House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar didn’t realize her words about Israel would sound anti-Semitic to some members of Congress. Omar’s comment that a pledge of “allegiance” to the Jewish state is expected of lawmakers split Democrats. Pelosi told reporters the resolution the House will vote on Thursday will “speak out against anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy and all the forms that it takes.”

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is offering his resignation to the pope after being convicted of failing to report a pedophile priest. In a brief statement to the media in Lyon, France, Barbarin said “I have decided to go and see the Holy Father to offer him my resignation.” A Lyon court convicted Barbarin on Thursday and gave him a six-month suspended prison sentence.

The Senate intelligence committee is interested in re-interviewing Donald Trump Jr. and other witnesses after President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, spoke to the committee last week. That’s according to a person familiar with the probe who requested anonymity to discuss the confidential investigation. The committee first interviewed Trump Jr. in 2017.

A Vandergrift man whose infant son was suffocated when he fell asleep on his father’s chest is now facing involuntary manslaughter charges. Owen Labrenn Copney is also charged with child endangerment in the death last year of his month-old son, Isiah. Authorities say Copney fell asleep with Isiah lying face down on his chest on Sept. 17. When Copney woke up, the child was face down in the crook of his arm and wasn’t breathing. The child died at a hospital two days later.

Authorities say a man talking on a cellphone inside a Philadelphia restaurant was killed when someone fired several shots, including one that went through the phone and struck him in the face. But it’s not yet known what sparked the shooting, which occurred around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. The 26-year-old man was shot in the face and the torso. He was pronounced dead a short time later. Two other people who were also standing inside the Chinese take-out restaurant were not injured in the shooting,

THE ACT 47 REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO ALIQUIPPA COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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State Senators continue to question state agencies about how they intend to spend money under Governor Wolf’s 2019 budget proposal. As Don Rooney reports, education was in the spotlight this week….

ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT…HEARD RESIDENTS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIGHT THAT BROKE OUT AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PETITION SIGNING EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONER TONY AMADIO WANTS TO KNOW…WHERE’S THE CORRUPTION? AMADIO APPEARED ON THE ASK THE COMMISSIONERS SEGMENT DURING TELEFORUM THIS MORNING ON BEAVER COUNTY RADIO. HE WAS ASKED BY A CALLER TO REACT TO RECENT COMMENTS MADE BY FELLOW COMMISSIONER SANDIE EGLEY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHE IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE CORRUPTION IN THE COURTHOUSE. HERE WAS HIS RESPONSE…

AMADIO SAYS HE’S SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICS ENTERING THE FRAY EACH TIME THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEET…

COMMISSIONERS AMADIO AND DAN CAMP ARE BOTH SEEKING RE-ELECTION. EGLEY, HOWEVER, HAS DECIDED TO RUN FOR COUNTY TREASURER.