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Ex-Penn State worker gets up to 23 months in jail for bathroom recordings

A former Penn State employee charged with recording more than 20 people in a Bryce Jordan Center bathroom has received his jail sentence. On Thursday, Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sentenced Charles Chamberlin Jr., 55, to six to 23.5 months in the county jail, along with three years of probation....
3 fallen Marines with ties to Pa. honored with flags flown at half-staff

Flags at the state Capitol and public buildings across Pennsylvania began flying at half-staff Thursday to honor three Marines killed in the line of duty. Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all U.S. and state flags to remain lowered through sunset Sunday and invited others to participate. Local emergency services officials and public...
White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary citiesVideo

WASHINGTON — White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post. Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained...
Police again step in as Texas lawmaker halts abortion billVideo

AUSTIN — A Texas sheriff’s department said Thursday it had “security concerns” over social media posts targeting a Republican lawmaker, who has come under fire by some conservative activists as a result of blocking a bill that could lead to a woman being charged with homicide if she has an...
Toddler survives 60-foot fall from apartment, lands on carVideo

REDMOND, Wash. — A 20-month-old boy survived a six-story fall from a suburban Seattle apartment window after the toddler landed on the roof of a parked car that cushioned the impact of the plunge, authorities said. The toddler “landed in a way where the car absorbed enough of the impact...
Deputy’s son arrested in connection with arsons at Louisiana black churches

OPELOUSAS, La. — The suspect in a string of fires that destroyed three black churches in rural Louisiana is the white son of a sheriff’s deputy whose father helped arrange for his arrest, authorities said Thursday. Holden Matthews, 21, was jailed without bail on arson charges in connection with the...
Fans want ‘a rightful seat in history’ for Katie Bouman, who created an algorithm to assemble that black hole photo

First came the breathtaking image, the first one to ever show a black hole, in a galaxy about 55 million light-years from Earth. Then came the giddy realization that the remarkable, years-in-the-making moment would not have been possible without the work of a 29-year-old female scientist, who has now claimed...
Retired Pope Benedict wades into clergy sex abuse debate

Pope Benedict XVI has ventured out of retirement to publish an essay blaming the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests. His analysis was immediately criticized as “catastrophically irresponsible” — a conflict with efforts by his successor, Pope Francis,...
David Bernhardt confirmed as Interior secretary despite ethics concerns

WASHINGTON — David Bernhardt, President Trump’s pick to the lead the Interior Department, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday amid persistent ethical concerns and doubts about his independence from the energy and water industry groups he long represented as a lobbyist. Senators voted 56-41 in favor of Bernhardt’s confirmation....
NASA twins study explores space, the final genetic frontier

WASHINGTON — From his eyes to his immune system, astronaut Scott Kelly’s body sometimes reacted strangely to nearly a year in orbit, at least compared to his Earth-bound identical twin — but newly published research shows nothing that would cancel even longer space treks, like to Mars. The good news:...
Mistrial declared for man who snapped $4.5M statue’s thumb

PHILADELPHIA — A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a Delaware man who admitted he broke a thumb off a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum. Michael Rohana was attending a Christmas-themed ugly sweater party at the Franklin Institute in December 2017 when he...
Ohio governor signs ban on abortion after 1st heartbeat

COLUMBUS — A bill imposing one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the nation was signed into law in Ohio. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed the heartbeat bill Thursday, breaking with his predecessor, Republican John Kasich, who had vetoed the measure twice. Ohio’s closely divided politics had slowed the...
New Western Psych president Deborah Brodine returns to where she started

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital will have a new president in May. It will be a homecoming for Deborah Brodine, who started her career 25 years ago at the hospital in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. “I am very eager and honored to partner with the other members of this incredible and talented...
Woman wrecks car after spotting a spider

A driver in New York was so surprised to discover an arachnid passenger that she lost control of her car. The woman reportedly spotted a spider inside her car and panicked prior to driving off the road toward a stone wall. According to a Facebook post by the Town of...
90-year-old Powerball winner sues son, says money invested poorly

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 90-year-old Florida woman who took home $278 million from a winning Powerball ticket six years ago is suing her son and his financial advisers, claiming the money was put into low-return investments while she was being charged $2 million in fees. The lawsuit filed by Gloria...
Central Pa. leaders, residents speak out about Pittsburgh gun ban

LEWISBURG — The gun control legislation passed by Pittsburgh’s City Council and signed by Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday spurred Susquehanna Valley leaders and a hunter to speak out in favor of — and against — the law, which prohibits the use of military assault-type weapons. Lewisburg Mayor Judy Wagner,...

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