SACCONE CONCEDES U.S. HOUSE RACE TO LAMB
PA.» Republican HARRISBURG, Rick Saccone conceded defeat to Democrat Conor Lamb on Wednesday night in a closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, more than a week after the end of a remarkable race that has shaken GOP confidence before the November midterm elections. Lamb, 33, claimed the seat by about 750 votes in a Republican-held district that President Donald Trump won by almost 20 percentage points 16 months ago.
U.S. Senate appointee pledges to support Trump.
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The state’s Republican agriculture commissioner, who served on a farm advisory committee for President Donald Trump, was appointed Wednesday to succeed a veteran senator who is resigning because of poor health. Cindy Hyde-Smith immediately pledged to support Trump’s agenda, saying she will push for border security, support gun rights, oppose abortion, and work to rebuild the military and repeal health care changes enacted under former President Barack Obama.
AIDS researcher to lead CDC.
YORK» A NEW leading AIDS researcher was picked Wednesday to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government’s top public health agency. Dr. Robert Ray Redfield Jr. rose to prominence in the 1980s as a top researcher into the emerging AIDS epidemic.
Court sides with Gaye’s family in “Blurred Lines” fight.
ANGELES» A federal LOS appeals court on Wednesday upheld a copyright infringement verdict against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over the 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines,” agreeing with lower courts that it illegally copied from Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.”
In a split decision from a three-judge panel, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the family of the late soul singer is entitled to the $5.3 million it was awarded in a case that has been closely watched in the music industry for its potential effects on copyright and creativity.
Judge Jacqueline Nguyen said the two R&B tunes resemble each other only in style not substance and that the decision was detrimental to the future of artists and creativity.
Police say school shooter used his dad’s handgun.
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A teenager used his father’s legally owned handgun in an attack inside his high school, police said Wednesday. Investigators with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said Austin Rollins, 17, shot a 16-year-old girl within minutes of entering the school. Rollins and the girl had recently ended a relationship.
A 14-year-old boy who was shot in the thigh was released from a hospital. The girl, Jaelynn Willey, was still fighting for her life.