Contest winners, health worker orbiting world in SpaceX 1st
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four people on SpaceX’s first private flight are fairly ordinary, down-to-Earth types brought together by chance.
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Publisher to reissue Pa. senator’s WWI book with corrections
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The academic press that published a Pennsylvania state senator's book about World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York has asked him...
Zuckerberg’s cash fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules
DENVER — When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to help fund election offices as they scrambled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic...
Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might...
Experts raise alarms over fundraising for GOP ballot reviews
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first donation came in early May, for $50, and with a message: “GOD BLESS THE USA!!”
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Bonus pay for essential workers varied widely across states
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For putting their health on the line during the coronavirus pandemic, prison guards in Missouri got an extra $250 per...
Appeals court upholds man’s conviction for threatening tweet
<p>A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a North Carolina man who posted an anonymous threat on social media to lynch...
Man exonerated in headphone slaying due to fired detective
<p>A young man serving life without parole was exonerated Friday in the death of a special-needs athlete in a case stained by a Philadelphia...