FILE – This 1955 file photo shows Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died Tuesday night, April 25, in hospice care in Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana. She was 88. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick, File)

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in 1955 has died. Carolyn Bryant Donham died Tuesday night at 88. That’s according to a death report filed Thursday in Westlake, Louisiana. Her claim against Till caused his lynching in Mississippi, and the brutal act galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement. Till’s kidnapping and murder gained international attention after his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral in their hometown of Chicago so the world could see her 14-year-old son’s mutilated body in photos published by Jet magazine.

FILE – This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. Ticks will be more active than usual early in spring 2023, and that means Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections could spread earlier and in greater numbers than in a typical year. Ticks can transmit multiple diseases that sicken humans, and deer ticks, which spread Lyme, are a day-to-day fact of life in the warm months in New England and the Midwest. (CDC via AP, File)

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., scientists are watching to see if there will be an uptick in ticks this year. More ticks this spring could mean a wider spread of Lyme disease and other infections. Deer ticks, which spread Lyme, are a day-to-day fact of life in the warm months in New England and the Midwest. In Connecticut, a state disease expert says they are already seeing more ticks than usual this month. It varies by region, but tick season generally stretches from April to October and Lyme disease cases peak in the summer.

FILE – This Jan. 14, 2013 file photo shows Bam Margera at the LA premiere of “The Last Stand” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Margera punched his brother in the face during an altercation at their home in the Philadelphia suburbs, then took off on foot, Pennsylvania State Police said Monday, April 24, 2023 in announcing criminal charges. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, file)

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — “Jackass” star Bam Margera has surrendered to Pennsylvania State Police for allegedly punching his brother during an altercation four days earlier at their home in the Philadelphia suburbs. Margera was arraigned Thursday and pleaded not guilty. That’s according to his lawyer, Michael van der Veen. State police say they were called to the Chester County home in response to a reported domestic disturbance Sunday morning. Margera’s brother, Jesse Margera, told police that Bam Margera assaulted him. Margera’s lawyer says the “wild rumors” are “absolutely false.” Bam Margera is free on $50,000 unsecured bail. He has another court date next month.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing anger at the FBI from both parties in Congress has become a major hurdle for U.S. intelligence agencies fighting to keep vast powers to collect foreign communications. Key lawmakers say they won’t vote to renew the programs under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major changes. And many blame problems with how the FBI’s special agents handle what’s collected under Section 702 — along with publicly revealed mistakes in other intelligence investigations by the bureau. The program expires at year’s end.

The image above shows the “March Parklet” plaque on the wall of the Carnegie Library of Beaver Falls.
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published April 27, 2023 12:28 P.M.    

(Beaver Falls, PA) Beaver Falls residents have voiced their opinions in regards to the name of a revamped park in Beaver Falls.  A recent post made on the Beaver Falls Community page on Facebook calls on residents to vote on a new name for the park next to the Carnegie Library of Beaver Falls.  The city has been working on the park making major improvements including a waterfall feature and new lighting, and it is set to be complete in the near future.  Names up for voting are “The Falls”, “City Park”, “Beaver Falls Central Park”, and “13th Street Park”. There is one name that wasn’t included on the list, “March Park”.  The park has historically been named “March Parklet”, dedicated to James H. March Sr., for his efforts and community service for Beaver Falls, according to a plaque that remains in place on the wall of the library. Some say that the March family donated the land for the park, although Beaver County Radio has not yet confirmed this. Hundreds of residents have taken to the post comment section to cast their write-in vote for “March Park”, with many saying they believe naming the park anything else would be rewriting history.
Photos and the Facebook posts can be found below:
The park:

Library Park sign in place at the park:
Beaver falls Community Facebook post:

FILE – An NYSE sign is seen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising after Meta Platforms became the latest Big Tech company to blow past profit expectations and reports painted a mixed picture of the economy. The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher Thursday. Facebook’s parent company was doing some of the heaviest lifting and jumped 14%. Expectations were broadly low coming into this earnings reporting season, in part because of a slowing economy. A report on Thursday suggested the economy slowed even more than expected. But it also showed strength underneath the surface, and Treasury yields rose on expectations the Federal Reserve will see it as resilient enough to hike interest rates next week.

FILE – Talk show host Jerry Springer speaks in New York on April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died. He was 79. A family spokesperson says he died Thursday at home in suburban Chicago. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah. The show known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments was a favorite American guilty pleasure, at one point topping Oprah Winfrey’s show. It ran for 27 years, ending in 2018. The Jewish immigrants’ son who was born in an underground bomb shelter was active in politics most of his adult life.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities Route 65 bridges in Bellevue, Avalon, and Ben Avon boroughs, Allegheny County will occur Monday through Friday, May 1-5 weather permitting.

Single-lane and shoulder restrictions will occur in each direction for four bridge inspections on Route 65 located between Millerton Road in the City of Pittsburgh and Dickson Avenue in Ben Avon. Restrictions will occur weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, May 5.

PennDOT crews will conduct the routine inspection activities.

Motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns. Please use caution when driving through the area.  Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.