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As politics grows increasingly polarized, a new global study finds people often exaggerate political differences and negative feelings of those on the opposite side of the political divide, and this misperception can be reduced by informing them of the other side s true feelings. The study replicates earlier research in the United States, finding the phenomenon to be generalizable across 25 countries.
The new study was led by Kai Ruggeri, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and replicates a 2020 study by Jeffrey Lees and Mina Cikara at Harvard University, who were also co-authors of the new study. The new findings appear in the journal
Pa. man accused of killing woman who came over to look at a refrigerator for sale heads to court
Updated 8:09 PM;
A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman inside his Geistown Borough apartment last week when she arrived to buy his refrigerator will appear in court Wednesday, facing criminal homicide charges.
Joshua Gorgone, 26, of St. Michael, will appear before District Judge Susan Gindlesperger, of Stonycreek Township, accused of killing Denise Williams, 54, of Hornerstown.
Gorgone has applied for legal representation through the Cambria County Public Defender’s Office in Ebensburg.
Geistown police and District Attorney Gregory Neugebauer said Gorgone admitted to stabbing Williams on April 6, blaming an argument over the price of a refrigerator for sparking the altercation.
Pa. hospital brings in refrigerated trailer to serve as temporary morgue as needed
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
A temporary morgue set up recently at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown is not yet being used, but the officials in charge of Cambria County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will begin using it if they run out of room to store bodies elsewhere, Cambria County Coroner Jeffrey Lees said Tuesday.
Lees shared some information about the refrigerated trailer unit during a press conference at his office in downtown Johnstown with Art Martynuska, Cambria County Emergency Management Agency coordinator, and Storm Nagle, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center pre-hospital operations manager and emergency preparedness coordinator.
Dec 30, 2020
Art Martynuska (center), Cambria County Department of Emergency Services deputy EMA director, addresses the county s response to the pandemic as a temporary morgue was placed outside Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center for overflow of COVID-19 related deaths. Jeffrey Lees (left), Cambria County coroner, and Storm Nagle (right), Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center pre-hospital operations manager and emergency preparedness coordinator, also participated in a press conference held Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at the Central Park Complex in downtown Johnstown.By Thomas Slusser
A temporary morgue set up recently at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown is not yet being used, but the officials in charge of Cambria Countyâs response to the COVID-19 pandemic will begin using it if they run out of room to store bodies elsewhere, Cambria County Coroner Jeffrey Lees said Tuesday.