Democrat concedes tight state Senate race in Philly suburb

HARRISBURG, PA. >> The Democrat in a suburban Philadelphia state Senate contest is conceding in a race where she says she trails the six-term Republican incumbent by 74 votes.

Democrat Tina Davis said in a statement Tuesday that she’s ending her campaign against Republican Sen. Robert Tomlinson.

Davis made the announcement a day after a judge rejected her lawsuit to order Bucks County officials to count more than 200 absentee ballots received after the legal deadline of Nov. 2.

With Tomlinson’s victory, Republicans would maintain a 29-21 majority in Pennsylvania’s Senate after losing five seats in the Nov. 6 election.

Chiropractor faces charges he sexually assaulted woman

SCRANTON, PA. >> A chiropractor has been charged with sexually abusing a woman at his practice outside Scranton.

John William Stevens was arraigned Monday on charges including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. The alleged incident occurred in March at Stevens’ office in South Abington Township.

Prosecutors allege the 51-year-old Stevens forced the woman to perform oral sex during a massage session.

Stevens’ attorney tells The Times-Tribune that the alleged victim and Stevens knew each other socially and had exchanged potentially suggestive texts.

He says the sexual activity was consensual.

Stevens was released on $50,000 bail and is scheduled for a court hearing next week.

Cops: Man shot woman, daughter over worries they were spying

PITTSBURGH >> Police say a man shot a woman and her 16-year-old daughter who were his neighbors in Pennsylvania because he believed they were spying on him.

Authorities responded to the scene in Harrison Township around 9 p.m. Monday and found the mother and daughter outside suffering from gunshot wounds.

A SWAT team was called to the scene after the alleged shooter barricaded himself inside a nearby housing complex. He was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 11:40 p.m.

The Tribune-Review reports the mother has been hospitalized in critical condition, and the 16-yearold girl remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Police say the alleged shooter had been suffering from an unspecified mental illness for several years. It is unclear how he got access to firearms.

An investigation into the shooting is ongoing.