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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
    July 31, 2025
    The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
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    Escalated war on abortion
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Escalated war on abortion
    Dec 21, 2022
    Pro-life activists around the country — and particularly in the states that have enacted abortion restrictions or outright bans following the disastro...
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    Great art is not an enemy of the climate
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    Great art is not an enemy of the climate
    RICH LOWRY 
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    Pa. counties inundated with records requests by election deniers
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    Pa. counties inundated with records requests by election deniers
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Sep 26, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Conservative activists in Pennsylvania have inundated county elections offices with records requests in recent weeks seeking vote r...
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    Debunking a Hollywood myth
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    Debunking a Hollywood myth
    MICHAEL HILTZIK Tribune News Service 
    Aug 26, 2022
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Hollywood loves few things more than retailing myths and legends about itself. Few of these yarns have had a longer life than what...
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    Why political activists rarely make good politicians
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    Why political activists rarely make good politicians
    LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
    Aug 03, 2022
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    Pro-choice activists hinder cause
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    Pro-choice activists hinder cause
    Jul 19, 2022
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    We’ve betrayed tens of thousands of Afghans
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    We’ve betrayed tens of thousands of Afghans
    TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
    Jun 17, 2022
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    Protesting for Roe at justices’ homes is self-defeating and wrong
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    Protesting for Roe at justices’ homes is self-defeating and wrong
    May 16, 2022
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    The nation is still hung over from the Tea Party. Don’t let 2022 midterms be a repeat
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    The nation is still hung over from the Tea Party. Don’t let 2022 midterms be a repeat
    LZ GRANDERSON 
    May 16, 2022
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    Casey supports abortion rights bill minutes after activists stage sit-in
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    Casey supports abortion rights bill minutes after activists stage sit-in
    ZACK HOOPES PennLive 
    May 10, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Abortion rights activists who staged a protest outside the Harrisburg office of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Tuesday quickly found their ...
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    In politics, like sports, teamwork wins the game
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    In politics, like sports, teamwork wins the game
    LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
    Feb 17, 2022
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    Kyrsten Sinema under attack
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    Kyrsten Sinema under attack
    BYRON YORK 
    Oct 07, 2021
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    US must not betray Afghan female activists on Taliban hit list
    Opinion, Сolumns
    US must not betray Afghan female activists on Taliban hit list
    TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
    Aug 05, 2021
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    Arnold’s ironic warning over climate change rhetoric
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    SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
    Jul 16, 2021
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    Democrats trapped in progressive echo chamber
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    BYRON YORK 
    Jun 17, 2021
    The reason Democrats in Washington are increasingly frustrated is because their legislative ambitions far outstrip their congressional majorities. The...
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    Commit to capping Pa. wells
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Commit to capping Pa. wells
    May 10, 2021
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    A museum, or a monument to identity politics?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A museum, or a monument to identity politics?
    MIKE GONZALEZ, Tribune News Service 
    Aug 05, 2020
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    They’re not heroes
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    May 19, 2020
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    Pitt fossil fuel disinvestment activists begin occupation of cathedral
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Pitt fossil fuel disinvestment activists begin occupation of cathedral
    BILL SCHACKNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Feb 22, 2020
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Student activists and others demanding that the University of Pittsburgh divest itself from fossil fuel investments entered the Cat...
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    What’s really at stake in the Chick-fil-A controversy
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    What’s really at stake in the Chick-fil-A controversy
    EMILIE KAO Tribune News Service 
    Dec 12, 2019
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
    July 31, 2025
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    The August garden’s gentle retreat
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    By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
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    By DANIELLA LANGIANESE  news@bradfordera.com 
    July 31, 2025
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    The Trump Texas gerrymandering apocalypse won’t kill our democracy | Opinion
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    By DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
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    July 31, 2025
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