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    Anglican leader hopes meeting can avoid homosexuality split
    News, World
    Anglican leader hopes meeting can avoid homosexuality split
    DANICA KIRKA and RACHEL ZOLL 
    Jan 11, 2016
    LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Monday he hoped this week's meeting of world Anglican leaders could avoid a split over homose...
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    Slovenians vote on whether to uphold same-sex marriage law
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    Slovenians vote on whether to uphold same-sex marriage law
    ALI ZERDIN 
    Dec 20, 2015
    LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians held a referendum Sunday on whether to allow same-sex marriage and become the first former communist nation in E...
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    Jamaica activist brings legal challenge to anti-sodomy laws
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    Jamaica activist brings legal challenge to anti-sodomy laws
    Dec 09, 2015
    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican gay rights activist has brought a rare legal challenge to the Caribbean island's anti-sodomy laws that criminalize...
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    Bill T. Jones to be honored by Human Rights Campaign
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Bill T. Jones to be honored by Human Rights Campaign
    MARK KENNEDY 
    Dec 07, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-winning choreographer and mentor Bill T. Jones will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign with its Visibility Award, whic...
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    Gay marriage is legal but not on tribal lands
    Nation, News
    Gay marriage is legal but not on tribal lands
    FELICIA FONSECA 
    Nov 27, 2015
    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Cleo Pablo married her longtime partner when gay weddings became legal in Arizona and looked forward to the day when her wife ...
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    Ugandan gays hope the pope will speak out on their behalf
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    Ugandan gays hope the pope will speak out on their behalf
    RODNEY MUHUMUZA 
    Nov 22, 2015
    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Gay activists are hoping Pope Francis will preach tolerance toward homosexuals, and even go so far as to condemn violent attack...
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    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
    Nation, News
    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 12, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of a...
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    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
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    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children m...
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    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    Nation, News
    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the past two years, Nathan Kitchen has revealed to his five children that he's gay, gone through a divorce with his wife and ...
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    Showdown in Houston over LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
    Nation, News, Top Stories
    Showdown in Houston over LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
    JUAN A. LOZANO and DAVID CRARY 
    Oct 25, 2015
    HOUSTON (AP) — After a drawn-out showdown between Houston's popular lesbian mayor and a coalition of conservative pastors, voters in the nation's four...
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    Sanders, Clinton set tone for leadoff presidential caucuses
    Nation, News
    Sanders, Clinton set tone for leadoff presidential caucuses
    KEN THOMAS and CATHERINE LUCEY 
    Oct 25, 2015
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders sharpened the contrast with Hillary Rodham Clinton on a bevy of liberal causes on Saturday, casting himself as ...
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    Pope turns bishops’ attention to family crises in Mideast
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    Pope turns bishops’ attention to family crises in Mideast
    NICOLE WINFIELD and DANIELA PETROFF 
    Oct 09, 2015
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis directed the attention of the world's bishops to real-world crises Friday by denouncing the escalation of conflicts i...
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    Law firm labeled hate group leading Kim Davis’ crusade
    Nation
    Law firm labeled hate group leading Kim Davis’ crusade
    CLAIRE GALOFARO 
    Oct 04, 2015
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kim Davis' lawyer stood onstage in a Washington D.C. hotel and pointed to a photo on the screen. It showed 100,000 people packe...
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    Vatican upends Davis affair with news of audience with gays
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    Vatican upends Davis affair with news of audience with gays
    NICOLE WINFIELD 
    Oct 03, 2015
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican turned the tables on the Kim Davis affair Friday: Not only did it distance Pope Francis from her claims that he endors...
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    Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope encouraged her
    Nation, News
    Clerk jailed over gay marriage says pope encouraged her
    CLAIRE GALOFARO 
    Sep 30, 2015
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky clerk Kim Davis met briefly with Pope Francis during his historic U.S. visit, an encounter she said validates her crus...
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    Obama pick for Army would be first openly gay service chief
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    Obama pick for Army would be first openly gay service chief
    Sep 19, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that he will nominate longtime Pentagon official Eric Fanning to be the Army's new secretary. If ...
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    Did Putin call Elton John? Singer says yes, Kremlin says no
    News, World
    Did Putin call Elton John? Singer says yes, Kremlin says no
    Sep 15, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Elton John said Tuesday that Vladimir Putin phoned him after the musician requested a meeting to discuss Russia's anti-gay environment —...
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    AP PHOTOS: LGBT people in conservative S. Korea find hope
    News, World
    AP PHOTOS: LGBT people in conservative S. Korea find hope
    JULIE YOON 
    Sep 15, 2015
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Just after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized nationwide same-sex marriage, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of S...
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    Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
    Nation, News
    Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict
    CLAIRE GALOFARO and DYLAN LOVAN 
    Sep 15, 2015
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Clerk Mike Johnston prays twice a day, once each morning and once each night, and asks the Lord to understand the decision he m...
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    Brazil Pentecostal church welcomes gays spurned elsewhere
    News, World
    Brazil Pentecostal church welcomes gays spurned elsewhere
    JENNY BARCHFIELD 
    Sep 09, 2015
    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With his booming voice and high-voltage charisma capable of working crowds of hundreds into a lather, Marcos Gladstone has all t...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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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.
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    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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