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DUANESBURG — The chief financial officer of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region has been fired after allegedly defacing a Donald Trump campaign sign with swastikas in October and taking a different one from another location earlier this month. Michael Coleman, 59, is accused of using black tape to mark a Trump/Vance political sign at the intersection of Main Street and Western Turnpike with four swastikas. Delanson Mayor Gayle Gifford alerted the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office to the alleged vandalism on Oct.1 and a deputy was sent to investigate, according to documents filed in Duanesburg Town Court. “Upon...

Thousands of looters stormed the streets of downtown Chicago last weekend, burglarizing and destroying property at high-end retail shops, department stores — and even a charity house for sick children and their families. Looters brazenly smashed the doors of the Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, WLS-TV reported Monday. Ronald McDonald House Charities is a nonprofit organization that provides free housing to ill children and their families while they receive medical care. […] It is unclear whether the charity was specifically targeted or whether it was merely caught in the crossfire of a looting spree that resulted...

The Philadelphia Eagles, in conjunction with Ronald McDonald House, have made the day for Colin Delaney, a 15-year-old battling leukemia. The Eagles gave the former middle school fullback a one-day contract and invited him to sit on the bench for Sunday night's game with the division rival New York Giants. Delaney was given his contract by Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, who presented the teen with a No. 1 jersey with his name on it.