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Trump supporters gather in North Whitehall for Donald Trump Jr. appearance
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Put away the shovels, it's going to be an early spring, says #PunxsutawneyPhil. #GroundhogDay #GroundhogDay2019 (We can only hope he's right). mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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BREAKING: Matt Millen, the 4-time Super Bowl champ underwent a successful heart transplant on Christmas eve. His son says the surgery was “wildly successful” and that the heart was a “perfect fit.” mcall.com/sports/mc-spt-matt…
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Andrew Yang: The data generated by our activities should be owned by us. mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-tec… #privacy #Facebook #Google @AndrewYang @HumanityForward
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"I want you to think about how you want to be remembered on the field, how you want to be remembered throughout the halls of Freedom High School," @TheRock said in the video. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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BREAKING: Whitehall High School to retire @Saquon Barkley jersey. @ZephyrAthletics mcall.com/sports/varsity/foo…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered all K-12 schools in state to close for 2 weeks. mcall.com/coronavirus/mc-nws…
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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin today. Do you think she should be confirmed? mcall.com/news/nation-world/…
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Special-needs team manager plays basketball on Nazareth's Senior Night mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to shut down indoor dining, casinos, high school sports for 3 weeks in latest COVID-19 restrictions, sources say. mcall.com/coronavirus/mc-nws…
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Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say trib.al/yYtCqpK
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Former Lehigh Valley GOP congressman Charlie Dent endorses Kamala Harris trib.al/VNi6v5c
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Saquon Barkley makes special visit to Orefield Middle School student in hospital
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3 dead, at least 11 wounded in mass shooting on Philadelphia’s South Street. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court throws out school mask mandate. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-p…
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Al Franken, coming to @ArtsQuest, talks about his resignation from the Senate, lying liars, and the big issues facing our country. @alfranken trib.al/LwjhTi1
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Ready for another lecture on boy band music and why it actually can be good?
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Police: Teen busted at Liberty HS with more than $3,000 worth of heroin, cocaine mcall.com/news/local/mc-n-be…
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BREAKING: Police investigating reports of active shooter in Lehigh Valley Mall. mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-…
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After throwing rocks, the five teens "drove to a McDonald's where they ate," Sheriff Robert Pickell said mcall.com/news/nationworld/c…
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Florida man spends 90 days in jail after police mistake drywall for cocaine mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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Police deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early this morning after an officer shot and killed a man in Lancaster while responding to a domestic disturbance call. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoes new congressional map sent to him by Republicans. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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BREAKING: John Fetterman easily wins Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat. #lvelection #parimary mcall.com/news/elections/mc-…
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DeSean Jackson over the weekend posted on Instagram a largely debunked quote attributed to Adolf Hitler. mcall.com/sports/eagles/mc-s…
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Update: The Lehigh Valley now has the worst air quality out of all measured locations in the U.S. mcall.com/2023/06/07/canadia…
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New: @PeteButtigieg called Lehigh County to ask about transit needs. The Lehigh Valley can think of about 6.5 billion of them. mcall.com/business/transport…
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro has raised more money than all nine of his potential Republican opponents combined. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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John Fetterman sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 54th U.S. senator. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman opts out of Sunday's Democratic U.S. Senate debate at Muhlenberg College.
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It's going to be an EARLY SPRING! First time ever #PunxsutawneyPhil has predicted an early spring two consecutive years. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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Selfless act by Whitehall sprinter Saquon Barkley had some in tears
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These puppies are up for adoption from Peaceable Kingdom in Allentown and The Sanctuary at Haafsville just in time for #NationalPuppyDay 🐶😍mcall.com/news/local/allento…
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BREAKING: President Biden to visit the Allentown area Friday to tout economic successes, White House says. trib.al/hqW7HK9
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Pictures: Jake Morgan is Homecoming King at Liberty High School
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Pa. House Democrats say they were in the dark for a week about Republican’s positive coronavirus test
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Frankie Grande explains why he's returning to Allentown to star in a musical: mcall.com/entertainment/mc-e… @bergtheatredanc @FrankieJGrande #frankiegrande #lehighvalley #Allentown
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BREAKING: Lehigh Valley has its first case of presumed positive coronavirus, State Dept of Health reports
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Determined to keep Pennsylvania in his column, President Donald Trump took the fight to Joe Biden’s old backyard Thursday and insisted his Democratic rival would be the state’s “worst nightmare” if elected president.
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RT to help Abbie's friends get @taylorswift13 to remember devoted fan. #TaylorRememberAbbie mcall.com/news/local/eastpen…
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Sen. Bob Casey presses Homeland Security on how Trump immigration order was carried out at Philadelphia Airport. mcall.com/news/nationworld/p…
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WATCH: Nazareth High School soccer player speaks about alleged Ebola taunts. mcall.com/videos/mc-nazareth…
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Frankie Grande's latest gig: Star of a musical at his alma mater: mcall.com/entertainment/mc-e… @FrankieJGrande @Muhl_Thea_Dance #frankiegrande #ArianaGrande
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Our own @TomHousenick has won a national award for his stellar coverage of Lehigh Valley high school wrestling. Congrats, Tom! 👏👏 #lvvarsity mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-…
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Jim Cantore having the time of his life on location in Historic Bethlehem. Pics via @RKintzel #mcallsnow mcall.com/news/weather/mc-nw…
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It's #nationalpretzelday, Lehigh Valley. Did you know: Pennsylvania produces 80% of the nation’s hard and soft pretzels. Celebrate accordingly 🥨 mcall.com/entertainment/food…
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We spoke with @alicecooper about “Detroit Stories,” his name, and his own personal favorite Alice Cooper records, ahead of his upcoming concert @MoSunArenaPA on March 23. mcall.com/entertainment/lehi…
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Should Election Day be a holiday? Lehigh University students are pushing to make it one. mcall.com/news/education/mc-…
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Breaking: @LehighU has rescinded Donald Trump's honorary degree, a letter to the campus community states. More soon on this story.
