This year marks the 50th anniversary of the United States’ Moon Landing. Looking for a fun way to celebrate? Join the Beaver County Amatuer Astrologists on Saturday July 20 at Brady’s Run Park Baseball Fields at 7 p.m.
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There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into “maintenance holes” instead. Nothing will be manmade in the liberal city but “human-made.” And students at the University of California, Berkeley, will join “collegiate Greek system residences” rather than fraternities and sororities. Berkeley leaders voted unanimously this week to replace about 40 gender-specific words in the city code with gender-neutral terms — an effort to be more inclusive that’s drawing both praise and scorn. That means “manpower” will become “human effort” or “workforce,” while masculine and feminine pronouns like “she,” ”her,” ”he” and “him” will be replaced by “they” and “them,” according to the measure approved Tuesday by the City Council.
Parents in a Pennsylvania school district are being threatened with losing custody of their children if they don’t pay their school lunch debt. A letter was sent to parents in Wyoming Valley West, near Wilkes-Barre. It said the district will take them to court for failing to provide food for their children. The district is owed more than $20,000 by about a thousand families. Legal experts said the letter is legal, but the chances of a child being taken away are slim.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates appealing to progressive voters with a call for “Medicare for All” are wrestling with the thorny question of how to pay for such a dramatic overhaul of the American health care system. Bernie Sanders, its chief proponent, says such a remodel could cost up to $40 trillion over a decade. But his rivals who support his plan have, so far, offered relatively few firm details about how they’d pay for it beyond raising taxes on top earners.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has told federally-funded family planning clinics it may be willing to delay enforcement of a controversial rule that bars them from referring women for abortions. Two people who attended meetings between the Department of Health and Human Services and clinic representatives told The Associated Press officials said there may be more time to comply. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because there is no final decision. HHS says its policy has not changed.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Donald Trump says there is “no doubt about it” that a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone, despite Iranian denials that it lost an unmanned aircraft. Trump is speaking from the Oval Office Friday about the incident Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz. His comments come a day after announcing that the USS Boxer took defensive action after an Iranian drone came within 1,000 yards (915 meters) of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida sheriff has launched an internal investigation into wealthy financer Jeffrey Epstein’s time spent out of jail under a work release program after he was convicted of sexually abusing underage girls. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Friday that the inquiry will focus on whether deputies assigned to monitor Epstein violated any rules or regulations while he was out on work release.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats who’ll question former special counsel Robert Mueller next week say they need to “work together” because their time will be limited. Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley serves on the intelligence committee and says he and his colleagues must make the Mueller questioning “as productive as possible.” Democrats want to direct attention to what they see as the most egregious examples of President Donald Trump’s conduct while Republicans say “the American people have moved on.”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man scaled several floors down the side of a 19-story high-rise building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three police officers. The fire at the Holden Tower broke out Thursday night. It apparently started in a trash chute, spreading heavy smoke to all floors of the building. Firefighters soon responded and brought the blaze under control in about an hour. All residents were able to escape the building, with some carried out by other residents.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Revenue from regulated gambling in Pennsylvania climbed to a new record high above $3.3 billion in the just-completed fiscal year. Figures released Thursday show revenue rose by nearly $60 million, or almost 2%. Slot machine play at the state’s 12 casinos grew by $26 million and newly legal sports betting and fantasy sports contests contributed another $43 million. Table games play shrank by $10 million. Revenue at Pennsylvania’s commercial casinos was No. 2 last year, second to Nevada.