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Town council meets to discuss mayor’s racist Facebook posts

Several West York borough council members say they want Mayor Charles Wasko to leave office
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Governor hopefuls distancing themselves from Clinton, Trump

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In West Virginia, the Democrat running for governor has defended the coal industry while decrying his party's presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. In Vermont, the Republican nominee for governor declared his support for transgender bathroom rights and denounced GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Those types of unconventional strategic calculations are helping…
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Ohio district closes schools after reported clown attack

CINCINNATI (AP) - A suburban Cincinnati school district has closed schools after a woman reported being grabbed around the neck by a male dressed as a clown who she said made a threat against students. Reading Community City School District officials referred to the threat in a Facebook posting announcing district schools would be closed…
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Officials: Zika caused only mild illness in US kids

NEW YORK (AP) - A first look at U.S. teens and young children who were infected with Zika suggests the virus typically causes at worst only a mild illness. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause severe brain-related birth defects. But the report seems to confirm health officials' belief that infections that occur after birth in…
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