Organizer may cancel Google rallies due to fears of violence
UPDATE PITTSBURGH (AP) — Protests planned at Google offices around the country over the firing of an employee who questioned company diversity efforts have been…
August 2017
Piña, Broxton, Davies help Brewers beat Pirates 3-1
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Zach Davies anticipated exactly how the Pittsburgh Pirates played. Keon Broxton hit a pinch-hit home run, Manny Piña drove in two runs,…
From Asimov to Mann, ‘robophobia’ plagues humans
CINCINNATI (AP) — Robots are secretly plotting to kill us. Or enslave us. Or, at best, they will take our jobs, one by one. From…
Pet of the day 8/15/17
Reese appears to be a petite young, female, Staff Bull Terrier/Lab mix that was brought in to the rescue center as a stray. No one…
Chickens and ‘Old Iron’ draw hundreds to Leeper
Henry Lencer of the Farmington Township Volunteer Fire Department prepares to serve some of the more than 1,200 whole chickens barbecued and served up at…
Deadly rally accelerates removal of Confederate statues
The Associated Press In Gainesville, Florida, workers hired by the Daughters of the Confederacy chipped away at a Confederate soldier’s statue, loaded it quietly on…
Stunt driver dies while filming ‘Deadpool 2’ in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — “Deadpool 2” star Ryan Reynolds is mourning the death of a motorcycle stunt driver killed during production Monday. Reynolds released…
Recent Deaths 8/15/17
Carl Harrison Beckwith, 84, of Clarion, died, Aug. 8, 2017. Parker Lee DeLoe, infant, of Franklin, died Aug. 10, 2017. Joseph W. Fescenmyer, 80, of Marble,…
Harmony Twp. burglary
Pet of the day 8/14/17
Knight is an awesome kitten. He is already neutered and current on vaccines. He has tested negative for fiv & leukemia. Knight purrs like a…
Man accused of car-ramming in Charlottesville remains jailed
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — An Ohio man accused of ramming his car into a crowd of protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia will…
Wolf: Standardized test changes to lessen test-taking time
HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is announcing changes to Pennsylvania’s standardized school tests that he says will lower the amount of time students spend…
Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally
SEATTLE (AP) — Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that…
Bryant happy but humble as Steelers WR returns to practice
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martavis Bryant slowly made his way down the hill that connects the locker room at Saint Vincent College with Chuck Noll Field,…
Pratt drops in at Teen Choice Awards but Cyrus a no-show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Teen Choice Awards, always a bubble of teenage celebration, took time out during Sunday night’s ceremony to consider the world…
Elk County Burglary
Debit card found
Presley’s friends feel love, pain, 40 years after his death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It isn’t just the legend of Elvis Presley that has unmatched staying power 40 years after his death. The guilt, pain…
3 dead, dozens injured, amid violent white nationalist rally
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled…
1st West Point grad in majors wins debut as Jays top Pirates
TORONTO (AP) — Walking off the mound to a standing ovation from a crowd that included his parents and sister, Chris Rowley started to become…
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