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ABC 13 in Lynchburg reports hundreds of people have expressed support and opposition on social media to the sign outside Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox. Pastor E.W. Lucas told the station Tuesday that he wanted to make a statement about the political divisions in Washington. "People that feel hard about our president and want to down the president and down the country and everything, they ought to go over there and live in these other countries for a little while," Lucas said.

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:04:43 -0400

Zimbabwe’s public sector workers said on Thursday they had accepted a government pay offer, averting a potentially damaging strike in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade. The workers had on Tuesday threatened to stay away from work unless the state raised wages to the equivalent of US$475 per month for the lowest paid - a move they said would only keep up with crippling inflation. After negotiations which stretched into Thursday, the Civil Service Apex Council - a confederation of public sector unions - said the government had tabled an improved offer which it found acceptable.

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:59:21 -0400

Federal authorities said Thursday an Ohio-based wholesale drug distributor that's been linked before to the opioid drug crisis has been charged in a painkiller pill distribution conspiracy case. In addition, two former executives of Miami-Luken — the president and compliance officer — and two pharmacists were indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman. Richard Blake, an attorney who has previously represented the company, said Thursday he was unaware of the charges.

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:57:01 -0400

A private dive team has located the last U.S. Navy warship to be sunk by a German submarine in World War II, just a few miles (kilometers) off the coast of Maine. The sinking of the USS Eagle PE-56 on April 23, 1945, was originally blamed on a boiler explosion. The patrol boat's precise location remained a mystery — until now.

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:56:49 -0400

Public housing officials in Chicago are planning wellbeing checks on residents as the heat and humidity are expected to mount to dangerous levels as part of a wave of sweltering weather covering a substantial portion of the U.S. Chicago's Housing Authority says routine checks also will be done to make sure the temperature in housing units is at safe levels. Excessive heat warnings were posted Thursday by the National Weather Service from central Nebraska and Missouri into western Ohio and parts of West Virginia.

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:56:11 -0400