Voters back bid to ban race discrimination in constitution
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters are backing a proposal to amend the state constitution to outlaw discrimination based on race and ethnicity. The question was added to Tuesday’s primary ballot amid worries over whether federal judges appointed by former President Donald Trump will roll back civil rights protections. Meanwhile, two separate questions seek to limit a governor’s emergency disaster declarations and put more power in the hands of lawmakers. Republican lawmakers across the country are reeling in emergency powers that governors wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Pennsylvania is in the unique position of being the first to take the question to voters.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has lost his bid for re-election to five-term state representative Ed Gainey, as the city took a big step toward electing its first Black chief executive. Peduto had been seeking a third term against three primary challengers but instead called to congratulate Gainey. Peduto tweeted late Tuesday that he was “wishing him well.” Meanwhile, Pennsylvania voters were given the opportunity to limit a governor’s emergency authority, more than a year after Gov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic restrictions drew fierce backlash among legislative Republicans. It was the headline question in an otherwise quiet off-year primary election.

By BEN FINLEY and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor says sheriff’s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April. District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr. struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle. Womble told a news conference Tuesday that he won’t file any criminal charges against the deputies. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said in a video statement Tuesday afternoon that the deputies will keep their jobs but will be “disciplined and retrained.”

By CLAUDIA LAUER undefined
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Voters in Pennsylvania will cast ballots Tuesday in the Democratic Primary for Philadelphia District Attorney that pits reform-minded incumbent Larry Krasner against veteran homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega. The race likely will decide the future of the office in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But Philadelphians will also be casting votes in what many pundits nationally say is the first referendum on whether a wave of prosecutors elected on promises of criminal justice reforms can survive a rising tide of gun violence and homicides across the country that opponents are seeking to frame as their fault.

PA State Police have reported via release that on May 11th, 2021 at approximately 11:34 p.m. PSP – New Castle stopped to check on a disabled motorist operating a 2015 Ram 2500 on Pa-376 East at the 11.4 mile marker near Neshannock Township. Upon further investigation, the front right passenger of the vehicle, Female, Alison Marie Falba, was discovered to have a warrant for her arrest of drug paraphernalia originating from the Beaver County Sheriff’s office. Falba was placed into custody and incarcerated at the Lawrence County Jail.

(Muddy Creek Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police have released the identity of the person that Pennsylvania State Police reported was killed along East Portersville Road in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County on Monday evening . David Hines, 38, of New Castle was fond shot to death around 8 PM in an SUV that was over an embankment.  The vehicle was near the entrance to a mining facility.

The incident is being investigated as a homicide.

Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Butler at 724-284-8100.

(Photo courtesy of Sandy Giordano)

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa School Board Member Catherine Colalella, 44 of Aliquippa, and her son TJ Shaw  were arrested by  agents from the  PA Attorney General’s office  in mid-March and are accused of  insurance fraud 1 count, 1 count of insurance fraud/conspiracy, criminal conspiracy/theft by deception.. The report states that an auto accident with Shaw driving  occurred  on November 7, 2020 The accident occurred in Aliquippa on that date at approximately 8:05 a.m.. Ms. Colalella’s auto insurance policy with Progressive was cancelled August 14, 2020 for non-payment.. Karen Junak of Junak’s Towing  said   the 2018 Chevy Traverse was towed to her shop, and Shaw told her the vehicle wasn’t insurance lapsed because his mother was in the hospital and the premium wasn’t paid.

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
After more than a year of benching its biggest spectacles, Hollywood is ready to dazzle again. From “F9” and “In the Heights” to “The Suicide Squad” and “Black Widow,” for the first time since last March, there will be a steady stream of blockbusters populating multiplexes across the country. For streaming-weary audiences, the promise of air conditioning, popcorn, soda fountains, 60-foot screens and state-of-the-art sound could be a welcome respite from the living room and virtual watch parties. Not to mention the ever-romantic concept of the shared experience. For beleaguered movie theaters, it hasn’t come a moment too soon.