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    Pilot killed in Alaska crash wasn’t authorized to fly plane
    Nation, News
    Pilot killed in Alaska crash wasn’t authorized to fly plane
    RACHEL D'ORO 
    Nov 23, 2024
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage was not authorized to fly the aircraft used in ...
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    Islamic State militants claim deadly attack in Jakarta
    News, World
    Islamic State militants claim deadly attack in Jakarta
    NINIEK KARMINI and ALI KOTARUMALOS 
    Jan 14, 2016
    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as o...
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    Turkey arrests suspect with reported link to Istanbul blast
    News, World
    Turkey arrests suspect with reported link to Istanbul blast
    MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER 
    Jan 13, 2016
    ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police have arrested one person suspected of a direct link to the deadly suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul's ...
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    Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dead at 109
    Nation, News
    Last survivor of 1906 San Francisco earthquake dead at 109
    KRISTIN J. BENDER 
    Jan 11, 2016
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. ...
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    Oregon woman pleads guilty to striking, carrying man on car
    Nation, News
    Oregon woman pleads guilty to striking, carrying man on car
    Jan 09, 2016
    EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman has pleaded guilty to hitting a pedestrian and carrying him on top of her car for 11 blocks before dumping the man...
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    Police release video of Bill Richardson after car crash
    Nation, News
    Police release video of Bill Richardson after car crash
    MORGAN LEE 
    Jan 09, 2016
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police video released Thursday shows former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson feigning ignorance briefly before acknowledging to a...
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    NY salt miners rescued after frigid night in stuck elevator
    Nation, News
    NY salt miners rescued after frigid night in stuck elevator
    MICHAEL HILL and JENNIFER PELTZ 
    Jan 07, 2016
    LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Seventeen miners spent a frigid night in a broken-down elevator in America's deepest salt mine, huddling with heat packs and blan...
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    Wild December pushes US weather in 2015 to near records
    Nation, News
    Wild December pushes US weather in 2015 to near records
    SETH BORENSTEIN 
    Jan 07, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — December's wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, ...
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    Efforts made to protect homeless as storm hits California
    Nation, News
    Efforts made to protect homeless as storm hits California
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER 
    Jan 06, 2016
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most powerful El Nino storm yet this week pushed onto the California coast Wednesday as police and outreach teams kept an eye o...
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    North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
    News, World
    North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
    FOSTER KLUG 
    Jan 06, 2016
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self...
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    36 migrants killed in 2 boat disasters off Turkey
    News, World
    36 migrants killed in 2 boat disasters off Turkey
    SUZAN FRASER 
    Jan 05, 2016
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Authorities recovered the bodies Tuesday of at least 36 migrants who drowned off Turkey after their boats overturned in rough wa...
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    El Nino storms slam drought-parched California
    Nation, News
    El Nino storms slam drought-parched California
    KRISTIN J. BENDER 
    Jan 05, 2016
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mud...
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    African boy mauled by chimps to undergo facial surgery in NY
    Nation, News
    African boy mauled by chimps to undergo facial surgery in NY
    MICHAEL BALSAMO 
    Jan 05, 2016
    STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him ...
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    The Latest: 2nd teen’s body recovered from truck in Illinois
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    The Latest: 2nd teen’s body recovered from truck in Illinois
    The Associated Press 
    Jan 03, 2016
    The latest developments on flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Authorities have recovered the body of a second teenager who was in a ...
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    St. Louis area faces big cleanup effort after flooding
    Nation, News, Top Stories
    St. Louis area faces big cleanup effort after flooding
    JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR 
    Jan 03, 2016
    KINCAID, Ill. (AP) — The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leavin...
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    Family spokeswoman: Alaska plane crash was a suicide
    Nation, News
    Family spokeswoman: Alaska plane crash was a suicide
    Jan 01, 2016
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spokeswoman for the family of a man who died when his plane struck two buildings in downtown Anchorage says the crash was a...
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    Interstate highways reopen in flood-ravaged St. Louis area
    Nation, News
    Interstate highways reopen in flood-ravaged St. Louis area
    JIM SALTER 
    Jan 01, 2016
    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Water from a rare, record-setting winter flood was receding in the St. Louis area Friday, allowing major roadways to reopen and offer...
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    Flooding forcing evacuations, traffic troubles in Missouri
    Nation, News
    Flooding forcing evacuations, traffic troubles in Missouri
    JIM SALTER and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or trai...
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    Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
    Nation, News
    Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Ang...
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    Flooding continues in England as new storm hits Scotland
    News, World
    Flooding continues in England as new storm hits Scotland
    Dec 30, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Heavy rains and gusty winds are causing more problems for residents in large swaths of Britain. Officials say 5,500 homes in Scotland lo...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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