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Flyers name Danny Briere assistant to the general manager

PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 27: Former Philadelphia Flyer and Buffalo Sabre Daniel Briere acknowledges the crowd during a pre-game ceremony honoring his retirement from the NHL on October 27, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvani PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers have named former franchise great Danny Briere special assistant to the general manager.The 44-year-old Briere, who retired after the 2014-15 season, will be involved in all aspects of the club’s hockey operations, including scouting and player development. He joins the Flyers operations staff after parts of five years with the Maine Mariners of the ECHL, most recently as team president.He also worked in the Flyers player development department for the past two seasons in a part-time role working with the club’s prospects, as well as current players, on and off the ice.

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Fourth suspect in murder of Philadelphia teen captured in Atlanta

Jahlil Williams and three others are being held responsible for the November shooting death of 14-year-old Samir Johnson. PHILADELPHIA - A second suspect in the November murder of a Philadelphia teenager was arrested Tuesday in Atlanta, according to federal authorities. Jahlil Williams, 23, was taken into custody by U.S.

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Gov. Wolf's last budget, like his first, will feature schools

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Judge recommends congressional map favored by Pa. GOP lawmakers

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court will consider a new map of congressional districts recommended Monday by a lower court judge who picked a proposal favored by top Republican lawmakers but opposed by Democrats in the presidential battleground state.The map recommended by Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough, a Republican, came from a pool of more than a dozen submitted to the court as part of the once-a-decade exercise of adjusting for demographic shifts.It sides with Republicans on prominent areas of disagreement between partisans.The map passed the Republican-controlled Legislature last month without support from a single Democratic lawmaker. Gov.

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Justice Department signals it may allow safe injection sites

NEW YORK - A year after winning a major court battle against the opening of so-called safe injection sites -- safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdoses — the Justice Department is signaling it might be open to allowing them.In response to questions from The Associated Press, the Justice Department said it is "evaluating" such facilities and talking to regulators about "appropriate guardrails."The position is a drastic change from its stance in the Trump administration, when prosecutors fought vigorously against a plan to open a safe consumption site in Philadelphia. The Justice Department won a lawsuit last year, when a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania ruled that opening such a facility would violate a 1980s-era drug law, aimed at "crackhouses," which bans operating a place for taking illegal drugs.

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New Jersey mask mandate: Murphy to drop school mask requirement

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will end a statewide mask mandate to protect against COVID-19 in schools and child care centers.

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Police: 2 women steal thousands of dollars worth of makeup from Ulta in Chester County

EXTON, Pa. - Police in Chester County are searching for two women they stole thousands of dollars worth of makeup from an Ulta. Police say the incident happened in Exton on Thursday. According to police, the women had a system that allowed them to steal that much merchandise in a short amount of time. The total value of the makeup stolen was approximated to be $10,000. The day before, police say a man came into the store and asked questions and took pictures.

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What to watch for in Pennsylvania governor's budget proposal

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Stray bullet narrowly misses Widener University student doing homework in bedroom

CHESTER, Pa. - A local college student narrowly escaped tragedy when a stray bullet tore through a window while he was doing homework and missed his head by inches. Matthew Kennedy, a Sophomore student at Widener University in Chester County, said he was sitting at his desk solving physics equations when he heard a pop and smelled smoke.Kennedy, 20, said he threw himself on the ground and immediately called his uncle who lives nearby. Police responded to Kennedy's off-campus residence and found a bullet in his roommate's bedroom wall. The Chester Police Department said they responded to a report of shots fired In the neighborhood roughly an hour before the stray bullet tore through Kennedy’s home. They’re not sure if the two incidents are related and still do not know where the bullet originated. "I’m just happy to be alive," Kennedy said.

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Delaware County man, 68, accused of raping two young girls

Irvin Saunders, 68, was arrested Friday on a number of horrific charges including rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault and involuntary deviate sexual assault. CHESTER, Pa. - A Delaware County man is facing child rape charges after prosecutors say he abused two young girls several times over the course of two years. Irvin Saunders, 68, was arrested Friday on a number of horrific charges including rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault and involuntary deviate sexual assault.Saunders is alleged to have sexually abused an 8-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl over a two year period. Prosecutors did not say when the abuse allegedly started, and they did not provide a relationship between Saunders and the victims.Saunders was taken to Delaware County Prison on $500,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb.

