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2021

2021

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Defending champion Thiem to miss US Open with wrist injury

· August 18, 2021
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Stocks mixed as investors wait to hear from Federal Reserve

· August 18, 2021
47 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Wednesday; 1 death
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47 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Wednesday; 1 death

· August 18, 2021

WILKES-BARRE The latest Department of Health report on Wednesday showed Luzerne County with 47 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death. The county s death count is at 838.

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Mullah's rise charts Taliban's long road back to power

· August 18, 2021
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Housing construction slumps 7% in July to 1.53 million units

· August 18, 2021
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Wildfire raging near French Riviera kills 1, injures 27

· August 18, 2021
Dorrance Township man arraigned for alcohol related crash
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Dorrance Township man arraigned for alcohol related crash

· August 18, 2021

WRIGHT TWP. A Dorrance Township man was arraigned Tuesday on evidence of drunken driving stemming from a crash that seriously injured a couple in December.

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Johnson: UK to take 5,000 Afghan refugees this year

· August 18, 2021
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Fearing Afghan refugee influx, Turkey reinforces border

· August 18, 2021
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Target extends streak even as online sales growth cools

· August 18, 2021
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Asia Today: Australia outbreak grows, spreads to New Zealand

· August 18, 2021
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Asian stock markets rebound after Wall St falls from record

· August 18, 2021
MOAWV Prescription Assistance Fund is this week’s TL Cares charity
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MOAWV Prescription Assistance Fund is this week’s TL Cares charity

· August 18, 2021

WILKES-BARRE The beneficiary of this week s TL Cares donation was the Prescription Assistance Fund, which is organized by Medical Oncology Associates of Wyoming Valley.

Ex-band director seeks new trial or reduced sentence
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Ex-band director seeks new trial or reduced sentence

· August 18, 2021

WILKES-BARRE Former Pittston Area band director Brendan J. Carter is seeking a new trial or a reduction of his lengthy prison sentence imposed after a Luzerne County jury convicted him of sexually a

Meuser cites ‘human error’ in failure to report family stock buys
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Meuser cites ‘human error’ in failure to report family stock buys

· August 18, 2021

WILKES-BARRE A report published in Legistorm, a non-partisan, for-profit company that researches, verifies and publishes information about members of Congress and congressional staff since 2006, sta

Sugar Notch man accused of killing mother plans insanity defense
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Sugar Notch man accused of killing mother plans insanity defense

· August 18, 2021

WILKES-BARRE A Sugar Notch man suffered an unspecified psychiatric episode when he fatally beat his mother inside their residence in December, according to court records.

Court Briefs
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Court Briefs

· August 18, 2021

Charges related to Pittston shooting withdrawn

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Uzbekistan not keen to admit Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban

· August 18, 2021
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Hardline coup set the stage for Soviet collapse 30 years ago

· August 18, 2021
Luzerne County DA’s Office will provide law enforcement at airport
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Luzerne County DA’s Office will provide law enforcement at airport

· August 18, 2021

The Luzerne County District Attorney s Office will provide law enforcement coverage for all Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport departing flights, a county council majority decided Tuesday.