“The Trump Administration is pushing an unrealistic and mean spirited executive order,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted.
Catholic Church
Interim Report On Clergy Child Sex Abuse In PA Is Public. What’s Next?
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KEYSTONE CROSSROADS – More than 300 “predator priests” allegedly sexually abused over one thousand victims in six Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses for decades, while bishops and other high-ranking church officials covered it up and urged victims not to go to the police.
Education
PA Lawmakers: School Safety Funding On Track For March 2019
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HARRISBURG, PA (WITF) – State lawmakers say they’re awaiting feedback from the state’s 500 school districts and 300 private school entities before they can disburse the first wave of funding to improve school safety. The funds are part of Act 44, a bipartisan bill signed into law in the months after the Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.
Crime and Justice
Survivors, Advocates Call For Change In Light Of Clergy Abuse Report
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) – A grand jury report on child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania’s eight Catholic dioceses, released Tuesday, is thought to be the largest of its kind. Nearly 900 pages long, it details the alleged abuse of more than 1,000 children.
Food and Farms
To Help Dairy Farmers, Researchers Suggest Raising Calves For Beef
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HARRISBURG, PA (WITF) — This year has been tough for midstate dairy farmers. Deans Foods ended contracts with dozens of producers in March, while demand and prices for milk are at a low point. Now researchers are suggesting another way of generating income for dairy farmers.
Arts
Stamford Friends of Music Welcome the Neave Trio
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The Stamford Friends of Music present the Neave Trio playing music by Haydn, Schumann, Shostakovich, and Debussy.
Catholic Church
Report Details 1,000 Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse By 300 ‘Predator Priests’ Across PA
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A long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania was released Tuesday in an interim, redacted form — detailing decades of alleged misconduct and cover-ups in six of the state’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses.
Finding, Then Filming, The Young All-Female Crew In ‘Skate Kitchen’
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Director Crystal Moselle stumbled upon a group of teenage skater girls on the New York City subway. Then she made a feature film that stars them.
broome county
NWS In Binghamton Forecasts Flood Conditions Will Not Worsen
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VESTAL, NY (WSKG)— Recent heavy rains have led to flash flooding in parts of the Southern Tier and Northern Pennsylvania including in Seneca and Bradford counties.
Flooding
Small Reservoir In Hancock Appears Safe From Breach For Now
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Things appear to be calming down at a small reservoir in Hancock after a State of Emergency was declared on Monday.
binghamton
Start Kids On School Sleep Schedule Now, Experts Say
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – With a few weeks left before the start of a new school year, sleep experts say now is the time to get kids back on an earlier sleep schedule.