
Pennsylvania
Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
The monument at a former boarding school site in Carlisle, Pa., commemorates tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and similar abusive institutions.
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Penn graduate arrested in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO charged with murder, court records show
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, was taken into custody Monday after police got a tip that the suspect had been spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania says unhoused people must have an opportunity to store and access personal property during sweeps.
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Listen 1:08Pennsylvania State Capitol to begin crow dispersal program this week
Starting Monday, loud noises are expected for two hours a night near the capitol as the state attempts to deter thousands of crows away from capitol grounds.
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Temple University’s new exhibitions director wants to reimagine public art spaces
“I really ask a lot of questions around place, taste and urban change and whose tastes and cultural identities get to shape public space,” Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta said.
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Crews recover the body of a woman from a Pennsylvania sinkhole after a 4-day search
Police say the remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole have been recovered four days after she went missing while searching for her cat.
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Secret Service director vows overhaul as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt
During the hearing Ronald Rowe was repeatedly asked by flabbergasted lawmakers how problems so obvious in hindsight were allowed to happen.
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Montco Community College opens new, state-of-the-art hospitality institute
The 20,000-square-foot learning center features pasta and chocolate laboratories and a wood-burning pizza oven.
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Digging resumes in the search for a woman in a Pennsylvania sinkhole
Efforts to find 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard have been frustrated by treacherous conditions for search crews inside the mine.
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Underground voids from abandoned mines pose danger to people and property when land collapses
There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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RockyFest, Patti LaBelle and more holiday fun and in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Dec. 5–8: The Blind Boys of Alabama in Delaware, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus and Dickens Fest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:30A sinkhole may have swallowed a Pa. woman. What are sinkholes and how do they form?
Pennsylvania is among the states that see the most damage from sinkholes in the U.S.
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Police say searchers in Pennsylvania don’t expect to find woman in sinkhole alive
Police said sinkholes are not uncommon because of subsidence from coal mining activity in the area.
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Designation as a Community Development Financial Institution would give the Exton-based nonprofit more support to help underserved businesses.
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Listen 0:56Dozens call Pottstown’s ‘Tent City’ home. A railroad company wants them gone
Signs posted outside demand unhoused people vacate “Tent City” by Jan. 2. Tent City sits on Norfolk Southern property.
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