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The Morning Agenda: One-third of requested Pa. mail-in ballots have been returned; A new Pa. law protests federal judges from harassment

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Vice President Kamala Harris is urging Republican voters in Pennsylvania and across the nation to put “country first” and abandon former President Donald Trump.

Some 1.7 million Pennsylvania voters are approved to vote by-mail, and about one-third of them have already returned ballots.

With less than two weeks to go before the deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot, Lancaster County election leaders have flagged clerical errors on 267 ballots out of more than 28,000 returned so far.

Governor Josh Shapiro has signed legislation designed to protect federal judges after state lawmakers passed it earlier this month.

A teacher’s union president has declined to share the outcome of a vote to authorize a strike in one Lancaster County school district.

A convicted killer’s escape from a Chester County jail last year has cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence.

A new federal policy requires all mammography centers to notify women if they have dense breasts — because they may need additional screening to better detect breast cancer – especially in the early stages. But, women want more counseling on what this information means and what to do next

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