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    The Latest: Eiffel Tower lit in green for climate conference
    News, World
    The Latest: Eiffel Tower lit in green for climate conference
    Nov 29, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local: 8:30 p.m. The Eiffel...
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    Pope brings peace message to Central African Republic
    News, World
    Pope brings peace message to Central African Republic
    NICOLE WINFIELD and KRISTA LARSON 
    Nov 29, 2015
    BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Flanked by Vatican bodyguards in flak jackets and machine-gun-toting U.N. peacekeepers, Pope Francis plunged S...
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    Gambia leader denounces female genital mutilation
    News, World
    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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    The Latest: Belgians tweet cat pictures during police raids
    News, World
    The Latest: Belgians tweet cat pictures during police raids
    Nov 23, 2015
    BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris and the heightened security in Europe (All times local): ___ 1:00 a.m. When Belgian authorit...
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    Radical’s transformation may have begun in prison
    News, World
    Radical’s transformation may have begun in prison
    JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and LORNE COOK 
    Nov 18, 2015
    BRUSSELS (AP) — Much about Abdelhamid Abaaoud's path to armed Islamic radicalism remains mysterious. In the words of Koen Geens, the Belgian justice m...
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    The Latest: Obama would ‘welcome’ Russian focus on IS
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    The Latest: Obama would ‘welcome’ Russian focus on IS
    Nov 18, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): ___ 3 a.m. President Barack Obama says he's taking a wait-and-see approach ...
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    Risk is lower, but Paris attacks could hit United States
    Nation, News
    Risk is lower, but Paris attacks could hit United States
    KEN DILANIAN and ERIC TUCKER 
    Nov 17, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — When Fran Townsend was counterterrorism adviser to President George W. Bush, she says, her worst nightmare was that the al Qaida net...
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    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
    Nation, News
    Backlash over Mormon LGBT rule change spreads among faithful
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 12, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of a...
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    Trial opens for UK cult leader accused of rape, imprisonment
    News, World
    Trial opens for UK cult leader accused of rape, imprisonment
    SYLVIA HUI 
    Nov 12, 2015
    LONDON (AP) — The leader of a Maoist cult went on trial in London on Thursday accused of imprisoning and sexually assaulting his followers and abusing...
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    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
    Nation, News
    Mormon church issues rules aimed at gay members, their kids
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children m...
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    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    Nation, News
    Gay Mormon church members say new rules are devastating
    BRADY McCOMBS 
    Nov 07, 2015
    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the past two years, Nathan Kitchen has revealed to his five children that he's gay, gone through a divorce with his wife and ...
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    Jordan: No cameras inside mosques at Jerusalem holy site
    News, World
    Jordan: No cameras inside mosques at Jerusalem holy site
    KARIN LAUB 
    Nov 05, 2015
    AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan's king...
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    Iraq’s Ahmad Chalabi, leading voice behind 2003 war, dies
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    Iraq’s Ahmad Chalabi, leading voice behind 2003 war, dies
    SINAN SALAHEDDIN 
    Nov 03, 2015
    BAGHDAD (AP) — Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician who became a Pentagon favorite when he helped convince the Bush administration to overthrow...
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    AP Interview: Peres says Israel could face an eternal war
    News, World
    AP Interview: Peres says Israel could face an eternal war
    ARON HELLER 
    Nov 02, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Over a seven-decade career in politics, Shimon Peres has helped guide Israel through wars and existential threats. But now, with the ...
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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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    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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    20 years later, little left of Yitzhak Rabin’s peace legacy
    News, World
    20 years later, little left of Yitzhak Rabin’s peace legacy
    ARON HELLER 
    Oct 30, 2015
    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty years after Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist opposed to his negotiations with the Palestinians, Isra...
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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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    Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country
    News, World
    Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country
    MONIKA SCISLOWSKA 
    Oct 23, 2015
    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost cer...
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    Egypt attempts to boost election turnout with half-day off
    News, World
    Egypt attempts to boost election turnout with half-day off
    MERRIT KENNEDY and NOUR YOUSSEF 
    Oct 19, 2015
    CAIRO (AP) — Egypt granted government workers a half-day off on Monday in an attempt to boost low turnout in the first legislative elections since a c...
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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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