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Philadelphia editor resigns over 'Buildings Matter' headline
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor is resigning after an uproar over a headline lamenting damage to businesses amid turbulent protests denouncing police brutality against people of color, the paper announced Saturday. The newspaper said Stan Wischnowski, 58, was stepping down as...
The Latest: Atlanta protests have festive air with music
TOP OF THE HOUR: — Atlanta protests punctuated by music take on an almost festive feel. — Thousands demonstrate again in New York City. — Jesse Jackson calls on Congress to pass anti-lynching law. — Floyd honored with memorial service near his North Carolina hometown. ___ ATLANTA...
PA senator criticized for treatment of women loses primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator who lost the support of Democratic officials after he was criticized for his treatment of women in his office and on his campaign has lost his suburban Philadelphia primary contest. The Associated Press projected Saturday that Amanda Cappelletti, former...
Thousands in Philadelphia march in protest of Floyd's death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of people demanding justice for George Floyd flooded the streets of downtown Philadelphia on Saturday, chanting “No justice, no peace!” Demonstrators gathered near the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its famous “Rocky" steps before setting off for the City...
Erie zoo employee bitten on arm by orangutan, dispatches say
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An employee at a northwestern Pennsylvania zoo was bitten on the arm by an orangutan over the weekend, authorities said. Erie County emergency dispatchers said the 29-year-old zookeeper sustained puncture and bit wounds to his forearm during Saturday afternoon's attack at the Erie Zoo. He...
Man gets 2 consecutive life terms in 2016 double slaying
YORK, Pa. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms without possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of a man and a woman in a Pennsylvania home almost four years ago. Paul Henry III, 43, was sentenced Friday in York County in the September 2016 slayings of 31-year-old Foday...
Siblings still seek justice in 30-year-old cold-case murder
YORK, Pa. (AP) — Thirty years ago, George Costella Sr.'s loved ones lost the family man and gifted artist to an act of violence in York City that police have been unable to solve. The killer has remained free all these years, and two of Costella's siblings — there were 11 of them — fear if...
Amish schools: ‘Distance learning’ involves paper and pencil
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — In mid-March, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to close, prompting an abrupt shutdown of the state’s public and private schools – and, it turns out, Amish one-room schoolhouses. Local experts in Amish and Old Order Mennonite culture say most,...
Combat fighters putting in work despite uncertain next steps
PITTSBURGH (AP) — John De Jesus could feel how close he was to reaching the top of the mountain. The 29-year-old mixed martial artist from Canonsburg is a veteran of 20 professional fights and is coming off two consecutive victories. Though nothing is ever guaranteed, De Jesus felt he was “close...
Food, coffee, diapers: Amid pandemic, van delivers donations
NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent day, a powder-blue van parked curbside in Brooklyn, one of the hardest-hit communities in America by the coronavirus pandemic, and a group of women wearing protective face masks and gloves set to unloading. Locals lined up, spaced out next to orange traffic cones on the...
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