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Brickbat: Good Enough for Government Work

Former Scranton, Pennsylvania, police sergeant Jeffrey Vaughn has been sentenced to six months in prison followed by two years of probation after pleading guilty to theft from a program receiving federal funds. Vaughn was paid to perform overtime patrols at federally subsidized low-income housing projects, but he claimed 266 hours…

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What to Watch: Clues about voter sentiment could emerge from Kentucky, Pennsylvania primaries

Off-year elections Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress

The Independent UK

Woman met dream guy on Hinge with 'killer smile' but lost $450,000 in terrifying new 'pig butchering' scam

Shreya Datta, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said she felt she had "'a hole in my soul for not having a man in my life" before meeting the scammer on Hinge and handing over $450,000 of savings

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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.

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Environmental groups sue Shell over air quality at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant

An environmental group says in a new lawsuit that Shell is putting residents’ health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

9 railcars from Norfolk Southern train derail in Pennsylvania, no hazardous chemicals on board

Officials say nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported injuries

The Independent UK

Brickbat: No Good Deed

Officials in Center Township, Pennsylvania, have agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Good Samaritan who died after being tackled by a city police officer. Kenneth Vinyard was rendering aid to a shooting victim outside a Walmart when he was knocked…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #60

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Virginia’s legislative elections have most open-seat races since at least 2011

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Brew.

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Pennsylvania’s Largest Coal Plant Is Retiring. What Would It Take to Transition the Site to Renewables?

Homer City Generating Station has been used to delay environmental regulations. Could the infamous site become a symbol for the just transition?

Capital & Main

The Most Expensive States to Die In (Due to Death Taxes)

You probably know the cost of living in your state, but what about the cost of dying — death taxes?

Kiplinger

Pennsylvania House battle hinges on Philadelphia suburbs

Democrats are clinging to a one-seat Pennsylvania House majority but that could change when voters fill a suburban Philadelphia vacancy next week

The Independent UK

Patricia McCullough and Carolyn Carluccio are running in the May 16 Republican primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Patricia McCullough and Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio are running in the Republican primary for one seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16, 2023. The winner will face the winner of the Democratic primary—Deborah Kunselman or Daniel McCaffery—in the general election on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans to pick state supreme court nominees on May 16

Welcome to the Monday, May 8, Brew.

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Global ammunition race may decide Ukraine war

At the US Army Ammunition Plant in President Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, production lines are running day and night through the working week to deliver artillery shells.

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Kunselman, McCaffery running in May 16 Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Deborah Kunselman and Daniel McCaffery are running in the Democratic primary for one judgeship on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 16. The winner will face the Republican nominee—either Patricia McCullough or Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio—in the general election on Nov. 7. The filing deadline for the primary was March 7.

The Independent UK

Accused Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger’s belongings test positive for blood

Newly-released bodycam footage also shows officers executing a search warrant at his home on 30 December

The Independent UK

Bodycam footage captures defensive Bryan Kohberger during police stop one month before Idaho murders

WSU police also released court documents showing that two items found in the accused killer’s apartment tested positive for blood

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MSU football offers D-II All-American WR JaQuae Jackson

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a Division II All-American wide receiver from Pennsylvania

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #59

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Workers: 'Rotten egg' smell before chocolate factory blast

Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled rotten eggs before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building and heavily damaged another, killing seven people

Daily Mirror

'I earn £4,000 a month bin diving - you'd be amazed by the designer labels thrown'

Veronica Taylor from Pennsylvania, America, has turned dumpster diving into a lucrative job after discovering just how much money she can make from it

Reason

Brickbat: Parking Purists

One Saturday each month, the Fuente de Vida Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania, opens up its food pantry to those in need. But on one recent Saturday, city parking enforcement officers showed up and began ticketing the cars of those parked to go pick up their food. "They go, 'We are…

Daily Mirror

Stolen body parts donated to medical science allegedly sold to man thief met on Facebook

Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, allegedly sold Pennsylvania man Jeremy Lee Pauley 20 boxes of body parts stolen from a mortuary after being used as medical school cadavers

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Biden denies ‘bomb train’ permit to ship liquid gas through populated areas

Gas giant New Fortress Energy’s cars would have taken a route from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, hauling its explosive cargo

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