Regional & State News
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All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found
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R.M Palmer candy factory explosion updates: Rescue crews are continuing their efforts.
The explosion, that occurred just before 5 p.m. Friday at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant and destroyed one building and damaged another nearby, is still under investigation.
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West Reading chocolate factory explosion kills 4 people, 3 still missing
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Jeremy Long
Native American Tribe urges Army to speed up return of child’s 1879 remains
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Matt Rourke
Pennsylvania judge dismisses latest GOP mail ballot lawsuit
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Health
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AP Photo, File
Parts of Delaware County could soon lose emergency medical services
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WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here’s what we know
The data was posted briefly on an international database but then abruptly taken down over the weekend.
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Wyoming’s governor has signed a law prohibiting abortion pills
The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion
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Katie Blackley
As the number of Pennsylvanians with Alzheimer’s grows, so will the burden on caregivers
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Janice Chang for NPR
School nurses: What the job is like post-pandemic
Climate & Energy
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Marie Cusick
Pa. environmental protection head pitches permit reform during budget hearing
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $199.6 million budget for DEP for the upcoming fiscal year, a raise of about 9%.
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Ohio toxic train derailment upends school baseball, track
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Marie Cusick/ StateImpact Pennsylvania
Pa. Democrats control the state House. The new energy committee chair says he’ll look for bipartisan agreement
Greg Vitali said he wants to find areas of bipartisan agreement that have a good chance of passing the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Downsize laundry jugs to cut emissions
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Reid R. Frazier
Allegheny County levees $307K in fines on U.S. Steel for Clairton air pollution violations
Politics & Policy
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Matt Rourke
Pennsylvania judge dismisses latest GOP mail ballot lawsuit
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Commonwealth Media Services
Josh Shapiro urges support for $2,500 tax credit for new Pa. cops
The credit, which Shapiro’s office estimates would cost $25 million per year if approved, is one of several bids to fill municipal department vacancies.By Sam Dunklau -
Marc Levy
Democrats, marchers press gun violence debate at Pa. Capitol
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Scott Applewhite
Pa. Sen. John Fetterman expected back ‘soon,’ but no certain timeline yet
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Dauphin County Prison via AP
Riley Williams, who led Jan. 6 protesters to Nancy Pelosi’s office, sentenced to 3 years in prison
By Robby Brod
National & World News
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Scott Olson
Is Donald Trump actually getting arrested this week? Here’s what we know
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The start of the Iraq War 20 years later in photos
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Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the occupied city of Mariupol
Earlier, on Saturday, Putin traveled to Crimea, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine.
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Pro-Moscow voices tried to steer Ohio train disaster debate
The accounts also parroted Kremlin talking points about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Why car prices are still so high — and why they are unlikely to fall anytime soon
Both new and used prices have stopped skyrocketing.
By Camila Domonoske/NPR
