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Chemistry class: New managers test for right mix amid virus
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Derek Shelton needs his freedom. Maybe now more than ever. Fortunately for the first-year Pittsburgh Pirates manager, bench coach Donnie Kelly made it a point to provide it. Each day Kelly puts together a meticulous schedule designed to find a way for separate groups of players to get...
Man, 77, dies after being pulled from ocean
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man died after he was pulled from the ocean off Atlantic City, police said. Gustave Vincolato, 77, was unconscious when he was found in a shallow section of water near Ohio Avenue beach just after 3 p.m. Thursday, police said. Lifeguards got the Folcroft, Delaware...
Buses pose particular challenge for schools' pandemic plans
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to construct plastic barriers around school bus drivers as a COVID-19 mitigation tactic was shot down by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, a sign of one particular challenge — among many — schools face as they plan for a fall reopening. The state...
Man, woman killed in restaurant parking lot; suspect wounded
SELINSGROVE, Pa. (AP) — A man and woman were gunned down in the parking lot of a central Pennsylvania restaurant, and a suspect was also wounded, authorities said. State police in Snyder County said the victims were shot at about 8 p.m. Friday outside the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Hummels Wharf,...
Counties charge inmates lockup fee, but few pay
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two single beds with semi-private bathroom. Shared shower and gym facilities. A balcony room that overlooks a spacious common area with tables and television. No safe in the room, and sunlight is minimal. Free parking. Meals and outfit included in $10 nightly fee. Book and movie...
Rock climbing tests body and mind, enthusiasts say
OHIOPYLE, Pa. (AP) — There is a rock surface at Ohiopyle State Park called “the crack.” Made of sandstone, it is divided by a fissure that leads to a landing about 25 or so feet off the ground and then to a wider opening that provides access to the top of the outcropping. Rachel Chidlow, a...
At Flight 93 site, flora and fauna return to hallowed ground
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — There were doubts in Lori Guadagno’s mind whether this place would ever feel right — a place of tragedy, a land scarred first from strip mining and then the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. And the final resting place of her brother. On her first visit to the rural...
Rural Pennsylvanians put up their own wireless tower
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Big Valley is a living postcard of Pennsylvania. Jet-black buggies hug the shoulders of its long, straight roads and knobby-kneed foals prance in fields so green they look electrified. Most signs there urge motorists to repent and rejoice, or to buy fresh strawberries from the Amish...
Bears in backyards are becoming common in the Lehigh Valley
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — The bear first left a friendly warning. One morning in mid-May, it knocked over the garbage cans in Gary Ramunni’s driveway in rural Williams Township, dragging trash bags all the way to the woods. Two weeks later, it did it again. “We knew, that’s not...
The Latest: China rejects food imports after virus detected
BEIJING — New coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in China, and authorities are turning their attention to concerns that the virus could spread through imported food. Those worries have risen since a June outbreak in Beijing that was linked to the city’s largest wholesale market. Testing has...
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