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Book cover image: Harper Collins By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — A book by Rep. Elijah Cummings, nearly finished in his lifetime and worked on by his widow after his death, will be published this summer. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Friday that “We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future…

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By Michael Rubinkam ASSOCIATED PRESS  The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest from Asia that is wreaking havoc on valuable trees and vines, is costing the Pennsylvania economy about $50 million and eliminating nearly 500 jobs each year, according to a Penn State study released last Thursday. The study represents researchers’ first attempt to quantify the…

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HARRISBURG – State Reps. Chris Rabb, (D-200th District) and Kristine C. Howard, (D-Chester) today introduced legislation that would make Pennsylvania the latest state to prohibit licensed gun owners from carrying a concealed firearm while intoxicated. “Alcohol intoxication clouds judgement and dulls a person’s ability to discern the consequences of their actions,” Rabb said. “Similar to…

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Photo above: Bristol County Sheriff’s Office By Phillip Marcello BOSTON (AP) — A woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that included, “Just do it, babe,” was released from jail Thursday. Michelle Carter was released more than three months early from a county jail in Massachusetts, where…

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Members of The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ) are mourning the loss of renowned journalist and former PABJ President and NABJ Deputy Regional Director Heshimu Jaramogi. According to a family statement, Jaramogi died at home on January 14 after a diagnosis of colon cancer. He was 67. Jaramogi’s remarkable multimedia talents spanned for decades…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Attorney Joel Sansone, center, announces his filing of a federal lawsuit against the City of Uniontown, Pa., and others on behalf of Antoinette Hodge, right, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at Sansone’s office in downtown Pittsburgh. Hodge, duly elected as tax collector, alleges the City of Uniontown failed to swear her in as tax…

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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some key takeaways from Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses: CIVILITY AND SUBSTANCE OVER FIGHTING AND FRICTION After the United States’ killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Democrats were bracing for fights over foreign policy. Instead, a whole lot…

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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICKWASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will take steps next week to transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ending a three-week standoff but confronting the Senate with only the third trial in U.S. history to remove a chief executive. In a letter to…

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By Mark Scolforo Associated Press  HARRISBURG, Pa. — A decision this week by Dauphin County to purchase new paper-trail voting systems means all 67 Pennsylvania counties have taken action under a state law that helps fund the upgrades, the Wolf administration said Tuesday. Officials called the vote a milestone toward ensuring the integrity of the…

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Justice Montgomery-Reeves is the first African American and the youngest to serve in Delaware Supreme Court history.  The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves was publicly sworn in for her first term as a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3, in the auditorium at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington. …

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