Pennsylvania Cyber Schools will hold a commencement ceremony at CCBC tomorrow. Hunter Hardway, Washington County native, has been selected to speak at the graduation, at which he, along with over a thousand of his peers, will be receiving their diplomas. Beaver County Radio News intern, Christina Sainovich has more.

After hopes of securing a National Act, Beaver County Boom will have to wait another year to see a big name take the stage. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details.

CAEN, France (AP) — The D-Day commemoration was an occasion for France to showcase its long friendship with the United States, but President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged their divergences on key world issues at a meeting on the sidelines of the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy that helped free Europe from Nazi occupation. Trump and Macron discussed all major issues they disagree on, including Iran, world trade and climate change.

CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related felonies during a court hearing in Chicago. Prosecutors did not ask the judge to raise the bond amount for Kelly during Thursday’s hearing in Cook County court. Kelly stood and listened to the judge describe the charges in a gray suit, with his hands folded in front of him. When the judged asked if he understood, Kelly, responded, “Yes, sir.” Kelly didn’t speak to reporters after leaving court. He denies wrongdoing.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is upholding a ban on state-level candidates being nominated by more than one political party for the same office. The justices ruled Wednesday against a state House member’s attempt to run in Philadelphia under both the Democratic Party and the Working Families Party. The court’s four-justice majority says the rule against cross-nominations doesn’t infringe on rights of free speech or free association.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — University Pittsburgh Medical Center is dropping plans to seek prepayment from out-of-network Highmark Medicare Advantage patients when consent decrees linking the competing health care giants end on June 30. In a news released posted on its website Wednesday, UPMC said it would accept direct payment from Highmark at the same rate that UPMC Health Plan now pays Highmark’s Allegheny Health Network hospitals.

The Republican Party has become a “cult” of President Donald Trump’s “because of an absence of an ideas. That’s what conservative commentator George Will said Wednesday during an appearance on MSNBC while discussing his new book, “The Conservative Sensibility.” When host Stephanie Ruhle asked whether the Republican Party had become the party of Trump, Will said on MSNBC – quote “It has become a cult”. Will, a constant Trump critic, when asked whether he thought there was a 2020 candidate who would be “better for conservativism” than Trump, said any of the Democratic candidates, as long as the Senate was controlled by Republicans.

Authorities say two female acquaintances vanished with more than half a million dollars in jewelry from star NFL running back Le’Veon Bell’s Florida home. Hollywood police say Bell returned from the gym May 25 and found the women gone and his jewelry missing. Bell said items in his closet were in disarray and all his jewelry was missing, including two gold chains with diamonds, a black panther pendant with black and white diamonds and a Rolex. They total $520,000. The police report obtained by The Associated Press refers to the two women as Bell’s girlfriends. Police said they are investigating.

The investigation continues into the Penn State University Union Fire In Center Township. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has an update…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s new street sweeping program has hit a road bump: The trucks are too wide to fit down some of the city’s narrow, colonial-era streets. WHYY reports that the 10 new street sweeping trucks can’t fit down 10% of streets in the pilot neighborhoods. The trucks are each 9 feet wide. Streets Department Commissioner Carlton Williams says the city is considering buying slimmer trucks.