Stocks slump, despite Fed aid, as virus bill stalls again
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ending another bumpy day broadly lower on Wall Street as investors wait to see if Democrats and Republicans can settle their differences on an economic rescue package. Major indexes ended down about 3% Monday, having been down as much as 5%. Earlier, markets got a bump following the latest announcement of support from the Federal Reserve. The Fed said it would buy as much government debt as needed to help markets operate smoothly and lend money to businesses and local governments, but the gains quickly vanished. Markets are likely to remain volatile as long as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates.

Wolf issues stay-at-home order for hardest-hit counties
By MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL RUBINKAM undefined
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering residents of Pennsylvania’s hardest-hit areas to stay home to help combat the spread of the new coronavirus that has sickened hundreds and caused six deaths statewide. He also shuttered schools statewide for an additional two weeks. Noting that Philadelphia already ordered residents to remain home, Wolf issued the stay-at-home order for the counties around the city; for Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh; and for Monroe County in the Pocono Mountains. Those counties account for 75% of Pennsylvania’s confirmed cases of COVID-19. Wolf has imposed progressively tougher measures as state officials say the pandemic threatens to swamp hospitals and spike the death toll.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can’t jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak. Fauci told Science magazine in an interview Sunday that Trump listens even though they disagree on some things. One thing they disagree on is Trump’s complaint that China should have told the world earlier about the virus. Fauci says he told the “appropriate people” after Trump made the comment that it “didn’t comport.” But Fauci says if Trump repeats he “can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down.”

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says her husband, John Bessler, has been hospitalized with the coronavirus. The former Democratic presidential candidate says Bessler began feeling ill while she was in Minnesota and he was in Washington, D.C. She says he quarantined himself immediately and sought the test after he coughed up blood. Klobuchar says it took five days to get him a test and said such delays are a problem the country must fix immediately. Klobuchar says her doctor has advised her not to be tested because the two have been apart more than 14 days.

The Pennsylvania State Police is assisting in the closure of non-life sustaining businesses in the state. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Airline officials say a flight from the Dominican Republic headed for Toronto had to be diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport over the weekend. They say they had to land Saturday due to a medical emergency on-board the flight. There’s no word as to what that emergency was.

Civil liberties and justice reform advocates want Allegheny Country Executive Rich Fitzgerald to release people from the Allegheny County Jail to reduce the risk of spreading the new coronavirus. Andrea Sears reports. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

BUFFALO, Pa. (AP) — A woman struck by a tractor in western Pennsylvania has died from her injuries. State police say 60-year-old Elizabeth McCord, of Buffalo, was struck shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday at an intersection in the township in Washington County. She was taken to a hospital but was pronounced dead there a short time later. It wasn’t clear what caused the accident, but no other injuries were reported. The name of the person who was driving the tractor was not disclosed. The accident remains under investigation, and it’s not clear if any charges will be filed. A cause of death for McCord has not been determined.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a gun shop that challenged Gov. Tom Wolf’s authority to shutter businesses determined to be “non-life-sustaining,” paving the way for enforcement to begin Monday. The state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out. The lawsuit had claimed Wolf’s edict violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms and other constitutional rights. Wolf has ordered all nonessential businesses to close their physical locations, saying the measure is needed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Businesses that remain open to the public include grocery stores, pharmacies, hotels and motels, beer distributors, laundromats and gas stations.

Autopsy results are pending on a body that was found at a Hopewell Township country club. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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