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Dioceses of Allentown suspends rule that bars boy, girl wrestling matches

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Dioceses of Allentown suspended its longstanding rule that barred male athletes from wrestling their female counterparts after a team lost a district championship by forfeiting a dozen points.A spokesperson for the Diocese of Allentown claimed that opposing teams are taking advantage of the school's rule, accusing some of using it as a "coaching tactic.""Some coaches have unscrupulously used it knowing that there wouldn’t be a bout, there would be a forfeit," Paul Wirth said. "In some cases, girls who weren’t on the team roster to the mat, know the boy would be forced to forfeit."Luke Jordan, a freshman at Berks Catholic, has had at least 5 of his matches forfeited due to this rule.

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The scoop behind a blizzard, a mom and 'Ice Cream for Breakfast' day

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Imagine being snowed in. For several days. With small children.That was the case for Florence Rappaport of Rochester, NY, during the historic Blizzard of 1966.Like many parents who’d find themselves in a similarly snowy situation, Mrs.

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Man accused of shooting woman who bumped into him at store captured near West Chester University

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Authorities arrested a man accused of following a woman home and shooting her after she bumped into him at a Coatesville grocery store last month. Moenell Coleman, 25, was taken into custody Friday near the campus of West Chester University, according to authorities. It's believed that Coleman was hiding out with a friend who lives in a student apartment complex on the 100 block of Carey Drive.According to investigators, Coleman became irate when a woman in her 20s accidentally bumped into him at Coatesville Market on East Lincoln Highway in late January.

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New map of Pennsylvania legislative districts approved

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)HARRISBURG - The five-member commission redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania's state legislative districts voted to approve new maps for the next decade, with a focus on the state's fast-growing Latino population that could change the face of the predominantly white House and Senate.The Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted 4-1 during their meeting in the state Capitol, with chairman Mark Nordenberg, the Senate's Republican leader and the House and Senate's Democratic leaders voting for it.The vote came after nearly a year of meetings, hearings and closed-door discussions to carry out the constitutionally required, once-a-decade map-drawing to account for demographic shifts identified by the U.S.

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Philadelphia, Pittsburgh DAs lose round in opioid settlement suit

PHILADELPHIA - The district attorneys for Philadelphia and Allegheny County have lost a round in their legal challenge of the $26 billion national opioid settlement, with a Pennsylvania appeals court ruling Friday that their suit against the state attorney general was premature.The prosecutors want the right to continue with their own lawsuits against the drug industry, saying the national settlement would pay their communities only a fraction of the money needed to cover the epidemic's financial toll. They had asked the court to rule that Attorney General Josh Shapiro has no authority to bind them to the settlement.A Commonwealth Court judge ruled Friday that because the national settlement has yet to be finalized, the prosecutors' challenge cannot be heard."Unless and until" the agreement is ratified and affects "the DAs’ rights in a substantial and concrete manner, any opinion that this court would issue at this stage of the proceedings would be an impermissible advisory opinion," said the ruling by Judge Michael Wojcik.DA Larry Krasner in suing Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro to ensure ongoing litigation against multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical giants are not squashed by a settlement deal.Last year, drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the three largest U.S.

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Dr. Val Arkoosh suspends campaign for U.S. Senate seat

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Montgomery County Commissioner Dr. Val Arkoosh announced Friday that she is suspending her campaign for U.S.

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Vaccination cards, N95 masks stolen from Philadelphia vaccine clinic, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police say they are investigating the theft of vaccination cards and N95 masks from a local vaccine clinic.The theft occurred back on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at the Pennsylvania Hospital clinic on the 200 block of South 8th Street. Police say they received a call from the clinic officials reporting that the cards and masks had been taken from a storage room at the clinic.

