WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2020
TODAY – CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH NEAR 50.
TONIGHT – SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. REMAINING
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. LOW AROUND 40.
WEDNESDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. BECOMING A
MORE STEADY RAIN LATER IN THE DAY.
HIGH NEAR 50.
Lincoln Park and Aliquippa traveled to North Allegheny for a playoff showdown. Aliquippa started off seeming to have control of the game early in the first quarter. However, Lincoln Park did not take long to show that they came to play. LP began to fight back and gained the lead by the end of the first with an 8 point lead over the Quips, resulting in a score of 19-11. Aliquippa struggled to keep up for they rest of the half, and LP continued to run the game, ending the half with a score of 37-25, in favor of Lincoln Park. The game’s dynamic did not change much in the second half, the Quips fought and tried to come back but ultimately could not take control of the game, and Lincoln Park took the win. Final Score from North Allegheny, 75-61.
North Catholic- Emma Prospisil
Blackhawk- Mackenzie Amalia
Aliquippa- Dewayne Revis
Lincoln Park- Dakari Bradford
In a game eard on WBVP, WMBA and the nee 99.3FM it was Tom Hays and Bruce Fry on the call. It was a game that started with the Lady Cougars taking a 6-0 lead early, but North Catholic fought back and it was 1l at the end of the first quarter Then it was all North Catholic from there. They took a 33-30 lead into the break. In the third they started to pull away and it was 53-42 after three and never looked back. They had a strong fourth quarter and won the game 71-1 to advance to the 4A Girls WPIAL Championship. For Blackhawk they still qualified for the State Tournament, but have to await r their seeding after Championship weekend.
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Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Advocates say new guidelines that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits is prompting droves of immigrants to drop government social services. That even includes citizens and legal residents who may be entitled to the benefits but fear they will be kicked out of the U.S. Advocates are scrambling to find other options to fill the needs of a traditionally low-income population. They predict that the Trump administration guidelines taking effect Monday will result in extreme hardship for many. The government says the rule will help make immigrants more self-sufficient and protect American taxpayers.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar is dedicating $4.2 million to run ads in states that will vote in the March 3 Super Tuesday contests, the clearest sign yet that she plans to stay in the race for the nomination. Klobuchar campaign manager Justin Buoen says in a memo Monday that Klobuchar remains “a top choice for persuading Republican and independent voters we need in order to beat Donald Trump in the fall” and is “the best person to take on Bernie Sanders.” With Sanders’ commanding win in the Nevada caucuses there have been calls for Klobuchar and other moderate candidates to drop out of the race.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders has become the clear front-runner in the Democrats’ presidential nomination fight. And his Democratic critics are only now beginning to realize they’re running out of time to stop him. Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, among others, dramatically intensified their attacks against the Vermont senator over the weekend. But the cluster of candidates splitting up the anti-Sanders vote is not shrinking. Biden is committed as ever ahead of South Carolina’s Feb. 29 primary, betting that his first victory could slingshot him to the front of the moderate muddle.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los Angeles says the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions Jan. 26 and should have aborted the flight. The pilot was among the nine people killed in the crash. The lawsuit was filed as a public memorial service for Kobe Bryant and his daughter was being held at the arena where Bryant played most of his career.
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s legal team is vowing to appeal his conviction. Defense attorney Arthur Aidala spoke briefly Monday after the jury convicted Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, saying: “As sure as I’m a bald man, we’ll appeal.” Defense attorney Donna Rotunno says the “fight is not over.” She says Weinstein is “disappointed” with the verdict, but that he “took it like a man.” Weinstein was immediately taken into custody and was led out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Aidala says Weinstein will be going to “more of a hospital than a jail” after the judge granted the defense’s request to give him medical attention. His lawyers say Weinstein had an unsuccessful back surgery recently.
