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News: Thursday, Sept. 3

Protesters rally in front of the Lancaster city police station on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Changemakers’ Collective / Party for Socialism & Liberation)

Protesters rally in front of the Lancaster city police station on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Changemakers' Collective / Party for Socialism & Liberation)
Protesters rally in front of the Lancaster city police station on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. (Source: Lancaster Changemakers' Collective / Party for Socialism & Liberation)

Headlines:

Guidance allows spectators at school sports: The state guidelines were updated Wednesday. Spectators count toward the indoor and outdoor limits on gatherings of no more than 25 and 250 people, respectively, and they must wear masks and practice social distancing. (Source: WGAL)

Inspections find faults at three local nursing homes: Lapses in infection control protocols were documented at Conestoga View, Newport Meadows and Rose City, according to Health Department reports. (Source: LNP)

Pa. House Republicans try, fail to rescind disaster declaration: Nine Democrats joined them in voting to override Gov. Wolf's veto of a resolution to end his emergency order, too few to attain the needed two-thirds majority. (Source: WITF)

Lancaster activists rally for Jacob Blake: About 100 people joined the rally, held Wednesday evening. (Source: LNP)

National roundup: President Trump suggests voting twice (an illegal act) to test mail-in voting (Source: ABC News), seeks to defund "lawless cities." (Source: NBC News) Weekly new jobless claims fall to 881,000. (Source: Reuters) Biden to visit Kenosha. (Source: USA Today) Facebook to ban political ads in week before election. (Source: UPI)