WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2019
TODAY – SNOW SHOWERS. SUN AND CLOUDS MIXED.
HIGH NEAR 40.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW – 24.
SATURDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 44.
SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 52.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top aide to Tom Steyer in Iowa has privately offered local politicians campaign contributions in exchange for endorsing his White House bid. Multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations told The Associated Press the overtures came from Pat Murphy, Steyer’s Iowa director. There’s no evidence any candidates in Iowa accepted the offer or received contributions as compensation for endorsements. Murphy didn’t respond to a request for comment, but the campaign is disavowing his effort.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence is speaking to impeachment investigators Thursday as Democrats wrap up the closed-door phase of their inquiry. Jennifer Williams is a career foreign service officer detailed to Pence’s office from the State Department. She was one of several White House aides listening in on a July phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Trump asked the new leader to investigate Democrats.
LA MORA, Mexico (AP) — With security tight, a small community in northern Mexico is saying goodbye to some of the nine American women and children killed in an ambush by drug cartel gunmen. Mourners have traveled as far away as North Dakota to attend the funerals in La Mora. Mexican officials say the attackers Monday may have mistaken the group’s large SUVS for those of a rival gang. But relatives of the dead are skeptical of that.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s resentencing on a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction is being delayed another two weeks. Judge Maureen Skerda on Thursday pushed the hearing back to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the county courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Skerda’s order says she acted after defense lawyers and prosecutors filed a joint request.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is calling for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, backing an idea that exposes the Democratic presidential primary’s ideological divides. Sanders said Thursday: “Unauthorized presence in the United States is a civil, not a criminal, offense.” Elizabeth Warren also has called for repealing the criminal prohibition against crossing the border illegally. Pete Buttigieg wouldn’t do so in cases involving “fraud,” and Joe Biden hasn’t fully backed decriminalization.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Female candidates have again made gains across the country in what’s a troubling signal for President Donald Trump ahead of his reelection bid. Most of the women who won office Tuesday were Democrats, and many were women of color who have aimed their energy at Trump since he defeated Hillary Clinton. In Virginia, Democrats seized control of both the House and Senate for the first time in a generation. One activist says the 2019 wins show that what happened in 2017 and 2018 wasn’t just a moment.
A woman who gained national attention after she gave the finger to President Donald Trump’s motorcade in 2017, has been elected to a seat on the Loudoun County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors. A photo of Juli Briskman on a bike flipping off Trump’s motorcade quickly went viral two years ago. Her employer, government contractor Akima, fired her saying she had violated its social media policy by using the photo on her Facebook and Twitter accounts. Briskman, a single mother of two, said she tried to base her campaign on the issues and not on the incident with Trump. The most ironic part about her win? Her district includes a golf course owned by Trump. In response, she said, “Isn’t that sweet justice?”
AAA urges motorists to stay safe as November is when you are most likely to hit a deer on the road. Beaver County radio news intern Alex D’Itri has the report…
Some wintry weather is expected this afternoon, and Aliquippa city officials say they’re ready for the snow. Also…Aliquippa city council last night promoted one of its firefighters, now that one of them has retired. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there…