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What you need to know for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020.
Weather
High: 81; Low: 66. Partly sunny, thunderstorms possible.
Photo of the day
A mourner wears a pin for Kyan King, 16, whose funeral service was held yesterday. The boy was shot to death in Harrisburg last month. Photo by Dan Gleiter, PennLive.com
Today’s talkers
Kyan King: A 16-year-old Harrisburg boy who was shot to death, police say by a sex offender, was put to rest yesterday. The loss is “hard to put into words,” a school district official said before the ceremony. Read more.
Special project: The pandemic has taken a brutal toll on Philadelphia, with nearly 34,000 infections and 1,700 dead. Still, the City of Brotherly Love avoided overwhelming its hospitals and has seen its infection rate drop. Read more.
- See also: How Pittsburgh and Lancaster deal with COVID-19
Journalist Bob Woodward sits at the head table during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP
Talking politics
Virus: President Donald Trump admitted to Watergate reporter Bob Woodward in taped interviews that he was aware the coronavirus was airborne, highly contagious and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus.” Read more.
Voting: Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge has joined a bipartisan effort asking states to let mailed-in ballots be processed before Election Day to save time. Read more.
Guns: A St. Louis couple who went viral for aiming guns at a parade of protesters going by their home are coming to Pennsylvania for a GOP event. Read more.
Max Acharya, partner at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at 4601 Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township, directs traffic. The restaurant opened its drive-through on Sept. 7.
Photo by Sue Gleiter, PennLive.com
Food & drink
Chicken time: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has opened on Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township at the former Long John Silvers. Read more.
- See also: Free kids’ meals from Applebee’s
Coffee time: Lonely Monk Coffees has opened a roasting business in Cumberland County. It offers delivery, mail order and pickup. Read more.
- See also: Wienermobile available for proposals
In sports
On hold: Penn State says it has halted some sports because of coronavirus cases, but football isn’t among them. Read more.
Kickoff time: The NFL season starts tonight, with fans allowed in some stadiums. Concerns about the coronavirus, and the season’s future, linger. Read more.
- See also: ESPN dumps Hank Williams Jr. intro song
A visitor to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., views the Wall of Names on Sept. 10, 2019.
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, fileAP
In brief
Flight 93 memorial to livestream 9/11 ceremony | “The Walking Dead” will end after 11 seasons | Steelers’ Ryan Shazier retires years after spinal injury | Toddler dies when mom accidentally runs over him | JCPenney could get new owner | Court says trooper “acted reasonably” in killing dog | HACC extends online learning | Stinkbug season coming |
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