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Central Pa’s Bhutanese Nepali community celebrates restaurant opening after ICE raids
Following ICE raids and deportations by President Donald Trump’s administration, Central Pennsylvania’s Bhutanese Nepali community celebrated the opening of a new restaurant in Swatara Township on Sunday. Community members are asking those living in the Harrisburg area to support their shops and restaurants.
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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
The zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrivals of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo’s two oldest residents.
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Demand for viral ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
Victus Sports in Montgomery County is producing the bulgy baseball bats that quickly became the talk of the sports world after players on the New York Yankees began using them this season.
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Thousands protest Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Philly and across Pennsylvania
Demonstrators took aim at Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to cut Social Security and Medicaid, roll back immigrant and LGBTQ rights, and cut critical government programs.
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Opinion: I’m chronically ill, but can hold a job at Sheetz thanks to Medicaid. Cuts would put me at risk.
Beaver resident Carly Morton writes about how she relies on Medicaid to survive and work, and highlights the potentially devastating consequences of Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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Thousands of Pennsylvanians just had their reproductive health care halted by President Trump
Pennsylvania will lose a majority of its Title X funding—the only federal family planning program in the country. Planned Parenthood clinics, county health departments, and community-based health centers will all be impacted.
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Justin Douglas calls on Trump and ICE to stop deporting Bhutanese refugees from Pennsylvania
A press release issued by Justin Douglas’ office stated that at least one of the Bhutanese refugees recently deported from Pennsylvania has already been arrested by Nepalese authorities while trying to visit family members living in refugee camps.
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7 Pennsylvania scholarships for students of color
Students of color can apply for these Pennsylvania scholarships to help them pay for college.
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20 staffers accused of abusing students or not reporting it at Pennsylvania charter school
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the counts involve acts against 26 children in kindergarten through fifth grade at the Chester Community Charter School. Those charged are accused of physically abusing the students or failing to report suspected abuse.
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Judge rules that Pennsylvania counties can’t reject undated and wrongly dated mail ballots
Monday’s decision is the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what is a small percentage of votes cast in the state.