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The top-selling Valentine’s Day candy by state revealed

Los Angeles - From a traditional box of chocolates to the resurgence of conversation hearts, CandyStore.com has compiled data to determine this year’s most popular Valentine’s Day candy by state — and some of the results are cloyingly surprising.The national candy company used sales data from its online bulk candy stores and industry partners to determine the outcome.Cue the results (and we won’t sugar-coat it).Valentine’s Day candy is a personal choice, but there are two types of candy that seemed to shine in 2022: conversation hearts and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates.This year, CandyStore.com said conversation hearts have claimed the top spot as Valentine's Day's top-selling candy.Percentage of total Valentine's Day candy sales (Credit: CandyStore.com) However, the candy retailer also broke down the state-by-state data, which showed slightly different results. Yes, 12 states favored conversation hearts this year (Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin).However, a whopping 16 states, along with Washington, D.C., still preferred a heart-shaped box of chocolates (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and Washington D.C.).In addition, M&M’s continue to gain traction.

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'A chilling murder': 2 wanted in deadly Pottstown mugging captured in North Carolina

Ahmed Mohammed, 16, and Samir Bentley, 20, are facing first-degree murder charges in the October shooting death of Robert Stiles. POTTSTOWN, Pa - Prosecutors say a Philadelphia teen and a man wanted for a deadly robbery last year in Pottstown were arrested Thursday in North Carolina. Ahmed Mohammed, 16, and Samir Bentley, 20, are facing first-degree murder charges in the October shooting death of Robert Stiles, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.It's believed that Mohammed grabbed Stiles on E.

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Johns Hopkins study shows lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 death rate by .2%

COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2% in the U.S. and Europe, according to a Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of several studies. "While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted," the researchers wrote.

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Experts explain how leftover road salt impacts water sources

PHILADELPHIA - Some of our roads look as if they’re painted white from all the salt leftover from Saturday’s storms.Road salt and parking lot salt is entering our local streams and creeks at an alarming rate says Dr. John Jackson from the Stroud Water Research Center.Just this weekend, a stream that enters Philadelphia’s Tookany Creek had water twice as salty as ocean water at one point and water as salty as ocean water at other times. While melting snow and rain (which is coming later this week according to FOX 29's Weather Authority) carries road, driveway, parking lot, stairwell, and sidewalk salt into our storm drains and into our local streams and creeks right away, some of that pavement salt will end up enter our waterways in the summer.Here’s how: salty water from melted snow and rain will seep into our ground.

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US Marshals arrest Pennsylvania rape suspect in Tucson

Robert Hazen TUCSON, Ariz. - A man accused of raping two juveniles in Pennsylvania was arrested on Feb. 1 at a Tucson Walmart, authorities said.According to the U.S.

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Chester County school board member under fire for comments made about immigrant children

OXFORD, Pa. - An Oxford Area School District school board member is facing criticism for several comments she made toward the immigrant community in the Chester County school district during a January 18th school board meeting, addressing a revision to a policy regarding homeless students."Our school district is ranked 369 out of 707 and this policy around these illegal immigrants and just talking about accepting these illegal immigrants and allowing this policy to be applied to them," board member Jennifer Kehs stated.Kehs is a Republican and elected to the board in the past year. Many feel her comments imply that a decline in school performance is a direct relation to an increase in immigrant children attending class in the district.MORE HEADLINES:"Those people may potentially continue on this downward trend, as we have people coming into our school district who don’t speak any English, who have no schooling in America," Kehs commented during the meeting.Nelly Jimenez works at ACLAMO, a non-profit that provides social services to the community.

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Chester County Hospital pushes modular hospital after Tower Health closures

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Chester County Hospital is one step closer to getting additional emergency room beds.On Tuesday night, the West Goshen Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to waive land development requirements for the hospital to set-up a modular emergency room in their parking lot, which will speed up the process.With wait times as high as nine hours in recent weeks, lawyers for the hospital asked for the waiver due to the urgency and need for more space after the closure of Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals.

