A woman is facing charges after police say she overdosed on heroin with her two kids at a home in Beaver. Natalie Braunbeck is charged with endangering the welfare of children after she and a man were found unresponsive in her apartment in the 800-block of Canal Street on April 8th. The two were eventually revived. The ten-and-six-year-old kids were not injured. Braunbeck’s preliminary hearing is set for May 20th.
The president of Slippery Rock University has something to say to Dr. Phil McGraw. The television talk show host appeared to slam the school in a recent magazine article about the college admissions scandal, saying Slippery Rock wasn’t a so-called trophy school. University President William Behre posted a letter on Facebook this past weekend, telling McGraw that Slippery Rock provides a high-quality education that’s affordable for working families.
A family of ducks is back together after the work of Beaver County firefighters. An off-duty Chippewa Township firefighter was at Walmart yesterday when he spotted an adult duck circling a storm drain with ten ducklings stuck inside. The fire department was called in to remove the storm grate and go into the pipe to retrieve the ducklings.
Pittsburgh, PA. (AP) – Joe Biden’s first campaign speech of the 2020 presidential race is in Pittsburgh, where he will receive the endorsement of the International Association of Fire Fighters and talk about rebuilding the middle class. By picking Pennsylvania for today’s speech, the former vice president is signaling that he hopes to own what may be the toughest battleground of the election. President Donald Trump also has his sights set on Pennsylvania after winning the state in 2016.
PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on the Monaca-Rochester Bridge (Route 18) over the Ohio River in Rochester and Monaca boroughs, will begin today weather permitting. Lane narrowing on the bridge will occur weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, May 10. Two lanes will be maintained at all times on the bridge. Additionally, single-lane restrictions will occur on Ohio River Boulevard (Route 65/51) in both directions under the bridge for one or two days during the inspection.Crews from ms consultants, Inc. will conduct the inspection. Please use caution when driving through the area.
Austin, Texas (AP) – Democratic presidential contender Beto O’Rourke is betting that he can sell Republicans on the virtues of a $15 minimum wage. That could be a tough sell: It would mean more than doubling the current federal minimum, $7.25 an hour. The former Texas congressman says he’d tell conservative business leaders that a higher floor for wages enables workers to avoid taking multiple jobs and makes them loyal employees. He says: “When everyone can just work that one job, they’re going to be better at it.”
Legislation coming up in Congress (House Resolution 6) would help the hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the United States, whom supporters of the bill say boost the economy and labor force. Andrea Sears reports…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2019
TODAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON. WARMER. HIGH – 68.
TONIGHT – MORE THUNDERSTORMS. LOW – 56.
TUESDAY – THUNDERSTORMS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 64.
Police: 7 shot, 1 fatally, in latest Baltimore violence
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say seven people have been shot, at least one fatally, in Baltimore.
Police department spokeswoman Chakia Fennoy said authorities received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday reporting that multiple people had been shot.
Fennoy said one of the victims has died but that she had no information about the conditions of the others.
The shooting happened on a street in the western part of the city.
Fennoy says she has no immediate information on what prompted the shooting or of any suspect or suspects.
According to local media reports, the shooting happened while people were gathered for a cookout.
Leaders struggle to make sense of fatal attack on synagogue
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press
POWAY, Calif. (AP) — The rabbi who led a service on the last day of Passover suffered a gunshot wound to his hands and two others endured shrapnel wounds as political, civic and religious leaders across the country struggled to make sense of another fatal attack on a house of worship six months after a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
John T. Earnest, 19, surrendered to a police after bursting into Chabad of Poway, north of San Diego on Saturday and opening fire with about 100 people inside, killing Lori Kayne, 60, and injuring Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Noya Dahan, 8, and Almog Peretz, 34, authorities said.
Earnest, who had no previous contact with law enforcement, may be charged with a hate crime in addition to homicide, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said. Earnest is also being investigated in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in nearby Escondido, California, on March 24.
“Any time somebody goes into a house of worship and shoots the congregants, in my book, that’s a hate crime,” Poway Mayor Steve Vaus said.
There were indications an AR-type assault weapon might have malfunctioned after the gunman fired numerous rounds inside, Gore said. An off-duty Border Patrol agent working as a security guard fired at the shooter as he fled, missing him but striking his getaway vehicle, Gore said.
Shortly after fleeing, Earnest called 911 to report the shooting, San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit said. When an officer reached him on a roadway, “the suspect pulled over, jumped out of his car with his hands up and was immediately taken into custody,” Nisleit said.
Audrey Jacobs, a friend of the slain woman, said on Facebook that Kane was “taking bullets” for the rabbi to save his life and the rabbi continued to give his sermon after being shot.
Gore said authorities were reviewing copies of Earnest’s social media posts, including what he described as a “manifesto.”
A person identifying themselves as John Earnest posted an anti-Jewish screed online about an hour before the attack. The poster described himself as a nursing school student and praised the suspects accused of carrying out deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand last month and at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue Oct. 27.
California State University, San Marcos, confirmed Earnest was a student on the dean’s list and said the school was “dismayed and disheartened” that he was suspected in “this despicable act.”
There was no known threat after Earnest was arrested, but authorities boosted patrols at places of worship as a precaution, police said.
Minoo Anvari, a member of the synagogue, said her husband was inside during the shooting. She said he called to tell her the shooter was shouting and cursing.
She called the shooting “unbelievable” in a peaceful and tight-knit community. “We are strong; you can’t break us,” Anvari said.
Rabbi Yonah Fradkin, executive director of Chabad of San Diego County, said that “in the face of senseless hate we commit to live proudly as Jews in this glorious country. We strongly believe that love is exponentially more powerful than hate. We are deeply shaken by the loss of a true woman of valor, Lori Kaye, who lost her life solely for living as a Jew.”
Donny Phonea, who lives across the street from the synagogue, turned off his power drill and heard someone shout, “Police!” Then he heard three or four shots.
The 38-year-old bank auditor looked over his backyard fence facing the synagogue and saw people hiding behind an electrical box in the parking lot of a neighboring church. At that point, he knew something was “very, very wrong,” went inside and closed his doors and garage.
“I’m a little taken aback,” said Phonea, who moved to Poway two weeks ago. “I moved here because safety was a factor. Poway is very safe.”
President Donald Trump offered his sympathies Saturday, saying the shooting “looked like a hate crime.”
“Our entire nation mourns the loss of life, prays for the wounded and stands in solidary with the Jewish community,” Trump said later at a rally in Wisconsin. “We forcefully condemn the evils of anti-Semitism and hate, which must be defeated.”
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he joins the community in grief.
“No one should have to fear going to their place of worship, and no one should be targeted for practicing the tenets of their faith,” he said.
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Nguyen reported from San Francisco.