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News: Friday, Feb. 26

At left, the A.C. Moore store at Manchester Crossroads, York. At right, an aerial view of HACC’s Harrisburg campus. (Sources: Google Street View, HACC)

At left, the A.C. Moore store at Manchester Crossroads, York. At right, an aerial view of HACC's Harrisburg campus. (Sources: Google Street View, HACC)
At left, the A.C. Moore store at Manchester Crossroads, York. At right, an aerial view of HACC's Harrisburg campus. (Sources: Google Street View, HACC)

Headlines:

Rock Lititz a key player in preparing the Lancaster County mass vaccination site: The concert and event staging company are designing the former Bon-Ton to be able to move people through smoothly and have up to 200 people receiving vaccinations at a time. (Source: LNP)

Pa. House to propose bill allowing employees to refuse Covid-19 vaccine, invasive medical test: House Bill 262 would make it illegal for employers to fire, threaten, retaliate against or discriminate against employees who opt out of a vaccine or invasive medical test. (Source: WGAL)

18 police-involved shootings in Lancaster County have been ruled justified since 2008: The list includes two deaths from 2020; Ricardo Munoz on Sept. 13 and Craig Kevin Bush on Dec. 8. (Source: LNP)

York, Dauphin counties announce plans for mass vaccination sites: The York location will be at the old A.C. Moore store in the Manchester Crossroads shopping center. The Dauphin location will be in the west end parking lot of Harrisburg Area Community College. (Source: WGAL)

National/world roundup: U.S. air strikes on Syria kill at least one fighter. (Source: Reuters) House to vote on Covid-19 bill, minimum wage boost unlikely. (Source: AP) U.S. mass shootings jumped almost 50% in 2020. (Source: USA Today) Biden, first lady, to visit Texas following historic winter storm. (Source: NBC)