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August 21, 2024
TODAY IN HISTORY 21 Today is Wednesday, Aug. 21, the 234th day of 2024. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virgin...
RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against ballot challenge in Pa.
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August 21, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up too late to testify Tuesday in a court case in Pennsylvania where Democratic activists are trying to bar him from the ballot for president in the...
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2004
August 8, 2024
• Employment at the Middle Monongahela Industrial De- velopment Association Parks could soon reach 2,000. To day, the businesses that call the Association’s three parks home currently employ 1,700 wor...
Dow drops 1,000 points; Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987
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August 6, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A scary Monday that started with a plunge abroad reminiscent of 1987 ‘s crash swept around the world and pummeled Wall Street with more steep losses, as fears worsened about a slowing ...
Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt at Trump rally
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July 24, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency faile...
Inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon
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July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cut...
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Defense attorney: 'Alec Baldwin committed no crime'
July 10, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south Wednesday, pressing ahead with a fresh offensive across the north, south and center of th...
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July 4, 2024
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in...
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2004
July 4, 2024
• Campbell Transportation in Dunlevy did something that no local river transportation company had done in 30 years—it launched two new towboats to ply the waters of the Monongahela and other local riv...
Americans suffer searing heat to celebrate Fourth of July
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July 4, 2024
(AP) — Millions of people in the U.S. celebrated and suffered under heat warnings as they flocked to beaches and traveled in droves to toast their nation’s birth with July 4 parades, cookouts and the ...
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June 27, 2024
Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care...
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June 27, 2024
TODAY IN HISTORY 28 Today is Friday, June 28, the 180th day of 2024. There are 186 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight: On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,...
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2004
June 27, 2024
• The history of Perryopolis told through an extensive display of artifacts was on display at the opening of the Old State Bank Museum as part of a bicentennial celebration. Noreen Halvonik, Perryopol...
Supreme Court rejects opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
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June 27, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civi...