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Police respond to report of exorcism at Home Depot
Here’s a headline you don’t see often: an reported exorcism at a local home improvement store. The exorcism in this case was for trees and it took place in Dickson City at the Commerce Boulevard Home Depot in Pennslyvania. Dickson City Police responded to a call of “bad behavior” occurring in the lumber aisle.
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How one small Pennsylvania pharmacy is vaccinating thousands
Behind the counter of Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, near Philadelphia, owner Mayank Amin has been working late into the night since his independent drugstore received state approval to administer COVID-19 vaccines in late January.
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Pennsylvania legalizes delivery robots that weigh up to 550 pounds, classifies them as pedestrians
Pennsylvania has legalized autonomous delivery robots that roam sidewalks to deliver goods same-day from business-to-business or from point of sale to the buyer. The use of delivery robots which can weigh up 550 pounds, was legalized after the bill was approved 105-97 last month, making Pennsylvania the twelfth U.S state permitted to use autonomous devices for deliveries.
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Nature Scores a Big Win Against Fracking in a Small Pennsylvania Town
After a seven-year battle, Grant Township fought off a permit for an injection well. “Fights like ours should mushroom all around Pennsylvania,” says town supervisor
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Pennsylvania state rep files resolution calling for "state day of humiliation, fasting and prayer" to atone for coronavirus pandemic
Pennsylvania State Representative Stephanie Borowicz has called for her state to recognize March 30, 2020 as "A State Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer" in a resolution introduced to Pennsylvania's General Assembly on Monday.
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93-year-old toymaker donates 300 wooden trucks to Pennsylvania kids
Just call him Santa Claus. A 93-year-old toymaker gave new meaning to the “spirit of giving” when he donated 300 wooden play trucks to be given to local Pennsylvania kids for Christmas.
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Pennsylvania Legislators Quickly And Quietly Passed A Law That Strips Power From Its Reform-Minded DA
The residents of Philadelphia elected Larry Krasner as their new DA in 2018. Krasner promised reforms to the criminal justice system. And he delivered. He secured 33 resignations from prosecutors and staff who didn't feel they could back his...
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Pennsylvania considers a tax on violent videogames to help prevent school shootings
Pennsylvania lawmakers have put forward a bill that would introduce an additional 10% tax on violent videogames. The money raised by the so-called “sin tax” would go to a fund called the “Digital Protection for School Safety Account,” in an attempt to raise security measures to help prevent school shootings. House Bill 109, which was originally put forward last year by Republican state representative Chris Quinn, would apply the extra tax to those games that the ESRB rates as M for Mature or Adults-Only. After sales tax, that would raise the cost of a standard triple-A release from around $60 to $70 (£54).
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The 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf Who Challenged Slavery, Meat-Eating, and Racism
Benjamin Lay is not to be overlooked. By Natasha Frost. (Sept. 11, 2017)
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Erie, Pennsylvania: Woman high on meth dies after pumping gasoline into her anus
A 32-year old Erie, Pennsylvania woman has been killed after an overdose on meth caused her to insert a gas pump nozzle into her anus and begin pumping gasoline. The woman, who is yet to be formally identified by authorities, is believed to have a record for multiple drug offences in Pennsylvania. Officials who are involved …
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'Like a playbook for concealing the truth': Pennsylvania grand jury details how Catholic Church allegedly covered up priest abuse
The 1,356-page report from Pennsylvania begins with a plea: “We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this.” The Roman Catholic Church’s darkest secrets start tumbling out not long afterward. In the Diocese of Allentown, one priest was confronted by his superiors and said: “Please help me. I sexually molested a boy.” The diocese indeed helped him by letting the priest serve for several more years after the diocese concluded that “the experience will not necessarily be a horrendous trauma” for the boy, the report says.
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Parents face homicide charges after infant's body found hidden in cat litter
The parents of a 6-month-old girl found dead in a storage container in a crawl space in their Pennsylvania home are facing criminal homicide charges. Twenty-five-year-old Shaun Oxenreider and 27-year-old Samantha Trump were also charged in Berks County with concealing the death of a child, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy. Authorities say Harper Trump’s body was found March 20 in a trash bag in a plastic container filled with cat litter at the Springfield Township complex. An autopsy concluded Harper died around Jan. 1 from blunt-force head trauma.
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The Great High School Impostor
What Artur Samarin pulled off at a school in small-town Pennsylvania is one of the boldest hoaxes of our time.
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Pennsylvania gerrymandering's surprise co-conspirators: Democrats
Many Democrats would rather not talk about this. By Jonathan Lai, Holly Otterbein.
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Couple charged with murder after 'beating 4-year-old child to death for spilling cereal'
A couple who allegedly killed a four-year-old boy to death for spilling his cereal, have been charged with his "senseless" murder. Police accused the boy’s mother, Lisa Smith, 19, and her boyfriend Keiff King, 26, of repeatedly hitting Tahjir Smith in the head and torso at their home in Abington, Pennsylvania. The pair admitted they used their hands to give Tahjir a “butt whooping”, investigators said.
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Supreme Court Refuses to Block New Pennsylvania Electoral Map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a boost to Democratic hopes of seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives, rejecting a challenge to Pennsylvania's new court-drawn state electoral map that Republicans had challenged as favoring Democrats.
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Winning $457M Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania
One Powerball ticket worth $456.7 million in Saturday's drawing was sold in Pennsylvania, the multistate lottery announced.
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It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset
Trump won this district by 20 points in 2016. For him, this was personal.
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Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles hold commitment ceremony
Crown-wearing worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes. With state police and a smattering of protesters standing watch outside the church, brides clad in white and grooms in dark suits brought dozens of unloaded AR-15s into World Peace and Unification Sanctuary for a religious event that doubled as an advertisement for the Second Amendment.
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The Geeks Who Put a Stop to Pennsylvania's Partisan Gerrymandering
Pennsylvania's congressional map has long been aggressively gerrymandered, silencing Democratic voters. These are the experts who helped change that for good.
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