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Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in prison 43 years after Wilkes-Barre rampage
Banks, 83, died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer.
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Faith leaders condemn a central Pennsylvania Halloween parade float with an Auschwitz sign
Jewish and Catholic faith leaders condemned a Halloween parade float that carried a replica of the gate to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz as the designer behind it apologized, saying he made it “with no ill intent.”
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Young adults turn to Quakers’ silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world
At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia’s Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old faith.
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Daylight saving time ends this weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time next Sunday, Nov. 3, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. Here’s what to know.
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Democrats propose compromise on cyber charter tuition amid Pennsylvania budget impasse
School districts would be permitted to deduct more from their per-student payments to online schools.
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7 charged in 2024 Pennsylvania voter registration fraud that prosecutors say was motivated by money
The allegations of fraud appeared to be motivated by the defendants’ desire to make money and keep their jobs and was not an effort to influence the election results, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, a Republican.
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Shooting at a historically Black university’s homecoming fest in Pennsylvania kills 1 and wounds 6
Investigators were operating under a “strong belief” that there was more than one shooter but did not think they came to the Lincoln University campus “with a specific design to cause a mass casualty event,” Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said Sunday during a news conference.
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English language being taught to students from around the world at one Pittsburgh high school
With around 50 languages spoken among the students, Brashear is one of the most culturally diverse schools in Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s memoir is coming out in January
Gov. Josh Shapiro has a book coming out in January, touching upon everything from his swift political rise to the trauma of his home being set on fire.
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What to know about the arson fire and attempted murder at the Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion
No one was injured but the April 13 fire did considerable damage to the governor’s mansion. Shapiro said the attack has made his family feel unsafe. He said he supports the plea agreement.
