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    Q&A: A look at how the federal law regards hate speech
    Nation, News
    Q&A: A look at how the federal law regards hate speech
    ERIC TUCKER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Incendiary rhetoric has seeped into 2016 presidential politics, surfaced in the public debate over accepting Syrian refugees into th...
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    House Intelligence chair seeks answers on NSA spying report
    Nation, News
    House Intelligence chair seeks answers on NSA spying report
    ERICA WERNER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Israeli ...
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    White officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy
    Nation, News
    White officer won’t face charges in killing of Cleveland boy
    MARK GILLISPIE 
    Dec 28, 2015
    CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was sho...
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    The Latest: Feds will continue review of Tamir Rice case
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Feds will continue review of Tamir Rice case
    The Associated Press 
    Dec 28, 2015
    CLEVELAND (AP) — The latest on a Cleveland grand jury's decision to not indict two police officers in the November 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice (...
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    Carson’s many faces: Doctor, author, speaker – and candidate
    Nation, News
    Carson’s many faces: Doctor, author, speaker – and candidate
    EILEEN SULLIVAN 
    Dec 25, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson's name and face adorn the walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him ...
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    Myanmar migrants found guilty of killing British backpackers
    News, World
    Myanmar migrants found guilty of killing British backpackers
    YVES DAM VAN and JOCELYN GECKER 
    Dec 24, 2015
    KOH SAMUI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday sentenced two Myanmar migrants to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort isla...
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    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
    News, World
    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
    ZEINA KARAM 
    Dec 23, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments...
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    Zambian singer, pardoned for sexual assault, charged again
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Zambian singer, pardoned for sexual assault, charged again
    NOEL SICHALWE 
    Dec 23, 2015
    LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Released from prison after a presidential pardon for a sexual assault conviction, a popular Zambian singer has been charged with...
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    Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years
    Nation, News
    Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years
    NANCY BENAC and EMILY SWANSON 
    Dec 22, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged up to its highest level in the past two years, with an Associated Press-GfK poll sh...
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    Slovenians vote on whether to uphold same-sex marriage law
    News, World
    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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    Hasbro hits back in lawsuit over The Game of Life
    Nation, News
    Hasbro hits back in lawsuit over The Game of Life
    MICHELLE R. SMITH 
    Dec 19, 2015
    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hasbro hit back Friday in a lawsuit over who owns the rights to The Game of Life, flatly denying claims by a toy inventor's wi...
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    Judge: No evidence of crimes in recordings of abortion group
    Nation, News
    Judge: No evidence of crimes in recordings of abortion group
    SUDHIN THANAWALA 
    Dec 19, 2015
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Recordings secretly made by an anti-abortion group at meetings of abortion providers do not show criminal activity and could put ...
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    Attorney for Chicago officer plans to seek change of venue
    Nation, News
    Attorney for Chicago officer plans to seek change of venue
    DON BABWIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON 
    Dec 19, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a white Chicago policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said Friday he will seek a chan...
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    Chicago families have new hope for police shooting reviews
    Nation, News
    Chicago families have new hope for police shooting reviews
    DON BABWIN 
    Dec 17, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Janet Lindsey Ferguson has carried a poster bearing a photograph of her teenage son, Rickey Childs, ever since he was shot and killed b...
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    Rights groups lobby Nicki Minaj to cancel concert in Angola
    News, World
    Rights groups lobby Nicki Minaj to cancel concert in Angola
    LYNSEY CHUTEL 
    Dec 16, 2015
    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rights groups are lobbying rapper Nicki Minaj to cancel her upcoming concert in Angola, a southern African country often criticize...
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    The Latest: Jury asks for witness transcript, judge says no
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Jury asks for witness transcript, judge says no
    Dec 16, 2015
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a Baltimore police officer who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old bl...
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    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
    News, World
    The Latest: Rights watchdog: Syria must give prison access
    Dec 16, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local: 6:45 p.m. Human Rights Watch says Russia and other nations tryi...
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    Testimony phase ends in trial of ex-Chad dictator in Senegal
    News, World
    Testimony phase ends in trial of ex-Chad dictator in Senegal
    CARLEY PETESCH 
    Dec 16, 2015
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Prison survivors said corpses were sometimes left to rot in jail until there were enough bodies to be taken away. Several women ...
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    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
    News, World
    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
    MICHELLE FAUL 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights advocates and the United States called for an investigation following the Nigerian army's raid on a Shiite sect in ...
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    Merriam-Webster declares ‘ism’ as word of the year for 2015
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Merriam-Webster declares ‘ism’ as word of the year for 2015
    LEANNE ITALIE 
    Dec 15, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: ism. But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traff...
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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.
    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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