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POLITICS
The Bible-Thumping Tech CEO Who’s Proud Of Keeping Neo-Nazis Online
By Jessica Schulberg
Rob Monster claims he helped resurrect Gab because of his commitment to free speech. He also has a lot to say about Jews.
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U.S. NEWS
Why Some Cities Are Losing People But Getting Wealthier
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
Conventional wisdom says job and population growth is a marker of a healthy economy. But these cities show that's not always the case.
A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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U.S. NEWS
Anti-Semitic Flyers Found In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Neighborhood: Police
By Hayley Miller
Police confirmed an ongoing investigation into the matter on Sunday, the eighth night of Hanukkah.
Debra Green, of Duquesne, poses for a portrait in the driveway of her apartment complex.
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IMPACT
Bad Public Transportation Keeps Americans Poor. These Folks Won’t Tolerate It.
By Colin Deppen
For many, achieving the American Dream depends on access to public transit.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at a news conference Friday Oct. 12, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. Shapiro is appealing to legislators to change state law so that civil cases can be pursued in court in decades-old clergy abuse cases. Shapiro also wants the Legislature to lift the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions going forward. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
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RELIGION
Court Sides With Clergy Who Don't Want To Be Named In Landmark Sex Abuse Report
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court decided the 11 Catholic priests' reputations could be “irreparably and illegitimately impugned" if their names were disclosed.
A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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U.S. NEWS
Pittsburgh Synagogue Holds Hanukkah Ceremony Where Mass Shooting Left 11 Dead
By RAMESH SANTANAM, Associated Press
“To me, it’s a simple message: The light is the message."
Shown are blighted and abandoned row homes in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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HEALTH
How Mowing Overgrown Lots Reduced Shootings In Philadelphia Neighborhoods
By Erin Schumaker
In a hyperpolarized political climate, researchers say cleaning blighted spaces could be an apolitical option.
Philadelphia Eagles' safety Malcolm Jenkins, 27, walks off the field after an NFL training session at the London Irish rugby team training ground in the Sunbury-on-Thames suburb of south west London, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The Philadelphia Eagles are preparing for an NFL regular season game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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SPORTS
Philadelphia Eagles Bailed 9 People From Jail Using Social Justice Funds
By Carla Herreria
The NFL team's players raised money that was matched by the Eagles Social Justice Fund over Thanksgiving.
This November 2018 photo provided by the Burlington County Prosecutors office shows Katelyn McClure. A feel-good tale of Johnny Bobbitt, a homeless man using his last $20 to help Katelyn McClure, a stranded New Jersey woman, buy gas, was actually a complete lie, a prosecutor said Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. A GoFundMe that was set up by McClure and her boyfriend Mark D'Amico raised more than $400,000 to help Bobbitt. (Burlington County Prosecutors Office via AP)
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CRIME
Woman Accused Of Duping People On GoFundMe Claims She Was ‘Duped’ Herself
By Dominique Mosbergen
Kate McClure, her ex-boyfriend and a homeless veteran have been accused of conspiring together to defraud people out of their money.
Protestors gather on Independence Mall in Philadelphia in response to the "We the People" rally across the street, expected to draw members of far-right groups including the "Proud Boys" and attendees of Unite the Right, November 17, 2018. (Photo by Michael Candelori/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Cab Drivers Refuse To Pick Up Racists After Philly Rally With Proud Boys
By Sebastian Murdock
Video appears to show various drivers declining to give the far-right activists a ride.
D.C. residents Edward and Jeffrey Clark were active neo-Nazis.
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POLITICS
D.C.'s Neo-Nazi Brothers Were Hiding In Plain Sight
By Ryan J. Reilly and Jessica Schulberg
A neighbor in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood warned a cop about extremists Jeffrey and Edward Clark. It wasn’t enough.
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POLITICS
DC Neo-Nazi Who Said Pittsburgh Victims 'Deserved' It Arrested; Has Deep Ties To 'Alt-Right'
By Jessica Schulberg, Nick Baumann, Ryan J. Reilly, Travis Waldron, and Luke O'Brien
Jeffrey Clark wasn't shy about being a white supremacist. But it was only after his family reported him that authorities arrested him on gun charges.
