
Pennsylvania
6 Delaware Valley pups to be featured in Puppy Bowl 2021
On Sunday, Feb. 7, Puppy Bowl XVII will feature pups from Providence Animal Center, Match Dog Rescue, and The Center for Animal Health & Welfare.
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Beware of fraudsters: How to spot utility power shutoff scams this winter
Before picking up a phone call from an unfamiliar number — here are some tips on spotting scammers pretending to be PECO.
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The state House on Friday gave final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment that would give state lawmakers the power to unilaterally end disaster declarations
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Montgomery County declares Code Blue; dangerous temperatures forecast for weekend
The Code Blue declaration has been issued for Montgomery County beginning Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at 9 p.m. and ending on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 9 a.m.
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Sitting on $1.4 million in campaign cash, Fetterman takes another step toward U.S. Senate
The Pa. lieutenant governor and his staff say the filing was simply procedural: He’d raised too much money to continue operating under his existing exploratory committee.
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Feds arrest, charge Pa. woman in pink hat during Capitol attack
Rachel Powell, 40, a mother of eight children, stopped short of confirming to The New Yorker magazine this week that she had bashed in a window.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers advance $912M pandemic relief bill
The money will go to aid hospitality-related businesses hit hard by the coronavirus, private schools and people struggling to pay rent or utility bills.
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In race for COVID-19 vaccinations, older residents in rural Pa. face tough obstacles
Despite being among the most at risk, some lack transportation, access to chain pharmacies, and internet connections to get vaccine appointments.
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Upper Darby and the township workers union are at odds over a no-layoff clause
The union represents the township’s sanitation workers and animal control, parking enforcement, and other non-first responder uniformed employees.
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Reading Public Museum brings its mummy back to life, as a hologram
The Reading Public Museum knows what the Ancient Egyptian woman named Nefrina looked like in 300 B.C., so it recreated her as a hologram.
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Listen 1:25Pa. House moves to get legal relief for clergy abuse victims back on spring ballot
"Human error" by the Department of State derailed a constitutional amendment on whether survivors of decades-old sexual abuse should be able to sue.
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Life without parole for ‘felony murder’: Pa. case targets sentencing law
More than 1,000 people are serving life without parole in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone. Seventy percent of those people are Black.
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What the exit of Pa.’s top election official means for the future of voting
Sec. Kathy Boockvar’s resignation has emboldened her fiercest GOP critics, even though it was not related to her handling of the closely watched vote in a battleground state.
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Biden’s executive orders to examine policies affecting thousand of Pennsylvania immigrants
Local immigrants and activists have greeted Biden’s more measured approach with a mixture of hope and cynicism.
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Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers
The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.
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