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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after what Trump said many feel was a racially motivated injustice.

SCRANTON — Three schools in Scranton are dismissing their students early today because of a water main break in the city, the district said. Robert Morris Elementary School will begin dismissing at 12:30 p.m. Neil Armstrong Elementary School began dismiss

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is canceling the planned June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, citing the "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent statement from North Korea.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — History was made on the CBS reality series "Survivor."
For the first time in 36 seasons, the season finale ended in a tie.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A road rage suspect seen on surveillance video hitting a man with a sledgehammer after smashing the windows out of a vehicle is being sought by Philadelphia police.

SCRANTON — A mobile war memorial honoring servicemen and women killed during the War on Terror, which includes the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, is coming to Scranton. The Remembering the Fallen National Memorial includes pictures and biographies of

PITTSTON TWP. — April saw the second-highest number of passengers on record boarding planes at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport compared to the same month in previous years, according to the airport’s executive director. At a board meeting

SCRANTON — A grant writing workshop scheduled for tonight in the Electric City aims to help local artists and arts organizations apply for Project Stream grants through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program. Arts-related and community-based nonpro

President Judge Michael Bar­rasse sentenced the following defendants recently in Lacka­wanna County Court: ■ Joseph Callahan, 20, 943 Providence Road, Scranton, to 36 to 72 months in state prison followed by four years of probation for conspiracy to commi