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Pulitzer honoree is latest to win after leaving journalism
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Ryan Kelly won a Pulitzer Prize this week for his photo of a car plowing into protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia - an image he snapped on the final day of his newspaper job before leaving to work at a brewery....
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AP Analysis: Kim Jong Un tests Trump with latest nuke offer
TOKYO (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has finally broken his silence on what he plans to bring to the table during his summits with the South Korean and U.S. presidents, and it doesn't have a whole lot to do with tossing out his hard-won nuclear arsenal....
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N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea announced that it will suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches ahead of its summits with Seoul and Washington, but stopped short of suggesting it has any intention of giving up its hard-won nuclear arsenal....
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Israel's Lieberman blames Hamas over Gaza deaths
JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel's defense minister said Saturday that Hamas leaders are the "only culprits" in continued bloodshed on the Gaza border, as the European Union and a top United Nations official made new demands to investigate shootings of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, including the killing of a 14-year-old boy....
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GOP plan to impeach 4 Pennsylvania justices remains in limbo
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A proposal to impeach four Democratic justices on Pennsylvania's Supreme Court over redistricting rulings remains in limbo more than a month after resolutions were introduced by Republicans in the state House....
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Pennsylvania mayor accused of soliciting prostitute
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- State police have arrested the mayor of a Pennsylvania town on charges of soliciting and patronizing a prostitute....
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Ex-Allentown mayor asks judge to reverse conviction
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The former mayor of the Pennsylvania city of Allentown is asking a federal judge to reverse his conviction on charges of trading city contracts for campaign cash....
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Fire in south Philadelphia home kills 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Authorities say two people died in an early morning house fire in south Philadelphia....
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2 dead, 1 wounded in shooting in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a woman and a man were killed and another man wounded by gunfire in north Philadelphia near Temple University's main campus....
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Man convicted of 2nd-degree murder in teenage girl's death
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a teenage girl shot on a Pittsburgh street in what authorities called a drug deal gone wrong....
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Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot that will roll through miles of large overhead pipes to spot potentially hazardous residual uranium....
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Defense says schedules show Cosby wasn't around for assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Jurors got a look Friday at Bill Cosby's travel records as his lawyers made the case that he never visited his suburban Philadelphia mansion in the month he is accused of drugging and molesting a woman there....
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Fraternity house suspended as 2 students allege sex assaults
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Temple University fraternity house where two teenage students said they were sexually assaulted has been suspended, and police are investigating....
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State lawmaker attacks fellow lawmaker as 'lying homosexual'
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A Republican state lawmaker in Pennsylvania is calling a colleague a "lying homosexual" in a Facebook post attacking liberal legislators....
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