Y-A League players sign letters of intent

Student-athletes from schools across the York-Adams League signed their national letters of intent to attend college on Wednesday.

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UPDATED: York County’s most wanted

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Final standings for The York Dispatch Pigskin Pickers

The York-Adams League high school football season has come to a close. Following are the final standings for The York Dispatch Pigskin Pickers:

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PHOTOS: York County’s 2019 homecoming dances

Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs

On Day One of extraordinary public U.S. House hearings — only the fourth formal impeachment effort in U.S. history — career diplomats testified in the open after weeks of closed-door interviews aimed at removing the nation’s 45th president. The account they delivered was a striking though complicated one that Democrats say reveals a president abusing his office, and the power of American foreign policy, for personal political gain.

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Database: Find the numbers behind lobbying in Pennsylvania

Lobbyists in suits roaming the Capitol Rotunda are a common sight. But everyday Pennsylvanians may not know how much cash they're actually dishing out to influence state politics.

U.S., Turkey have friendly talks — but differences persist

President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting Wednesday at the White House failed to resolve an issue that has badly strained relations between the two NATO allies.

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1969 riots: A reckoning, decades after York’s summer of rage

The York riots that took place 50 years ago this summer left dozens injured, many severely wounded, houses and business firebombed and destroyed, and two people dead.

Trump tweets about hearing but insists he’s not watching

Although claiming not to watch, the president had tweeted and retweeted complaints about the inquiry more than 30 times by late afternoon and couldn’t resist taking a swipe at Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a principal political foe on Capitol Hill.

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Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts

“Looking ahead, my colleagues and I see a sustained expansion of economic activity, a strong labor market, and inflation near our symmetric 2% objective as most likely,” the Federal Reserve chairman said before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

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Researchers use laser to hack voice-activated devices like Amazon Echo

The hacks have given them access to everything from thermostats to garage door openers to front door locks. The researchers have communicated their findings to Amazon, Google and Apple, which are studying the research.

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American household debt rises for 21st straight quarter

Total U.S. household debt rose $92 billion, or 0.7%, to $13.95 trillion in the third quarter, the New York Fed’s quarterly household credit and debt report showed. That’s $1.3 trillion above the previous peak in 2008.

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Flying this Thanksgiving? Expect record crowds at airports

The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that it expects to screen more than 26.8 million passengers and airline crew members between Nov. 22 and Dec. 2. That would be a 4% increase over last year.

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Jurors watch taped police interview of Anthony Orr Jr.’s alleged killer

Attorney Sandra Thompson has said Orr was shot because he was reaching out to people "who were involved in wrong" and trying to convince them to change their ways.

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PSU can’t afford hangover after first loss

The Penn State football players know they can't afford a hangover after their first loss of the season on Saturday against Minnesota.

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New Oxford combo among York-Adams stat leaders

Players from New Oxford, Northeastern and Gettysburg finished the 2019 football season leading the York-Adams League in major statistical categories.

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Year after devastating flooding in York County, DePasquale calls for climate action

State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Wednesday evoked last year's Labor Day weekend floods in York County when calling for the state to ramp up efforts to combat the impact of climate change.

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U.S. superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling

About 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections in 2017, down 18% from an estimated 44,000 in 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated. The decline is mainly attributed to an intense effort in hospitals to control the spread of particularly dangerous infections.

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Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded

The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damage.

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Pa. farmers want thieves to know: Hemp won’t get you high

“There’s a lot of these dumb 18-year-olds out there doing this,” said a farmer in Bucks and Lehigh counties.

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Updated Pa. high school football state rankings

Here area the PIAA top five high school football teams in each of the six classifications after two weeks of postseason action.

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Man charged with murder in double-fatal Newberry Twp. crash

The two men killed were longtime friends of driver Bryan Hammaker, his defense attorney said.

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YORK COLLEGE ROUNDUP, NOV. 12: Spartans win

Central York High School graduate Jared Wagner led York College to an easy men's basketball win in its delayed season opener vs. Dickinson on Tuesday.

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LOCAL COLLEGE NOTES: County athletes honored

Some York County athletes picked up major conference honors during the past week.

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Boiling Springs man harvests 800-pound elk

A Boiling Springs man harvested an 800-pound bull during the most recent Pennsylvania elk hunt. That was the largest elk taken during the hunt.

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Authorities: Wounded infant’s dad used him as ‘human shield’

A Philadelphia father whose infant son was critically wounded in a shooting last month stands accused of using the child as a “human shield” while attempting to buy drugs with counterfeit money.

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Helfrich calls for state pension, healthcare reform in first budget hearing

Helfrich's plea came during the city's first 2020 budget hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after introducing proposed $110.9 million budget. The city expected to take $6 million from the its strained reserves to prevent tax increases.

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Police: York City man groped 13-year-old girl after giving her booze, pot

Police said he also forced her to drink vodka and smoke weed.

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All aboard for Red Lion model railroaders annual open house

Members of the Red Lion Train Station Model Railroaders set up displays n preperation for their upcoming annual open house.

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LETTER: How do criminals relate to ‘stand your ground’ law?

The York Dispatch editorial on "stand your ground" was lengthy but did not say how it related to the daily shootings in York, Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

by George Herman  | 15 hours ago

OP-ED: House articles of impeachment could be history’s takeaway on Trump

The articles’ content, the exact way they focus the effort to hold Trump accountable, could possibly sway the eventual verdict, as senators ponder individually the moral choice between party loyalty and the rule of law.

by James Reston Jr.  | 16 hours ago

LETTER: Let’s keep voting reform momentum going

There seems to be so much corruption and political fighting in both our federal and state government that few good laws get passed.

by Carol Stowell  | 15 hours ago

OP-ED: U.S. needs to cure the health-care cost disease

Why is it so hard to agree on a health-care plan? One obvious possibility: Reform plans feel as intolerable as the status quo while lacking the promise of lowering costs.

by Noah Smith  | 1 day ago

St. Rose, Thomas, Clabaugh earn top honors

South Western's Ali St. Rose, West York's Tesia Thomas and Delone Catholic's Maddie Clabaugh earned the top York-Adams girls' volleyball honors.

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OP-ED: The Supreme Court is thinking about giving police a new excuse to pull you over

Last week the justices heard arguments in a case that could make it even easier for the police to stop — and potentially search — a car. Ominously, the majority seemed likely to give police an additional benefit of the doubt.

by Michael McGough  | 1 day ago

School board frets as Central’s state test scores drop

"We don't teach to the test," Snell said, adding that the district hasn't done so in three to four years.

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OP-ED: Words mattered in Kentucky campaign. Words will matter in the days ahead

Attorney General Andy Beshear appeared to win the Kentucky governor’s office Tuesday by about 5,100 votes in unofficial totals, but Gov. Matt Bevin refused to concede, citing numerous irregularities without providing any examples.

by Linda Blackford  | 2 days ago