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    Myanmar’s minorities fear election victory by military
    News, World
    Myanmar’s minorities fear election victory by military
    DENIS D. GRAY 
    Nov 01, 2015
    HPA-AN, Myanmar (AP) — During nearly seven decades the villages of the Karen have been torched, their men summarily executed and their women raped as ...
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    Rights group: Egypt has prevented scores from travelling
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    Rights group: Egypt has prevented scores from travelling
    MERRIT KENNEDY 
    Nov 01, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has unlawfully prevented "scores" of people from leaving the country over the past year, U.S. based-Human Rights Watch said in a ne...
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    In Central Asia, Kerry talks to autocratic cast of nations
    News, World
    In Central Asia, Kerry talks to autocratic cast of nations
    BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Nov 01, 2015
    SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen Amer...
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    Clinton faces protests as she courts black voters
    Nation, News
    Clinton faces protests as she courts black voters
    STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW 
    Oct 31, 2015
    ATLANTA (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton, shouting over protesters, promised black Americans Friday that she would address systemic racism and, if electe...
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    Last UK detainee arrives in Britain from Guantanamo
    News, World
    Last UK detainee arrives in Britain from Guantanamo
    DANICA KIRKA and BEN FOX 
    Oct 30, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The last U.K. resident imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay returned home to Britain on Friday after almost 14 years in which he became a defian...
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    Panhandling laws face challenge after church signs ruling
    Nation, News
    Panhandling laws face challenge after church signs ruling
    COLLEEN SLEVIN 
    Oct 30, 2015
    DENVER (AP) — Cities trying to limit panhandling in downtowns and tourist areas are facing a new legal hurdle because of a recent Supreme Court ruling...
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    AP-GfK Poll: Support for tighter gun laws ticks up
    Nation, News
    AP-GfK Poll: Support for tighter gun laws ticks up
    KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and EMILY SWANSON 
    Oct 28, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — After a steady string of mass shootings and a revival of the political fight over gun control, Americans are slightly more likely th...
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    In NY, race for prosecutor job spotlighted in chokehold case
    Nation, News
    In NY, race for prosecutor job spotlighted in chokehold case
    JENNIFER PELTZ 
    Oct 26, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Elections for top prosecutor in New York City's smallest borough are usually highly local matters. But this year, candidates for State...
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    Syria’s Assad said to favor vote, but only after victory
    News, World
    Syria’s Assad said to favor vote, but only after victory
    ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB 
    Oct 25, 2015
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad is willing to run in an early presidential election, hold parliamentary elections and discuss constituti...
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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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    Couple who sued Kentucky clerk Kim Davis marry
    Nation, News
    Couple who sued Kentucky clerk Kim Davis marry
    CLAIRE GALOFARO 
    Oct 25, 2015
    MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — April Miller and Karen Roberts stood before a minister Saturday night, hand-in-hand, and said the two words they fought for month...
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    Israel lifts Muslim age limit at Jerusalem shrine
    News, World
    Israel lifts Muslim age limit at Jerusalem shrine
    MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH 
    Oct 24, 2015
    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Muslim prayers at a major Jerusalem shrine, the epicenter of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully Friday after Israel lifted r...
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    Hundreds at candlelight vigil for Swedish school stabbings
    News, World
    Hundreds at candlelight vigil for Swedish school stabbings
    DAVID KEYTON and MATTI HUUHTANEN 
    Oct 24, 2015
    TROLLHATTAN, Sweden (AP) — Hundreds of people lit candles Friday in the yard of a Swedish school where police said a 21-year-old masked man with a swo...
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    FBI opens hate crime probe in Indiana attack on Muslim woman
    Nation, News
    FBI opens hate crime probe in Indiana attack on Muslim woman
    Oct 22, 2015
    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The FBI has opened a hate crime investigation into an attack on a Muslim woman in which police say a 19-year-old Indiana Univ...
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    Xi to ink nuclear power deal as UK seeks Chinese investment
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    Xi to ink nuclear power deal as UK seeks Chinese investment
    JILL LAWLESS 
    Oct 21, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Britain will be China's "partner of choice" in the West, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Wednesday, as China demonstrated its comm...
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    The Latest: UK police drag protester away from China event
    News, World
    The Latest: UK police drag protester away from China event
    Oct 21, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The latest news on the second day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain. All times local. 5:15 p.m. Police have dragg...
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    UK rolls out red carpet for China’s Xi on contentious visit
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    UK rolls out red carpet for China’s Xi on contentious visit
    JILL LAWLESS 
    Oct 20, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — China's leader quoted Chinese proverbs and William Shakespeare while Britain's prime minister hailed a "golden age" between the two nati...
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    The Latest: Chinese lawyer urges UK to back human rights
    News, World
    The Latest: Chinese lawyer urges UK to back human rights
    Oct 20, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The latest news of the first full day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Britain. All times local: 6:15 p.m. Dissident Chi...
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    Indiana student arrested in attack on Muslim woman
    Nation, News
    Indiana student arrested in attack on Muslim woman
    Oct 20, 2015
    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A 19-year-old Indiana University student accused of trying to remove a Muslim woman's headscarf and shouting racial slurs say...
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    Chinese president to begin busy state visit to Britain
    News, World
    Chinese president to begin busy state visit to Britain
    GREGORY KATZ 
    Oct 19, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to begin a four-day state visit to Britain on Monday as part of a push to increase trade ties betwee...
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    Other Voices: Drumbeat of hyperbole
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Drumbeat of hyperbole
    June 17, 2025
    In the June 10 Other Voices, a writer condemns President Trump for “each grievance, each lie, and each attack on our nation’s norms.” He goes on to wr...
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    Unused Covid quarantine pods
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Unused Covid quarantine pods
    June 17, 2025
    Nashville, Tenn. spent $1.2 million to buy 108 quarantine housing pods in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the shelters were never used. Now the...
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    Are Pa. partisans flipping sides on Fetterman?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Are Pa. partisans flipping sides on Fetterman?
    By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS 
    June 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Are the party positions on always-newsy senior U.S. Sen. John Fetterman flipping here in Pennsylvania? Fetterman continues to dominate th...
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    Pa. can learn from legal pot rollouts in other states
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Pa. can learn from legal pot rollouts in other states
    By HANNA WEBSTER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    June 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — As the legalization of recreational cannabis continues to face roadblocks in Pennsylvania, there's much to learn from the dozens of...
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    Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship winners posted
    Lifestyles
    Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship winners posted
    June 17, 2025
    The Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship selection committee announced four regional students will share in the award of $2,000 in scholarships for the ...
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    Penn Highlands receives two maternal health awards
    Business, Local News
    Penn Highlands receives two maternal health awards
    June 17, 2025
    DuBOIS — For the second consecutive year, Penn Highlands Healthcare has received Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PA PQC) Designation Awa...
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