This Saturday demonstrators plan to be at the Beaver County Courthouse for another protest, the latest in a series of protests here in Beaver County and across America following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Beaver County Radio spoke with Julian Taylor, who helped organize the last protest in Beaver Falls, about the details regarding this Saturday’s protest:

 

Taylor also wants to reiterate that this protest will NOT be the last, and that there is an important lesson that he hopes those protesting will keep with them:

 

The protest will be at the Courthouse from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Saturday, June 13.

Gunman sought in deputy shooting killed, 3 officers wounded
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say they are unsure of the motive of a gunman who was shot to death following a 36-hour hunt but they believe one thing: he planned to kill police. Twenty-six-year-old Mason Lira was killed Thursday afternoon after he emerged from a brushy riverbed in Paso Robles where he had hidden all night, authorities said. Three other law enforcement officers were wounded in confrontations but are expected to recover. Lira had been sought for the wounding of a San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy Wednesday, an attack on a Paso Robles police station and the killing of a transient nearby.

Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death
By SARAH RANKIN and DAVID CRARY Associated Press
Outrage over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has sparked activism to pull down monuments in the U.S. and around the world. The campaign to remove Confederate monuments has intensified, an effort that has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers globally. Protests and sometimes acts of vandalism have taken place in such cities as Boston; New York; Paris; Brussels; and Oxford, England. Scholars are divided over whether this amounts to erasing history or updating it. Targets of recent protests include statues of Christopher Columbus, British imperialist Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II, who profited from a brutal regime in Congo.

Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is back to business as usual three months after bowing to the realities of a pandemic that put big chunks of life on pause. It comes as coronavirus cases are on the upswing in many parts of the country. While the nation has now had months to stockpile protective gear and ventilators, a vaccine is many months away at best and a model cited by the White House projects tens of thousands of more deaths by the end of September. But the president’s campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies, and he is back to spending summer weekends at his New Jersey golf club.

Stock markets pick up after heavy Wall Street rout
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer
Stock markets are picking up following Wall Street’s steep sell-off the day before on worries over a possible “second wave” of coronavirus cases. Benchmarks rose Friday in Europe. The FTSE 100 recovered after falling on news that the British economy contracted by more than 20% in April. That wiped out nearly two decades’ worth of growth. Asia shares mostly closed lower. U.S. markets were set for gains on the open with the Dow future contract up 2.2% and S&P 500 futures 1.9% higher. On Thursday, the Dow fell almost 7%.

(South Strabane Twp., Pa.) A Truck Driver was killed Friday morning when his Tractor Trailer he was driving crashed shortly after 1 a.m. this morning on Interstate 70 in South Strabane Township.

It’s being reported that the truck hit a bridge support on the I-79 South bound underpass after going over the hillside.

A hazmat team was called to the scene because the truck was leaking diesel fuel, officials said.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash.

Dow sinks 1,800 as virus cases rise, deflating optimism
By ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers
Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street as coronavirus cases increase again, deflating recent optimism that the economy could recover quickly as lockdowns ease. The Dow fell more than 1,800 points and the S&P 500 was on track for its worst day since mid-March. Many market watchers have been saying that a scorching comeback in the market since late March was overdone and didn’t reflect the dire state of the economy. A day earlier, the Federal Reserve said the road back to recovery would be long. Bond yields fell sharply, a sign of increasing caution among investors. Oil prices sank.