State Department: Nauert out as pick for U.N. ambassador

A potential issue involving a nanny that she and her husband had employed may have been a factor in her decision to withdraw, according to one aide.

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Firefighters battled Springettsbury blaze

York Area United Fire and Rescue crews found heavy flames at a house fire in Springettsbury Township on Saturday, Feb. 16, said Battalion Chief Brett Graham.

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VIDEO: Gallon brothers on York High’s title win

Brothers Clovis Gallon Jr. and Cameron Gallon talk after York High's win over New Oxford in the York-Adams League tournament championship.

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Toomey displeased with Trump’s border emergency, breaks with Smucker, Perry

Some Republicans representing York County in Congress are supportive of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to secure more border funding — Sen. Pat Toomey isn't one of them.

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Gallon family enjoys Y-A League title together

York High head coach Clovis Gallon Sr. and his sons, Clovis Gallon Jr. and Cameron Gallon, helped lead the Bearcats to the Y-A League title.

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EDITORIAL: Smucker, Perry roll over for Trump

Allegiance to President Donald Trump and fear of his frothing base yet again superseded any semblance of principle or duty.

by York Dispatch Editorial Board  | 12 hours ago

‘Taking their last breath’: IS hides among Syrian civilians

From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries’ shared border.

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UPDATED: York County’s most wanted

PHOTOS: Great Backyard Bird Count Drop-In Program at Nixon Park Nature Center

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Alleged gang gunman charged in 2014 York City homicide

A man currently in prison on assault charges is now charged in the death of a Lancaster County man from 2014.

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Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case

The process Mitch Hungerpiller helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has resulted in a more than decadelong fight with the U.S. Postal Service, which says his solution shouldn’t have been patentable.

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Pimp gets 10 years for trafficking underage girl in York, selling heroin

Willie James Johnson kept all the money his sex-trafficking victims earned, paying the addicts only in heroin, court documents state.

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Births for Monday, Feb. 18

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MUST SEE VIDEOS by The York Dispatch

See the most current videos by York Dispatch staff.

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Winter weather advisory for York County until Monday morning

A wintry mix of snow, freezing rain and drizzle will move across York County and central Pennsylvania beginning Sunday evening and continuing overnight into Monday.

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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!

‘Battle Angel’ flies into first, but ticket sales aren’t exactly soaring

20th Century Fox said Sunday that the James Cameron-produced film earned an estimated $27.8 million over the weekend against a reported $170 million budget, which includes cost-saving tax incentives and rebates.

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LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: York men get key win

The York College men's basketball team earned a share of the CAC title on Saturday, thanks to some more late-game heroics from senior Jason Bady.

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SCHMUCK: O’s broadcaster Angel waves bye-bye

If you asked Joe Angel to put his four-decade broadcast career into perspective, I think we all know where he would put it. “In the win column!”

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Wolfgram downs Christas in 285-pound showdown

In a battle of heavyweight unbeatens, Central York's Michael Wolfgram defeats Dallastown's Raymond Christas on Saturday.

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Body found in trash bag covered by blanket

Police are investigating the discovery of a body in a trash bag in northwest Philadelphia.

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Area hall of famer excels in Fla. sprint action

Depending on how one looks at it, Mark Smith either had a very good week or a very unlucky week at the East Bay 360 Sprint Car Nationals in Florida.

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OP-ED: What would Lincoln do? 16th president navigated times even more polarized than today’s

Abraham Lincoln, who was born 210 years ago this month, was president during an era even more rancorous and polarized than our own. Yet he managed to navigate it – not in a way that pleased everyone or made him

by David Blankenhorn  | 9 hours ago

2018 York County Proms

York County 2018 Proms

Chicago police: Jussie Smollett assault case has ‘shifted’

Chicago police said Saturday the investigation into the assault reported by Jussie Smollett has “shifted” due to information received from two brothers questioned in the case, and attorneys for the “Empire” act

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White House indicates Trump to veto disapproval of emergency

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A top adviser to President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove of his declaration of a national emerg

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Woman, 97, found dead in home died of hypothermia

A coroner says a woman found dead inside her western Pennsylvania home earlier in the week died of hypothermia.

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Local obituaries for Sunday, Feb. 17

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5 injured, 2 critically, after wheel goes through windshield on Penn Turnpike

Police say the SUV was heading south on Interstate 476 in Penn Forest Township when the wheel and tire came off an unidentified piece of machinery being hauled north.

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PHOTOS: PIAA District III, Section IV Wrestling Tournament

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How to submit a letter to the editor

PHOTOS: Wynwood Road fire

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VIDEO: Crews battled a fire in Springettsbury Township

York Area United Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire in Springettsbury Township around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16

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OP-ED: Step up, or stop complaining

During this year’s municipal elections, voters will see familiar names when they stand in front of their voting machines … not the names from the nightly news, but rather the names of friends and neighbors who want to serve their community.

by David M. Sanko  | 9 hours ago

Great Backyard Bird Count invites York Residents to explore nature

The drop-in event is part of a nationwide program where citizens of all ages collect data for researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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OP-ED: Climate crisis requires us to invest in future, not subsidize the past

People across the United States, from Los Angeles to Des Moines to Orlando, deserve to drive affordable cars that don’t harm the places they love and pollute the air we all breathe.

by Gina Coplon-Newfield  | 3 days ago

Nixon Park Bird Count draws county residents

York County residents participated in the Great Backyard Birdcount and Nixon County Park Nature Center on Saturday, Feb. 16.

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OP-ED: It’s time to shut down tax havens

For many Americans, February is tax time — or at least the time they are reminded of their need to pay taxes, now that the forms are all in. That means millions of people are starting to sift through piles of p

by Michael Galant  | 4 days ago

Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data

The age, gender, location, race and ethnicity for 138 million people were potentially vulnerable. So far, however, only internal hacking teams have discovered such details at possible risk, and no outside group

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LETTER: Why won’t you help powerline opponents, Gov. Wolf?

As part of a growing group of community and landowners still fighting the proposed, redundant, high-tension powerline project proposed by Transource, we’re asking, “Why won’t you help us, Gov. Tom Wolf?”

by Deborah Macklin and Dolores Krick  | 5 days ago