Complaints surfacing about former Vice President Joe Biden and his actions around women haven’t hurt his ratings among voters, who continue keep him at the top of the list of 2020 presidential race candidates even though he has not yet officially joined the race. According to a new Morning Consult poll, Biden topped the list of candidates, netting 32 percent of voters who say they intend to participate in a Democratic Party primary or caucus next year, reports Politico. His nearest contender was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at 23 percent. No other candidates came close to Biden and Sanders:

• Kamala Harris, 9 percent;
• Beto O’Rourke, 8 percent;
• Elizabeth Warren, 7 percent;
• Pete Buttigieg, 5 percent;
• Corey Booker, 4 percent;
• Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, 2 percent.

Biden’s score was down just one percentage point from a survey released last week

Was President Donald Trump’s victory lap after the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation premature?  With Mueller’s report expected to be released in redacted form in the coming days, Trump and his allies have unleashed a series of broadsides against Mueller’s team and the Democrats pushing for full release of the final report. Trump’s inner circle knows there could be further releases of embarrassing or politically damaging information. Attorney General William Barr is defending his decision to send a letter to Congress detailing  Mueller’s principal conclusions. He says the public would not have tolerated waiting weeks for information. Mueller concluded his Russia probe last month and submitted a nearly 400-page confidential report to Barr. Barr sent his four-page letter to Congress two days later. Democrats are questioning how Barr was so quickly able to boil down Mueller’s report into four pages.

DUQUESNE LIGHT IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF A STATIC ISSUE ON A-M RADIO STATIONS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Two thieves who snatched a statue of a lion from outside a home in a Philadelphia suburb had a change of heart after police posted surveillance video of the heist. The statue was taken from the West Chester residence on Wednesday. But by Friday, police posted a video of the thieves returning it. They also left behind a bouquet of flowers and a card.

Governor Wolf, lawmakers and activists joined in a rally at the State Capitol in Harrisburg to support legislation that would temporarily remove firearms from someone who is a threat to themselves or others. Don Rooney has more…

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to hold rallies in battleground states this weekend, starting Friday night in the liberal stronghold of Madison, Wisconsin. Sanders announced Monday that he will also hold rallies on Saturday at a community college in Warren, Michigan, and in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Officials say Sanders will hold a rally at Schenley Plaza in Oakland at 5 pm. His campaign says additional stops in Indiana and Ohio are also planned.

Hearings are beginning in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on heavily-lobbied legislation that backers say is necessary to ensure the long-term profitability of the state’s five nuclear power plants, albeit at a cost to electric ratepayers. The first testifier Monday was former Gov. Tom Ridge, who as governor two decades ago ushered in Pennsylvania’s competitive electricity markets that nuclear power plant owners now say don’t provide an even playing field.

A constitutional amendment to enshrine the rights of crime victims in the Pennsylvania Constitution is a state Senate vote away from going before voters in a referendum. Pennsylvania’s proposed version of Marsy’s Law was approved Monday in the House of Representatives by a vote of 190 to 8. It would give victims the right to be notified, to attend and to weigh in during plea hearings, sentencings and parole proceedings.

Bills designed to help victims of child sexual abuse are moving in the Pennsylvania Legislature and could pass the state House in the coming days. The House Judiciary Committee voted Monday for a bill to eliminate the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse crimes and for a constitutional amendment that would permit a two-year retroactive window for lawsuits. Both measures are widely supported in the House, but the state Senate’s Republican majority blocked similar legislation last year.

YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE FORMER BEAVER COUNTY PRIEST WHO WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BY THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH FOR INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR. THIS MORNING, BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO GOT REACTION FROM THE LOCAL PARISHES WHERE HE ONCE SERVED…