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News Articles: Pennsylvania

Recovery work is shown at the scene of a train derailment outside New Castle, Pa., on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

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  • National

Norfolk Southern railcars derail in Pennsylvania, but with no hazardous chemicals

No injuries were reported after nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board, fire department and company officials said.

May 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC, smoke rises from an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pa., on Friday.

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  • National

A Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion has killed 3 people and 4 are missing

Several others were injured by the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, officials said. The cause of the blast about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia remains under investigation.

March 26, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
This airport surveillance camera image released in an FBI affidavit shows alleged suspect Marc Muffley at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., on Monday.

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  • National

A man is charged for allegedly trying to bring explosives in his suitcase on a flight

A Pennsylvania man is charged with possessing an explosive in an airport and possessing or attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft, according to a criminal complaint.

March 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98.

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  • Food

Bob Born, the 'Father of Peeps' and Hot Tamale candies, has died

Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Four University of Idaho students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death on Nov. 13.

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  • National

What we know about the University of Idaho stabbings

The authorities arrested a suspect, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger, on Friday.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward and
  • Emma Bowman
Santonastasso Enterprises, which owns and operates 13 McDonald's franchises in and around Pittsburgh, Pa., paid a civil penalty of $57,332 for violating child labor laws, according to the Department of Labor.

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  • Law

McDonald's franchise owners are caught violating child labor laws

Santonastasso Enterprises broke the law when more than a 100 teens were asked to work too many hours or too many late shifts, according to the Department of Labor.

December 07, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman holds a rally last month in Wallingford, Pa.

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  • Elections

Democrat John Fetterman beats Trump-backed Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race

The seat, which flips from Republican to Democrat, was vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey.

November 09, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Signs indicate the location of an early voting polling site at Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

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  • Elections

Politicians need to mobilize Black male voters ahead of the midterms, experts say

Just like with any voting bloc, there's still a vast array of diverging opinions, ideologies and issues that are important among Black voters in races.

November 08, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The city of Barberton, Ohio, recently shifted Republican after decades of Democratic leadership.

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  • National

Ohio and Pennsylvania voters aren't reading from their assigned scripts

Morning Edition spoke to more than 40 voters in two key districts in Ohio and Pennsylvania and found many aren't necessarily approaching issues as their parties would prefer. Here are four takeaways.

October 26, 2022
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  • Steve Inskeep
A spotted lanternfly creeps on the ground during a baseball game in Pittsburgh in 2021.

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  • Environment

What a pest! Spotted lanternflies are spreading in the U.S.

State officials are calling on residents to get involved and kill these bugs at all costs. The spotted lanternfly isn't dangerous to humans or pets but could cost the country's agricultural industry.

August 18, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick, greet supporters at the Indigo Hotel during a primary election night event on May 17, 2022 in Pittsburgh. McCormick conceded to rival Dr. Mehmet Oz on Friday.

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  • Politics

Dr. Oz wins the GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania after McCormick concedes

Oz led McCormick by less than 1,000 votes as state officials conducted a recount after the May 17 primary.

June 03, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Nate Darnell holds a cross while surrounded by chanting abortion-rights demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on May 5, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Roe established abortion rights. 20 years later, Casey paved the way for restrictions

The 5-4 decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld Roe in 1992 but paved the way for more restrictions on abortion access.

May 06, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Nate Darnell holds a cross while surrounded by chanting abortion-rights demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on May 5, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Roe established abortion rights. 20 years later, Casey paved the way for restrictions

The 5-4 decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld Roe in 1992 but paved the way for more restrictions on abortion access.

May 06, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Ten people were injured and at least three hospitalized after a bridge collapsed early Friday in Pittsburgh's East End.

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  • National

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed on the day of Biden's planned infrastructure visit

Officials said 10 people suffered minor injuries and at least three were taken to the hospital after the collapse, which appears to have involved several vehicles and a Port Authority bus.

January 28, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Attorney Jennifer Bonjean, Bill Cosby, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt speaking outside of Cosby's suburban Philadelphia home in June, after the actor was released from prison.

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  • Law

Prosecutors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review the Bill Cosby case

The prosecutors who brought Cosby to a conviction in 2018 — and then saw him freed earlier this year — are asking the Supreme Court to throw out a state court's ruling.

November 30, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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