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50-car train derailment causes big fire, evacuations in Ohio
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order and a declaration of a state of emergency in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below. About 50 cars...
Dingle scores 25; Pennsylvania knocks off Columbia 74-65
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jordan Dingle had 25 points in Pennsylvania's 74-65 win over Columbia on Friday night. Dingle added five rebounds for the Quakers (12-11, 4-4 Ivy League). George Smith scored 14 points while shooting 4 of 6 from the field and 5 for 7 from the line. Max Martz...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
The Herald-Dispatch. February 2, 2023. Editorial: Legislature works on recovery matters of concern to public Pill mills are largely a thing of the past. Meth labs in mobile homes on back roads, operated by drug dealers relying on large quantities of over-the-counter...
Burnett puts up 22, Stonehill downs Saint Francis (PA) 74-61
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. (AP) — Isaiah Burnett's 22 points helped Stonehill defeat Saint Francis (PA) 74-61 on Thursday night. Burnett had five rebounds and seven steals for the Skyhawks (11-14, 7-3 Northeast Conference). Andrew Sims added 16 points while going 5 of 10 and 5 of 5 from...
3 charged with clashing with cops in separate Jan. 6 cases
Three men have been arrested on accusations that they clashed with police officers during separate incidents at the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against men from Vermont, Illinois and...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. February 1, 2023. Editorial: Unbridled restraint Protecting children from the overuse of last-resort behavioral interventions starts with collecting better data. For educators and other school staffers, the decision to put a child...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
LNP/LancasterOnline. January 29, 2023. Editorial: Pennsylvanians deserve better from the state House of Representatives Imagine this happening at your workplace: Your managers cannot figure out what tasks ought to take priority, and what the workplace rules ought to...
Man pleads guilty in death of long-missing Michigan woman
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A man who previously admitted killing two women in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Michigan woman who disappeared more than 17 years ago. Harold David Haulman III pleaded guilty in Calhoun County District Court to second-degree murder...
GOP declares victory in conservative state Senate district
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans are declaring victory in a special election for a vacant state Senate seat in a heavily Republican district in northern Pennsylvania. The Republican candidate, state Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver, led Democrat Patricia Lawton by a more than...
Democrats endorse McCaffery for seat on state's high court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic Party has voted to endorse an appellate court judge from Philadelphia, Daniel McCaffery, to be the party's nominee for an open state Supreme Court seat in this year's election. Party committee members voted at their meeting over the...
