . He was hired by the city in 2003, then was laid off.after 1 year.  He worked as a police officer at Carlow University and  in Freedom.  Hew was  rehired by  the city in 2009 and is in his twelfth year  He has been serving as  one of the department’s sergeants , and was named  Acting Police Chief by council at last night’s work session. He worked very closely  with  Chief Robert Sealock.who passed away 3 weeks ago

Below are Pictures of Chief Lane on his first day!!

Bail set at $1M for accused getaway driver in teen’s slaying
CLEVELAND (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for a woman accused of being the getaway car driver in the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Cleveland earlier this year. Tinisha Thomas made her initial court appearance Thursday, two days after she was charged with aggravated murder in the March 30 slaying of Amir Bradley. He was shot while walking down a city street with another teenager. Vourt records state that surveillance video shows the 44-year-old Thomas driving the shooter to the area and dropping him off. The shooter fired several shots at Bradley and his 16-year-old friend, hitting Bradley in the chest. The other teen wasn’t hurt.

Sex assault allegation raises questions for Biden, Democrats
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is facing his first real challenge as the Democrats’ presidential nominee, as an allegation of sexual assault against him is drawing renewed media focus and Republican attacks. The accusation by Biden’s former Senate staffer Tara Reade that her boss assaulted her in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in the 1990s gained fresh attention this week when two women corroborated aspects of Reade’s story. The new interviews, from Reade’s former neighbor and coworker, have Democrats grappling with how to respond as Republicans accuse them of hypocrisy for their silence. Biden is expected to face questions about the allegation in a Friday interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Biden reaches deal to let Sanders keep hundreds of delegates
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and BILL BARROW Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has agreed to let former primary rival Bernie Sanders keep hundreds of delegates that Sanders would otherwise forfeit by dropping out of the presidential race. The move was detailed to The Associated Press on Thursday. It’s s a major step as the two campaigns work to avoid the acrimony between the party establishment and progressive insurgents that marked Democrats’ 2016 battle between Sanders and nominee Hillary Clinton. In that campaign, Clinton and Sanders battled for delegates until the end of the primary calendar and then jousted over the party platform and rules well into the summer.

Pennsylvania’s business shutdown waiver program gets audited
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s business shutdown waiver program is being audited amid complaints it was managed unfairly. Pennsylvania’s chief fiscal watchdog announced the audit on Thursday. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says he’s investigating how the Department of Community and Economic Development ran the waiver program, under which tens of thousands of businesses applied to remain open during the pandemic. Many businesses have complained about a process they contend has been slow and arbitrary. The Democratic governor is defending his administration’s handling of the waiver program.