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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Fast Facts

Here’s a look at Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in January. Facts:January 18, 2021 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. Timeline:April 8, 1968 – Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King, just four

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Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Personal Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died in 2002), Yasser and Tareq Education: Damascus University, B.A.; Oriental College (in Moscow), Ph.D. Other Facts His family left the British Mandate area Safed, Palestine, to live in

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28-year-old Scranton firefighter passes away

Click here for updates on this story     SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Black bunting hangs outside Scranton Fire Headquarters on Mulberry Street in downtown Scranton. The mayor has ordered that the American flags flying on all city property are to be lowered to half staff for the next month. Honors only observed when someone who dedicated

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Police looking for teen charged with Christmas shooting

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A teenager is charged with attempted homice after a shooting that left a 17-year-old seriously injured on Christmas afternoon in Lancaster, according to the county’s district attorney’s office Shane McCracken Jr.,17 was identified as the suspect who shot the victim McCracken is charged

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Tracking a messy end to 2020

WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE: We’ve been holding on to rain this morning but the colder air is sneaking back in. Temperatures are expected to fall back to about the freezing mark by 8-9 AM and give us another shot at some flakes. Still not expecting many problems on the roads, with light accumulations. Wet roads will

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