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Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2022. There are 114 days left in the year.
On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President Richard Nixon covering his entire term in office.
In 1504, Michelangelo's marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy.
In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
In 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people.
In 1941, the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
In 1943, during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy's surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy's decision as a cowardly act.
In 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 49 nations in San Francisco.
In 1964, public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent court-ordered racial desegregation.
In 2016, California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million, alleging the bank's employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.
Ten years ago: Strong storms pummeled the East Coast, spawning a pair of tornadoes in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, while temperatures at Washington Dulles International Airport plunged 25 degrees in one hour, falling from 89 degrees to 64.
Five years ago: Hurricane Irma regained Category 5 status, battering Cuba with 160-mph winds and taking aim on the Miami area; the death toll across the Caribbean climbed past 20 after the storm ravaged islands including St. Martin, St. Barts, St. Thomas, Barbuda and Anguilla.
One year ago: The Supreme Court blocked the lethal injection of convicted killer John Henry Ramirez after his attorney argued that Texas was violating his religious freedom by not letting his pastor lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. (The court later ruled that states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their pastors pray aloud and even touch them during their executions.)
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The Pennsylvania Lottery on Monday reported that a scratch-off ticket worth $3 million was sold at Giant on Walnut Bottom Road in Carlisle.
Police said that during construction operations, multiple concrete walls collapsed at 2:17 p.m. Tuesday.
Silver Spring Township Police are looking for information regarding a "large amount of blood" that was found on the road and grass area off Ashburg Drive.
Final scores from Friday's games with links to The Sentinel's coverage.
Carlisle outgained the Wildcats and recovered five Wildcat fumbles to keep Mechanicsburg at bay.
Notes from Friday's regular-season football openers.
The extensive rehabilitation project will include the construction of a new dam, spillway, and retaining wall, the PFBC said.
Today's Sentinel police log includes a crash in Penn Township, and a motorcyclist throwing an object on a highway, striking the windshield of a vehicle on I-83.
The DA's Office said the two sold fentanyl, marketed as heroin, as well as methamphetamine and pressed pills to a victim on or about May 10.
As currently proposed, policy revisions would define the district’s K-5 report cards as “an update to families regarding their child’s achievement in comparison to grade level expectations, growth in relationship to previous achievement, and approaches to learning.”
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