WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2019

 

 

TODAY – CLOUDY THIS MORNING…THEN OFF AND ON RAIN
SHOWERS FOR THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 77.

TONIGHT – THUNDERSTORMS. LOW – 67.

WEDNESDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 78.

BIARRITZ, France (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has skipped a discussion on climate change with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions. Trump was scheduled to attend Monday’s session on climate, biodiversity and oceans, but didn’t.

BIARRITZ, France (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’d meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani if the right circumstances exist to resolve the nuclear standoff with Tehran. At the Group of Seven summit in France, Trump said Monday he won’t ease sanctions ahead of a possible meeting with the Iranians or provide compensation if Iran agrees to certain conditions. But he said Tehran “may need some money to get over a very rough patch” caused by U.S. economic sanctions.

UNDATED (AP) — Stocks are marching broadly higher on Wall Street in midday trading after President Donald Trump claimed China was willing to reopen talks on the costly trade war that has roiled markets and dimmed the outlook for global economic growth. Uncertainty remains high, however, as the Chinese on Monday denied Trump’s claim about new talks. Technology companies rose the most. The market is coming off its fourth straight weekly loss. Bond yields held steady.

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein says new charges against the movie mogul show prosecutors “are desperate.” Defense attorney Donna Rotunno spoke on Monday after Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom. Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents Weinstein accusers, said she wondered why the defense is “so afraid of having additional witnesses testify.” Weinstein denies all accusations of non-consensual sex.

DUQUESNE, Pa. (AP) — A chase involving two vehicles in western Pennsylvania ended with a pedestrian being shot and an SUV crashing into a home. Authorities learned about the chase when a woman walking home from a store was shot in the lower leg Sunday in Duquesne. Witnesses said people in a car were chasing people in an SUV when the shots rang out. The SUV’s driver eventually lost control of the vehicle a short time later and crashed into a West Mifflin home. Two men in the SUV were captured after a foot chase.

Former Vice President Joe Biden remembered the late John McCain on the one-year anniversary of his death. Biden calling McCain a “genuine American hero.” McCain died Aug. 25, 2018 after a bout with brain cancer.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday branded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as an obstructionist for blocking Democratic efforts to reduce gun violence, bolster election security and raise the federal minimum wage. In a speech to cheering supporters in Louisville, Sanders challenged McConnell in his home state to “have the guts” to debate those bills. Accusing McConnell of defending the interests of wealthy campaign donors, Sanders also challenged his Kentucky colleague to “listen to the pain” of his constituents struggling to get by on low-wage jobs. By lashing out at McConnell, the Vermont senator took aim at the most powerful Republican in Congress and the second biggest target for national Democrats, behind President Donald Trump. The president easily carried Kentucky in 2016 and remains popular in the state.

A Georgia mom is winning parental praise for the way she’s teaching her children, ages 13, 10 and 6, about money. Shaketha McCregor, a single mom in Dublin, Georgia, said she knew she needed a creative solution after constant requests from her three kids for things like cell phones and money to do things with their friends. She came up with the idea to host a “job fair” for her three children, Jahkeem, in seventh grade, Takeia, in fifth grade, and Serinity, in first grade. The three openings at the job fair were for kitchen manager, lead housekeeper and laundry supervisor.
McGregor also told her kids the family now had a credit union. They would each be given a credit score and have the ability to earn points for things like finishing homework on time. The kids each picked the job they wanted to apply for, filled out the application and had interviews with their potential employer — their mom. The experiment is working well so far. Her post on Facebook where she shared her job fair idea now has more than 200,000 likes and counting.

AARP of Pennsylvania is holding free local event in September and October to inform the public about what they can do to fight against soaring costs for prescription drugs. Andrea Sears reports from Harrisburg….