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Residents in a western Pennsylvania county are calling for the resignation of an official who is facing felony animal cruelty charges after authorities say her dog starved to death.
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A former Pennsylvania death row inmate who spent more than two decades locked up has been released from prison following the dismissal of murder charges in two 1998 killings that he blamed on his brother, who died in prison. Noel Montalvo, who turned 59 Tuesday, was freed Monday after York County prosecutors dismissed murder and other charges and he pleaded guilty to evidence tampering.
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Two men accused of racing on a public highway in western Pennsylvania are facing charges in a crash involving a school van that left a teenage girl dead.
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The resignation of Rep. John Galloway, a Democrat from Bucks County, will tee up another special election on Feb. 13 to determine the chamber’s majority early next year.
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The change would let schools complete the academic year in either a minimum of 180 days or 900 hours at the elementary level and 990 at the secondary level.
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The top U.S. cyberdefense agency says hackers are targeting industrial control systems widely used by water and sewage-treatment utilities.
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Former federal prosecutor Katayoun “Kat” Copeland says she's running for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 2024.
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Several leading Pennsylvania universities that receive millions of dollars in state aid must start publicly disclosing more records about their finances, employment and operation.
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Three bills seeking to expand and strengthen Pennsylvania's anti-hate crime statutes were passed Tuesday by the state House of Representatives.
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Maria Battista, a Republican running for Pennsylvania’s Superior Court, was hospitalized overnight following the incident.