Sandusky accuser to appear for hearing on recanting allegations of sexual abuse

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was scheduled to appear in court remotely Tuesday for a hearing on a claim that an accuser wants to recant allegations that Sandusky sexually abused him years ago. The hearing is part of the latest bid by Sandusky’s lawyers to secure a new trial for him. Sandusky, 82, has been serving a decades-long prison sentence since he was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse in 2012, after eight young men testified about what happened to them as boys. He has repeatedly lost efforts to get a new...