AP-PA–Pennsylvania News Coverage Advisory, PA
Good morning! Here’s a look at AP’s general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. Joe Mandak is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or [email protected] .
A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date.
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JILTED LOVER-AIR GUN
ALLENTOWN — The district attorney says an eastern Pennsylvania man used a homemade, high-pressure air gun to fatally shoot a neighbor with whom he had an affair. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 350 words by noon EDT.
STUDENT’S TOOTH KNOCKED OUT
PITTSBURGH — The Allegheny County district attorney is reviewing allegations that a police officer assigned to a suburban Pittsburgh school knocked the tooth out of the mouth of a 14-year-old student accused of stealing another student’s cellphone. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 300 words by noon EDT.
PRO-GORSUCH RALLY
HARRISBURG — Supporters of Neil Gorsuch for the US Supreme Court plan a noon rally at the state capitol rotunda. UPCOMING: 130 words; more if developments warrant.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Authorities say a 19-year-old man being held in a Pennsylvania jail faces a dozen arson charges for fires he set in two western New York communities last month. SENT: 139 words.
KINSHASA, Congo — The United Nations mission in Congo says the bodies of American and Swedish experts have been repatriated to their countries of origin. SENT: 94 words.
—— Bon Jovi needed more medicine than prayers when it cut its Pittsburgh concert short because the band’s namesake blamed a cold for his sore throat.
—SHERIFF-IMPEACHMENT — A resolution that could lead to the first impeachment of an elected official in Pennsylvania since 1994 is advancing.
—— Temple University plans to hold a shelter-in-place drill Thursday to test plans, policies and response capabilities in such things as severe weather or environmental hazards such as a chemical release.
—— The Humane Society is offering a $1,000 reward after a cat was found tied up and doused in gasoline before being put into a plastic trash bag that was nearly crushed in a Pennsylvania garbage truck.
—SUNOCO-7-ELEVEN — Sunoco is selling most of its convenience stores to 7-Eleven in a deal valued at $3.3 billion as it looks to focus more on its fuel supply business.
—— A coroner says the drowning death of a California woman in a central Pennsylvania creek is suspicious.
—— Pittsburgh police say two women have died following a crash involving a wrong-way driver on one of the city’s busies highways.
—MAN DEAD ON ROOF — A Pennsylvania man reported missing was found dead hours later on the roof of his home, and now authorities are trying to figure out why.
—— State police are investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed a young western Pennsylvania woman.
BBN–PHILLIES-REDS
CINCINNATI — The Phillies and Reds wrap up their season-opening series. Clay Buchholz makes his Phillies debut, while Cincinnati’s Rookie Davis makes his major league debut. By Joe Kay. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos developing from at 12:35 p.m. EDT start.
BBO-PIRATES-RED SOX
BOSTON — The Pittsburgh Pirates will try to avoid a season-opening sweep in the third and final game of their series against the Boston Red Sox. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos developing from 1:35 p.m. EDT start.
HKN–PENGUINS-DEVILS
NEWARK, N.J. — The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to move closer to securing home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs when they face the New Jersey Devils. By Tom Canavan. UPCOMING: 700 words, AP Photos developing from 7 p.m. EDT start.
BBO-PIRATES-RED SOX
BOSTON — Sandy Leon prolonged the game with a baserunning mistake in the third inning. By Jimmy Golen. SENT: 622 words, AP Photos.
BBN-PHILLIES-REDS
CINCINNATI — Waiting for the rain left Brandon Finnegan feeling out of sorts. After one inning to work out his nerves, he was nearly untouchable. By Joe Kay. SENT: 689 words, AP Photos.
