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TOWANDA — Christmas celebration has come a little early this year with Towanda’s Hometown Christmas program that started Thursday night and will continue throughout the day today.
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On Dec. 7, 1941 — almost a year to the day from his enlistment in the U.S. Navy — Towanda native Edward Stone was starting his morning shift in the radio room of the USS Pyro when the man he had relieved just five minutes earlier came running back.
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Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy., smashes a bottle on the bow of the ship as she christens of the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.
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Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy., smashes a bottle on the bow of the ship as she christens of the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.
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Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy., smashes a bottle on the bow of the ship as she christens of the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.
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YORK, Pa. (AP) — Police are seeking what they call an “extremely dangerous" suspect in the shooting that killed a man and wounded a female bystander in a Pennsylvania movie theater.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Animal welfare authorities in Pennsylvania are asking for help from the public in finding a person responsible for apparently shooting a cat with an arrow and leaving the animal to die in Philadelphia.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The unceremonious firing of Chicago's police superintendent just weeks before his retirement has rattled a department that, under his leadership, was seeking to restore public confidence since the release of a 2014 video showing a white officer killing a black teenager with 16…
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SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man convicted in the shooting death of an ex-girlfriend and the wounding of another man has been sentenced to a reduced term.
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LEECHBURG, Pa. (AP) — David M. Keibler wanted his dissertation to mean something more than a fancy title and degree.
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Venezuela's National Assembly President and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido arrives for a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center front left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, center front right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stolte…
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First Citizens Community Bank recently kicked off this season of giving with their annual donations to education-based programs in area communities. This year, the bank reinvested $325,000 in more than 40 programs across the state.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric says it has reached a $13.5 billion settlement that will resolve all major claims related to devastating wildfires blamed on its outdated equipment and negligence.
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Wyalusing is saying goodbye to a former student and school board member for the past 13 years following the school board reorganization meeting on Wednesday.
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TROY — A line twisted around the Tops parking lot in Troy on Thursday night and free Christmas trees flew off the truck and onto the tops of vehicles.
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A former Valley area performing arts instructor faces between six and 23 months in Bradford County jail and must spend 25 years on the sex offender registry following his sentencing Thursday in the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas.
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The sound of bowling balls speeding down lanes and pins successfully crashing to the floor filled bowling alleys in Troy and Waverly this week, signaling not only the advancement of competition for some athletes of the Bradford/Sullivan Counties Special Olympics team but also the forwarding …
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents during a bus tour stop, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden steps off of his tour bus joined by former. Secretary of State John Kerry during a bus tour stop, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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COMMACK, N.Y. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was charged Friday with helping stage a fight that spurred panic among shoppers at a Long Island Walmart, a stunt that police say was for the sake of making a video to post on social media.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, an attack the Saudi government quickly condemned and that U.S. officials were investigating for possible links to terrorism.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is putting the state House of Representatives on a timeline to pass legislation he has long sought to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage, saying Friday that the Republican-controlled chamber has until the end of the month.
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the real facts:
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FILE - This June 19, 2019 file photo shows Caroline Kennedy during the JFK Space Summit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline will participate in the christening of a new aircraft carrier that's named after the 35th U.S. president. Newport…
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As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedom, one congressional Republican is offering a proposal on Friday that aims to achieve both goals.
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ALSACE TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man fatally shot himself with a crossbow while he was hunting on his property, officials said.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is making another trip to the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania this year, this time in a campaign swing.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a U.S. military official said Friday.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man whose life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison was just commuted by Gov. Tom Wolf may be facing arrest as soon as he's released Friday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks jumped in early trading Friday after the government reported that employers added far more jobs than expected in November.
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Investigators say they can't determine what caused a fire that destroyed 10 homes in a Pennsylvania community earlier this year and displaced dozens of residents.
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1. 'DO IT NOW, FAST' President Trump is embracing a new strategy if he gets impeached, focusing on the Senate, where he and his allies see a potential political upside to a public trial on friendlier turf.
The Towanda Elks Club collected more than 750 food items during its recent “Pack the Bus” food drive to benefit older adults living in Bradford County. Elks members presented the donations to B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging Active Living Center Director Robin VanValkenburg. The AAA was able to …
All 3,150 photos of Pennsylvania’s American heroes who died in the Vietnam War have been found and are now posted on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s virtual Wall of Faces for everyone to honor around the world.
Valley Chorus gets ready to shine with annual Christmas concert
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FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, The Rev. Mario Lacchin presides over a Mass at the Restoration Centre Catholic Church in Nairobi, Kenya. An Associated Press story on the front page of a newspaper in Nairobi brought together two Kenyan men - one who knew that his father was a…
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Saturday is the deadline for most people with Medicare coverage to sign up for private drug and medical plans for next year. But members of Congress, health care advocates and insurance agents worry that enrollment decisions based on bad information from the government’s revamped, error-pron…
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FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, The Rev. Mario Lacchin presides over a Mass at the Restoration Centre Catholic Church in Nairobi, Kenya. An Associated Press story on the front page of a newspaper in Nairobi brought together two Kenyan men - one who knew that his father was a…
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — It was the odd-looking locker handles that caught their eye.
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As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedom, one congressional Republican is offering a proposal on Friday that aims to achieve both goals.
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A man wears a make-shift mask with an image of President Nicolas Maduro taped to it, during a pro-government demonstration against TIAR or the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Representatives from over a dozen nations that are sign…
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Members of the Indigenous Guard wait for the start of a protest march against President Ivan Duque, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Duque 's government has agreed to an independent dialogue with labor and student groups that have convoked two national strikes.
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A man pulls a cart full of merchandise past the National Palace, as military police stand guard during a private meeting between U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. The two met behind closed doors Thur…
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National Party presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou and running mate Beatriz Argimon embrace during a victory rally in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. Lacalle Pou will become Uruguay's next president, ending 15 years of left-leaning government in the South American country.
Facing challenges with finding substitute crossing guards and custodians, the Athens Area School District is now turning to its oldest students.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, with service members and dignitaries confronting a fresh tragedy after a U.S. sailor killed two civilians, wounded another and then turned the gun on h…
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