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Lowell Burket
ENVIRONMENT
Scientists Discover Adorable Bird That's Actually 3 Species In One
By Hilary Hanson
A local bird watcher's suspicions about the striking warbler turned out to be correct.
VIDEOS
Jewish Students Mark 80 Years Since Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, known as “the night of broken glass” occured 80 years ago throughout Germany and Austria.
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) addresses supporters after being re-elected to a Southwest Pennsylvania congressional seat.
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POLITICS
Democrats Celebrate Pennsylvania Election Wins In District Where It All Started
By Daniel Marans
With Conor Lamb’s re-election and other big wins, Democrats are rebuilding a key brick in the “blue wall.”
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POLITICS
Pennsylvania No Longer Has An All-Male Congressional Delegation
By Marina Fang
The state has never had more than two women in Congress at any time during its history, but after the midterms, it will have at least four.
Lauren Jakubovich of Greentree, Pa., takes a moment to pray after placing flowers outside the LA Fitness club, where she is a member, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 in Bridgeville, Pa.. Police say a gunman opened fire after walking into an exercise class at the club Tuesday night, killing three women before taking his own life. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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WOMEN
2 Exercise Classes. 2 Deadly Shootings. 1 Sinister Motive.
By Melissa Jeltsen
Nine years before a gunman attacked a Florida yoga studio, a man opened fire on a Pennsylvania aerobics class. Both were filled with women.
These are markers, outside the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, that are in remembrance of married couple Sylvan and Bernice Simon, who killed by a gunman, along with 9 others, while they worshiped Oct 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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OPINION
White Supremacy Can't Be Untangled From Anti-Semitism
By Talia Lavin, Columnist
Hatred and suspicion of Jews is inextricably intertwined with the white supremacy at the heart of the GOP's message.
Entrance to the Emergency Trauma Center at Allegheny General Hospital, where authorities say Saturday's Tree of Life synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers is hospitalized, is pictured in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018. REUTERS/John Altdorfer
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RELIGION
Jewish Nurse Reveals Why He Treated Anti-Semitic Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect
By Carol Kuruvilla
Ari Mahler, a nurse at Allegheny General Hospital, was tasked with caring for suspected Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Evokes Holocaust In Vote PSA Ripping Trump
By Ron Dicker
She points to the Pittsburgh synagogue slaughter in a plea for citizens to “vote for unity.”
Gab.com, the self-described "free speech social media platform" popular with
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TECH
Gab, Social Network Favored By The Far Right, Goes Back Online
By Willa Frej
It had been shut down following the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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Adam Schefter/Twitter
SPORTS
Pittsburgh Steelers Player Honors Synagogue Attack Victims With 'Stronger Than Hate' Cleats
By Hayley Miller
Ben Roethlisberger’s custom-made cleats included a reimagined team logo with the Star of David.
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, center, of Tree of Life synagogue, carries their Torah to be stored elsewhere in Pittsburgh. A team of rabbis and volunteers had gone into the Tree of Life synagogue to gather up blood and other remains from the victims of the shooting rampage, in keeping with Jewish law that says the entire body must be buried. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
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POLITICS
Tree Of Life Rabbi Says 'Hate Speech' Fueled By Politicians Led To Synagogue Massacre
By Dominique Mosbergen
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers said he shared his message with Donald Trump when he met with the president in Pittsburgh last week.
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CRIME
2 Children Shot While Trick-Or-Treating In Philadelphia
By Sebastian Murdock
The children, ages 14 and 5, are both recovering.
Suspect Robert Bowers, 46, was charged in a 44-count indictment that includes federal hate crimes.
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POLITICS
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Offered To Help White Supremacist Dox A Blogger On Gab
By Jessica Schulberg
Robert Bowers offered to help League of the South's Brad Griffin find a more recent address for a blogger who closely tracked white supremacists.
From "We Spoke Out"
From "We Spoke Out"
CULTURE & ARTS
The Comic Books That Taught A Generation Of American Teens About The Holocaust
By Priscilla Frank
Inside "We Spoke Out: Comics and the Holocaust," a compilation of comics made in the 1950s, '60s and '70s that tackled atrocity years before mainstream media.
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