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What caused the deadly Pottstown home explosion?

The investigation into the deadly house explosion in Pottstown could take up to a year to complete.

By Emily Rizzo/WHYY and Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Company faces criminal charges over pipeline explosion in Western Pennsylvania

A 2018 landslide along the pipeline’s route in Beaver County triggered a gas explosion and fire that destroyed a home, a barn and several cars, collapsed six high-voltage transmission towers.
By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

NASA estimates metrics of exploding meteor that shook ground in Pittsburgh area

The space agency’s Meteor Watch says a “reasonable assumption” of the speed of the meteor at about 45,000 mph would allow a “ballpark” estimate of its size as about a yard in diameter with a mass close to half a ton.

By The Associated Press

What we know about the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack

More information on each of the victims

By NPR
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