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Thursday, May 26

Children and adults enjoy the Lancaster County Swimming Pool in this undated photo. (Source: Lancaster County)

Children and adults enjoy the Lancaster County Swimming Pool in this undated photo. (Source: Lancaster County)
Children and adults enjoy the Lancaster County Swimming Pool in this undated photo. (Source: Lancaster County)

• Recount ordered in Oz-McCormick race: Dr. Mehmet Oz is leading Dave McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes in the race to be the Republican candidate for outgoing U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's seat. (Source: WGAL)

• Legislators press for gun legislation: U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., both called for expanding background checks in the wake of the Uvalde massacre. (Source: ABC 27) In Harrisburg, House Democrats unsuccessfully tried to move four gun bills to a vote. (Source: CBS 21)

• Lancaster County seeks 24 lifeguards to reverse pool closure: So far, only one certified lifeguard has applied. (Source: LNP)

• Witness teaches high schoolers about 1969 York race riots: Bob Mann was 14 years old when he saw the murder of Lillie Belle Allen, a Black woman, by White street gang members. (Source: WGAL)

• National/world: Details of Uvalde massacre emerge. (Source: CNN) First-quarter GDP declined 1.5%. (Source: CNBC) CEO pay rose 17% in 2021. (Source: AP) Trump reportedly reacted approvingly to 'Hang Mike Pence!' chants on Jan. 6. (Source: NY Times) Twitter fined $150 million for misrepresenting privacy policy. (Source: UPI) Oklahoma governor signs nation's strictest abortion ban into law. (Source: CBS News) First federal Covid-19 'test-to-treat' site launched. (Source: UPI) Author of 'How to Murder Your Husband' convicted of murdering husband. (Source: NBC News)