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Major winter storm only expected to bring rain, wintry mix to Delaware Valley

PHILADELPHIA - Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted six more weeks of winter Wednesday morning, but forecasters say the Delaware Valley will not be seeing snow from a massive winter storm stretching from Texas to the Northeast. Despite Phil's prediction, temperatures will actually warm up in our area Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Saturday, we'll head back into the freezer with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Those milder temperatures mean we'll be dealing with rain, instead of snow, Thursday and Friday.Meanwhile, a while a major winter storm with heavy snow and disruptive ice will impact more than 100 million people across a nearly 3,000-mile swath stretching from Texas and the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast through Friday.Snow and ice associated with that storm are forecasted to impact parts of western Pennsylvania by Friday.

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$950,000 settlement reached in suit over police shooting in Pa.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officer and township.The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that a copy of the settlement obtained through a Right-To-Know request indicates that the administrator of the estate of Joseph Santos agreed to end the lawsuit Sept. 14.Court documents indicate that the money will be split between Santos's two adult sons and 11-year-old daughter, minus law firm fees and costs.

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Arguments set for March on Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law

(Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's highest court said Wednesday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s expansive 2-year-old mail-in voting law, whose fate is in doubt after a lower court ruled the law violates the state constitution.The state Supreme Court said it will hear oral arguments at its March 8 session in Harrisburg. Written briefs are due before then.The mail-in voting law — which allows no-excuse mail-in voting by any registered voter — remains in force while the state Supreme Court hears the appeal by Gov.

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Shapiro sets campaign cash record to start election year

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, headed into 2021 with $13.4 million in his campaign account, a state record for a candidate heading into an election year.Shapiro, whose campaign report was posted online by the state after Monday night's reporting deadline, is not expected to face opposition in the primary and has unified the party, getting endorsements from its state committee and biggest allies, including the AFL-CIO.He reported raising $13.4 million in 2021, boosted by labor unions and big checks in a state that puts no limits on individual contributions. Labor unions gave Shapiro more than $3 million in 2021, while donors who gave at least $50,000 kicked in more than $5.4 million.The double-digits deep field of Republican candidates vying for the party's nomination reported relatively anemic fundraising through Dec.

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Groundhog Day 2022: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - Punxsutawney Phil, arguably one of the most famous groundhogs, awoke Wednesday morning and saw his shadow — which according to folklore means there will be six more weeks of winter.Each year, thousands descend on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Groundhog Day to watch the giant rodent make his annual weather prediction at dawn with the help of his "inner circle."According to folklore, there will be six more weeks of winter if he sees his shadow. If he doesn’t, spring comes early. "Winter has been bleak, and bereft of hope, yet winter is just another step in the cycle of life," one of Phil's top-hatted inner circle members read from a scroll.

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Groundhog Day 2022 live: Watch Punxsutawney Phil make his prediction

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - Many gathered on Wednesday in a western Pennsylvania town in honor of Groundhog Day to learn whether a furry critter will predict an early spring or six more weeks of winter.Onlookers descended on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch Punxsutawney Phil emerge from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow. The event took place virtually in 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, depriving the community, which is about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, of a boost from tourists. It was streamed live and seen by more than 15,000 viewers worldwide at one point.

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PennDOT issues refunds for drivers ticketed by speed camera in unposted work zone

BENSALEM, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is issuing refunds after months worth of erroneous tickets that penalized drivers for speeding in an unposted work zone. Dennis O'Sullivan, a local driver, said he received a speeding ticket through the mail from a camera on the Route 1 work zone in Bensalem last November. He later got the warning that should have preceded the ticket. "I never had any opportunity to modify anything because I was never notified of the first violation," O'Sullivan explained to FOX 29's Hank Flynn.

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How accurate is Punxsutawney Phil really?

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - Every Feb. 2, America turns to the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for a sliver of hope that the cold winter will end sooner rather than later.A groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, is roused from a stump on Gobbler’s Knob each year. Legend has it that if the large rodent sees his shadow, then there are six more weeks of winter ahead.

