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Police Say Centre County Man Fired Gun Inside Home, Endangering Child and Woman — StateCollege.com
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Police Say Centre County Man Fired Gun Inside Home, Endangering Child and Woman

A Penns Valley man was arrested on Tuesday after state police said he fired a gun inside a home while a woman and 1-year-old child were standing just a few feet away. Lukas L. Evans, 42, discharged the 9mm handgun into a wall of a residence on Lower Brush Valley Road in Pottter Township just before...

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Mom, 45, sentenced for DUI crash that killed daughter, 6 — WNEP 16 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre)
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Mom, 45, sentenced for DUI crash that killed daughter, 6

Samantha Damski was high on cocaine when she crashed her car head-on in Wyoming County

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Fire rips through home in Milton — WNEP 16 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre)
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Fire rips through home in Milton

Crews responded to the home along Vine Street shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday.

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Shapiro signs bell-to-bell cellphone ban for Pa. schools — WITF News
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Shapiro signs bell-to-bell cellphone ban for Pa. schools

This story was originally published the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. More than 1.7 million K-12 students in public and private schools in Pennsylvania will soon all learn under a new, statewide law: a bell-to-bell cellphone ban restricting device use during the school day. On Monday, Gov. Josh...

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Brighter streetlights cut nighttime violence, but only for a while, study finds — Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Brighter streetlights cut nighttime violence, but only for a while, study finds

Streetlights illuminate autumn foliage in a suburban Maryland neighborhood. Brighter streetlights may help reduce nighttime violence, according to a new study. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline)As days grow shorter and darkness arrives earlier across much of the country, a new study suggests that...

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Boaters report close calls with Townsends Inlet Bridge as dangerous conditions persist: "It's terrifying" — CBS Philadelphia
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Boaters report close calls with Townsends Inlet Bridge as dangerous conditions persist: "It's terrifying"

Navigating Townsends Inlet in New Jersey has gotten so tricky that boat captains are reporting close calls with the bridge.Miss Avalon Capt. Brandon Hurd had a close call navigating Saturday through the Townsends Inlet Bridge."It was the closest call in my 10-year career going through that bridge,"...

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Food pantry burns down at South Philly Community Fridge in Point Breeze — PhillyVoice
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Food pantry burns down at South Philly Community Fridge in Point Breeze

South Philadelphia Community Fridge will operate without a pantry in its Point Breeze location for the foreseeable future after a fire destroyed the food storage structure Monday night.

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Fire destroys South Philadelphia community pantry, but food mission continues — 6ABC Action News (Philadelphia)
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Fire destroys South Philadelphia community pantry, but food mission continues

Middletown High student arrested for bringing loaded gun to school, police say — 6ABC Action News (Philadelphia)
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Middletown High student arrested for bringing loaded gun to school, police say

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God's Chuckwagon prepares for Thanksgiving meals as prices continue to rise — WNEP 16 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre)
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God's Chuckwagon prepares for Thanksgiving meals as prices continue to rise

Central Pa. students get hands-on look at careers in medicine through Geisinger's AiM HI program — WNEP 16 (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre)
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Central Pa. students get hands-on look at careers in medicine through Geisinger's AiM HI program

Boaters report close calls with Townsends Inlet Bridge as dangerous conditions persist: "It's terrifying" — CBS Philadelphia
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Boaters report close calls with Townsends Inlet Bridge as dangerous conditions persist: "It's terrifying"

Middletown High student arrested for bringing loaded gun to school, police say — 6ABC Action News (Philadelphia)
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Middletown High student arrested for bringing loaded gun to school, police say

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West Virginia University fraternities raided by police amid ongoing hazing investigation — CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA)
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West Virginia University fraternities raided by police amid ongoing hazing investigation

Toyota issues recall for more than 220,000 vehicles: See model affected — WGAL 8 (Lancaster/Harrisburg/York)
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Toyota issues recall for more than 220,000 vehicles: See model affected