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United Airlines official W.C. Mentzer stands in front of the United Airlines plane that John Gilbert Graham is accused of sabotaging with a dynamite-charged time bomb, after it was reconstructed in Denver in 1955.

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Nation & World

November 9, 2025

70 years after the first sabotage of a US airliner, the 44 killed are finally being honored

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — The windows shook as dynamite aboard an airplane exploded over Conrad Hopp'...

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PA State News

Pittsburgh-area schools credit cellphone bans for fewer fights, better focus among students

By MEGAN TOMASIC Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

November 8, 2025

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Woodland Hills High School cafeteria is a bustling spot. Students are often laughing and talking with each other. The sounds of...

Nation & World, PA State News

Remains, stories of Native American students reclaimed from Pennsylvania cemetery

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

November 8, 2025

CARLISLE (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in ...

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Local News

Legacy, sacrifice, stories

November 8, 2025

The Bradford Era honors the legacy, sacrifice and stories of those who have served our nation with the annual Veterans Day special section, which can ...

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Lifestyles

Ditching the perfume

November 8, 2025

Dear Heloise: I just read the letter about not wearing strong scents as they can really bother people. I agree and would even ask: Why wear it at all?...

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Lifestyles

Relative’s behavior has turned most of family against her

November 8, 2025

DEAR ABBY: My niece-in-law, "Justine," is a few years younger than my husband and I. We have been best friends for the last 25 years. She's 55 and div...

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