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Gene J. Puskar
Jerry Sandusky’s resentencing is delayed for reasons unclear
The former Penn State assistant football coach had been sentenced to 30 to 60 years after his 2012 jury conviction. But an appeals court ruled in February that mandatory minimums had been improperly applied.
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Gene J. Puskar
Roethlisberger done for season with right elbow injury
The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback will undergo surgery on his right elbow and be placed on injured reserve, ending the 37-year-old’s 16th season just two weeks in.
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Robert F. Bukaty
Presidential candidate, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar to visit Pittsburgh Wednesday
Pittsburgh has already hosted visits by Democrats including former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who subsequently withdrew from the race.
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Associated Press
Wilson, Seahawks edge Steelers 28-26 as Roethlisberger exits
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jones scores late TD, leads Falcons past Eagles 24-20
Politics & Policy
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Matt Rourke
A clash on cyber charters kicks off fall legislative session in Harrisburg
Gov. Wolf introduced a charter reform proposal this summer, which included specific measures that could limit cyber charter school growth.
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Kimberly Paynter
A chance of freedom? New bill could release 1,000 people sentenced to life in Pa. prisons
For more than 40 years, life sentences in Pennsylvania have only come one way: without the possibility of parole.
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Tom Downing
Pa.’s lawmakers return to Harrisburg this month. Here’s their plan.
Expect arguments on everything from energy to guns, from criminal justice to wages, and more.By Katie Meyer
National & World News
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Getty Images and Renee Klahr
Health care: See where the 2020 Democratic candidates stand
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Ted S. Warren
Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens
The new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine is an analysis of responses from 13,310 adult women who participated in nationally representative U.S. government health surveys from 2011-2017.
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NPR
NPR shopping cart economics: How prices changed at a Walmart in 1 year
In August 2018, NPR began tracking how those tariffs might trickle down to shoppers at the world’s largest retail store chain.
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Paul Sancya
No deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute
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Douglas Healey
After bankruptcy filing, Purdue Pharma may not be off hook
Some states made it clear last week that they intend to object to the deal in bankruptcy court and seek to continue their lawsuits against members of the Sackler family in state courts.
By Geoff Mulvihill/The Associated Press
Health
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Group flags concussion risks among students and young athletes
About half of children and teenagers with concussions requiring help from a state program were injured while playing sports. -
Matt Rourke
U.S. Justice Department will fight sale of Hahnemann residency program
DOJ lawyers argued the provider agreement cannot be transferred unless there is a change in ownership. -
Douglas Healey
Chaotic talks show challenge of reaching opioid settlement
The failure to reach a wide-ranging settlement means the legal battle will probably shift to bankruptcy court.By Geoff Mulvhill/The Associated Press
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A Mother’s Reckoning; author Sue Klebold
For the last twenty years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror?
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September is National Recovery Month
What are the keys to getting more people suffering from substance use disorder into treatment?
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Health officials sound the alarm over vaping
Health officials across the country are sounding the alarm over E-cigarette use, which is also known as vaping.
By Justin Kocis, Merideth Bucher and Brett Sholtis
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Keith Ridler
Agency considering renewing license to keep Three Mile Island nuclear debris in Idaho
Federal authorities want to store the partially melted core from one of the United States’ worst nuclear power accidents for another 20 years in Idaho.
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Reid R. Frazier
At Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, a plastics evangelist says U.S. shale gas is vital
Dispatches from Scotland, part 2: StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Reid Frazier talks with Kevin Ross, who runs a company that focuses on plastics testing and recycling and says U.S. shale gas is driving important investment into the UK economy.
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Marie Cusick
Pennsylvania has a key role in talk of a carbon-neutral economy. We’ll take a closer look at the stakes
StateImpact Pennsylvania is part of “Covering Climate Now,” an effort led by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation magazine to focus news organizations’ efforts on coverage of the issue.
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Kimberly Paynter
PUC says no leak or damage to line after latest sinkhole along Mariner East 2 in Delaware County
By Alan Yu/WHYY
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Matt Rourke
A clash on cyber charters kicks off fall legislative session in Harrisburg
Gov. Wolf introduced a charter reform proposal this summer, which included specific measures that could limit cyber charter school growth.
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Michael Rubinkam
Pa. to launch review of its science standards that may include emphasis on helping students think like scientists
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Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY
2 out of 5 Asian Pacific American households in Pa. risk going uncounted in census
Roughly 40% of Pennsylvania’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community is at risk of going uncounted in the 2020 census, according to Governor Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs.