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Good afternoon! Here’s a look at AP’s general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. Joe Mandak is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or [email protected].

A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date.

TOP STORIES:

SENATE 2016-PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is returning to the airwaves for the first since last summer to tout his support for expanded police access to military gear and his push to expand background checks on firearms purchases. By Marc Levy. SENT: NewsNow. UPCOMING: About 500 words by 5 p.m. EDT.

PHILADELPHIA STOP AND FRISK

PHILADELPHIA — A new report finds evidence of continued racial bias in the stop-and-frisk practices of Philadelphia police despite a 2011 federal consent decree calling for reforms. The court-ordered report by civil rights lawyers was filed Tuesday in federal court. By Errin Haines Whack. SENT: NewsNow. UPCOMING: About 400 words by 3 p.m. EDT.

FATAL POLICE SHOOTING

SOUTH GREENSBURG — Authorities say a Pennsylvania state trooper fatally shot a man who they say refused to drop his assault rifle while trying to carjack a woman. SENT: NewsNow. UPCOMING: About 300 words by 3 p.m. EDT.

SUSPECT TARGETS WRONG VICTIM

WINDBER — Police say a Pennsylvania man who mistakenly shot the mother of his intended victim has been arrested in Kentucky. SENT: About 360 words.

CARNEGIE HEROES

PITTSBURGH — The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is set to honor 24 people for heroism in saving, or attempting to save, others from death. UPCOMING: About 300 words by 4 p.m. EDT.

With:

—CARNEGIE HEROES-LIST.

MARIJUANA-VETERANS

TRENTON, N.J. — A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over. By Ben Finley. SENT: 950 words, AP Photos, AP Video.

EXCHANGE:

EXCHANGE-MOSAIC ART

PITTSBURGH — Life is reflected in bits of colored glass for Dawnmarie Zimmerman of Ligonier. Zimmerman combines glass with marble and with pieces of slate she finds during walks on Laurel Ridge to create contemporary mosaic art. She has a passion for this textured form of expression. “It’s like candy. You want to play with it,” she said of the raw materials she transforms into images inspired by loved ones and by the emotional energy exchanged between individuals. “Each piece is cut and set with an intention of where it belongs.” ”Then My Heart Divided,” featuring agate and glass pieces, is a mosaic that captures the emotions Zimmerman experienced when her father, Donald Dye, lost his battle with cancer. She volunteered with the Society of American Mosaic Artists a few years after the group’s founding in 1999, and in 2005 was hired as the nonprofit’s executive director. Jeff Himler, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. SENT: About 820 words.

IN BRIEF:

HIGHWAY-HIT AND RUN — A 19-year-old driver who police say was texting when he hit a woman walking along a rural western Pennsylvania highway faces up to seven years in prison,

TEEN PARTY-PARENTS CHARGED — Two suburban Philadelphia parents are facing charges they let several hundred teenagers party at their house with alcohol over the weekend.

DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND — Authorities say a decomposed body found in northeastern Pennsylvania is that of a woman reported missing in late January.

BURGLARY SUSPECT SETTLES DOWN — Police say a burglary suspect made himself at home before a central Pennsylvania family returned from a trip to find him settled into their residence.

FOUND SLAIN AT HOME — A recently unsealed court transcript shows a Pennsylvania man found hanged in his jail cell last week had confessed to another inmate that he killed his father.

PROFESSOR CHARGED-CHINESE SECRETS — A colleague is trying to help a Temple University professor pay more than $220,000 in legal fees now that he’s been cleared of charges he tried to provide secret U.S. technology to China.

AMERICAN AIRLINES-FLIGHT DIVERTED — An American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Ireland has been diverted to Boston due to a passenger suffering from a medical condition. SENT: 115 words.

OFFICERS SHOOT MAN — Three western Pennsylvania police officers who fatally shot a knife-wielding man earlier this month have returned to work, though the district attorney says she’s yet to finish her investigation.

CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER FIRE — Staff being trained to give a demonstration caused a small explosion and fire at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.

INDECENT EXPOSURE TOWARD AMISH — State police have charged a man with exposing himself to several members of a central Pennsylvania Amish community because he knew they wouldn’t use phones to call for help.

EXPLOSION-BOYS BURNED — Investigators say three boys have been burned in an explosion while playing on a Pittsburgh street, possibly while playing with gasoline.

NAVY YARD FIRE — No one was injured in a fire at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard.

HIGHWAY HIT-AND-RUN — A 19-year-old driver who police say was texting when he hit a woman walking along a rural western Pennsylvania highway faces up to seven years in prison.

SPORTS:

HKN–FLYERS-BLUE JACKETS

COLUMBUS — the Philadelphia Flyers take on the Blue Jackets in Columbus. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos. Game time 7 p.m. EDT.

BKC–PITTSBURGH-LIFE AFTER JAMIE

PITTSBURGH — Jamie Dixon took over at Pitt as an unknown. He leaves 13 years later having propelled into consistent winners. The goal for his replacement? Take Pitt to the level the Panthers under Dixon could never quite reach. By Will Graves. 650 words, photos.

BBO–TWINS-PHILLIES

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Phillies host the Twins in Grapefruit League action. 500 words. Starts 1:05 p.m. EDT.

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