OCRAKOKE, N.C. (AP) — Another death is being blamed on Hurricane Dorian, which is raking the Carolinas with wind and rain. A Florida medical examiner says a 38 year-old landscaper was electrocuted Saturday while trimming trees in preparation for the storm’s arrival. The unidentified man worked for a landscaping company hired by a hotel in Naples, Florida.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — In South Carolina, a North Myrtle Beach city spokesman says officials believe one or more suspected tornadoes from Hurricane Dorian damaged several residences and mobile homes in the city Thursday morning. Spokesman Patrick Dowling tells The Associated Press no injuries were reported, but several residents were taken to shelters. City officials in North Myrtle Beach say rain is combining with the rising ocean to exacerbate flooding.

UNDATED (AP) — Weeks after The Associated Press published a story outlining harassment allegations against opera’s Placido Domingo, 11 more women have shared stories about encounters with the superstar that they said included unwanted touching, persistent requests to meet with them alone and attempts to kiss them. Several backstage employees also described how they strove to shield young women from the star. Domingo’s spokeswoman called the allegations “riddled with inconsistencies” but provided no specifics.

After facing ridicule for suggesting over the weekend that Hurricane Dorian might strike Alabama, President Donald Trump apparently decided to try to prove his point on Wednesday. As the storm was approaching the U.S. on Sunday, Trump said at a briefing that it could threaten much of the southeast including Alabama — despite official projections that didn’t show the hurricane approaching the Gulf Coast state. Several news reports noted Trump’s misstatement, whereupon he took to Twitter to defend himself. During a briefing on the storm’s threat to the U.S. east coast yesterday, the president had an aide show reporters a dated map from the National Weather Service showing initial projections of Dorian’s track into Florida. Someone appears to have altered the map with a Sharpie to extend the track beyond Florida — into Alabama. When asked Wednesday whether the map had been altered, Trump said he didn’t know how it had been amended and that Alabama was going to be hit in the “original forecast.”

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say the death of a toddler who reportedly was kidnapped near Pittsburgh last weekend has been ruled a homicide. But a cause of death for Nalani Johnson won’t be determined until officials review the toddler’s medical records and more tests are completed. Johnson, who was to turn 2 this month, was found Tuesday in a park about 37 miles east of Penn Hills, where authorities allege the girl was kidnapped Saturday evening. There were no visible signs of trauma.

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — A state prison inmate must stand trial on charges that he tried to murder two Pennsylvania state police troopers in a plot to steal their unmarked cruiser and drive back home to Philadelphia. A judge issued the ruling Tuesday during a hearing for 20-year-old Simere Alford. Authorities say Alford tried to commandeer a state police car with two troopers inside. They say he grabbed one of the trooper’s guns and fired two shots. The car soon crashed and both troopers were injured along with Alford.

Four members of a group of elders were arrested Wednesday as they protested the Trump administration’s policy of detaining children and separating families at the border with Mexico. Andrea Sears reports…

The mother of an Aliquippa murder victim will not go to trial for assaulting relatives of her daughter’s ex-fiance. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

ALIQUPPA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT PRESENTED TESTIMONY TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

State police say this Labor Day weekend had fewer crashes than last year. In all, troopers say there were 684 crashes they investigated this year state wide, down five-percent from last year.