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Thousands mourn Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish spiritual leader who died in the US

October 24, 2024 at 8:56 p.m.

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Augusta, N.J. (AP) — Family, friends and followers of Fethullah Gülen are gathering Thursday to pay respects to the influential Turkish spiritual leader and Islamic scholar who...

Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement from his compound in the Poconos, has died.

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Self-exiled Turkish spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen dies in Poconos

October 21, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement from his compound in the Poconos, has died.

Donald Trump is rallying voters on Saturday in northeastern Pennsylvania, a swath of the pivotal battleground state where he hopes conservative, white working-class voters.

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Trump zigzags between economic remarks and personal insults at rally in critical Pennsylvania

August 17, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.

Donald Trump is rallying voters on Saturday in northeastern Pennsylvania, a swath of the pivotal battleground state where he hopes conservative, white working-class voters.

The entrance to the state-run Loysville Youth Development Center where alleged sex abuse took place.

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By the dozens, accusers tell of rampant sex abuse at Pa. juvenile detention centers

August 1, 2024 at 2:26 p.m.

A group of nearly 70 people alleged Wednesday they were sexually abused as children while housed in detention centers in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Monday that President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office, standing by his close ally in the critical battleground state following a disastrous debate performance.

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Pa. Sen. Bob Casey stands by Joe Biden, says he’s competent to serve 2nd term as president

July 1, 2024 at 5:56 p.m.

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Monday that President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office, standing by his close...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he'll back legislation to make power plant owners in Pennsylvania pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro backs a new plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases

March 13, 2024 at 3:51 p.m.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he'll back legislation to make power plant owners in Pennsylvania pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

The FBI’s search for buried Civil War-era gold in Elk County, Pennsylvania, in 2018 set in motion a dispute over what, if anything, it found. Now, two witnesses are sharing what they heard and saw in the woods.

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Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold in Pa. describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig

October 9, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.

The FBI’s search for buried Civil War-era gold in Elk County, Pennsylvania, in 2018 set in motion a dispute over what, if anything, it found. Now, two witnesses are sharing...

Grieving families are confronting the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at his sentencing hearing. The hearing for Robert Bowers at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh got underway Thursday with some 22 people expected to deliver victim impact statements. It's coming a day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Bowers killed 11 and wounded seven after opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018. One man who lost his parents in the attack condemned Bowers as evil and cowardly and urged the judge to show him no mercy.

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooter formally sentenced to death in nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

August 3, 2023 at 3:45 p.m.

Grieving families are confronting the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at his sentencing hearing. The hearing for Robert Bowers at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh got underway Thursday with some 22 people...

The extent to which mental illness and Bowers’ difficult childhood played a role in the massacre dominated the lawyers’ arguments for and against capital punishment.

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After weeks of testimony, jury will decide if Pittsburgh synagogue gunman gets death penalty or life in prison

July 31, 2023 at 8:17 p.m.

The extent to which mental illness and Bowers’ difficult childhood played a role in the massacre dominated the lawyers’ arguments for and against capital punishment.

“This was a moment of civic pride for Philly and Pennsylvania. We all came together and we proved that we could do big things again in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference at the site. “We show that when we work together, we can get s—- done here in Pennsylvania.”

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Interstate 95 reopens less than two weeks after deadly collapse in Philadelphia

June 23, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

“This was a moment of civic pride for Philly and Pennsylvania. We all came together and we proved that we could do big things again in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro...

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