NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen women who call themselves survivors have spoken out in court about sexual abuse they say they’ve suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. The emotional testimony Tuesday came weeks after the 66-year-old killed himself in a New York jail cell while awaiting his sex trafficking trial. The extraordinary court hearing was called by the judge presiding over the trial. He set the hearing after prosecutors asked that he scrap charges against Epstein since he’s dead.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors have announced plans to seek the death penalty in the slaying of an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer shot to death in a street confrontation last month. The Allegheny County district attorney’s office informed the court Monday of intent to seek capital punishment should 30-year-old Christian Bey be convicted of first-degree murder. Prosecutors also unsealed the homicide and firearms crimes criminal complaint against Bey in the July 14 shooting of 36-year-old Officer Calvin Hall.

THE HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS HEARD MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHOOTING RANGE LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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The Keystone Research Center’s annual State of Working Pennsylvania report shows some progress in wages, but not for everyone. Andrea Sears explains, in this report….

Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) appeared on Teleforum this morning…expounding more on yesterday’s announcement that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will move forward immediately with the initial geotechnical study to restore Hereford Manor Lake, which was drained in 2012…

Bernstine has secured $150,000 for the study, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, the average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is four cents cheaper this week at $2.77 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Drivers in Beaver are paying 2.70 a gallon while in New Castle the average price is at 2.69. At $2.59, the national gas price average is on track to be potentially the cheapest Labor Day weekend average in three years. A year ago the average price in Western Pennsylvania was at 3.09 a gallon.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A county prosecutor won’t charge a state lawmaker who resigned amid an investigation into an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said Monday that a grand jury recommended no charges against former Rep. Brian Ellis, a Butler County Republican. Ellis resigned in March but has denied the allegation.

Two people were taken to the hospital following a one vehicle accident on Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township. State Police report 46 year old John Zazado of Millsboro was northbound when he slammed on his brakes to avoid approaching traffic and turned into the median. Zazado and a passenger, 89 year old Alonzo Lawver of Clarksville were both taken to Allegheny General Hospital for treatment. Police said Zazado was cited.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A six- to 22-year prison sentence has been imposed in a drive-by shooting that preceded the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager fleeing a traffic stop. Zaijuan Hester was sentenced Monday on earlier guilty pleas to aggravated assault and firearms crimes in the June 2018 shooting in North Braddock. Minutes later, authorities said, he and 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. fled a car stop, and Rose was shot and killed by a police officer who was later acquitted.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal prosecutors want a man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue to face a death sentence. The U.S. attorney’s office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent Monday to seek the death penalty against 46-year-old Robert Bowers. He has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. His lawyers didn’t return messages seeking comment.