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The top of the PPL building is illuminated in blue and red for Liberty High School graduating seniors on Wednesday night. @LibertyHigh @LIBERTYATHCLUB
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BREAKING: Trump to hold rally in Allentown at PPL Center a week before election trib.al/1cyurB8
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Another tragedy unfolding amid the pandemic. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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LEHIGH VALLEY MALL: 7 PM UPDATE
-Police are continuing to evacuate people from the mall.
-Consistently, workers and shoppers said they heard several shots fired.
-Still no reports of injuries, and area hospitals have been taken off standby for now.
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Driver gets 10-20 years for crash that killed Allentown Central Catholic student. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-c…
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'I want to win championships.' Saquon Barkley's quest begins at the NFL Draft
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The Pennsylvania Democrat was among 17 House Democrats arrested Tuesday while protesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
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Paul Muschick: Illinois is 9th state to ban assault rifle sales. Pennsylvania should become the 10th mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-ill…
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Penn State student from Allentown dies from coronavirus at 21, possibly youngest in state
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ICE says Allentown grandfather Luis Leon was never taken into custody, calls story a ‘hoax’ trib.al/chUD5a2
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End of an era as former Bethlehem Steel HQ Martin Tower goes down in seconds. #RIPmartintower mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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If you thought you saw @saquon in town today ... you did. mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-…
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Martin Sheen visiting Allentown on Tuesday to counter Trump rally trib.al/VgG9S3q
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Chad 'Ochocinco' Johnson gives a shoutout to the McDonald's at Five Points in south Bethlehem.
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‘It’s a thrill’: Emmaus turns out to see Joe Biden, the first president to visit the borough. trib.al/Qv5U4OK
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Lehigh University faculty vote to send message to revoke Trump's honorary degree.
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BREAKING: The Lehigh Valley's two major health networks, LVHN and St. Luke's -- along with Good Shepherd Rehabilitation -- to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-n…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf orders closure of all schools, other public venues, in Montgomery County. #coronavirus mcall.com/coronavirus/mc-nws…
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Time to vote for Athlete of the Week #CHaotw
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BREAKING: Northampton County coronavirus patient is Pennsylvania's first death. Check back for updates.
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Drunk driver pleads guilty in crash that killed Central Catholic student. mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-a…
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Emmaus HS teacher charged with having 'intimate relationship' with student mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-e…
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Tuesday morning storm update:
- @NWS has issued a winter storm warning in effect from 10 a.m. Wednesday until 10 a.m. Thursday for 20 to 24 inches of snow and winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and John Fetterman says he had a stroke and remains hospitalized, but is remaining in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
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BREAKING: New Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro sworn in to start new administration in Harrisburg. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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Pa. Supreme Court upholds ruling that undated mail-in ballots should not count in tight Lehigh County judge race. mcall.com/news/elections/mc-…
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PHOTOS: RT if you had a (Girl) Crush on @LittleBigTown at the @AtownFair last night mcall.com/news/local/allento…
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"She's limited because of her health, not her Down's," says mother of Whitehall's prom queen. mcall.com/news/local/whiteha…
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The line for the Trump rally in Allentown now extends down South Seventh Street and wraps around Maple and Walnut streets. Latest updates: mcall.com/2024/10/29/donald-…
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules undated ballots won’t be counted in upcoming election. mcall.com/news/elections/mc-…
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Parkland student will walk at graduation after years in wheelchair mcall.com/news/local/parklan…
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PICTURES: John Cleese delights crowd at Easton's State Theatre
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Some Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are coming around — if slowly — to the idea of legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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BREAKING: Democrat Dan McCaffery defeats Republican Carolyn Carluccio in Pennsylvania Supreme Court election. #lvelection #paelection trib.al/2HDua2O
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The AP has called Pennsylvania for Joe Biden, and with it, he will become the 46th president of the United states.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania to mandate masks in all K-12 schools and day cares. mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/…
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Did everyone feel the shaking around the Lehigh Valley? We're looking into it. No reports yet from the USGS. Check back for updates.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf orders closure of all 'non life-sustaining businesses' at 8 p.m. Thursday. Non-compliance will be subject to enforcement. Details to follow.
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Saquon Barkley's journey from Whitehall High School to #PennState to the NFL. @saquonb21 @ZephyrAthletics @PennStateFball #NFLDraft mcall.com/sports/college/psu…
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BREAKING: Long-awaited Lehigh Valley passenger train report to be unveiled next week. It will explore 12 potential corridors that could provide service to New York, Philadelphia or Reading. trib.al/1T84vIx
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Allentown School District removes teacher who took part in Washington D.C. protest from duties
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Freedom High School senior, injured in crash, surprises classmates during graduation
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Freedom's Joe Young is the Morning Call Athlete of the week #CHaotw mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-… … @jyoungy7
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The top of the PPL building is illuminated in blue honoring Nazareth Area High School’s graduating seniors on Thursday night. #Graduation2020 @NAHSBlueEagles @NahsPrincipal
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Former Lehigh Valley congressman Charlie Dent among group of Pa. Republicans endorsing Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor. mcall.com/news/elections/mc-…
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Congrats to Parkland’s Nick Johnston and Liberty’s Kathryn Wescoe the Athlete of the Week winners
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Pure joy on a racetrack.
@SageKaram had almost forgotten that feeling. He found it again at the Indy 500. mcall.com/sports/auto-racing…
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Congrats to Allentown Central Catholic PIAA 4A boys basketball champs
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