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HOLLIDAYSBURG -- It was reported for years that the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown paid for settlements and fees involving alleged clergy abuse through insurance and investment profits. The Associated Press reported in May 2004 that "the diocese said it will continue discussions with various insurance companies to recover the cost" of a 21-person settlement that cost the diocese millions. "To provide for immediate payment, however, it will use the surplus from the Mutual Aid Plan, the deposit and loan fund for parish savings accounts,"

GAZA STRIP (TND) — A 19-year-old Israeli woman has been killed in Hamas terrorist custody, according to a video released Monday by the terrorist organization. The killing of Corporal Noa Marciano was confirmed Tuesday by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which released a statement mourning the loss of one of its own. “Our hearts are with the Marciano family whose daughter, Noa, was brutally kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF stated, according to the Jerusalem Post.

BEDFORD, Pa. (WJAC) — Companies in Bedford County came together to find a silver lining to this pandemic: The Silver Lining Drive-In. The new drive-in theatre is located at the Bedford County Fairgrounds. More than 60 companies collaborated during the coronavirus pandemic to create the drive-in movie screen. “The idea was very appealing to a lot of people in the area. I think it was something that was very hopeful and positive during a time that didn’t feel hopeful.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 50 years in prison on the murder charge, suspended for non-custodial supervision after 30 years behind bars.

WASHINGTON (TND) — The House of Representatives swiftly voted down far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker of the House Mike Johnson from the speakership, voting 359-43 to table the ouster motion. Overwhelming majorities of both Republicans and Democrats voted to permanently delay the motion, with 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voting to prevent a return to the abject chaos the House saw in October after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from the podium, becoming the first House leader in U.

DETROIT, Mich. (TND) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made a bizarre remark when asked about the potential of a ceasefire deal in the Middle East. The U.S. on Monday began reviewing a ceasefire deal approved by Hamas to put a temporary stop to the terrorist group's war with Israel. U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller commented on the deal, saying “the ball has been on Hamas' court” to make peace.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after law enforcement officers shot and killed a man in Spring Garden Township, York County, who fired at them during a domestic incident Saturday evening. According to a press release, state police were called to assist the Spring Garden Township Police Department for the report of a domestic violence incident just after 11:15 p.m. on the 600 block of Colonial Avenue. State police said it was reported that a male, later identified as Payden Sells, 34, of Spring Grove, was on scene with multiple firearms trying to gain access to the residence.

Cameron County, PA — Cameron county district attorney Paul Malizia returning to work Thursday, after he says he was shot in the leg. He sat down with me to tell his side of this dramatic situation. “Had the bullet gone two inches over, it would've been in the bone. Three inches over it would have been my femoral artery. I am the luckiest man alive.” says Malizia. He says the person who shot him ‘Porice Mincy’ was not supposed to be involved with the work between him and his other clients, in the first place.

WALLER COUNTY, Texas (KFDM) — A man in Texas has been charged with murdering his wife and confessed to decapitating her, according to Waller County Sheriff Troy Guidry. The Waller County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a possible death on Wednesday shortly after 4:30 p.m. Authorities said deputies arrived and discovered a woman's body in a small residential structure behind the main home. She had been decapitated, the sheriff said.