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Pennsylvania state senator sues critics of his book about WWI hero Sgt. York

Spring is usually when bugs start to mate, so now is the time to keep them away.
Noah Farley
Spring is usually when bugs start to mate, so now is the time to keep them away.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is suing a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics. The lawsuit filed in Oklahoma by Sen. Doug Mastriano centers on criticism of him and his research into World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York. The defamation, racketeering and antitrust lawsuit seeks at least $10 million in damages. Defendants include history professors and the University of New Brunswick. A defendant seeking to have the case thrown argues Mastriano is trying to stretch antitrust and racketeering laws “beyond recognition to silence critics of his scholarship.”

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