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#Recount2016: Jill Stein Raises $3,000,000 for Vote Recount in 3 States Clinton Narrowly Lost
Perhaps that “blue wall” held after all. Or maybe the Defiance election-rigging plotline from Scandal has really come to life. In the last week, prominent computer scientists and election lawyers have been urging the Hillary Clinton campaign to challenge election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three swing states that Donald Trump won, ceding him the…
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'Push Through': A 3rd-Grade Teacher's Lesson to Her Students in the Midst of Election Unrest
There have been a lot of mixed emotions since the announcement of Donald Trump’s presidential-election win Tuesday. People have expressed outrage, despair, denial and just a general sense of hopelessness, even after Trump had a cordial meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday to discuss the transition. In the midst of all this,…
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2 Pa. Police Officers Shot; Search Underway for Suspect
A search is underway for a suspect who shot two police officers in Pennsylvania early Thursday morning, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the shooting occurred at 4 a.m. Thursday in Canonsburg, 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The conditions of the injured officers was not known; nor had their names been released. One…
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Pa. Man Charged After Partner Allegedly Kills Their Young Son and Texts Video of His Body
Andre Price Jr., 23, of McKeesport, Pa., was charged Thursday with two felony counts for failing to alert authorities after his partner, Christian Clark, 21, threatened to kill their toddler son before allegedly carrying out the act, the New York Daily News reports. Clark has reportedly admitted to smothering their 17-month-old son on Tuesday after…
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Pa. Woman Sent Video of Lifeless Toddler to Father, Police Say
A young McKeesport, Pa., mother is accused of killing her toddler son and then sending disturbing video footage and texts to the child’s father, CBS Pittsburgh reports. According to police, upon responding to a call at the Hi View Gardens housing complex at around 11 p.m. Tuesday, authorities found the unresponsive 17-month-old boy, who was…
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Pa. College Student Accused of Putting Bleach in Pregnant Girlfriend's Water
A Pennsylvania college student is facing charges after allegedly putting bleach in his pregnant girlfriend’s water in an attempt to harm the fetus, the Associated Press reports. Theophilous Washington, 20, of Washington, D.C., is facing charges of criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder of an unborn child, as well as reckless endangering. Washington is a junior…
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Pa. Mom Claims Teacher Put a Bar of Soap in 10-Year-Old's Mouth
A Pennsylvania mom is outraged after, she says, a teacher put a bar of soap in her son’s mouth as punishment, WHP-TV reports. “I was very upset, hurt, confused. I just didn’t understand why this even had to happen,” Ciara White said. White said that her 10-year-old son, Donald Thomas, got into an argument with…
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Pa. Mayor Who Posted Racist Obama Memes to Resign
The West York (Pa.) Council has unanimously accepted Mayor Charles Wasko’s offer to resign following controversy after the mayor posted racist Obama memes to his Facebook, the York Daily Record reports. According to the Daily Record, the vote was accepted to a round of applause from a crowd that had gathered in council chambers Monday…
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Pa. Town Council Approves Motion to Censure Mayor Over Racist Obama Memes
A Pennsylvania town council approved a motion Monday night to censure its mayor over racist Facebook posts, including two showing apes with captions referencing President Barack Obama and his family, CBS News reports. The West York Town Council unanimously approved the motion to censure Mayor Charles Wasko, a Republican. “We will send a message to…
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Youngest Victim in Pulse Nightclub Shooting Pleaded to 911 Dispatcher, 'I Don't Want to Die'
Akyra Murray, 18, had just graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia. She was set to play college basketball at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. On June 12, she had traveled with her family to Orlando, Fla., and gone out to Pulse nightclub to celebrate the closing of one chapter in her life…