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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. Kristen de Groot 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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. Also please note: The AP is moving election test reports for the November Pennsylvania general election on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1-3 p.m. These test tables are NOT for publication, broadcast or use online. UPCOMING SATURDAY: WOLF-PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will face the next two years with even larger Republican majorities in the state House and Senate after Tuesday's election and, as he prepares to run for a second term in 2018, he has not achieved many key planks in his 2014 campaign for governor. By Marc Levy. UPCOMING: 700 words by noon ET. UPCOMING SUNDAY: MISTAKEN EYEWITNESSES PHILADELPHIA — Talena Johnson was sure she knew who shot her. She was wrong, and as a result, George Cortez got a life sentence. Last month his look-alike brother pleaded guilty to the shooting.By Maryclaire Dale. UPCOMING: 700 words. AP Photo. FRIIDAY'S STORIES: MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY ATTACK HOMESTEAD, Pa. — Authorities say seven people have been taken to the hospital after a knife attack at a mental health facility near Pittsburgh. Allegheny County police say the situation Friday afternoon is under control. SENT: 130 words Will be updated. TRUMP-RACIAL INCIDENTS In the wake of Donald Trump's election, reports of racially charged incidents are emerging from the nation's schools and universities, including students who chanted "white power" and called black classmates "cotton pickers." Reporting by The Associated Press and local media outlets has identified more than 20 such encounters beginning on Election Day, many involving people too young to cast a ballot. By Errin Haines Whack and Jay Reeves. SENT: 896 words. PENNSYLVANIA OFFICERS SHOT CANONSBURG, Pa. — A man who fatally shot the expectant mother of his child and a police officer had threated to kill her before, according to court papers she filed last month. Dalia Sabae, 28, filed an application for a protection-from-abuse court order in Washington County, saying that Michael Cwiklinski was drunk when he took her belongings and that he then called police when she broke down a door to retrieve them last month. SENT: 316 words. AP Photos PAGP110-1110161844, PAGP103-1110161448, PAGP112-1110161932, PAGP108-1110161607. ELECTION PROTESTS-PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has apologized for publicly yelling at a police commander after smoke was used to control protesters during an anti-Donald Trump march Wednesday night. SENT: 450 words. ELSEWHERE: BILL COSBY BOSTON — Bill Cosby expects to be cleared of a criminal sexual assault charge and restart his entertainment career, his lawyer argues in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven women. Attorney Angela Agrusa is urging a judge to seal documents that contain information about Cosby's negotiated compensation for his performances and other personal financial information. By Denise Lavoie. SENT: 281 words. AP Photos NYET520-1111161812. ELECTION PROTESTS PORTLAND, Ore. — Another night of nationwide protests against Donald Trump's election came to a head in Portland, where thousands marched and some smashed store windows, lit firecrackers and sparked a dumpster blaze. Police termed the protest a riot and used "less lethal munitions" to help clear the streets. By Terrence Petty and Robert Jablon. SENT: 676 words, AP Photos, AP Video. CLARENCE DITLOW OBIT WASHINGTON — Clarence M. Ditlow III, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety whose work over four decades forced the auto industry to make important safety and consumer improvements, including installing air bags, has died. Ditlow died at George Washington University Hospital on Thursday of colon cancer, the center said. He was 72. AP Photos WX107-1111162004. GORILLA DEATH-ZOO POWELL, Ohio — A 31-year-old western lowland gorilla has died at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. SENT: 119 words. IN BRIEF: —OBIT-ADAMANY — Former Temple University President David Adamany has died. —SEPTA KEY CARDS — Riders aged 65 and older who use Philadelphia's transit system will soon be able to "tap-and-go" in place of showing an ID to a cashier or operator. —SHELL CHEMICALS-LAND PURCHASE — Shell Chemicals has purchased land in Beaver County's Potter Township near the site where the company has proposed the construction of an ethane cracker plant. —FATHER-TODDLER FATAL CRASH — A coroner says a 42-year-old man and his 