FILE – Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., joined by the popular app’s supporters, leads a rally to defend TikTok at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Bowman, D-N.Y., who has more than 180,000 followers on the app, held a news conference with TikTok influencers before a House hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chewg. Bowman accused Republicans of pushing a ban on TikTok for political reasons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress who are active on TikTok, including Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, are now facing questions about whether they’ll continue to use it. Many are defending their presence on the platform, saying they have a responsibility as public officials to meet voters they wouldn’t otherwise reach. Yet the lawmakers active on TikTok remain in the distinct minority. Most in Congress are in favor of limiting the app, forcing a sale to remove connections to China or even banning it outright. Loud warnings about TikTok have also been coming from President Joe Biden’s administration.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published April 3, 2023 9:39 A.M.

(Beaver County, PA) Duquesne Light Company reported a short time ago that 661 customers, 539 in our area, are still without power due to last Saturday’s high winds. On Sunday they reported that all power would be restored by Wednesday.

Jeff Bost and Dr. Maroon talk about traumatic brain health this week on “Living Well”.

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world renown neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. Dr. Maroon is also the Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor.

Jeff Bost is a consultant to the St. Barnabas Health System. Bost is also a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a consultant to the WWE, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Chatham University. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine and brain surgery and have collaborated on scores of scientific medical papers and books in these areas. Over the last 15 years he has researched, lectured and written on the use of alternative treatment for pain control.

Bost, along with Dr. Joseph Maroon have authored two books on the use of omega-3 fish oil, including: Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory, currently in its forth printing with over 75,000 copies sold and recently, Why You Need Fish Oil. He has given over 100 invited lectures, 24 national posters and oral presentations, 29 coordinated research projects, five workshops presentations, 35 scientific articles and 10 book chapters.

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Pastor David Grove of the Church of the Redeemed of Beaver Valley provides a message on reaching out, and not giving up, this Saturday on “Wake Up Beaver Valley”.

“Wake Up Beaver Valley” airs every Saturday morning from 9 AM to 10 AM on Beaver County Radio and is presented by the Church of The Redeemed of Beaver Valley. Archived editions of “Wake Up Beaver Valley” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

FILE – Trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. An unlikely coalition made up of a theme park owner, an animal rights group, a mayor and a philanthropist who owns an NFL team announced Thursday, March 30, 2023, that a plan is in place to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

MIAMI (AP) — More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest — where a nearly century-old, endangered whale believed to be her mother still swims. An unlikely coalition involving the theme park’s owner, an animal rights group and an NFL owner-philanthropist announced the agreement during a news conference Thursday. Moving the 57-year-old, 5,000-pound orca could take six to nine months and cost $12 million to $15 million. Jim Irsay is the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. He said he’s excited to be a part of Lolita’s journey.

FILE – A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 aircraft named Cosmic Girl prepares to land back at Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles Monday, May 25, 2020. Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is slashing 85% of its workforce, Friday, March 31, 2023, after running into problems with funding less than four months after a mission of the satellite launching company failed. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission. The company, headquartered in Long Beach, California, will cut 675 jobs, about 85% of its workforce, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In January, a mission by Virgin Orbit to launch the first satellites into orbit from Europe failed after a rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. It was a setback in the United Kingdom which had hoped that the launch from Cornwall in southwest England would mark the beginning of more commercial opportunities for the U.K. space industry

FILE – An electric vehicle is plugged into a charger in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that under rules proposed Friday, March 30, 2023, by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules are required under last year’s Inflation Reduction Act. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under rules proposed by the Treasury Department. Many of those vehicles will get only half that amount. The rules proposed Friday are required under last year’s Inflation Reduction Act and likely will slow consumer acceptance of electric vehicles. The Biden administration concedes fewer electric vehicles will be eligible for tax credits in the short term but says eventually more EVs and parts will be manufactured in the U.S. Currently, 38 electric or plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles made in North America are eligible for the full tax credit. It’s unclear how many will get it under the rules taking effect April 18.

FILE – This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. The federal government filed a lawsuit Thursday, March 30, against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a February derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The federal government has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said in the suit filed Thursday that it’s seeking to hold the company accountable for polluting the waterways and to ensure it pays the full cost of the environmental cleanup. The derailment in early February led to the evacuation of about half the village of East Palestine. A message seeking comment on the lawsuit was left with the railroad on Friday.

The Connect Beaver County Broadband Program announced today that local Internet service provider (ISP) Armstrong has initiated fiber construction that will bring broadband internet to 65 previously unserved locations in Hanover Township.
Addresses slated for the new broadband Internet connection populate Hanover Kendall Road, Airline Drive, and Hanny Beaver Road. Locations are part of the Program’s Early Action Project for broadband development and were identified using information collected from the 2021 Broadband Data Collection and Feasibility Study.
Homeowners in the vicinity were notified late last month of pending construction and of their new opportunity for connectivity.
The new broadband service deployment is the result of a multi-year collaborative effort between Beaver County and ISPs that aims to bridge the digital divide and connect all unserved or underserved locations in the county with high-speed Internet.
“Beaver County is now one step closer to connecting Hanover, one of the many communities that need it most,” said Beaver County Commissioner Chairman Daniel Camp. “We’ve been eagerly anticipating the start of construction because we know prosperity depends on affordable, reliable, and fast Internet connections. Our Connect Beaver County Broadband Program is about ensuring that all our residents,
regardless of zip code, can participate in the digital economy, education, healthcare, and more.”

Newly connected Hanover locations will soon have the option to contract with Armstrong for high-speed broadband Internet. More information about the work can be found on the website in the program’s
News & Updates page.
“We are thrilled to bring high-speed Internet to more of our Hanover residents,” said Lance Grable, Director of the Beaver County Office of Planning and Redevelopment, “This start of construction in Hanover is a long-anticipated milestone in the project. We look forward to announcing additional progress in various areas of the county in the coming months.”
Beaver County continues to serve as a national leader in broadband infrastructure development. The Connect Beaver County Program demonstrates the power of collaboration between the public and private sectors to bridge the digital divide and create a more connected community.
To learn more about the Connect Beaver County Broadband Program, view progress, and join the mailing list, visit connectbeavercounty.com.