Category: News

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced
By SALLY HO Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Bill and Melinda Gates say they’re divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Monday that they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charitable foundation. In identical tweets, they said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 years. They met after she began working at Microsoft as a product manager in 1987. Bill Gates was formerly the world’s richest person and his fortune is estimated at well over $100 billion. How the couple end up settling their estate and any impact on the foundation will be closely watched.

FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week

FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15 by next week, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. That’s according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process. The FDA action would be followed by a meeting of a federal vaccine advisory committee to discuss whether to recommend the shot for 12- to 15-year-olds. Then the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would act on the committee’s recommendation. Those steps could be completed in a matter of days.

Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies

Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has died. He died of natural causes at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday. Unser won the Indy 500 in 1968, 1975 and 1981. His younger brother, Al, is one of only three four-time Indy 500 winners in race history. The Unser family tradition stretched to Al Unser’s son, Al Unser Jr., who won the Indy 500 in 1992 and 1994. He was one of just 10 drivers to win the 500 at least three times and Unser and Rick Mears are the only drivers to win the 500 in three different decades. Unser was one of six members of the Unser family to race in the Indianapolis 500. Bobby Unser was 87 years old.

EPA rule to phase out gases used in refrigerators, coolants

EPA rule to phase out gases used in refrigerators, coolants
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners. It’s the first Biden administration rule aimed at combatting climate change. The proposed rule follows through on a law Congress passed in December authorizing a 15-year phaseout of HFCs. The rule is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of the gases by 85% over the next 15 years, part of a global phaseout intended to slow climate change.

Money & The Mind: Tuesday On A.M. Beaver County

Everything costs money, but not everyone has money. And those who do have money may not have enough money to spend on certain things that cost money. So what happens when someone who wants something worth too much money for them sees people enjoying that which they cannot have?

6:30 to 9:00 every weekday morning, it’s Matt Drzik and news with Frank Sparks on A.M. Beaver County.

A Simple Question on Teleforum Tuesday

Tuesday’s Teleforum program with Eddy Crow poses a simple question: Do you care what other people think? It’s a simple question with possibly myriad answers (other than just yes or no) and Eddy will explore all the options. The word ‘misanthrope’ may even get bandied about. Teleforum is 9a till noon-Monday through Friday on AM1230WBVP, AM1360WMBA, and 99.3 presented by St. Barnabas.

Supreme Court won’t take Maryland bump stock ban case

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

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.

High School Baseball & Sofball Schedule: May 3, 2021

BASEBALL

Section 3 (5A)
4:15 pm West Allegheny at Moon
Section 2 (4A)
7:00 pm Ambridge at Montour
4:00 pm Central Valley at Blackhawk
4:00 pm Quaker Valley at Beaver Area
Section 1 (3A)
4:00 pm Beaver Falls at New Brighton
4:30 pm Mohawk at Ellwood City
Section 2 (2A)
4:00 pm Laurel at Riverside
4:30 pm South Side Beaver at Neshannock
Section 1 (1A)
4:00 pm Avella at Western Beaver
3:45 pm Rochester at Cornell
Section 3 (1A)
4:45 pm Eden Christian at Sewickley Academy
Non-Conference
4:00 pm OLSH at Avonworth

SOFTBALL

Section 4 (5A)
4:00 pm South Fayette at Western Beaver
4:00 pm Trinity at West Allegheny
Section 3 (4A)
4:00 pm Ambridge at New Castle
4:15 pm Hopewell at Beaver Area
4:15 pm Montour at Central Valley
Section 2 (3A)
7:00 pm Beaver Falls at Avonworth
6:00 pm Quaker Valley at Keystone Oaks
5:00 pm South Park at Ellwood City
Section 1 (2A)
4:00 pm OLSH at Fort Cherry
Section 4 (2A)
4:00 pm Laurel at Riverside
3:45 pm Mohawk at New Brighton
Section 1 (1A)
3:30 pm Rochester at Cornell
4:00 pm Sewickley Academy at South Side Beaver
Non-Conference
4:00 pm Bishop Canevin at Freedom
4:15 pm Moon at Blackhawk

Pennsylvania State Police Honors Fallen Troopers on the Department’s 116th Anniversary

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) paused to honor the department’s fallen troopers today in conjunction with its 116th anniversary. PSP was established by Governor Samuel Pennypacker on May 2, 1905, becoming the first uniformed police agency of its kind in the United States.
In 2021, the name of Trooper Donald C. Brackett was added to the Memorial Wall at the state police academy in Hershey.  He died after suffering a medical emergency while on duty on May 18, 2019. Trooper Brackett was previously engaged in department motorcycle training that was subsequently discovered to have exacerbated an unknown existing medical condition, ultimately leading to the fatal medical episode from which he died.
“The 99 names etched into the Memorial Wall represent not only the individual troopers who died in service to the commonwealth since 1905, but also the sacrifices of countless family members and loved ones who suffered their loss,” said Colonel Robert Evanchick, commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. “Today is a solemn day for our department, as we honor those who came before us and ensure that their contributions to our department are not forgotten.”
Governor Tom Wolf marked the occasion by proclaiming May 2 as Pennsylvania State Police Day in the commonwealth.
“Frances and I again extend our condolences to Trooper Brackett’s loved ones, as well as his larger state police family and everyone affected by his loss,” said Gov. Wolf. “Today serves as a reminder of the dangers faced by members of law enforcement, and I join all Pennsylvanians in pausing to remember the 99 troopers who have died in the line of duty.”
To comply with COVID-19 mitigation requirements, the PSP Academy shared a tribute video on its Facebook page* in lieu of an in-person ceremony. The video includes remarks from Colonel Evanchick and footage from previous ceremonies. An online version of the PSP Memorial Wall, with biographical information and photos of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, is available at psp.pa.gov.
Starting with an original compliment of just 228 men, the department has grown over the past 116 years to an authorized enlisted compliment of 4,719 and is supported by more than 1,700 civilian employees. It is the tenth-largest police agency in the United States.