State News
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Have you seen this clown? Police in Carbon County are on the lookout for Ronald McDonald
Police in Nesquahoning are looking for four individuals who were seen on surveillance video removing a Ronald McDonald statue from a McDonald’s restaurant on Sunday, July 6.
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Creating deepfakes with malicious intent will soon be a crime in Pennsylvania
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation to classify deepfakes in Pennsylvania as digital forgeries, making non-consensual digital impersonation punishable by law.
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Adult son convicted, sentenced to life for shooting and beheading father in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania man who posted a video of his father’s severed head on YouTube was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole.
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Opinion: Quality mentorship: the secret to PA teacher success and retention
From classroom management and lesson planning to keeping on top of the seemingly endless amount of paperwork that comes with the job, guidance and advice from a seasoned teacher is invaluable to new teachers at the start of their careers.
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Pennsylvania man charged with beheading father says he was trying to perform a citizen’s arrest
The Pennsylvania man charged with fatally shooting then beheading his father and posting it on YouTube said on the stand Wednesday that the killing was “Plan B” after trying to arrest his father for what he called false statements and treason.
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Judas Priest, Rick Springfield, John Oates and Bob Geldof reflect on 40 years of Live Aid
Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts aimed to do a lot of good — helping to raise over $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia and inspiring worldwide awareness for a cause it might otherwise have ignored.
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Allegheny County joins immigrant sanctuary lawsuit seeking to block Trump funding cuts
If the new cities and counties are accepted into the lawsuit, there would be a total of 50 localities in 14 states, including Pennsylvania.
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Shapiro signs law repealing Pa.’s ban on Sunday hunting. Here’s what you need to know.
The law takes effect on September 7, 2025, but it’s unclear how many Sundays will be added.
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PA Task Force 1 heads to Texas to assist with rescue and recovery efforts
A group of specially trained Pennsylvanians is being deployed to Texas in the wake of the deadly flooding that has claimed the lives of at least 100 people.
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Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup
A union representing thousands of city workers in Philadelphia and the city have reached a deal to end a more than weeklong strike that halted residential curbside trash pickup and affected other services.
