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FILE - Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Mastriano's far-right views on everything from abortion to the 2020 presidential election would squander an otherwise attainable seat in a critical battleground state. But now, as the general election season intensifies, the GOP machinery is cranking up to back Mastriano's campaign and attack his Democratic rival, Josh Shapiro.
FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during a news conference, in Philadelphia, March 15, 2022. Shapiro faces a Republican rival for governor who has embraced conspiracies about the last presidential election.
FILE - Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Mastriano's far-right views on everything from abortion to the 2020 presidential election would squander an otherwise attainable seat in a critical battleground state. But now, as the general election season intensifies, the GOP machinery is cranking up to back Mastriano's campaign and attack his Democratic rival, Josh Shapiro.
FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during a news conference, in Philadelphia, March 15, 2022. Shapiro faces a Republican rival for governor who has embraced conspiracies about the last presidential election.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans are warming up to Doug Mastriano.
When he crushed a nine-person field to win the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor in May, some in the party warned that Mastriano's far-right views on everything from abortion to the 2020 presidential election would squander an otherwise attainable seat in a critical battleground state. But now, as the general election season intensifies, the GOP machinery is cranking up to back Mastriano's campaign and attack his Democratic rival, Josh Shapiro.
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Mike Brown doesn’t look much different than he did a year ago. He will be 87 years old on Aug. 10. He says his hearing is failing. “I’m an old man,” he says. “Please speak loudly.”
DETROIT — The city is moving to offer nearly $1.3 million to protestors in five pending lawsuits, the majority going to Detroit Will Breathe which has alleged Detroit officers' excessive use of force during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
CLEVELAND, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The foodservice and carryout market for folding cartons is expected to expand much more quickly than average through 2026, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis. The importance of takeout and delivery - including online orders, which surged during the …
A federal judge says a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court. Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty in granting a preliminary injunction said the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority likely went beyond its bounds on three rules that went into place July 1. State and racing officials in those jurisdictions sued to prevent the new federal authority's regulations from going into effect. HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus says the judge's ruling does not question the organization's constitutionality or validity.
DETROIT — The city is moving to offer nearly $1.3 million to protestors in five pending lawsuits, the majority going to Detroit Will Breathe which has alleged Detroit officers' excessive use of force during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
CLEVELAND, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The foodservice and carryout market for folding cartons is expected to expand much more quickly than average through 2026, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis. The importance of takeout and delivery - including online orders, which surged during the …
A federal judge says a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court. Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry Doughty in granting a preliminary injunction said the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority likely went beyond its bounds on three rules that went into place July 1. State and racing officials in those jurisdictions sued to prevent the new federal authority's regulations from going into effect. HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus says the judge's ruling does not question the organization's constitutionality or validity.
Officials in Mexico City say police made one of the biggest drug busts in recent memory in the capital when they stopped two freight trucks carrying about 1.6 tons of cocaine. City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch said Tuesday that the cocaine was worth about $20 million on the street in Mexico. But he said only about half the shipment had been destined for the capital, with the rest heading north to Los Angeles. The chief says the cocaine apparently was sent to Mexico from Colombia and landed at a port on the Pacific coast of the southern state of Oaxaca.
WASHINGTON — Before former President Donald Trump stepped onstage for his first speech in Washington since leaving the White House, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was at the same venue talking up the prospects of winning an enduring Republican majority in November.
Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over the next three years and make them more efficient. The move will accelerate the pace of upgrades UP already planned to make and help the railroad cut roughly 210,000 tons of carbon emissions each year which is the equivalent of taking 45,000 cars off the road. The railroad estimates that the upgrades will improve the fuel efficiency of these long-haul locomotives by up to 18%. To accomplish that, locomotive manufacturer Wabtec will spend eight weeks overhauling the locomotives' engines and installing new software and electronic controls.
Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a sweeping abortion bill. It aims in part to build a firewall protecting access to the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. The bill approved Tuesday would protect abortion providers and people seeking abortions from actions taken by other states. That includes barring the governor from extraditing anyone charged in another state, unless the acts for which extradition was sought would be punishable by Massachusetts law. The bill also says that access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care is protected by the Massachusetts Constitution. The bill now heads to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
An alleged arsonist who reportedly ignited wildfires in a remote, forested corner of Oregon was apprehended by three local residents and tied to a tree until police arrived. Federal, state and county authorities responded to a radio call from a U.S. Bureau of Land Management employee who reported a man was walking along a gravel road and setting fires, in the forest some 25 miles northwest of Grants Pass. Curry County Sheriff John Ward says ground crews, assisted by local residents, and three helicopters quickly got the two fires under control. The alleged arsonist is jailed under $100,000 bond.
