Disney closes $71B deal for Fox entertainment assets

The deal is likely to shake up the media landscape. Among other things, it paves the way for Disney to launch its streaming service, Disney Plus, due out later this year.

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Breach of trust: Business owners deal with worker thefts

Employees may steal from companies of any size, but small and mid-sized businesses can be more vulnerable because they lack practices and systems designed to prevent wrongdoing.

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BOYS’ TENNIS, MARCH 20: Bobats earn 5-0 triumph

The Northeastern boys' tennis team picked up its first York-Adams Division I win of the season on Wednesday with a 5-0 blanking of visiting Dover.

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UPDATED: York County’s most wanted

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Witness says officer questioned teen’s actions in shooting

John Leach, a neighbor who lives a few houses from the site of the June shooting, said he was on his front porch when Officer Michael Rosfeld fired three bullets into 17-year-old Antwon Rose II.

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Problem with a ‘nosey’ neighbor? Try nude mannequins

Jason Windus gave his California neighbor something to look at during a dispute over the height of a backyard fence — naked mannequins having a garden party.

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York County fugitive on the run: ‘This is not the end game’

Wanted fugitive Thomas Jarrod Stone said he eventually plans to turn himself in, assuming police don't track him down first.

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U.N. judges increase sentence for Bosnian ex-leader to life

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday as United Nations appeals judges upheld his convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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PHOTOS: Rita’s spring freebie draws a crowd

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Poll: Most Americans at least partly confident in Russia probe

The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds that most Americans have some concern that Trump’s campaign had improper connections to Russia, though fewer than half say the president has done something illegal in his ties to Russia.

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Year after York firefighter deaths: ‘They are always going to be a part of this department’

Those impacted by the Weaver Piano building reflect on the past year.

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VIDEO: One year after a tragedy

York City Fire Chief Chad Deardorff reflects on the department and community support one year after the tragedy.

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Gov. Wolf is confident he has the votes for gas tax, but Republicans beg to differ

Wolf visited Lancaster and York counties Wednesday, March 20, as part of his tour across the commonwealth to stump for "Restore Pennsylvania."

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Lawsuit: Harvard ‘shamelessly’ profits from photos of slaves

Tamara Lanier, of Norwich, Connecticut, is suing the Ivy League school for “wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation” of images she says depict two of her ancestors.

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PHOTOS: York County’s 2018 homecoming dances

The York Dispatch is giving the "red carpet" treatment to all of York County's high schools for their 2018 homecoming dances. Have a look to see the fashion, fun and frills at the dances!

Daunting task looms for Delone in state final

A daunting task looms for the Delone Catholic girls' basketball team in the PIAA Class 3-A state final. The Squirettes face unbeaten Dunmore.

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York Catholic lacrosse standouts heading south

The York Catholic lacrosse duo of Cole Witman and Drew Snelbaker have now both committed to NCAA Division II University of Tampa.

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Ex-Red Lion High School QB Kelly pleads guilty

Former Red Lion High School quarterback Chad Kelly has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree criminal trespassing.

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York Co. fugitive’s pregnant wife says he assaulted her, threatened to kill fetus

The pregnant wife of Thomas Stone alleges in court documents that he hit her, threw her around and said he'd use drugs to kill their unborn child.

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Births for Thursday, March 21

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PHOTOS: Weaver Piano building collapse one year later

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Man dies after tree falls on him in Washington Twp.

A 79-year-old man was killed Wednesday after a tree fell on him in Washington Township, according to the York County Coroner's office.

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PHOTOS: Haines Shoe House opens for season

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Dillsburg-area man dies four days after motorcycle crash

A Franklin Township man died days after crashing his motorcycle Friday night.

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PHOTOS: Nearly 400 mothers attend Muffins with Mom

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Jones’ proposed term limits: A doomed cause?

Freshman Rep. Mike Jones acknowledges his push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on state lawmakers may be a long-shot. But why not give it a shot?

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Federal Reserve foresees no interest rate hikes in 2019

The Fed announced that it was keeping its benchmark rate – which can influence everything from mortgages to credit cards to home equity lines of credit – in a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent.

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‘More talent than can ever be shown’: 2019 Yorkfest announced

York City is preparing to once again showcase local artists at the 2019 Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival.

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Penn State to collect $733K from Sandusky’s defunct charity

The university says it will receive additional money from the insurers of the charity, The Second Mile, though terms are confidential.

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UPDATE: Residents express mixed feelings over proposed downtown York music club

Some York City residents said a proposed music venue would revitalize the downtown district and benefit the arts community. Others said it could be a residential nuisance.

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OP-ED: Protecting babies with Down syndrome

A child still in the womb shouldn’t be terminated simply because he or she has Down syndrome. But this prenatal discrimination is happening, and it’s occurring at an alarming rate.

by State Rep. Kate Klunk  | 16 hours ago

Bomb threat reported at Springetts Harley-Davidson plant

Workers were sent home for the day, according to a spokeswoman for Harley-Davidson.

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GUEST EDITORIAL: States need to stop passing unconstitutional anti-abortion laws

Nearly half a century after the Supreme Court settled a woman's right to an abortion, continue to fight to undermine it, to restrict access and to return the country to the days of illegal abortion.

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board (TNS)  | 16 hours ago

VIDEO: Garage fire in Hallam Borough brings out 30 firefighters, causes $35,000 in damage

Roughly 30 firefighters from 8 different fire departments, led by Hellam Fire Co., spent 20 minutes Tuesday controlling a garage fire in Hallam Borough.

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OP-ED: Article misrepresents Pa. Farm Bureau’s role in bay clean-up

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is disturbed by the lack of professionalism demonstrated by The York Dispatch in its March 14 article — "Smucker, Casey affirm support of Chesapeake Bay program after Trump’s proposed cuts" — that grossly misrepresents the state’s largest farm organization’s position on effo

by John Bell  | 1 day ago

Revs’ 2018 Pitcher of Year will return in 2019

The York Revolution's 2018 Pitcher of the Year will return to the team in 2019. Mitch Atkins was among three player signings announced Tuesday.

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OP-ED: Like Haman in story of Purim, immigrant-haters rear heads today

The target of this massacre was the Muslim community of the city, but its characteristics share similarities with what some refer to as “the worst anti-Semitic crime to ever occur on U.S. soil” — the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh.

by Dani Fessler  | 1 day ago