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A group of local activists plans to protest President Donald Trump during his visit to Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday in support of U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta's campaign for the U.S. Senate. "He needs to see that the majority of people are not behind him," said protest organizer Joe Biscotto, of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre chapter of the anti-Trump organization Refuse Fascism.
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The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected an appeal by the parents of a Pittston Area School District student who was berated by a teacher using what a judge termed "highly inappropriate and unprofessional" language. U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion ruled last year that the teacher, Kelli Diaz - who is still a social studies teacher who uses the married name Kelli Pavalonis - was wrong in asking a student identified only as A.H. if he had Tourette syndrome and in telling him to "shut up" and that she was "not the only teacher who can't stand you."