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    2 killed in clashes in Turkey as Kurds denounce curfew
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    2 killed in clashes in Turkey as Kurds denounce curfew
    SUZAN FRASER 
    Dec 14, 2015
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police on Monday clashed with a group of Kurds following a protest by some 5,000 people denouncing a dayslong curfew imposed by ...
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    Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
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    Sikhs feel vulnerable, join with Muslims to combat backlash
    TAMMY WEBBER 
    Dec 13, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Pardeep Kaleka spent several days after 9/11 at his father's South Milwaukee gas station, fearing that his family would be targeted by ...
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    States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
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    States expanded gun rights after Sandy Hook school massacre
    RYAN J. FOLEY 
    Dec 13, 2015
    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which a mentally troubled young man killed 26 children and educators, ser...
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    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
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    Burundi: US urges citizens to leave after Friday violence
    ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and TOM ODULA 
    Dec 13, 2015
    BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — The U.S. government asked its citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible Sunday after 87 people were killed Friday in an ...
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    Search for shooters’ hard drive concludes in California lake
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    Search for shooters’ hard drive concludes in California lake
    AMANDA LEE MYERS 
    Dec 13, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — An underwater search for a computer hard drive and anything else linked to the husband-and-wife shooters who killed 14 in the Calif...
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    FBI continues probe of lake in California shootings
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    FBI continues probe of lake in California shootings
    AMANDA LEE MYERS 
    Dec 12, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Specialized divers with the FBI searched a San Bernardino lake for a second day Friday, looking for a computer hard drive and any o...
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    Oklahoma ex-cop guilty of 18 counts in sex assaults trial
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    Oklahoma ex-cop guilty of 18 counts in sex assaults trial
    SEAN MURPHY 
    Dec 11, 2015
    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his police beat in...
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    Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
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    Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
    DOROTHEE THIESING 
    Dec 10, 2015
    OSLO, Norway (AP) — This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, collected their award in Norway on Thursday, appeal...
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    Former NY police chief accused of covering up assault
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    Former NY police chief accused of covering up assault
    FRANK ELTMAN 
    Dec 09, 2015
    CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former chief of one of the country's largest local law enforcement agencies was arrested Wednesday on charges he took r...
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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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    Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
    Nation, News
    Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program
    MARK SHERMAN 
    Dec 09, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more infor...
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    Prosecutors rest case in Freddie Gray trial
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    Prosecutors rest case in Freddie Gray trial
    JULIET LINDERMAN and DAVID DISHNEAU 
    Dec 08, 2015
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The prosecution rested its case Tuesday after calling about 15 witnesses in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer char...
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    Chicago mayor: Shooting brought city to ‘inflection point’
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    Chicago mayor: Shooting brought city to ‘inflection point’
    MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN 
    Dec 08, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — With federal agents preparing to scrutinize Chicago's police practices in a wide-ranging civil rights investigation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
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    US Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
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    US Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
    DON BABWIN and ERIC TUCKER 
    Dec 07, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department will investigate patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police officers as part of a wide-r...
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    Bill T. Jones to be honored by Human Rights Campaign
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    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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    Richards mourns with, rallies Planned Parenthood supporters
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    Richards mourns with, rallies Planned Parenthood supporters
    COLLEEN SLEVIN 
    Dec 05, 2015
    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The national head of Planned Parenthood both mourned with and rallied supporters in Colorado on Saturday before meeting quietl...
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    Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court
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    Fight over net neutrality rules returns to appeals court
    SAM HANANEL 
    Dec 05, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's latest push to make sure consumers get equal access to the Internet faced a key legal test Friday as a federal appe...
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    Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’
    Nation, News
    Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’
    MARK SHERMAN 
    Dec 05, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The growing political influence of Latinos could be slowed by a Supreme Court case over the constitutional requirement to make elect...
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    California shooting doesn’t fit Washington’s gun debate
    Nation, News
    California shooting doesn’t fit Washington’s gun debate
    KATHLEEN HENNESSEY 
    Dec 04, 2015
    As investigators search for a motive behind the deadly rampage in San Bernardino, politicians are searching for a way to talk about it. The details of...
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    EU ministers agree on sharing airline passenger details
    News, World
    EU ministers agree on sharing airline passenger details
    LORNE COOK 
    Dec 04, 2015
    BRUSSELS (AP) — After years of trying to balance security needs with privacy rights, the European Union agreed Friday on a system to share airline pas...
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    Derby winners
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    Derby winners
    June 16, 2025
    Bradford Community Pride Lions Club announced the winners of its fifth annual Kids Fishing Derby held Saturday at Marilla Reservoir.  Winners included...
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    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
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    Runyan Scholarship winners announced
    June 16, 2025
    VFW Post 212 and Frances Sherman VFW Auxiliary announced its 2025 Reba Y. Maben & William “Mr. Bill” Runyan Scholarship winners are Evan D. Confer and...
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    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
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    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
    Suicide prevention training aimed at saving lives
    Continuing education credits available 
    June 16, 2025
    EMPORIUM —A Penn State Extension in-person workshop will provide evidence-based training aimed at saving lives and reducing suicidal behaviors. The wo...
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    Pennsylvania senators introduce bipartisan bill to move DOE office to Pittsburgh
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    Pennsylvania senators introduce bipartisan bill to move DOE office to Pittsburgh
    June 16, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced S. 2044, which would move the Department of Energy’s Offi...
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    Trump to attend McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy, Innovation Summit
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    Trump to attend McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy, Innovation Summit
    June 16, 2025
    WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump will attend Sen. Dave McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon Univer...
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    Bill modernizing CPA licensure would address growing workforce shortage
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    Bill modernizing CPA licensure would address growing workforce shortage
    June 16, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Sen. Scott Hutchinson,R-21, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and prime sponsor of Senate Bill 719, announced the successful passa...
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