3-year-old namesake have been killed in a two-car crash on a rural western Pennsylvania highway. —PENN-UNDERGROUND FRATERNITIES — The University of Pennsylvania is forming a task force to look into "underground" fraternities and sororities after one such fraternity sent a party invitation to freshmen women that was sexually suggestive. —PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has hired a new attorney to handle the appeals of her perjury and obstruction conviction and related jail sentence. —BOUND BODIES IN RIVER — Opening statements have begun in the trial of a Vietnam native charged with murdering two brothers and dumping their bodies into a Philadelphia river. —PHILADELPHIA TRANSIT-CONTRACT — The union representing 4,700 transit workers in Philadelphia has revealed details of a tentative agreement that ended a weeklong transit strike on Monday. —WWII VET-WHITE HOUSE — A 108-year-old World War II veteran who lives in the Pennsylvania home he built in 1948 has left for Washington D.C. to attend the yearly Veterans Day breakfast at the White House. —CLERK SHOT-ROBBERY — Police are looking for the man who shot a clerk during a convenience store robbery in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood. —WHOOPING COUGH-VACCINES — State health officials say they're offering free whooping cough vaccinations to residents in two central Pennsylvania counties after an outbreak saw 29 cases of the bacterial respiratory disease. —FATAL SHOOTING-NEW KENSINGTON — Police have been trying to determine who shot a man found wounded and left for dead on a western Pennsylvania street. SPORTS: DODGERS-PHILLIES TRADE PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have acquired Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Dodgers for first baseman Darin Ruf and utilityman Darnell Sweeney. A 2011 AL All-Star, Kendrick hit .255 with 26 doubles, eight home runs, 40 RBIs, a team-leading 10 stolen bases and a .326 on-base percentage for the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The 33-year-old Kendrick made 123 starts — 79 in left field, 23 at second base, 14 at third base and seven at first base — and made only five errors. By Rob Maaddi. FBN-FALCONS-EAGLES PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are going down a road the Falcons traveled last year. By Rob Maaddi. SENT: 827 words, AP Photos. FBC--T25-PENN ST-INDIANA UNDATED — Indiana Hoosiers coach Kevin Wilson expects his team to remain focused. By Michael Marot. SENT: 758 words, AP Photos. FBC--T25-PITTSBURGH-CLEMSON CLEMSON, S.C. — The season's speeding past for Clemson cornerback Cordrea Tankersley and he wants to finish it the right way. Tankersley can help Clemson (9-0, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) take a step toward that goal Saturday against Pitt (5-4, 2-3), a win giving the Tigers the ACC Atlantic and a spot in the league's title game. By Pete Iacobelli. UPCOMING: 600 words by 2 p.m. EST. FBC--NC STATE-SYRACUSE UNDATED — Syracuse hosts North Carolina State on Saturday in a key game for a pair of 4-5 teams — lose and qualifying for the postseason will be that much more difficult with only two more games left in the season. By John Kekis. UPCOMING: 550 words, AP Photos by 11 a.m. EST. FBC--ARMY-NOTRE DAME UNDATED — Army and Notre Dame have one thing in common — they have trouble beating triple option teams. That just might give the Black Knights an advantage when the longtime rivals meet on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio because that's Army's bread and butter offensively. By John Kekis. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP photos, by 5 p.m. EST. BKC--T25-COLGATE-SYRACUSE SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No. 19 Syracuse kicks off its season with a home game against longtime upstate New York rival Colgate. By freelance writer Mark Frank. UPCOMING: 500 words, AP Photos. Developing from 7 p.m. EST start. BKC--T25-LEHIGH-XAVIER CINCINNATI — No. 7 Xavier opens with its highest preseason ranking, facing Lehigh at the Cintas Center. By Joe Kay .UPCOMING: Developing from 7 p.m. EST start. BKW--T25-DUQUESNE-OHIO STATE COLUMBUS, Ohio — Duquesne visits Ohio State in the season opener for both teams. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP photos, developing from Noon EST start. BKW--T25-VILLANOVA-MISSISSIPPI ST ORONO, Maine — No. 10 Mississippi State opens its season against Villanova in the Maine Tipoff Tournament on Friday night. UPCOMING: 400 words from 6:30 p.m. EST start. ____ If you have stories of regional or statewide interest, please email them to phillyap@ap.org. 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