1 Syrian family, among 10,000 refugees, settles into US life

Mayor: Cop's tattoo 'offensive,' especially to Nazi victims

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. Marc Levy 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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: PENN STATE-PATERNO STATE COLLEGE — Penn State's athletic department on Thursday announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno's first game as coach, a move that sparked backlash on social networks by people critical of Paterno's role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. By Travis Johnson. SENT: 500 words. SENATE 2016-PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG —Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty does not support raising taxes on the middle class and says ending corporate tax breaks and increasing taxes on the millionaires and billionaires could pay for programs to finance paid family leave and reduce college student costs, her campaign said this week. By Marc Levy. SENT: 600. PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL-FIRINGS HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's new attorney general spent his second day the job Thursday firing two top aides to his predecessor Kathleen Kane, including a former police chief convicted of contempt for snooping through emails about a grand jury investigation. By Mark Scolforo. SENT: 450 words. PHILADELPHIA RAIL CARS-DEFECT BENSALEM— The Philadelphia area's main transit agency began returning some of its sidelined rail cars to service Thursday following repairs and projects its full fleet will be back in service by mid-November. By Megan Trimble. SENT: 330 words. PHILADELPHIA OFFICER AMBUSHED PHILADELPHIA — Court and police documents show that a Philadelphia police officer whose gun was used to shoot a fellow officer in January had told investigators it disappeared from his home after he had fallen asleep drunk. SENT: 280 words. PARAMEDIC-RAPE CHARGES PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a former Pennsylvania paramedic accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman inside an ambulance. By Joe Mandak. SENT: 340 words. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has blasted a prison policy that denies former death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal and others an expensive hepatitis C drug until they have advanced liver damage. By Maryclaire Dale. SENT: 450 words. ELSEWHERE: SYRIAN REFUGEES-UNITED STATES EL CAJON, Calif. — On Sunday, Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh participated in a ceremony in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States hitting its target of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program. On Wednesday, the 47-year-old former construction worker and his family were walking grocery aisles, stocking up on roasted chicken, milk and lemons for their new home outside San Diego. By Elliott Spagat. SENT: 730 words, AP Photos. US STEEL-POLLUTION ECORSE, Mich. — U.S. Steel is suing the state of Michigan over an effort to curb Detroit-area air pollution. SENT: 153 words. BLADE NEWSPAPER-PRESIDENT TOLEDO, Ohio — Block Communications Inc. has named a new president for The Blade newspaper in Toledo. IN BRIEF: — CORSA COAL-POLLUTION — Corsa Coal is agreeing to pay $6.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming that mines, processing and shipping facilities it owns in three western Pennsylvania counties exceeded wastewater pollution limits into streams and rivers. — PHILADELPHIA OFFICER-TATTOO — Philadelphia police have started an internal review after a photograph surfaced online of an officer with a tattoo that the mayor calls offensive, especially to veterans and victims of the Nazis. — 6-YEAR-OLD KILLED-CRASH — A 6-year-old boy has been killed in a crash that police say occurred when his mother swerved to miss a deer in western Pennsylvania. — CAMPAIGN 2016-PENNSYLVANIA — Vice President Joe Biden will speak before Pittsburgh's Labor Day parade along with the man Democrats hope will succeed him, Tim Kaine. — UBER-PENNSYLVANIA-FINE — Pennsylvania utility regulators reconsidered — and then reinstated — a record-setting $11.4 million fine imposed on ride-hailing company Uber, which says it'll go to court to challenge it. — OBESITY-PENNSYLVANIA — A new report says Pennsylvania had the nation's 24th highest adult obesity rate in 2015, a slight improvement from the prior year. —IMPATIENT PATIENT STEALS AMBULANCE — An impatient patient who stole an ambulance at a Pennsylvania hospital because he wanted to go home is instead going to prison. —HARLEY-DAVIDSON LAYOFFS-PENNSYLVANIA — Harley-Davidson plans to cut more than 100 jobs at a plant in Pennsylvania. —MOLD CLOSES SCHOOLS — A central Pennsylvania elementary school has again closed after a teacher reported mold on a classroom bulletin board. —HOMELESS MAN DEMANDS SOCKS — Police have jailed a homeless man who allegedly berated and harassed a customer at a Pennsylvania dollar store after that person refused to buy the suspect a pair of socks. —OVERDOSE DEATH-SENTENCE — A judge has sentenced a man to spend nine to 18 years in prison for providing heroin to another man who fatally overdosed in a central Pennsylvania motel two years ago. —SOFTBALL COACH-ALCOHOL MINORS — A former central Pennsylvania high school softball coach accused of playing drinking games with her students and helping them lie about it to their parents has been sentenced to six months of house arrest. —CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER-FEDEX — FedEx is promising to donate $5 million to help expand one of four Carnegie museums in Pittsburgh. —PARAMEDIC-RAPE CHARGES — Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a former Pennsylvania paramedic accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman inside an ambulance. —TALEN ENERGY-NUCLEAR PLANS — Talen Energy has dropped plans to build another nuclear power plant next to one it already owns in northeastern Pennsylvania. —FIRE TRUCK-TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH — All lanes are open nearly four hours after a tractor-trailer struck a fire truck, injuring five firefighters and the truck driver and bringing traffic to a halt on heavily traveled Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. —COMMUNITY CENTER SLAYING — Philadelphia police have been looking for a gunman who shot another man in front of the victim's 12-year-old son outside a community center. —FLIGHT 93-WOLF — Gov. Tom Wolf will speak at the Sept. 11 observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania. —MASSAGE PARLOR PROSTITUTION-SENTENCING — A Romanian couple who preyed upon drug addicts and non-English-speaking women who were forced to work in their Pennsylvania prostitution business will spend at least three years in prison and face possible deportation. —NON-EMERGENCY POLICE CALLS — Pittsburgh police Chief Cameron McLay wants more non-emergency calls referred to civilians trained to take police reports over the phone to free up patrol officers for more proactive police and community relations work. —GEISINGER-ST. LUKE'S — St. Luke's University Health Network in eastern Pennsylvania plans to partner with Geisinger Health System in hopes of providing cheaper, better care. —PITTSBURGH SHOOTING — A man is in critical condition after he was shot in Pittsburgh's Crafton Heights neighborhood. —TEENS SHOT IN STOLEN CAR — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in a shooting that wounded two teens who were struck while inside a stolen car in Pittsburgh. —FIREFIGHTER DIES — Officials say a Philadelphia firefighter who died after being found unresponsive in the basement of his firehouse while on duty in July succumbed to heart disease. —OFFICER SHOT AT — Police say an officer wasn't hurt when a bullet fired through a wall pierced his uniform while authorities were responding to a domestic dispute between a man and woman in western Pennsylvania. —HUNGER STRIKE-TENURE — A professor at a Pennsylvania college says he's on a hunger strike over the denial of his application for tenure. SPORTS: FBN--DRAFT-PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA —The NFL is expected to pick up the majority of the cost to stage the 2017 draft in Philadelphia, with the city's iconic "Rocky" steps serving as its backdrop. By Megan Trimble. SENT: 470 words. AP Photos, AP Video. FBN--JETS-EAGLES PHILADELPHIA — The Jets and Eagles close out the preseason with a look at players competing for roster spots and backup jobs. By Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi. UPCOMING: Kickoff at 7 p.m. EDT. With photos. FBN--STEELERS-PANTHERS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers host the Steelers in the final preseaosn game for both teams. By Steve Reed. UPCOMING. 600 words, photos. Game starts at 7:30 p.m. ___ 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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