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Pennsylvania repeals longstanding ban on Sunday hunting
Observer-Reporter - Pennsylvania
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July 11, 2025
/Local News 1 / 2 J.R. Lindley of Scenery Hill captured a photo of several deer grazing on a 28-acre field where he and his father grow soybeans. The Lindleys have seen as many as 30 deer in the field at a time, which have badly damaged their...
Pennsylvania Digital Forgery Law Targets AI Scams and Financial Exploitation
Insurance Journal
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July 11, 2025
A new Pennsylvania law intended to crack down on AI-powered fraud and financial crimes makes it a felony to use artificial intelligence to produce non-consensual “forged digital likenesses” like deepfakes or voice clones to injure, financially...
Pennsylvania enacts law to support military family education program
West Montgomery Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
On July 7, 2025, House Bill 865 was signed into law as Act 32 of 2025. The bill, initially introduced by Senator Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) and Senator Lindsey Williams (D-38), had been adopted by the state House of Representatives. Pennsylvania...
Mystery and deep scars remain in Pennsylvania towns a year after Trump shooting
The Mirror US
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July 13, 2025
A year ago to the date, eight shots fired from an AR-15-style rifle rocked the world. Intended for then-former President Donald Trump, all but one of the bullets ultimately missed their mark, burying themselves instead in three attendees at his...
Pennsylvania Mom Stabbed, Beaten Before Her House Was Set on Fire and Her Son Found Burning
Oxygen - New York
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July 11, 2025
When David Hibbs got off the school bus on the afternoon of April 19, 1991, he couldn’t wait to show his mom his honor roll certificate. But he never get the chance to. Just as he was rounding the back of his home in Bristol Township,...
Jane (Metz) Kitting
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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Jane (Metz) Kitting, died July 3, 2025 in St. Cloud, Fla. She was 98 years old. Jane was born in Huntingdon, to Claudia and Porter Metz of Belleville. She was the youngest of seven daughters: Grace, Mary, Blanche, Rhoda, Mae, Helen and Jane. She...
Pennsylvania man dies after kayak capsizes at Delaware Water Gap park
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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The body of a 54-year-old Pennsylvania man was pulled from the Delaware River July 10 after his kayak capsized in rapids, according to officials at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The man, whose identity is being withheld until...
Pennsylvania Democrats Stall Bill That Would Protect Women’s Sports
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 10, 2025
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have delayed the Save Women’s Sports Act, legislation that would protect girls and women from transgender-identifying males competing in female sports in the Keystone State. The legislation,...
Women's sports protection proposal blocked due to procedural issues
Westmoreland Review - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
State Rep. Jill N. Cooper | Pennsylvania 55th Legislative DistrictState Rep. Jill N. Cooper | Pennsylvania 55th Legislative District In a recent development, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has faced criticism over the handling of Senate...
Pennsylvania Could Be 25th State to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis Under New Bill
Cannabis Business Times
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July 10, 2025
Pennsylvania could be the 25th state to legalize adult-use cannabis under legislation that a pair of bipartisan senators introduced on July 10. Sens. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, and Sharif Street, D-Philadelphia, who worked together on legalization...
Pennsylvania Democrats warn of job losses under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill"
WTAE 4 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Pennsylvania Democrats warn of job losses, health care cuts under Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" WESTMORELAND COUNTY JAIL AWAITING HIS TRIAL. ALL WEEK WE’VE BEEN DIGGING INTO WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S SPENDING BILL WILL MEAN FOR OUR AREA. HE...
Pennsylvania middle schooler wins Lake Butler 5k
Bradford County Telegraph - Florida
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July 10, 2025
Screenshot BY DAN HILDEBRAN Henry Stewart crossed the finish line at Lakeside Park with a time of 28:05. Eight seconds later, the middle schooler’s mother completed the course at 28:13. Paige Stewart said she grew up in Union County as Paige...
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to begin sharing courses
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, or PASSHE, is one step closer to improving the strength of its schools through sharing advanced courses across institutions. The schools have obtained a $536,000 grant that will support the...
Turkey to Nigeria: Fethullah terrorist group in your country
Eagle Online
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July 17, 2025
The Turkish Government has warned that members of a terrorist group known as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) exist in Nigeria, and also operate in other countries around the world. Mehmet Poroy, the Turkish Ambassador-designate to...
Holding Israel accountable isn’t antisemitic — harming Jews is
Religion News Service
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July 16, 2025
(RNS) — As the leader of an organization of rabbis and cantors, I hear from members nearly every day about synagogues vandalized, bomb threats called in during services, visible Jews harassed on the street and hateful comments online and off. In...
ICE Raids Hit Norristown, Spark 'Terror' In Community
Patch
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July 16, 2025
NORRISTOWN, PA — Agents from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) swept through the greater Norristown area on Wednesday, sparking fear and panic in local communities with heavy immigrant populations. The Mexican consulate, based in...
Community Briefs 7/17/25
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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July 17, 2025
Greater Scranton YMCA receives grant funds for STEM Lab The Greater Scranton YMCA was awarded a $25,000 grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund in April. The grant will support the creation of a STEM Lab at the organization’s facility at...
Pennsylvania Dutch Day invites attendees to learn about traditional American language
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is rising at a...
Children's Hospital develops new tool to decode DNA methylation
East Montgomery Times - Pennsylvania
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July 10, 2025
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new tool, the Methylation Screening Array (MSA), to explore DNA methylation-mediated regulation of genes. This innovation is intended to shed light on complex human...
Gender pay gap still a problem for TX women
Public News Service
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Women who recently graduated from college are earning significantly less than their male counterparts. A new study reveals that women from Texas and other states who earned bachelor's degrees within the past seven years made an average of 18% less...