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Bradford County DA under investigation

Click here for updates on this story     TOWANDA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Sources tell Newswatch 16 that the Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search at the private law office of Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman on Tuesday. That source also tells us Salsman is under investigation for accusations of inappropriate behavior while he was acting

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Survivors of Blackwater massacre in Iraq slam Trump’s pardons for US guards behind killing

An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon the men as “unjust.” Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and 11-year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in

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Their communities are deserted by pharmacies. Advocates fear this will lead to inequitable vaccine access

Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year. The community, Sykes said, has no pharmacies or grocery stores within walking distance. And many of her neighbors don’t own cars and suffer serious health conditions such as obesity and diabetes. “If they’re

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The year 2020 in space discoveries

This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts continued to safely travel to space, despite the pandemic, and even embarked on historic launches. And they taught us how to handle

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Forced out of school during the pandemic, now she’s pregnant. She’s one of millions of girls who won’t return to the classroom

Editor’s Note: Bella’s voice has been digitally altered to maintain her anonymity. Bella says her unplanned pregnancy made her mother so furious that she beat her. She had no idea that the 19-year-old had begun exchanging sex for cash in order to help pay for food for her three younger siblings and two cousins, who

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South Carolina man sues city of Rock Hill, alleging police ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his house

A South Carolina man filed a lawsuit against the city of Rock Hill on Monday, alleging that police officers ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his home in 2019. Jethro DeVane, 71, is suing the city for gross negligence, civil assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional

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