Guards become first Sands casino workers with union contract

Good morning! 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. Michael Rubinkam 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 A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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: STATION ASSAULT-HATE CRIME PITTSBURGH — A white man serving a three- to six-year state court sentence for beating a black man at a Pittsburgh commuter rail station during a drunken argument following a Kenny Chesney concert was scheduled to plead guilty and be sentenced for a federal hate crime charge in the nonfatal incident. By Joe Mandak. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Updates from 10 a.m. EST change of plea and sentencing hearing; 500 words by 1 p.m. EST. SANDS CASINO CONTRACT BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Security officers at a Pennsylvania casino have become the first to ratify a union contract under billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. SENT: 119 words. UPCOMING: 250 words by 12 p.m. ELSEWHERE: IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT FEARS In Orange County, California, dozens of immigrant parents have signed legal documents authorizing friends and relatives to pick up their children from school and access their bank accounts to pay their bills in the event they are arrested by immigration agents. By Deepti Hajela and Amy Taxin. SENT: 907 words, AP Photos, AP Video. TRANSGENDER BATHROOMS-EVANCHO WASHINGTON — More than a month after performing at President Donald Trump's inauguration, singer Jackie Evancho says she and her transgender sister want to meet with him about transgender rights. SENT: 142 words, AP Photos. LEWD CONDUCT-CONVICTION OVERTURNED BENNINGTON, Vt. — A Shaftsbury man has pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and will be released from prison under a plea deal. SENT: 130 words. IN BRIEF: —PHILADELPHIA SODA TAX — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says the city's sweetened-beverage tax raised $5.7 million in January, more than double what city officials had projected. —DISMEMBERED TEEN — A Pennsylvania man charged with raping, killing and dismembering his girlfriend's adoptive 14-year-old daughter has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. —SOMALI MAN BEATEN-PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say they're investigating the beating of a Somali immigrant who was critically injured and may have been robbed. —SUNOCO PIPELINE — Sunoco Logistics Partners says there's so much interest in its plans to build a natural gas liquids pipeline across southern Pennsylvania that they'll actually build two pipelines. —LANDFILL LANDSLIDE — County commissioners say they've been told that a Pennsylvania landfill where a worker was buried in a landslide of dirt and garbage has partially reopened. —PSU-GRAD STUDENT UNION — Penn State graduate student assistants are seeking union representation. —CAR CRASH-HOUSE — A motorist has been hospitalized after crashing into the front window of a Delaware County home. —INDECENT EXPOSURE-AMISH CHILDREN — Police in Lancaster County are investigating a series of indecent exposure incidents. —DOCTOR-PRESCRIPTION ABUSE — A doctor has admitted his role in peddling prescriptions from a now-defunct clinic in Philadelphia that specialized in helping drug addicts. —SHOT THEN DRAGGED — Philadelphia police say a man is in critical condition after being shot in the face and then dragged more than 80 feet to a vacant lot. SPORTS: FBN-STEELERS-FLOOD HELP CLAY, W.Va. — The National Football League and the Pittsburgh Steelers are helping a West Virginia high school football team recover from last year's devastating floods. SENT: 153 words. BKW--T25-PITTSBURGH-FLORIDA STATE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — No. 8 Florida State has its final home game of the regular season against Pittsburgh. By Joe Reedy. UPCOMING: 550 words, AP Photos developing from 7 p.m. EST start. ___ 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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