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Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument in Carlisle to mark era of forced assimilation
The creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument — announced during a tribal leaders summit at the White House — is intended to confront what Biden referred to as a “dark chapter” in the nation’s history.
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Searchers think they have found missing Western Pa. woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner’s office said that investigators believe they have located the body of 64-year old Elizabeth Pollard who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine.
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Police say searchers don’t expect to find woman in Western Pennsylvania sinkhole alive
Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani said during a news conference that authorities no longer believe they will find 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard alive, but that work to find her remains continues.
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Conditions in abandoned mine are too dangerous for crew searching for Pennsylvania woman
The team looking for a missing Pennsylvania grandmother believed to have fallen into a sinkhole has determined that an abandoned coal mine is too unstable for people to safely search underground.
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Authorities fear a Pennsylvania woman was swallowed by a sinkhole while looking for her cat
Authorities fear a grandmother who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole that recently opened up in a western Pennsylvania village.
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Former Dauphin Co. Commissioner received $10,000 from companies involved in unfolding scandal
Former Dauphin County Commissioner Jeff Haste received $10,000 in campaign contributions from PrimeCare Medical and Herbert, Rowland & Grubic after leaving office in 2021. Haste’s connections to the two companies have been called into question following an unfolding corruption scandal.
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Pennsylvania’s Top 5 hospitals: See who made the 2025 rankings
Pennsylvania’s top-ranked hospitals for 2025 include UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Thomas Jefferson, and other leading medical centers.
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Deeply Rooted: Using trees as tools for health justice in Philadelphia
Penn Medicine’s Deeply Rooted program combats health disparities in Philadelphia by transforming vacant lots into green spaces and planting trees.
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Drought is causing saltwater to creep up the Delaware River. Here’s what’s being done about it
Officials say the drinking water for some 14 million people—including most of Philadelphia—isn’t at risk yet, but they’re monitoring the effects of the drought on the river and studying options for the future.
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Pennsylvania native Keith Haring’s artwork featured on new 2025 stamp
A 1985 untitled drawing from Kutztown native Keith Haring will be featured on the USPS’s new Love stamp coming out in 2025.
