Day: May 15, 2023

350-pound bear removed from northern Michigan tree as dozens spectate

7:04 pm May 15, 2023

A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below. “It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said. The drama in Traverse City began when wildlife experts responded to […]

Missing Suzanne Morphew’s husband speaks out 3 years after wife’s vanishing

6:11 pm May 15, 2023

Barry Morphew, a Colorado man accused of killing his wife, Suzanne Morphew, in 2020 before charges against him were dropped in 2022, spoke out Monday, marking three years since Suzanne went missing. It was the first time Barry, 55, has spoken publicly since he filed a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the 11th Judicial District […]

Convicted Maryland child rapist and former Catholic school teacher dies in prison

6:10 pm May 15, 2023

A convicted child rapist, whose crimes were recently highlighted in an extensive state report on sex abuse and coverups within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died last week in prison, according to Maryland’s corrections agency. John Merzbacher, 81, was serving four life sentences after his 1995 rape conviction for committing sexual abuse while he was a […]

President Joe Biden endorses Heather Boyd in primary for vacant state House of Representatives seat

6:09 pm May 15, 2023

A Democrat running for a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives received President Joe Biden’s endorsement Monday in a race likely to determine control of the legislative chamber, with implications for abortion rights, the 2024 presidential contest and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s agenda. Biden cited the majority House stakes and referred to abortion rights […]

Key issues ahead of Pennsylvania’s GOP primary include election integrity, mail-in voting law

6:03 pm May 15, 2023

Election integrity and Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law are prominent subjects in the state’s Republican primary contest for an open state Supreme Court seat, as Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim that the 2020 election was stolen. This year, two GOP primary rivals for the state Supreme Court seat in Tuesday’s primary election are signaling their […]