Trump to visit Pennsylvania, in the middle of the DNC

US rig count up 15 this week to 462

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. Mark Scolforo 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. TOP STORIES: DEM 2016-PHILADELPHIA PHILDELPHIA —As Cleveland breathes a sigh of relief after protests during the Republican convention came and went without mass disruptions and violence, eyes now turn to Philadelphia, the nation's fifth largest city that offers a bigger stage for bigger protests over a much larger area. Cleveland's marches and rallies ended quietly Thursday with two dozen arrests over four days. AP Photos. By Kristen de Groot. SENT: 881 words. DEM 2016-CONVENTION-PROTESTS PHILDELPHIA — As Hillary Clinton seeks to show delegates and voters how she's prepared to lead the country during these turbulent times, protesters plan to use the Democratic National Convention to raise awareness of their issues, from gun violence to poverty, health care and the environment. Some of the largest protests involve Bernie Sanders supporters. By Kristen de Groot. SENT: 858 words. DEM 2016-HOTEL COSTS PHILADELPHIA — Facing hotel bills running into the thousands of dollars, some delegates to the Democratic National Convention are planning to do like college students on spring break and squeeze as many people into a room as they can. By Dake Kang. SENT: 539 words, AP Video. GOP2016-CONVENTION-PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG — Seventy-one Pennsylvania delegates, plus alternates, spent the week in Cleveland, Ohio, for the Republican National Convention. Their take on Donald Trump, his nomination acceptance speech and other events of the week. By Marc Levy. SENT: 536 words. WITH: TRUMP-PENNSYLVANIA — Donald Trump will visit Pennsylvania next week in the middle of the Democratic National Convention for the first time as the Republican presidential nominee. PENNSYLVANIA PRISON ALTERCATION-DEATHS WILKES-BARRE — Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania say the fifth-floor door to a county jail elevator swung open as if it was hinged on the top earlier this week, causing a prisoner and guard to break through it and fall to their deaths. SENT: 208 words. BLOOD EVIDENCE-RETRIAL EBENSBURG —A Pennsylvania man serving life in prison for his ex-wife's slaying 25 years ago deserves a new trial because a prosecutor — who is now a sitting judge — didn't disclose blood evidence that might have helped him, a judge has ruled. SENT: 508 words. METHADONE CLINIC-INDICTMENT PITTSBURGH — cardiologist charged with running a pill mill along with a woman who ran a methadone clinic raided by federal agents last fall is set to plead guilty Friday. SENT: 361 words. POLITICAL STATEMENT-FLAG SEIZED DUNCANSVILLE — A central Pennsylvania man arrested for painting the letters "AIM" on an American flag that he flew upside down on his house has settled his civil rights lawsuit for more than $55,000. SENT: 457 words. MEMBER EXCHANGE EXCHANGE-UNICYCLE CLUB FAYETTE CITY — Chris Augenstein wasn't - pardon the pun - clowning around when he asked his wife, Cassie, to go unicycling on their first date. Cassie recalled, "I was a freshman in high school and he was two years older, and I had a crush on him. In study hall one day, he said, 'Do you want to go to unicycle lessons with me?' I didn't know what to think, I almost didn't believe him. But he was serious." That was in 2004, and the two have been riding one-wheeled contraptions ever since. By Karen Mansfield, Washington Observer-Reporter. SENT: 818 words. BUSINESS: TALEN ENERGY-LAYOFFS BERWICK — Talen Energy plans to cut 53 jobs at a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant, and 78 more jobs at other facilities around the state. SENT: 135 words. ELSEWHERE: ILLEGAL FIREARMS SALE CAMDEN, N.J. — A Philadelphia man is going to prison for his role in a scheme to illegally sell firearms in New Jersey. SENT: 74 words. IN BRIEF: —PENN STATE-TUITION — Pennsylvania residents studying at Penn State next year are going to have to dig 2.3 percent deeper next year to pay tuition at the main campus in State College. —BANANA SPLIT STAMP — A new U.S. Postal stamp and local cancellation mark memorializing one of Latrobe's claims to fame was recently unveiled by Mayor Rosie Wolford and other officials. —HEPATITIS LAWSUITS — A Pennsylvania appeals court panel is reinstating several lawsuits against UPMC and a staffing agency after patients contracted hepatitis C from a former UPMC employee. —BUS CRASH-NINE HOSPITALIZED — Police in eastern Pennsylvania say nine teens required hospital treatment after a bus rolled onto its side in the Pocono Mountains in the middle of the night. —EX-TREASURER-CORRUPTION CASE — The defense lawyer for ex-Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer says charges for allegedly lying to federal agents are based on little more than her lapses in her memory. —LAFAYETTE COLLEGE EXPANSION — Lafayette College is announcing plans to expand its campus, changes that could result in more financial aid for students. —SHOOTING-TWO DEAD — Police in central Pennsylvania say a former employee shot and killed a man working in a scrap yard, then drove a short distance and killed himself. —UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-PENNSYLVANIA — Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose again in June for the fifth straight month, although payrolls leaped up by 20,000. —BASKETBALL GAME-TEAMS SHOT — A 16-year-old Philadelphia boy has been charged as an adult with fatally shooting another teen and wounding two others after an argument over a playground basketball game. —ODD-UNCLAIMED POT — Police in eastern Pennsylvania have a package they'd like to return to its intended recipient — containing more than four pounds of marijuana. —RED LIGHT LAW — A new Pennsylvania law is giving drivers the green light to run red lights — under certain circumstances. —BABY ABDUCTED-SHOPPING MALL — A suburban Philadelphia woman charged with kidnapping a newborn from a shopping mall plans to use an insanity defense. —FATAL BEATING-PHILADELPHIA — A 49-year-old woman is dead after police say she was found severely beaten inside a bedroom in a north Philadelphia home. —FATAL FALL-CONTRACTOR — Authorities say a self-employed contractor died after falling from a house he was working on in Pennsylvania. —JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWSUIT-MOSQUE DENIAL — The U.S. Justice Department is suing a suburban Philadelphia town, alleging its denial of a permit for a mosque in 2014 constituted religious discrimination. —SHOT IN STREET-PHILADELPHIA — Police are hoping surveillance cameras can help them find the person who fatally shot a man at point-blank range in west Philadelphia. SPORTS: HKN-STANLEY CUP-CAR FARGO, N.D. — The most popular trophy in sports won't be the only historical artifact on display next week when Pittsburgh Penguins center Matt Cullen shows it off in the Fargo-Moorhead area. SENT: 140 words. UPCOMING: 300 words by 3 p.m.; photos planned. FBC-WENTZ-ACADEMIC HONOR FARGO, N.D. — Former North Dakota State University quarterback Carson Wentz, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, has been honored for his excellence not on the field but in the classroom. SENT: 85 words. ___ 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. 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