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Rescue remembered

By CHIP MINEMYER The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat SOMERSET, Pa. Mark Schweiker said a single


Vatican official to face court on sex charges

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the


State approves funds for medical marijuana tracking

Associated Press COLUMBUS Regulators of the state’s budding medical marijuana industry have


Judge halts pipeline work in eastern Pennsylvania

Associated Press WEST CHESTER, Pa. An administrative law judge has temporarily halted work on


Court upholds death sentence

Associated Press COLUMBUS Ohio’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted


Trump says health vote is GOP’s chance to keep vow

Associated Press WASHINGTON A peeved President Donald Trump browbeat Republican opponents of his


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Presidential visits to Valley in odd-numbered years rare

George W. Bush campaigned in Youngstown in 2000 after capturing the Republican nomination, and visited the Valley twice as president in 2004. Democrat Barack Obama was the first sitting president in more than 100 years to visit the Valley during an odd-numbered year when he delivered a speech Sept. 15, 2009, at Lordstown General Motors, touting the federal bailout. And In 1980, incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter campaigned in the area.


US AND RUSSIA

Associated Press WASHINGTON The White House indicated Sunday that President Donald Trump would


NWS cancels its union contract

Associated Press WASHINGTON The National Weather Service is canceling its contract with the


Trump fires off volley of angry tweets on Russia probe

Associated Press WASHINGTON Hours before he was to help commission a new aircraft carrier at a


Police: Errant US bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces

Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed


Democrats herald agreement on Russia sanctions bill

Associated Press WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats announced Saturday that a bipartisan group


US bans travel for Americans to N. Korea

Associated Press WASHINGTON American citizens will be barred by the U.S. from traveling to


Manafort, Trump Jr. in talks with Senate panel

Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s eldest son and his former campaign


Spicer exits as Trump shakes up press team

Associated Press WASHINGTON White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday