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Meet the man determined to climb the tallest tree in all 67 Pennsylvania counties

DANVILLE, Pa. — On most days, Van Wagner has pine needles in his pockets and sawdust in his salt-and-pepper beard. He teaches his high school students about agriculture and trees, trims tree branches on the side and, if he can carve out a few extra hours, Wagner even sings folk…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

FBI arrest man who tried to smuggle homemade explosive device onboard Florida-bound flight

FBI says powder from ‘commercial grade firework’ was hidden in lining of suitcase headed to Sanford, Florida

The Independent UK

Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport, man arrested

Authorities say a man was arrested after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at an eastern Pennsylvania airport

The Independent UK

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Pa. Senate committee subpoenaes Norfolk Southern in its East Palestine derailment probe

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the Pennsylvania border in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Supreme Court rules Delaware wrongfully grabbed hundreds of millions in unclaimed MoneyGram funds

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that Delaware wrongfully grabbed hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed funds from customers of international payments giant MoneyGram, under the old legal doctrine of escheat.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

When does clinical depression become an emergency? 4 questions answered

The news that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15, 2023, to be treated for clinical depression sparked a national discussion around the need for openness about mental health struggles. This comes after Fetterman suffered a near-fatal stroke in…

The Conversation

It's a 'new day' in Harrisburg as Joanna McClinton becomes the first woman elected speaker of the Pa. House

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania lawmakers elected state Rep. Joanna McClinton as the first woman to become House speaker Tuesday, ending months of turmoil in the chamber after state Rep. Mark Rozzi resigned from the top job.

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Unsealed Pa. warrant details what police seized from Kohberger’s family home

BOISE, Idaho — Pennsylvania police and the FBI seized a dozen items from the home of Bryan Kohberger’s parents in eastern Pennsylvania, including black clothing and his size 13 Nike shoes, and also took a DNA swab of the Idaho homicide suspect’s mouth, according to an unsealed search warrant released…

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Prankster son covers parents' entire kitchen in peanut butter in outrageous prank

TikToker Corbin Millet from Pennsylvania has racked up millions of views on the social media platform mostly by pulling off pranks against his long suffering parents

Daily Mirror

Pennsylvania unseals search warrant in Idaho killings

Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death

The Independent UK

ISIS 'Beatle' Alexanda Kotey back behind bars months after going missing from jail

The 39-year-old was taken from his cell in Pennsylvania, US, in November as part of a cooperation deal with the CIA, the Mirror understands

Daily Mirror

Unsealed warrant shows police seized black clothes, flashlight at Bryan Kohberger's parents' home in Pa.

BOISE, Idaho — Pennsylvania police and the FBI seized a dozen items from the home of Bryan Kohberger’s parents in eastern Pennsylvania, including black clothing and his size 13 Nike shoes, and also took a swab of the suspect’s mouth, according to an unsealed search warrant released Tuesday and obtained…

Tribune News Service

New Bryan Kohberger search warrant reveals items seized during Idaho murders arrest in Pennsylvania

Items seized included one defiant silver flashlight and four medical-style gloves, according to court documents

The Independent UK

Boy fights for life after ending up hanging by his neck on amusement park rope ladder

Families were shocked to see an eight-year-old entangled in a rope ladder at the Thrillz High Flying Adventure Park in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon

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Chicago voters go to the polls

Welcome to the Tuesday, February 28 Brew.

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Pa. lawmakers considering issuing subpoena to Norfolk Southern

HARRISBURG, Pa. — About 40% of the hundreds of thousands of railroad freight cars that roll through Pennsylvania annually carry hazardous materials, a rail industry official told lawmakers Monday, but the U.S. Constitution prevents the state from setting comprehensive rules for how they operate.

The Independent UK

Fetterman 'on path to recovery,' will be out for more weeks

A spokesman for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says the Democrat is “on a path to recovery” after checking himself into a hospital for clinical depression earlier this month, and he is still expected to be away from the Senate for several weeks

The Philadelphia Inquirer

War costs — and sales — mount for Pa. companies with Ukraine ties a year after Russia invaded

When Russia attacked Ukraine last February, investors such as Pennsylvania's state pension funds rushed to dump their Russian investments, horrified at the prospect of profiting from the unprovoked invasion.

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Reason

When the Government Makes Poverty Worse

A Pennsylvania survey suggests that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security, ranking ahead of credit card debt and student loans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

All available free-agent guards for Colts in 2023

Here's a look at the available free-agent guards for the Colts in 2023.

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Officials insist pollution from derailment not harming animals in Pa.

Despite testimony to the contrary, Pennsylvania officials say they have found no evidence that animals in Western Pennsylvania were harmed by the East Palestine train derailment.

The Independent UK

John Fetterman’s wife Gisele says family forced to flee to Canada to avoid ‘media circus’ over depression

The family of Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman described how they fled to Canada to escape a “media circus” over his "severe" clinical depression.

Tribune News Service

Bryan Kohberger lived here: Pennsylvania friends, neighbors recall Moscow homicide suspect

POCONO MOUNTAINS, Pa. — A dense, gray cloud settled above Monroe County in the first days of February, blocking the sun’s attempts to break through. More than a month since the U.S. shifted its gaze to this rural region, a shame has fallen over its residents, the result of an…

Daily Mirror

Man dies after being trapped under five-tonne concrete slab for seven hours

Jose Pereira was first trapped under the concrete slab at around 2.30pm on Friday after an eighth-floor balcony collapsed in the Spinnaker Condominium Complex in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, US

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Derail the politics: Ohio train spill shouldn’t be a partisan fight

Unless Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg were supposed to be recalibrating the hot bearing detectors on Norfolk Southern’s trains, it’s hard to blame them for the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment, close to the Pennsylvania border, spilled more than 100,000 gallons of highly flammable vinyl chloride.

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