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Good evening! 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. Ron Todt is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or lrosenthal@ap.org. A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with updates. UPCOMING TOMORROW: GAS DRILLING COLLAPSE TOWANDA — Jami Patel spends long hours behind the front desk of a nearly empty hotel, desperate for someone, anyone, to check in. Hardly anyone ever does, not since the natural gas industry abruptly pulled up stakes amid a prolonged, severe slump in energy prices. An overnight drilling boom in the nation's largest natural gas field made a lot of people feel flush, including Patel, who sunk more than $1 million into renovations a few years back but now wonders how much longer she'll be able to hold on. As the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas fall to historic lows across the country, residents and business owners in rural Pennsylvania say they understand energy markets go up and down — they just weren't prepared for this one to fall so far, so fast. By Michael Rubinkam. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos, video. JUDGE RETIREMENTS HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania court on Tuesday was expected to hear argument about whether a referendum on judges' mandatory retirement age should be delayed from next week's primary to the November general election. By Mark Scolforo. UPCOMING: hearing starts at 9:30 a.m. EDT. POLICE BARRACKS SHOOTING MILFORD — Lawyers for Eric Frein, survivalist charged in fatal ambush of trooper outside state police barracks, argue to get his alleged confession to police on the night of his capture thrown out. Frein told police he fatally shot one trooper and seriously wounded another "because he wanted to make a change (in government) and that voting was inefficient to do so, because there was no one worth voting for," according to a criminal complaint. UPCOMING: About 250 words developing from 9 a.m. EDT hearing. OTHER TOP STORIES: NFL-CONCUSSION LAWSUIT PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court has upheld an estimated $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players, potentially ending a troubled chapter in league history. By Maryclaire Dale. SENT: About 680 words. PHILADELPHIA OFFICER SHOT PHILADELPHIA — A man who shot a police officer who was trying to stop him from carjacking a woman was arrested on Monday, and charges were pending against him and another man who was with him, authorities said. SENT: About 380 words. TRAIN DERAILS-PENNSYLVANIAS PHILADELPHIA — Federal crash investigators say a backhoe operator had the right to be on the tracks periodically on the weekend an Amtrak train slammed into it, killing the operator and a supervisor. By Michael Rubinkam. SENT: About 300 words. GIRL SHOT PHILADELPHIA — Authorities allege that a Philadelphia father was "carelessly and recklessly" waving a gun around a bedroom with seven children present when it went off, killing his 4-year-old daughter. By Ron Todt. SENT: About 340 words. PHILADELPHIA SHOTGUN SLAYINGS PHILADELPHIA — A man has been charged in the shotgun slayings of two men and a woman whose bodies were found after a short standoff in north Philadelphia over the weekend. SENT: About 220 words. GOP 2016-TRUMP-WHARTON PHILADELPHIA — You don't hear Ted Cruz talk much about his Princeton degree. Hillary Clinton doesn't often mention Yale. But Donald Trump can't stop trumpeting his Ivy League pedigree. "I went to the Wharton School of Finance, the toughest place to get into." But Trump's relationship with his alma mater is complicated. By Beth J. Harpaz. SENT: About 890 words. BILLS-MCCOY-NIGHTCLUB FIGHT PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is reviewing a district attorney's decision not to charge Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy in a Philadelphia nightclub fight that left two off-duty police officers injured, the solicitor general said Monday. SENT: About 450 words. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE-WAR TAX PROTESTERS LANCASTER — Every year at tax time, Harold Penner faces a moral dilemma. "How," he asks, "can I pray for peace and then pay (taxes) for war?" Penner, a Mennonite from Akron, is not alone in his quandary. According to the War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, a national organization based in Brooklyn, New York, roughly 8,000 to 10,000 taxpayers nationwide withhold all or a portion of their federal taxes. Ruth Benn, the organization's coordinator, said it is difficult to determine exact numbers. "We extrapolate," she said. "People don't sign up for this." As they have done for years, Titus and Linda Peachey of Lancaster attached a letter to this year's tax form which in part states: "We cannot willingly pay taxes for war." Instead, they have withheld an unspecified amount from their federal taxes to protest U.S. military spending. Earle Cornelius, LNP newspapers. SENT: About 940 words. IN BRIEF: TEACHER-SEX ALLEGATIONS — The second of three former teachers accused of having inappropriate sexual relationships with students at a western Pennsylvania high school has pleaded guilty to charges in the case. PICNIC ARGUMENT-SHOOTING — Authorities say a 22-year-old man was shot to death during a backyard family picnic in western Pennsylvania. FATAL FIRE — Fire officials say a 63-year-old man helped a woman escape from a southwestern Pennsylvania house fire but later died in the blaze. Hiller Fire Company Chief Scott Dolan says the blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday in Luzerne Township. Fayette County Coroner Phillip Reilly identified the victim to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has Harry Marks Jr. PHILADELPHIA ZOO-PREGNANT GORILLA — The Philadelphia Zoo says a 21-year-old female gorilla named Honi is pregnant and the baby is due in the fall. DUPLEX EXPLOSION — Authorities say an explosion has destroyed half of a duplex in western Pennsylvania. Forest Hills Fire Chief Jim Theilacker says no one was home. NUCLEAR PLANT-SPENT FUEL RODS — The owner of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant is trying to build a 22,000-square-foot addition to dispose of spent nuclear fuel. REPORTER SHOVED — Pittsburgh city officials say they found no wrongdoing by a police officer who was captured on video appearing to shove a newspaper reporter outside a Donald Trump rally. ODD-ANNOYED TAX LAWYER — A suburban Philadelphia lawyer with a master's degree in taxation who told Pennsylvania ethics investigators he found paying taxes to be "annoying" isn't getting back his law license. SPORTS: HKN--CAPITALS-FLYERS PHILADELPHIA -- The Wells Fargo Center is sure to be an emotional environment Monday before Game 3, when the Flyers pay a tribute to founder Ed Snider, who died last week at age 83 after a two-year battle with bladder cancer. The fact that the Flyers trail the Capitals 2-0 won't lessen the intensity. By Dan Gelston. UPCOMING. About 650 words. Game starts at 7 p.m. EDT. AP Photos. BBN--METS-PHILLIES PHILADELPHIA — Jerad Eickhoff (1-1, 1.50) takes the mound in the opener of a three-game series against the Mets. Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.69) pitches for New York. UPCOMING: About 650 words. With hometown lead on losing team. AP Photos. Starts 7:05 p.m. EDT. ___ If you have stories of regional or statewide interest, please email them to phillyap@ap.org. If you have photos of regional or statewide interest, please send them to the AP state photo center in New York, 888-273-6867. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact AP Customer Support at apcustomersupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477. MARKETPLACE: Calling your attention to the Marketplace in AP Exchange, where you can find member-contributed content from Pennsylvania and other states. The Marketplace is accessible on the left navigational pane of the AP Exchange home page, near the bottom. For both national and state, you can click "All" or search for content by topics such as education, politics and business.

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