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    EU says Turkey not doing enough to contain migrant crisis
    News, World
    EU says Turkey not doing enough to contain migrant crisis
    RAF CASERT 
    Jan 09, 2016
    AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union on Thursday complained that Turkey wasn't doing enough to significantly decrease the number of people making the d...
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    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
    Nation, News
    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
    DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP 
    Jan 07, 2016
    BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government age...
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    Efforts made to protect homeless as storm hits California
    Nation, News
    Efforts made to protect homeless as storm hits California
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER 
    Jan 06, 2016
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most powerful El Nino storm yet this week pushed onto the California coast Wednesday as police and outreach teams kept an eye o...
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    36 migrants killed in 2 boat disasters off Turkey
    News, World
    36 migrants killed in 2 boat disasters off Turkey
    SUZAN FRASER 
    Jan 05, 2016
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Authorities recovered the bodies Tuesday of at least 36 migrants who drowned off Turkey after their boats overturned in rough wa...
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    After 1 million migrants, Europe’s borders are back
    News, Top Stories, World
    After 1 million migrants, Europe’s borders are back
    KARL RITTER 
    Jan 03, 2016
    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Since it opened in 2000, the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been a towering symbol of European integration and hassle-...
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    Amazon gives income from anti-Islam group’s song to refugees
    News, World
    Amazon gives income from anti-Islam group’s song to refugees
    KIRSTEN GRIESHABER 
    Dec 31, 2015
    BERLIN (AP) — Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, u...
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    South Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves
    News, World
    South Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves
    HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG 
    Dec 28, 2015
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday in a decades-l...
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    Iran accuses Saudi of promoting poverty, terrorism
    World
    Iran accuses Saudi of promoting poverty, terrorism
    ALI AKBAR DAREINI 
    Dec 27, 2015
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused archrival Saudi Arabia Sunday of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Ye...
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    Pope urges Christmas prayers for Syria, Libya peace
    News, World
    Pope urges Christmas prayers for Syria, Libya peace
    NICOLE WINFIELD 
    Dec 26, 2015
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffer...
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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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    Prosecutor says no indictment in Sandra Bland jail death
    Nation, News
    Prosecutor says no indictment in Sandra Bland jail death
    MICHAEL GRACZYK 
    Dec 22, 2015
    HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A grand jury decided that neither sheriff's officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died...
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    Records show Hitler enjoyed special treatment in prison
    News, World
    Records show Hitler enjoyed special treatment in prison
    FRANK JORDANS 
    Dec 22, 2015
    BERLIN (AP) — Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time at Landsberg prison in Germany following a...
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    EU demands Thailand address slavery in its seafood industry
    News, World
    EU demands Thailand address slavery in its seafood industry
    RAF CASERT 
    Dec 18, 2015
    BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned Thailand on Friday that it should "promptly" address the human rights and slavery issues that have dogged it...
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    Mother Teresa to be made a saint after pope OKs miracle
    News, World
    Mother Teresa to be made a saint after pope OKs miracle
    NICOLE WINFIELD 
    Dec 18, 2015
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Mother Teresa, the tiny, stooped nun who cared for the poorest of the poor in the slums of India and beyond, will be declared a sa...
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    Syrian man whose plight spurred Obama’s support comes to US
    News, World
    Syrian man whose plight spurred Obama’s support comes to US
    JEFF KAROUB 
    Dec 18, 2015
    ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A Syrian scientist whose harrowing, tragic story spurred supporting words from President Barack Obama and a successful fundraisi...
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    Pair tied to deaths of 2 children in California storage unit
    Nation, News
    Pair tied to deaths of 2 children in California storage unit
    KRISTIN J. BENDER and SCOTT SMITH 
    Dec 16, 2015
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 39-year-old woman and a teenage boy are suspected in the deaths of two children whose bodies were found inside a storage unit i...
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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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    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
    News, World
    South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on
    JASON PATINKIN 
    Dec 16, 2015
    LEER, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot. "All my children were killed. The youn...
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    Who’s too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrier
    Nation, News
    Who’s too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrier
    LINDSEY TANNER 
    Dec 13, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home fro...
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    Shelters for immigrant children to open in Texas, California
    Nation, News
    Shelters for immigrant children to open in Texas, California
    NOMAAN MERCHANT and SETH ROBBINS 
    Dec 10, 2015
    DALLAS (AP) — A new spike in unaccompanied Central American minors crossing illegally into the United States is pushing federal officials to open shel...
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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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