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New program aims at keeping ex-inmates out of prison in Pennsylvania

SCRANTON, Pa. - A new, intensive state program aims to help former inmates stay out of prison by giving them access to loans, educational programs and drug and alcohol treatment, state officials said Tuesday.The court-supervised STRIVE program will serve former inmates in northeastern Pennsylvania by connecting them to a bank, a community college and a behavioral health provider, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said."The period following incarceration can be daunting for reentrants, particularly if they lack support," Kelly Evans, deputy secretary for reentry at the Corrections Department, said in a written statement. "By helping put them on a path to success, the STRIVE partners are not only reducing the risk of recidivism, but also strengthening local communities."The program is modeled on an existing federal court initiative for central and northeastern Pennsylvania inmates leaving the U.S.

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Millions follow rich candidates in Pennsylvania Senate race

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 20: Dr. Mehmet Oz attends The 2022 Champions Of Jewish Values Gala at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 2022 in New York City. A TV personality and former faculty member at Columbia University, Dr.

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Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID-19 crunch

(Photo by Cesar Gomez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is setting up four regional support sites with as many as 120 beds to help hospitals and nursing homes under strain from COVID-19, state officials said Monday.The temporary sites will be located in existing skilled nursing facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as in Blair and Clarion counties, and will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.Pennsylvania nursing homes have been reporting dire staffing shortages that forced many of them to stop accepting new residents, which in turn has prevented hospitals jammed with COVID-19 patients from discharging patients who require skilled nursing care.Though pandemic-related hospitalizations are dropping in Pennsylvania, the state still has thousands of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter on Monday called it an "acute situation.""COVID-19 hospitalizations remain at historically high levels and healthcare workers need some support to get through this current surge," she said.General Healthcare Resources will supply clinical staff to the long-term-care support facilities under contract with the state, with workers to be recruited from outside Pennsylvania.

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Mayor vows disaster emergency declaration after bridge falls

PITTSBURGH, PA - JANUARY 28: Vehicles including a Port Authority bus are left stranded after a bridge collapsed along Forbes Avenue on January 28, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At least 10 people were reportedly injured in the early-morning colla PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The mayor of Pittsburgh has announced plans to sign a declaration of disaster emergency for the city in light of last week's collapse of a bridge in a city park.Mayor Ed Gainey said the declaration would increase availability of federal funds and speed cleanup and reconstruction of the Frick Park bridge, improving coordination between the state transportation department and the city.Gainey said the declaration would be in effect for the next few days but called on council members to extend it.

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Snow Totals: How much snow fell in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware?

PHILADELPHIA - A nor'easter that slammed the East Coast Friday night and into Saturday left behind more than a foot of snow in parts of New Jersey and Delaware while most of southeastern Pennsylvania also saw significant snow. Below is a look at snow totals reports from the National Weather Service.

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Reward offered in search for suspect accused of shooting woman who bumped into him at store

COATESVILLE, Pa. - Federal authorities are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect accused of following a woman home and shooting her after she apparently bumped into him at a Pennsylvania grocery store. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Philadelphia Field Division announced Friday that they would be offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Moenell Coleman. Coleman, 26, is accused of following a woman home Wednesday and shooting at her as she stood at her front door. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was grazed by a bullet in her right leg, and her brother who was inside the home was also struck.

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Pennsylvania court strikes down expansive mail-in voting law

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A statewide court declared Friday that Pennsylvania's expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on mail-in voting after then-President Donald Trump began baselessly attacking it as rife with fraud in 2020's campaign.The decision, by a five-judge Commonwealth Court panel of three Republicans and two Democrats, could be put on hold immediately by an appeal from Gov. Tom Wolf's administration to the state Supreme Court.Still, the decision throws Pennsylvania's voting laws into doubt as the presidential battleground state's voters prepare to elect a new governor and a new U.S.

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Biden heads to Pittsburgh to talk infrastructure, other achievements ahead of midterms

PITTSBURGH - President Joe Biden on Friday is set to visit Pennsylvania in an effort to "go out and talk to the public" about his White House achievements so far, including the passage of a bipartisan infrastructure package, as part of a broader campaign ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Biden is headed to Pittsburgh to specifically promote the benefits of the new $1 trillion infrastructure law that includes bridge maintenance. He is set to give remarks and appear just two miles from the site of an early-morning bridge collapse, which left 10 people with "minor" injuries and underscored his frequent calls to do more for the country’s crumbling infrastructure. In a statement following the collapse, the White House said the president would proceed with his planned trip."Our team is in touch with state and local officials on the ground as they continue to gather information about the cause of the collapse," the statement said.

