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The owners of two York County diners that reopened in violation of Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus closure orders are getting a hefty helping of flak on Facebook over their acceptance of COVID-19 aid through the federal Paycheck Protection Program. That ire is being directed at the owners of the Round the Clock Diners by critics who claim it is unfair that the eateries were approved for more than $150,000 in loans through the PPP even as they defied Wolf’s controversial shutdown directive. Other businesses that obeyed the order suffered financially while Round the Clock kept serving eat-in meals, opponents contend....

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is fervently supporting the owners of two York County diners that reportedly lost their operation licenses because they opened for dine-in services ahead of the governor’s schedule. In a lengthy Facebook post on Friday, Rep. Mike Jones (R-York) insisted the two Round the Clock Diner locations were issued a Notice of Emergency Temporary Suspension, but didn’t lose any licenses. Written warnings were issued on May 14 to the 222 Arsenal Road and 145 Memory Lane locations, according to Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Shannon Powers. But because they reopened for dine-in services ahead of schedule, their licenses were...

AL QA’IM, Iraq (June 27, 2006) -- More than 300 local Iraqis from Euphrates River towns near the Iraqi-Syrian border lined up at the Marines’ outpost June 27, 2006, in hopes of becoming policemen in one of Iraq’s newest police districts. The enlistment drive marked the largest turnout of police recruits in recent months. More than 100 Iraqis were accepted for enlistment. The drive was held just days after police here were paid months of back-pay by Iraq’s Ministry of Interior. A lack of consistent pay has been the primary cause for the high attrition rate within fledgling Iraqi police...