A California federal judge has rejected a legal push to require Uber to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles, finding that such a mandate would be too onerous on the ride-hailing company. The judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit that would have required Uber to offer wheelchair-accessible vehicles in New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi. The judge said the plaintiffs failed to present a reasonable modification of Uber’s services and didn't provide adequate evidence that Uber had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that Uber has a “deep-rooted accessibility problem” and treats accessibility as an “afterthought.” Uber offers services to accommodate wheelchair users in several other cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
Former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides was viewed by many Republican Party leaders as the GOP's best chance in years to defeat Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal in November. But since her endorsement at the state convention in May, she has come under fire from the conservative wing of her party, especially from Leora Levy, one of two primary challengers in the upcoming Aug. 9 primary election. Levy's campaign manager called Klarides, who supports abortion and gay rights, a “Democrat in disguise.” Klarides has focused much of her attention on Blumenthal, who registered a 45% job approval rating in the most recent Quinnipiac University Poll.
WASHINGTON — Republican attorneys general from 17 states are asking Alphabet Inc.’s Google to provide assurances that the search giant isn’t suppressing results for crisis pregnancy centers in favor of abortion clinics.
CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail calls showing the brothers and their wives had growing concerns over the lack of an immunity …
Former Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez says the Rose Bowl will always be important to the Big Ten, but making the College Football Playoff is the priority for today's players. The future of the Rose Bowl as a showcase game, mostly featuring teams from Big Ten and Pac-12 on New Year’s Day, was already murky as the College Football Playoff creeps toward expansion. Now that the Big Ten has poached Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12, it remains to be seen if the West Coast’s Power Five conference will still be an important part of the Rose Bowl.
Ian Darke will call play-by-play for Fox at this year’s World Cup after working the 2010 and 2014 tournaments for ESPN. Darke becomes the third play-by-play commentator announced by Fox for this year’s tournament, to be played in Qatar from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18, after John Strong and Jacqui Oatley. Darke broadcast for Britain’s Sky Sports from 1992-2002 and worked for ESPN ahead of the 2010 tournament in South Africa, then was hired by ESPN that September as its lead soccer commentator.
People age 18 and under will ride buses, water taxis and streetcars for free in Washington state's most populous county starting Sept. 1. The Seattle Times reports the King County Council unanimously approved the plan Thursday. The vote kicks off an effort to get as many public transit cards into the hands of young people as possible. The new policy is comes after a nearly $17 billion transportation funding package passed by state lawmakers in Washington’s 2022 legislative session, with almost exclusively Democratic votes. The state transportation package includes $3 billion for transit, about half of which only goes to local transit agencies if they adopt policies to make ridership free for young people.
Former Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez says the Rose Bowl will always be important to the Big Ten, but making the College Football Playoff is the priority for today's players. The future of the Rose Bowl as a showcase game, mostly featuring teams from Big Ten and Pac-12 on New Year’s Day, was already murky as the College Football Playoff creeps toward expansion. Now that the Big Ten has poached Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12, it remains to be seen if the West Coast’s Power Five conference will still be an important part of the Rose Bowl.
Ian Darke will call play-by-play for Fox at this year’s World Cup after working the 2010 and 2014 tournaments for ESPN. Darke becomes the third play-by-play commentator announced by Fox for this year’s tournament, to be played in Qatar from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18, after John Strong and Jacqui Oatley. Darke broadcast for Britain’s Sky Sports from 1992-2002 and worked for ESPN ahead of the 2010 tournament in South Africa, then was hired by ESPN that September as its lead soccer commentator.
People age 18 and under will ride buses, water taxis and streetcars for free in Washington state's most populous county starting Sept. 1. The Seattle Times reports the King County Council unanimously approved the plan Thursday. The vote kicks off an effort to get as many public transit cards into the hands of young people as possible. The new policy is comes after a nearly $17 billion transportation funding package passed by state lawmakers in Washington’s 2022 legislative session, with almost exclusively Democratic votes. The state transportation package includes $3 billion for transit, about half of which only goes to local transit agencies if they adopt policies to make ridership free for young people.
