Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Crime|Health

Investigators will test DNA found on a wipe removed from a care home choking victim's throat

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office plans to test DNA from a hair found on a wipe that was pulled from the throat of a woman who lived at a care home for people with developmental difficulties

Investigators will test DNA found on a wipe removed from a care home choking victim's throat
Business|Economy|News|World

Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine's fight against Russia

A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand, with more capacity set to come on line

Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine's fight against Russia
Arts|Europe|News|Uncategorized

Pennsylvania museum to sell painting in settlement with heirs of Jewish family that fled the Nazis

A Pennsylvania museum has agreed to sell a 16th century portrait that once belonged to a Jewish family that was forced to part with it while fleeing Nazi Germany

Pennsylvania museum to sell painting in settlement with heirs of Jewish family that fled the Nazis
Crime|News

By the dozen, accusers tell of rampant sexual abuse at Pennsylvania juvenile detention facilities

A group of nearly 70 people allege they were sexually abused as children while housed in detention centers in Pennsylvania

By the dozen, accusers tell of rampant sexual abuse at Pennsylvania juvenile detention facilities
Food|Opinion

Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides

The Ohio Supreme Court says consumers can't expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones

Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides
Education|News|Opinion|Political

Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint

The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7

Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
News|Political

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice in courtroom for brother's federal sentencing for theft, bribery

A sentencing hearing is under way for a former Philadelphia labor leader who once wielded clout in state and local politics

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice in courtroom for brother's federal sentencing for theft, bribery
Economy|Technology

Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it

Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology makes it easier to successfully perpetrate fraud

Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it
Business|Health|News

Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case

A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower

News|Education|Opinion|Political

Drexel threatens to clear encampment as arrests linked to Israel-Hamas war protests exceed 3,000

Drexel University in Philadelphia is threatening to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide

Drexel threatens to clear encampment as arrests linked to Israel-Hamas war protests exceed 3,000
Business|News|Political

Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit

A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials

Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit
News

Company believes it found sunken barge in Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that got loose

A barge operator believes it has found a sunken barge in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding

Company believes it found sunken barge in Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that got loose
Business|News

Ohio River near Pittsburgh is closed as crews search for missing barge, one of 26 that broke loose

A stretch of the Ohio River near Pittsburgh remains closed to maritime traffic as crews equipped with sonar look for a barge believed to have sunk over the weekend

Ohio River near Pittsburgh is closed as crews search for missing barge, one of 26 that broke loose
Business|News

Lawsuit settled: 2 top US gun parts makers agree to temporarily halt sales in Philadelphia

Officials say two major U.S. manufacturers of gun parts have agreed to temporarily halt sales of their products in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Lawsuit settled: 2 top US gun parts makers agree to temporarily halt sales in Philadelphia
Business|Environment|News

Pennsylvania county joins other local governments in suing oil industry over climate change

A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in accelerating global warming

Pennsylvania county joins other local governments in suing oil industry over climate change
Business|Environment|Health|News

Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back.

One of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural community where it was banned for a dozen years for polluting the water supply

Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back.
Education|News

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied

A weeklong sit-in at Haverford College has ended under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied
News|Political

Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig

New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold

Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
Economy|News|Political

Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig

New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI’s secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold

Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
News

Captured Pennsylvania fugitive tells officials he planned to head to Canada or Puerto Rico

A murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail and was captured two weeks later told authorities he'd been planning to carjack someone and flee to Canada or Puerto Rico

Captured Pennsylvania fugitive tells officials he planned to head to Canada or Puerto Rico

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