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Pittsburgh bridge collapse leaves 10 hurt hours before Biden’s infrastructure visit

PITTSBURGH - A bridge with multiple vehicles on it collapsed early Friday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, causing several "minor" injuries and occurring hours ahead of a visit from President Joe Biden to discuss the country’s need for updated infrastructure. Pittsburgh Public Safety shared a Twitter post about the incident reported around 6 a.m., asking all to "avoid the area" of Braddock and Forbes avenues near Frick Park. Authorities later said that "three to four" vehicles were on the two-lane bridge at the time, including a commuter bus.Photos from the scene showed the bus upright on a section of the collapsed bridge.A commuter bus is pictured on the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Jan.

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Bidens welcome new family cat named Willow to White House

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden have added a 2-year-old farm cat to their family at the White House. The long-promised cat, named Willow, is a green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania."Willow is settling into the White House with her favorite toys, treats, and plenty of room to smell and explore," Michael LaRosa, the first lady's spokesperson, told the Associated Press.After Joe Biden was elected president in November 2020, Jill Biden said that they would bring a kitty to the White House, but the pet’s arrival had been delayed.

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Key Pa. Dems to miss Biden visit, cite scheduling conflicts

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers remarks on ending the war in Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2021, in front of the Cross Hall of the White House.

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Philadelphia man cleared after 37 years in prison, sues city

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man who served 37 years in prison in a case tainted by perjured testimony was cleared of the murder on Thursday and then sued the city over his 1984 conviction.Willie Stokes left prison earlier this month, after a federal judge found prosecutors never disclosed that they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial. The witness has said he was offered sex and drugs at police headquarters to frame Stokes in an unsolved 1980 dice-game slaying."I’m not bitter.

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Ben Roethlisberger retires after 18 years as Steelers QB

Ben Roethlisberger, No. 7 of the Pittsburgh Steelers, waves to the crowd after his final game at Heinz Field where he defeated the Cleveland Browns 26-14 on January 03, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) PITTSBURGH, Penn. - Ben Roethlisberger announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday with a video posted to his Twitter page.Roethlisberger played quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 18 seasons.

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Vaccine mandate deadline arrives for health care workers in Pa., NJ, Del.

Nationwide, about 81% of nursing home staff members already were fully vaccinated as of earlier this month, ranging from a high of 98% in Rhode Island to a low of 67% in Missouri, according to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The data is unclear about the vaccination levels in hospitals and other health care sites.The mandate ultimately will cover 10.4 million health care workers at 76,000 facilities.It is taking effect first in jurisdictions that didn’t challenge the requirement in court.

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Pennsylvania man followed woman home, shot at her after she bumped into him at grocery store, police say

COATESVILLE, Pa. - Authorities are searching for a Pennsylvania man who allegedly followed a woman home and opened fire on her after she bumped into him at a nearby grocery store. According to investigators, a woman in her 20s was at Coatesville Market on East Lincoln Highway Wednesday morning when she accidentally bumped into another shopper. Police said the man, later identified as 26-year-old Moenell Coleman, became irate and threatened to shoot the woman even after she apologized. Coleman allegedly followed the woman to her home less than a block away from the store and fired multiple shots as she stood at the front door. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe woman was grazed by a bullet and her brother who was inside the property was struck by gunfire, according to police. She was treated at the scene and her brother was taken to Paoli Hospital, police said. Coleman was not at his last known address in Coatesville City, but authorities searched the property and found "evidence of the crime."He has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and other offenses. Anyone with information on Moenell Coleman's whereabouts should contact the Coatesville City Police Department. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Gov. Wolf signs fast-tracked $225M for health care workers

HARRISBURG - Two months after the omicron variant of the coronavirus slammed hospitals with unvaccinated patients, Gov. Tom Wolf signed fast-tracked legislation Wednesday to help keep burned-out health care workers on board during a staffing crisis.The House unanimously approved the bill earlier Wednesday just before Wolf signed it.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0