The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and death sentence of a woman in the 2011 suffocation of her 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a plastic storage box as punishment and left to die. The justices rejected Sammantha Allen’s claims that prosecutors had improperly suggested she was the person who killed Ame Deal and that Allen’s husband was solely responsible for punishing the child. Ame was ordered to get into the box because she had stolen an ice pop. Allen and her husband, John Allen, fell asleep and discovered the next morning that the child had died. Two years ago, the Supreme Court upheld John Allen’s convictions and death sentence.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Franklin Financial Services Corporation (NASDAQ: FRAF), the bank holding company of F&M Trust (the Bank), reported consolidated earnings of $3.6 million ($0.80 per diluted share) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. This result repr…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Though Kentucky’s trigger law has been blocked for nearly a month and abortion has remained legal, one of the country’s largest providers of financial aid for individual abortions only this week resumed its donations to the state.
A self-described manager and adviser to singer R. Kelly has pleaded guilty to an interstate stalking charge. Donnell Russell entered the plea in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. It comes less than a week after he was convicted of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur in a Manhattan theater, ahead of a showing of a documentary on Kelly. U.S. Attorney Breon Peace says Russell used threats, harassment and intimidation to silence one of Kelly's sexual abuse victims. Peace said Russell sent threatening messages to the woman and her mother, and later published explicit photos of the victim on the internet.
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North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of performing procedures. The Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo will offer abortion care on Wednesday, and on Thursday a trigger ban is set to make abortion illegal in the state. Barring a judge's intervention, it likely means an indefinite period when patients will be forced to travel hundreds of miles to receive care until the clinic can open in a new location just across the river in Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion remains legal. Clinic director Tammi Kromenaker has not said when the facility will be ready and did not respond to messages Tuesday.
Harrison Smith is the longest-tenured player on the Minnesota Vikings. He's one of the oldest safeties in the NFL and turned 33 earlier this year. The six-time Pro Bowl pick clearly does not feel that old. He caught himself recently telling an acquaintance he was still in his 20s. The Vikings will line up for their first full-team drills of training camp on Wednesday. Smith will start his 11th season next to rookie Lewis Cine. He has created a track record of helping elevate players at the opposite safety spot.
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It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly donning a full Indigenous headdress, after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for Indigenous children. The Vatican and the pope clearly appreciated the gesture, which was cheered by some residential school survivors. But some Indigenous people took to social media to express unhappiness with an iconic gesture they found incongruous with the Catholic Church history of abuse that Francis traveled to Canada to apologize for. The leader of a truth and healing project for boarding school survivors called it '"a #toosoon moment."
Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. Sotheby's says the amount paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction. The unidentified winning bidder outlasted several others in a bidding that spanned almost 10 minutes. The jacket displays Aldrin's name tag on the left breast above the Apollo 11 mission emblem. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first astronauts to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
A regional Planned Parenthood organization has filed a third lawsuit over Idaho’s anti-abortion laws and the latest targets the state's ban on abortion for pregnancies beyond six weeks. Family medicine Dr. Caitlin Gustafson and the regional Planned Parenthood organization filed the lawsuit on Monday. They want the Idaho Supreme Court to overturn the abortion ban because they say it is vague and unconstitutional. They also want the high court to hear arguments in the case on Aug. 3, the same day the court is scheduled to hear arguments in the other two lawsuits. Idaho officials haven't yet responded to the newest lawsuit.
Star linebacker Roquan Smith and defensive end Robert Quinn are on time for the Chicago Bears’ first training camp under general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Whether they’ll choose to participate when practices begin Wednesday remains to be seen. The Bears could have a big issue on their hands if two of their best defensive players decide not to practice. Smith and Quinn could opt instead to “hold in” by simply attending meetings while not participating in on-field activities. Smith wants an extension as he enters the fifth and final season of his rookie deal, while the 32-year-old Quinn’s future with a rebuilding team is unclear. Poles said he hadn’t seen either player. But he was told they had reported.
The Arizona Cardinals have placed receiver Marquise Brown on the NFL’s active/non-football injury list because of a hamstring issue. The Cardinals acquired Brown and a third-round pick in a draft-day trade with the Baltimore Ravens, who received the No. 23 overall pick in return. Arizona hopes Brown can partially offset the loss of DeAndre Hopkins, who will miss the season’s first six games for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Brown caught 91 passes for 1,008 yards and six touchdowns last season with Baltimore.
More than 20 Republican attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The challenge claims that the federal government is attempting to force states and schools to follow antidiscrimination requirements that misconstrue the law. In June, the USDA announced it would include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as a violation to Title IX. But it was not clear whether the federal government would hold back funding for school meal programs as part of its enforcement.
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh took the podium at Big Ten media days with the Wolverines' 2021 Big Ten championship banner hanging in Lucas Oil Stadium just to his left.
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