RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says a company has been shut down after it falsely claimed it to be a charity that sent care packages to U.S. service members overseas. In a statement Wednesday, Attorney General Mark Herring’s office identified the company as Hearts 2 Heroes of Bunker Hill, West Virginia.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say the criminal history of a man suspected of barricading himself inside a Philadelphia rowhome should have prevented him from legally owning the firepower he used to wound six police officers in a standoff that carried deep into the night. Maurice Hill, who authorities say had at least a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun when he opened fire on officers Wednesday, has on his record arrests in Philadelphia and adjacent Delaware County between 2001 and 2012.
Friday August 16,2019
Today- Areas of patchy fog early then a mix of clouds and sun in the afternoon. High 84.
Tonight- a few clouds and a low of 66
Tomorrow- Partly cloudy in the morning followed by scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 85.
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The Aliquippa School Board approved a resignation. Sandy Giordano has more details.
The PA Association of Boroughs convened to hand out awards on Tuesday. Sandy Giordano has the story.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conservative Iowa state Sen. Randy Feenstra says “bizarre comments” from Iowa’s U.S. Rep. Steve King about abortion “diminish our message & damage our cause.” King spoke to a conservative group in Iowa Wednesday, defending his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left” if not for births due to rape and incest.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All six police officers who were struck by gunfire during a standoff in Philadelphia have been released from the hospital. Police say officers were serving a drug warrant at a rowhouse Wednesday afternoon when a man opened fire. Two officers were trapped inside the house for about five hours, but were freed by a SWAT team. Police say the man was taken into custody early Thursday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 13-year-old who was playing football collapsed while running off the field and died in Pittsburgh. Police found Jordan Duckett unresponsive on Wednesday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death has not been determined.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will consider whether to list the lake sturgeon as an endangered or threatened species. The agency said Wednesday there is “substantial information” to justify a study of whether the ancient fish should receive federal protection. Lake sturgeon are members of a family of fish that reach back to the dinosaur era. Their range extends from Hudson Bay through the Great Lakes to the southern Mississippi River.