Midland Municipal Authority officials are having a forensic audit done on its finances. The move is being made in the wake of what the authority calls false rumors and incorrect assumption about the potential mismanagement of funds. At a council meeting earlier this month, some members floated the idea of dissolving the authority and expressed distrust toward its leaders.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh mom has been sentenced in the death of her toddler daughter, which authorities say was due to the narcotic fentanyl found in the child’s pink sippy cup. Jhenea Pratt was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in state prison. The 24-year-old Pratt was convicted in June of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. Two sippy cups were seized from Pratt’s apartment, one of which tested positive for fentanyl. Pratt said she had “no clue” how the drug ended up in the cup.
ELIZABETH, Pa. (AP) — PennDOT says the Elizabeth Bridge near Pittsburgh has been closed to traffic after a structural support bracket failed. The department released a statement saying the Route 51 bridge in Allegheny County is “indefinitely” closed as of 10 p.m. Thursday. Motorists will be detoured. Associated ramps at the bridge will remain open to traffic.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2019
TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 82.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW – 67.
SATURDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING FOLLOWED
BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 87.
SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80.
J. Lo, Shakira to perform at Super Bowl halftime show
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are going to bring the heat to the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.
NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the superstar performers, who have released music in Spanish and English since the 1990s, will perform on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Lopez and Shakira both posted a photo of them standing side by side on social media to announce the news. “Going to see the world on fire,” Lopez wrote.
“It doesn’t get any bigger than this! So excited about getting on that #SuperBowlLIV #PepsiHalftime stage!” Shakira wrote.
Both Lopez and Shakira have had major success the pop and Latin charts over the years with multiple hit songs and albums. Lopez released her multi-hit debut in 1999 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with songs like “If You Had My Love,” ”All I Have” and the remixes of “I’m Real” and “Ain’t It Funny.” Lopez recently wrapped up a tour to celebrate her 50th birthday, and her latest movie, “Hustlers,” has been a box-office hit and has even earned her Oscar buzz.
Shakira released her first album in 1991 and crossed over with 2001’s “Laundry Service,” which featured the hits “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes.” The singer topped the Hot 100 chart with the Wyclef Jean-assisted anthem “Hips Don’t Lie.” Shakira has won 11 Latin Grammys and three Grammys.
“These two remarkable artists are setting a new precedent for what this show can become, and we’re confident that this will be an incredible performance for the ages,” Todd Kaplan, Pepsi’s vice president of marketing, said in a statement.
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company is co-producing the halftime show. The big game and halftime show will air live on Fox and broadcast in 180 countries.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at House Democrats amid an impeachment investigation and a whistleblower complaint over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. Speaking to reporters Thursday after returning to Washington from meetings at the U.N. General Assembly, Trump says of the probes, “There should be a way of stopping it, maybe legally through the courts.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pushed the nation’s top law enforcement officer into a political fray again. The Republican president offered Ukraine’s president the help of Attorney General William Barr in investigating his Democratic political rival Joe Biden, partly the basis for a whistleblower complaint. Barr is one of Trump’s greatest defenders but has sought to distance himself from Trump’s conversations with the Ukrainian president.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Income inequality is growing in the United States. Census Bureau figures show the gap between the haves and the have-nots grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking. University of Florida economist Hector Sandoval says even though household income increased, it has been distributed unevenly, with the wealthiest helped possibly by a tax cut passed by Congress in 2017.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man accused of providing a white powdery substance tainted with fentanyl at an after-party in Pittsburgh last weekend, leading to the death of three men, has been indicted on numerous charges. A federal grand jury on Wednesday returned a seven-count indictment against Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo. Authorities have said all of the victims who overdosed had been at the same bar Saturday night. They later attended a party where Montalvo allegedly passed around what victims thought was cocaine.
The Trump administration’s new overtime rule for salaried employees is far short of the rule proposed in 2016 by the Obama administration. Andrea Sears reports…