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ABOVE PHOTO: A man puts an absentee mail-in ballot in the mailbox. (Photo: Orlowski Designs LLC/Shutterstock.com) Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt is reminding Pennsylvanians that they can get up-to-the-minute, unofficial results of Tuesday’s municipal election on the Department of State’s election night returns website. Ensuring that our elections are conducted freely, fairly, and securely…

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Photo: AP/Elizabeth Williams BY LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams of a future run for president — hit rock bottom Thursday when a New York jury convicted him of fraud for…

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Photo: IG/Jewish Voice for Peace NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of protesters filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour Friday, chanting slogans and unfurling banners demanding a cease-fire as Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Wearing black T-shirts saying “Jews say cease-fire now” and “Not…

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced that $1.5 million in “It’s On Us PA” grants are available to colleges, universities, and other postsecondary schools in Pennsylvania to help combat sexual assault on campus. “All Pennsylvanians deserve a safe learning environment, and the It’s On Us PA grant program will help ensure…

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WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton has been selected as one of 19 leaders from across the country to join the NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), a selective national network of state and local elected officials with about 200 members, with honorary co-chairs U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and ongresswoman Marilyn Strickland…

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -– On Monday, in observance of Teen Driver Safety Week, the Shapiro administration shared safety messages and valuable information with young drivers at high schools across the Commonwealth. The forum was held at Cedar Cliff High School and featured a panel of representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police,…

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BY RUSS BYNUM SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Black residents of a tiny island enclave founded by their enslaved ancestors off the Georgia coast have filed suit seeking to halt a new zoning law that they say will raise taxes and force them to sell their homes in one of the South’s last surviving Gullah-Geechee communities. The civil lawsuit…

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Photo: President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The new Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus officers ( from left):  Secretary Ismail Smith Wade-El (D-Lancaster); Vice Chair Darisha Parker (D-198th Dist.); Chair Napoleon Nelson (D-Montgomery); Treasurer Justin Fleming (D-Dauphin). The Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus announced its new officers after a reorganizational meeting last week. The following members were installed as officers: Chairman, state…

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Photo: AP/Sue Ogrocki BY TOM WITHERS CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looked reverently at the elderly man sitting in the front row clutching his cane and was star struck. To Mitchell and others, John Wooten is a giant. “That’s a man who didn’t know if he would be able to see his dream come…

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