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    US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
    News, World
    US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
    MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Jan 06, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a vision for Syrian leader Bashar Assad's departure. Even if it works, the president won't be around to...
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    Truck blocks entrance to US land as armed standoff persists
    Nation, News
    Truck blocks entrance to US land as armed standoff persists
    REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON 
    Jan 05, 2016
    BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A pickup truck blocked the entrance Tuesday to a national wildlife preserve where a small armed group upset over federal land polic...
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    Israel charges 2 Jewish extremists in deadly arson
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    Israel charges 2 Jewish extremists in deadly arson
    JOSEF FEDERMAN 
    Jan 03, 2016
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday charged two Jewish extremists in an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents last July — culmi...
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    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    World
    Syrian army kills 17 Islamic militants in country’s south
    BASSEM MROUE 
    Dec 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces booby trapped a cluster of farm buildings in the southern Daraa province and detonated the explosives as severa...
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    Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings
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    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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    Calls for investigation after “massacre” in Nigeria
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    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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    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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    American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69
    ROBERT JABLON 
    Dec 09, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed t...
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    New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home
    News, World
    New Yorker who aided Peruvian rebels returns home
    FRANK BAJAK 
    Dec 03, 2015
    LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians still largely resent Lori Berenson for conspiring with the nation's No. 2 leftist rebel group in the 1990s, and she and he...
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    US activist heading home after serving Peru sentence
    News, World
    US activist heading home after serving Peru sentence
    FRANK BAJAK 
    Nov 30, 2015
    LIMA, Peru (AP) — American activist Lori Berenson is finally heading home to New York, two decades after being found guilty of aiding leftist rebels i...
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    Gambia leader denounces female genital mutilation
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    Gambia leader denounces female genital mutilation
    ABDOULIE JOHN 
    Nov 26, 2015
    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia's president advocated banning female genital mutilation, giving hope to human rights activists who are urging Gambia to a...
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    Activists seek ID of Minneapolis officer after man shot
    Nation, News
    Activists seek ID of Minneapolis officer after man shot
    AMY FORLITI and KYLE POTTER 
    Nov 16, 2015
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Community members and activists demanded Monday that Minneapolis police identify an officer who shot a black man suspected in an as...
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    Egypt’s woes erode el-Sissi’s image of invincibility
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    Egypt’s woes erode el-Sissi’s image of invincibility
    HAMZA HENDAWI 
    Nov 13, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — The criticism was blunt — and startling, since it came from a TV presenter on a state-owned station that, like most other media in Egypt,...
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    Freedom still eludes Moroccan held 13 years in Guantanamo
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    Freedom still eludes Moroccan held 13 years in Guantanamo
    SAMIA ERRAZZOUKI 
    Nov 03, 2015
    RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been held for more than six weeks without formal charges in Morocco despite what his law...
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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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    IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
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    IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
    SARAH El DEEB and SUZAN FRASER 
    Oct 27, 2015
    BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group killed three of its captives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by tying them to Roman-era columns at the site, ...
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    Showdown in Houston over LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
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    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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    Activist hopes convention suicide leads to more awareness
    Nation, News
    Activist hopes convention suicide leads to more awareness
    RACHEL D'ORO 
    Oct 20, 2015
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska suicide-prevention activist is hoping a man's very public suicide at an Alaska Native conference will propel people...
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    Peppier handicapped symbol gets support, but problems remain
    Nation, News
    Peppier handicapped symbol gets support, but problems remain
    SUSAN HAIGH 
    Oct 16, 2015
    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The ubiquitous handicapped symbol that marks parking spaces, building entrances and restrooms around the world is getting an up...
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    The Latest: Police say arrests “last thing we wanted to do”
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Police say arrests “last thing we wanted to do”
    The Associated Press 
    Oct 15, 2015
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on protests by the Baltimore Uprising coalition, which occupied City Council chambers at Baltimore City Hall to protest a ...
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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
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    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
    Crime, PA State News
    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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