House Republicans at a conference meeting heard a Bible verse that calls for death for homosexuals shortly before the chamber voted on the morning of May 26 to reject a spending bill that included an amendment barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Whether the freshman member who gave the prayer intended to condemn members of the LGBT community has left Republicans and Democrats deeply divided. What’s certain is that the Energy-Water appropriations bill

SEATTLE (KOMO) — Crews responded to a large fire at an encampment next to an interstate that runs through downtown Seattle Friday morning. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) responded to the fire, was burning in a wooded area between the interstate and a local hospital, around 5:25 a.m. One of the interstate's northbound collector-distributor off-ramps was closed for about two hours while crews responded to the scene. All lanes reopened to traffic around 7:30 a.

Sweet Arrow Lake County Park will be part of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Statewide Mentored Youth Fishing Day on March 26. Fishing begins at 8 am and ends at 7:30 pm for the one-day activity. Craig Morgan, Friends of Schuylkill Parks and Recreation and Sportsmen’s Advisory board member and event coordinator said the organizations plan to enhance the PA Fish and Boat Commissions stocking of trout by adding $2,500 worth of ‘lunker’ (16 to 24 inch) trout.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell often tells the story of a letter that his father, a foot soldier in World War II, wrote to his mother while he was stationed in Eastern Europe in 1945, as the United States was liberating the region from Nazi rule. “I think the Russians are going to be a big problem,” A.M. McConnell wrote, foreshadowing the communist takeover to come. Almost 80 years later, his son is still warning of Russia.

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