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    Iraqi militias train young teens to face the threat of IS
    News, World
    Iraqi militias train young teens to face the threat of IS
    VIVIAN SALAMA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA 
    Jul 28, 2015
    BAGHDAD (AP) — In the steamy Baghdad night, sweat poured down the faces of the Iraqi teens as they marched around a school courtyard, training for bat...
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    Malaysia, Cuba taken off US human trafficking blacklist
    News, World
    Malaysia, Cuba taken off US human trafficking blacklist
    MATTHEW PENNINGTON 
    Jul 27, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Monday took Malaysia and Cuba off its blacklist of countries failing to combat modern-day slavery, leaving t...
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    Killing prompts Wyoming tribe to seek hate crime prosecution
    Nation, News
    Killing prompts Wyoming tribe to seek hate crime prosecution
    BEN NEARY 
    Jul 21, 2015
    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Northern Arapaho Tribe is calling on the federal government to prosecute a Wyoming man on hate crime charges following the k...
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    The Latest: NYC mayor denounces EU over immigration
    News, World
    The Latest: NYC mayor denounces EU over immigration
    Jul 21, 2015
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest developments at the Vatican's meeting of mayors on fighting climate change and human trafficking. All times local. ___ ...
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    Journey drummer, facing rape charge, ordered to treatment
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Journey drummer, facing rape charge, ordered to treatment
    Jul 11, 2015
    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Journey drummer Deen Castronovo will have to wear an ankle monitoring device and go directly to drug treatment when he is released ...
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    Michigan doctor gets 45 years in prison for hurting patients
    Nation, News
    Michigan doctor gets 45 years in prison for hurting patients
    ED WHITE 
    Jul 11, 2015
    DETROIT (AP) — Calling the scheme "horrific," a judge sentenced a Detroit-area cancer doctor to 45 years in prison Friday for collecting millions from...
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    Airstrikes pierce new Yemen truce following ground fighting
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    Airstrikes pierce new Yemen truce following ground fighting
    AHMED AL-HAJ 
    Jul 11, 2015
    SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A new truce in Yemen was pierced within an hour as Saudi-led airstrikes hit targets in the capital Sanaa and the southwestern city...
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    Poll: Sandwich generation worried about own long-term care
    Nation, News
    Poll: Sandwich generation worried about own long-term care
    LAURAN NEERGAARD 
    Jul 10, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between kids and aging parents, the sandwich generation worries more than most Americans their age about how they'll afford t...
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    After year of Washington legal pot sales, taxes top $70M
    Nation, News
    After year of Washington legal pot sales, taxes top $70M
    GENE JOHNSON 
    Jul 05, 2015
    SEATTLE (AP) — Washington launched its second-in-the-nation legal marijuana market with just a handful of stores selling high-priced pot to long lines...
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    Indiana’s religious freedom bill among host of new laws
    Nation, News
    Indiana’s religious freedom bill among host of new laws
    CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY 
    Jul 01, 2015
    ATLANTA (AP) — Just days after a historic U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, Indiana's religious freedom law took effect Wednesday amid...
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    Bristol Palin says she’s pregnant for second time
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    Bristol Palin says she’s pregnant for second time
    MARK THIESSEN 
    Jun 26, 2015
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bristol Palin, who launched an abstinence campaign after giving birth as an unwed teenage mother, announced Thursday she is p...
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    Confederate, Jim Crow tributes go well beyond battle flag
    Nation, News
    Confederate, Jim Crow tributes go well beyond battle flag
    BILL BARROW 
    Jun 24, 2015
    ATLANTA (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for removing the Confederate battle flag that flies in front of her state's Capitol. But she has...
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    EU migrant quota plan ‘not going to fly,’ officials say
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    EU migrant quota plan ‘not going to fly,’ officials say
    LORNE COOK 
    Jun 24, 2015
    BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries will reject a plan obliging them to share thousands of refugees arriving in Greece and Italy, diplomats said ...
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    Study: Scant evidence that medical pot helps many illnesses
    Nation, News
    Study: Scant evidence that medical pot helps many illnesses
    LINDSEY TANNER 
    Jun 23, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Medical marijuana has not been proven to work for many illnesses that state laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehen...
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    EU nations fail to bridge divide over refugee plan
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    EU nations fail to bridge divide over refugee plan
    LORNE COOK 
    Jun 16, 2015
    LUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union nations failed to bridge differences Tuesday over an emergency plan to share the burden of the thousands of refugees ...
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    Colorado court: Workers can be fired for using pot off-duty
    Nation, News
    Colorado court: Workers can be fired for using pot off-duty
    KRISTEN WYATT 
    Jun 15, 2015
    DENVER (AP) — Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. The state Supreme Court ruled 5-1 Monday that a medical marijuana...
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    Relatives: Man tied to Dallas shooting was mentally unstable
    Nation, News
    Relatives: Man tied to Dallas shooting was mentally unstable
    NOMAAN MERCHANT 
    Jun 15, 2015
    DALLAS (AP) — James Boulware told family members that he had foreseen a deadly Japanese tsunami and the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting in his d...
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    High housing costs hurt effort to aid homeless in Hawaii
    Nation, News
    High housing costs hurt effort to aid homeless in Hawaii
    CATHY BUSSEWITZ 
    Jun 13, 2015
    HONOLULU (AP) — Hours after a Honolulu city crew cleared a homeless encampment from the banks of a canal, the people who had been living there in tent...
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    Lawyer: Officer didn’t target black teens at Texas pool
    Nation, News
    Lawyer: Officer didn’t target black teens at Texas pool
    DAVID WARREN 
    Jun 11, 2015
    DALLAS (AP) — A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground and brandished his gun out...
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    Officer recorded in Texas pool party incident resigns
    Nation, News
    Officer recorded in Texas pool party incident resigns
    DAVID WARREN and TERRY WALLACE 
    Jun 10, 2015
    McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A white police officer in suburban Dallas has resigned after he was recorded on video pushing a black teenage girl to the groun...
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    Toss the bags, Break the Chains
    Local News
    Toss the bags, Break the Chains
    June 17, 2025
    Break the Chains (BTC) Coalition invites the public to its 9th annual BTC Festival on the town square in Coudersport on June 28. The cornhole tourname...
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    Cool down and connect
    Local News
    Cool down and connect
    June 17, 2025
    Port Allegany's Heart and Soul will host an Ice Cream Social for an opportunity to cool down and connect. This sweet summer gathering will be held Sun...
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    No Era edition Thursday
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    No Era edition Thursday
    June 17, 2025
    Due to the federal Juneteenth holiday, there will be no edition of The Era on Thursday, June 19. The paper will resume Friday. The newsroom can be rea...
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    No shortage of mud
    Local News
    No shortage of mud
    June 17, 2025
    The 28th Penn’s Woods Jamboree will return to the Bradford area Friday and Saturday. With the amount of rain seen regionally this spring, there should...
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    Local organizations receive grants for America 250PA
    Local News, PA State News
    Local organizations receive grants for America 250PA
    June 17, 2025
    America250PA has announced recipients of the second round of its Semiquincentennial Grants, which include funds for the Bradford Area Alliance and Lum...
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    Vote on a name for the Pitt-Bradford panther
    Local News
    Vote on a name for the Pitt-Bradford panther
    June 17, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh has announced the six finalist names for its panther mascot in honor of National Mascot Day. Voting is open to anyone who...
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