Trains sidelined over cracks, Philly commuters crowd aboard

Philadelphia mayor takes on Toomey over sanctuary city bill

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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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: PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's budget stalemate slid into its sixth day Wednesday as lawmakers feud over the extent of a tax increase necessary to help finance the state government's $31.5 billion budget plan on Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's desk. By Marc Levy. UPCOMING: About 500 words by 5 p.m. EDT. OTHER TOP STORIES: RAIL CARS-DEFECT PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's main transit agency is looking to lease equipment from other states after sidelining 120 regional rail cars due to structural problems that don't appear to have any quick fix. By Megan Trimble. SENT: About 540 words. PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET HARRISBURG — Negotiators reported no agreement yet on financing state government's $31.5 billion budget plan as top lawmakers met privately and apparently fruitlessly Tuesday in the quiet state Capitol five days into the state's fiscal year. By Marc Levy. SENT: About 590 words. SENATE 2016-PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is taking on U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey and saying the Republican's criticism of his city's sanctuary city status is fearmongering pulled from Donald Trump's anti-immigrant playbook. By Marc Levy. SENT: NewsNow. UPCOMING: 450 words by 7 p.m. EDT. CLERGY ABUSE-SUICIDE EBENSBURG — A Pennsylvania man who spoke out against clergy abuse after publicly identifying himself as a victim of a predator priest has killed himself, authorities said. SENT: About 310 words. PRISON ASSAULT PROGRAM SOMERSET — A disciplinary model that has reduced assaults at a western Pennsylvania prison is being implemented at nine other state prisons. SENT: About 280 words. FITNESS-NATIONAL LANDMARK WORKOUTS When college rowing buddies Bojan Mandaric and Brogan Graham vowed to stay in shape post-graduation, they didn't want to shovel out hundreds to join a gym or even drop $20 for a yoga class. So they returned to one of their most grueling college workouts: the stairs at Harvard Stadium. By Kelli Kennedy. SENT: 854 words, AP Photos, AP Video. THEATER-HASAN MINHAJ NEW YORK — Hasan Minhaj, a correspondent with Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," is coming to a home near you with his one-man show "Homecoming King." By Mark Kennedy. SENT: 350 words, AP Photos. BUSINESS COMCAST-NETFLIX SAN FRANCISCO — Comcast is going to add Netflix to its X1 set-top boxes in the latest deal to blur the lines separating cable TV from Internet video services. The arrangement announced Tuesday signals an apparent truce between two companies that have been antagonistic toward each other in recent years as they publicly bickered how much each side should pay for delivering Netflix's video to the Comcast's Internet subscribers. By Michael Liedtke. SENT: About 530 words. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE-WHISKEY REBELLION WASHINGTON, Pa. — More than 200 years ago, when people were thirsty, they drank ale - a low-alcohol content brew - as well as wine and whiskey. "Privies poisoned the wells, so people didn't drink a lot of water," said Clay Kilgore, executive director of Washington County Historical Society and former director of the David Bradford House museum. "Even kids drank water mixed with wine." In 1791, the federal government proposed a high excise tax on whiskey. In those taverns, the people decided it was time to take action. A small militia of men formed to oppose the tax. To stop the militia, President George Washington led almost 13,000 men to the area. But by the time they arrived, most of the militia gave up. To honor this significant period of America's early days, The Whiskey Rebellion Festival will be held Thursday through July 10 in downtown Washington. Natalie Reid Miller, (Washington) Observer-Reporter. SENT: About 750 words. IN BRIEF: BOY LIGHTING FIREWORKS KILLED — Police say a 14-year-old boy lighting fireworks with friends on the Fourth of July was fatally shot at a housing project in the Pittsburgh suburbs. SHOOTING AFTER FIREWORKS-PITTSBURGH — Police say a teen taken into custody isn't involved in a shooting that left four wounded shortly after the city's Fourth of July fireworks display. TEEN SHOT IN HEAD — County homicide detectives are urging witnesses to come forward after a 14-year-old boy who was lighting fireworks with friends was fatally shot at a housing project in the Pittsburgh suburbs. COOKOUT AMBUSH-FUGITIVE — Police say a man was found shot to death in a car in a city near Philadelphia on the Fourth of July. CHILD PORN VICTIM-LAWSUIT — A federal appeals court says a child pornography victim from Pennsylvania can sue her abuser for damages even though he paid $200,000 restitution in the criminal case. WOLF-INSPECTOR GENERAL — Gov. Tom Wolf is hiring a top deputy in the state attorney general's office to be inspector general. Wolf on Tuesday named Bruce Beemer, who has openly questioned his boss, Attorney General Kathleen Kane, during the past two tumultuous years there. DRINKING PARTNER KILLED — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole in the 2013 murder of a drinking partner but plans to appeal his conviction. MOONSHINE DISTILLERY — A new moonshine distillery is open for business — legally — on U.S. Route 219 in western Pennsylvania. FATAL SHOOTING-BROWNSVILLE — Police say a man has died after he was shot at a southwestern Pennsylvania housing project then driven to a police station in a private vehicle. STOLEN STAMPS-EBAY — A Pittsburgh woman will spend 9 to 18 months in jail for stealing collectable stamps from the dealer she used to work for and selling some of them on eBay. SHOT DEAD IN CAR — Police say a man was found shot to death in a car in a city near Philadelphia on the Fourth of July. CELLPHONE SERVICE-TUNNELS — State officials and four major phone carriers have begun working to prevent calls from dropping at several Pittsburgh tunnels. PRISON ASSAULT PROGRAM — A disciplinary model that has reduced assaults at a western Pennsylvania prison is being implemented at nine other state prisons. CASINO CHEATING CHARGE — State police have charged a New York man with trying to cheat a Pennsylvania casino out of more than $2,000 while playing roulette. PROPANE TANK DAMAGES HOUSE — Pittsburgh fire officials say nobody was hurt when a propane tank exploded in a home where a man was cutting the top off the tank before recycling it. FOUND DEAD ON DECK — An autopsy is set after police say a man was found dead on the deck of a central Pennsylvania home, which police are calling "suspicious." DROWNING-POND — Authorities say a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man is dead after he drowned in a pond. SHOT IN HEAD-PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was found shot in the head in a city street. LAKE WALLENPAUPACK-SEARCH — A search was expected to resume for the body of a man who disappeared while swimming near a boat in a northeastern Pennsylvania lake. HOUSE FIRE-ILLEGAL FIREWORKS — The fire chief says illegal fireworks started a blaze that left a family homeless in Harrisburg. SUSPECT'S HAND CUT OFF — Two home invasion suspects are in custody — including one whose hand was cut off by an eastern Pennsylvania man who defended himself with a machete. FATAL SHOOTING-BROWNSVILLE — Police say a man has died after he was shot at a southwestern Pennsylvania housing project then driven to a police station in a private vehicle. SPORTS: BBO--BRAVES-PHILLIES PHILADELPHIA -- RHP Mike Foltynewicz (2-2, 3.72) starts for the Braves while RHP Zach Elfin (0-2, 5.75) goes for the Phillies. By Dan Gelston. UPCOMING.650 words. Game starts at 7 p.m. EDT. AP Photos. ___ 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. 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