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Late safety on Tristian Waldier sack gives Edinboro a 23-21 win over Robert Morris

Sep. 07, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Isaac Bernard threw two touchdown passes and Edinboro had a late safety to defeat Robert Morris 23-21 on Saturday night. The Colonials tied the game when DJ Moyer scored on a 12-yard run to cap a nine-play, 66-yard drive early in the fourth quarter and...

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says

Sep. 05, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it. Democrats typically outvote...

Investigators will test DNA found on a wipe removed from a care home choking victim's throat

Sep. 05, 2024 16:17 PM EDT

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office plans to test DNA from a hair found on a wipe that was pulled from the throat of a woman who lived at a care home for people with developmental difficulties. The testing is part of a renewed criminal investigation into Cheryl Yewdall’s...

GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election

Sep. 05, 2024 14:05 PM EDT

Before voters even begin casting ballots, Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a sprawling legal fight over the 2024 election through a series of court disputes that could even run past Nov. 5 if results are close. Republicans filed more than 100 lawsuits challenging various...

No. 8 Penn State's confidence is soaring on defense as Bowling Green comes to town

Sep. 05, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Zakee Wheatley already feels like Penn State’s defense has generated a stadium full of swagger. The junior safety experienced it in last week’s season-opening win and again when the No. 8 Nittany Lions gathered to study their drubbing of West Virginia....

How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Harris

Sep. 05, 2024 00:26 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second general election debate of the 2024 campaign season is here, but it’s the first matchup for the current nominees. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are taking part in Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia. After a...

Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris zero in on economic policy plans ahead of first debate

Sep. 04, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

The two presidential nominees are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic messages about who could do more for the middle class. Vice President Kamala Harris discussed her policy plans on Wednesday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, while Donald Trump will address the Economic Club...

A missing 13-year-old wound up in adult jail after lying about her name and age, a prosecutor says

Sep. 04, 2024 16:18 PM EDT

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates at a Pennsylvania jail after she lied to authorities about her age and identity following a shoplifting arrest, a prosecutor said. Someone at the Beaver...

Dick's: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Sep. 04, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $362.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Coraopolis, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of $4.37. The results...

Man arrested at Trump rally in Pennsylvania wanted to hang a protest banner, police say

Sep. 03, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had hoped to hang a banner to protest Trump's policies, Johnstown's police chief said Tuesday. Authorities announced that misdemeanor charges of disorderly...