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Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins have surprised everyone but themselves with playoff return
After beginning the season with modest expectations, the Penguins morphed into one of the NHL’s biggest surprises by finishing a strong second in the Metropolitan Division to return to the playoffs following a three-year absence that at times felt far longer.
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Playoff party time in Philadelphia! Flyers, fans rejoice at long-awaited return to postseason
The Flyers’ season caught fire when they won three straight road games against the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks and they ended the season on an 18-6-1 tear that propelled them to 98 points and into third place in the Metropolitan Division.
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2 Bucks County men plead not guilty in alleged Islamic State-inspired bomb attempt outside New York mayor’s home
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, entered the pleas during a brief appearance in federal court in Manhattan.
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QVC prepares for bankruptcy protection in the era of influencers, TikTok and Temu
According to an annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said that it intends to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas after reaching a restructuring agreement with creditors.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open
Barely two weeks before it was due to shut down, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it had found a last-minute buyer — a successful nonprofit journalism operation that has agreed to keep the struggling newspaper open.
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Pirates sign teenage shortstop Konnor Griffin to a 9-year deal worth at least $140 million
The 19-year-old shortstop agreed to a nine-year, $140 million contract with the Pirates, less than a week after the former first-round pick made his major league debut.
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Parents charged after toddler slips into wolf area and gets hurt at Hersheypark zoo
Evidence showed that the parents both walked about 25 to 30 feet away from the child to a seating area with benches and appeared to be paying attention to their cellphones when they noticed what was happening shortly before noon Saturday at ZooAmerica in the Hersheypark theme park.
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Pennsylvania men charged with bringing bombs to NYC protest were recorded discussing terror plot, indictment says
The two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor were recorded describing their plan to kill as many as 60 people in a bid to “start terror.”
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Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in rural Pennsylvania school district
Delaware Valley School District in rural eastern Pennsylvania received notice of the change from the Trump administration in February and has since voted to roll back its antidiscrimination protections for transgender students.
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The Pirates are calling up teenager Konnor Griffin ahead of Friday’s home opener, AP source says
A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, before Friday’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles.
