HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether the system of state-owned universities trampled on faculty union rights by unilaterally requiring criminal background checks and reports of arrests for serious crimes within 72 hours. The state Supreme Court this week accepted an appeal by the 14-school State System of Higher Education of a lower-court decision that said schools may only mandate the checks and arrest reports for teachers who are likely to encounter minor children not enrolled as freshmen or prospective students touring campus.
The policy, enacted in response to the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal at Penn State, was limited in an April decision by Commonwealth Court so that many professors would not be covered by it. The Supreme Court said it will review that decision and consider the schools’ argument that the policy “served the public interest in protecting minors.” The universities have argued it was within their managerial powers to make all employees follow the policy, not just those who are likely to encounter children on campus. The unions say any such policy should be hammered out a part of contract negotiations.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A county prosecutor asked a Pennsylvania judge Friday to eject a state representative from office, one week after she was sentenced to probation in a bribery case. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo filed a civil suit that seeks the removal of state Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown of Philadelphia. Lowery Brown, 52, was convicted in October of taking $4,000 in bribes from a confidential informant. A week later, the Democrat was unopposed and re-elected to a sixth term. Her felony bribery conviction bars her from serving under the state constitution, and officials have predicted that her fellow lawmakers will not seat her if she attempts to be sworn in next month for the coming two-year term.
Her lawyer did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment, and the man answering the phone at her west Philadelphia district office said he was not able to contact her. “By failing to resign her seat, (the) defendant is flaunting this court’s judgment of sentence and requiring the commonwealth to expend additional resources to compel her to do what concern for public resources and respect for the constitution of this commonwealth both demanded that she would have done voluntarily,” deputy prosecutor Mike Sprow wrote in a companion filing to Judge Scott Evans.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump will officiate the coin toss before the Army-Navy game on Saturday. West Point made the announcement on Friday leading to the game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where the No. 22 Black Knights (9-2) play the Midshipmen (3-9). This will be Trump’s first Army-Navy game as president. He was at the 2016 game as president-elect.
He will be the 10th sitting president to attend, a tradition that began with Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. Presidents, by custom, sit on the Army side of the stadium for one half and the Navy side for the other.
Army will try to win for the third straight time in the series after losing the previous 14. The rivalry between the service academies began in 1890.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A moose used the doorbell to awaken a couple in Alaska. The couple thought maybe it was an aftershock or some kids playing a prank when the doorbell rang in their Anchorage home early Wednesday. Kyle Stultz tells KTVA-TV he looked out the door and found nothing. He assumed it was kids playing “ding dong ditch.” Stultz decided to check his security camera. The video showed a large moose backing its caboose right into the doorbell. The family was relieved it was nothing else.
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Scores & Skeds
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Army plays Navy for the 119th time in series history. Navy leads 60-51-7. Navy had a series-best 14-game winning streak from 2002-2015. Army has won the last two meetings and is a 7-point favorite to win Saturay at Lincoln Financial Field. President Donald Trump will officiate the coin toss in his first Army-Navy game as president. You can catch all the action on NewsRadio 1070 WKOK beginning at 2pm.
DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Butler poured in 38 points for the second straight game and led a 16-2 run in the fourth quarter of the 76ers’ 117-111 win at Detroit. Philadelphia trailed by 15 in the second half and played without Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’- ehm-BEED’), who was given the night off. Blake Griffin had 31 points and 12 rebounds for Detroit.
SCOREBOARD
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Philadelphia 117 Detroit 111
Final Charlotte 113 Denver 107
Final Indiana 112 Orlando 90
Final Sacramento 129 Cleveland 110
Final OT Brooklyn 106 Toronto 105
Final Chicago 114 Oklahoma City 112
Final Memphis 107 New Orleans 103
Final San Antonio 133 L.A. Lakers 120
Final Miami 115 Phoenix 98
Final Golden State 105 Milwaukee 95
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 1 Winnipeg 0
Final Dallas 3 San Jose 2
Final Edmonton 7 Minnesota 2
Final Carolina 4 Anaheim 1
TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Houston at Dallas 6:00 p.m.
Sacramento at Indiana 7:00 p.m.
Denver at Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at N-Y Knicks 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Cleveland 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Chicago 8:00 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Memphis 8:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland 10:00 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Clippers 10:30 p.m.
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Buffalo 1:00 p.m.
Vegas at L.A. Kings 4:00 p.m.
N-Y Islanders at Detroit 7:00 p.m.
Colorado at Tampa Bay 7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa 7:00 p.m.
N-Y Rangers at Florida 7:00 p.m.
Washington at Columbus 7:00 p.m.
Toronto at Boston 7:00 p.m.
San Jose at Arizona 8:00 p.m.
Nashville at Calgary 10:00 p.m.
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TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Navy at (22) Army 3:00 p.m.
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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
New Mexico St. at (2) Kansas 8:30 p.m.
Yale at (3) Duke 5:30 p.m.
South Carolina at (5) Michigan 12:00 p.m.
Final (6) Nevada 72 (20) Arizona St. 66
Dayton at (8) Auburn 8:30 p.m.
(9) Kentucky at Seton Hall 12:00 p.m.
(10) Michigan St. at Florida 12:00 p.m.
UConn at (11) Florida St. 6:30 p.m.
(12) Wisconsin at Marquette 5:00 p.m.
(16) Kansas St. at Tulsa 4:30 p.m.
(17) Buffalo at St. Bonaventure 4:00 p.m.
Saint Joseph’s at (21) Villanova 2:00 p.m.
Clemson at (22) Mississippi St. 4:00 p.m.
Loyola of Chicago at (23) Maryland 4:00 p.m.
Creighton at (24) Nebraska 6:00 p.m.
(25) Furman at SC-Upstate 4:30 p.m.
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Portland at Atlanta 8:00 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
PIAA State Championship Game
Southern Columbia 49, Wilmington 14 (9th State title for the Tigers)
High School Basketball
BOYS
Shikellamy 65, Midd-West 34
Williamsport 65, Reading 62
Lewisburg 38, Mahanoy Area 30
Shamokin 75, Shenandoah Valley 28
Mount Carmel 60, Northwest Area 42
Selinsgrove 47 Berwick 44
Wyomissing 50 Line Mt 40
GIRLS
Southern Columbia 53, Selinsgrove 41
Dunmore 64, Mt Carmel 18
Lourdes 49, Williams Valley 20
Nativity BVM 28, Shamokin 24
Bloomsburg 45, Warrior Run 42
Line Mountain 33, Shenandoah 26
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