Pennsylvania news

• Usher wins again in copyright fight over his hit song 'Bad Girl'

  12-12-2016 23:11
  
  A federal appeals court refused to overturn the dismissal of a lawsuit by a songwriter who helped write a song from which 'Bad Girl' was derived.
  
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• Harrisburg High School parade honors football team's historic state title game season

  12-12-2016 22:25
  
  A parade honoring the Harrisburg High School Cougars' run to the state championship game began Monday afternoon through the streets of Harrisburg.
  
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• Company says DA's concerns about ad based on 'misinformation'

  12-12-2016 22:19
  
  The company planning to film a commercial in Selinsgrove featuring a 10-year-old reporter says that, contrary to a statement issued by the Snyder County District Attorney, the commercial will not include the recreation of any crime.
  
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• Nationwide settlement of Shop Vac wet-dry vacuum class-action suits wins final approval

  12-12-2016 22:15
  Of the 1,165,149 individuals who received notice of the proposed settlement, only three objected and no one appeared at a September fairness hearing in Harrisburg.
  
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• Dauphin County man intentionally set 6 fires: Police

  12-12-2016 22:15
  James Lenker set the fires in a wooded area of Millersburg, police said.
  
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• Motorcyclist sues highway contractor over I-80 accident that caused him to lose a leg

  12-12-2016 22:12
  Shoemaker was operating a motorcycle westbound about 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 30 and said he when he moved into the passing lane he could not see the HRI truck because of other vehicles.
  
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• 'Santa B' strikes again, pays off $166K in layaways at 3 central Pa. Walmarts

  12-12-2016 22:10
  
  Santa B has been making such payments during each of the last three Christmas shopping seasons.
  
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• Man in Santa Claus suit pulls bartender over bar after being refused service: police

  12-12-2016 22:10
  Alan K. Mongeau is accused of grabbing a bartender and pulling the him over the bar while at the Lucky Dog Cafe on the 1900 block of Columbia Avenue in Manor Township.
  
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• Police seeking info about car spotted before Hanover bank robbery

  12-12-2016 21:25
  
  The holdup occurred around 9 a.m Saturday at the Adams County National Bank on Eichelberger Street.
  
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• 'Decades-long pattern of sexual assault?' DA hopes 13 Bill Cosby accusers will show just that

  12-12-2016 20:37
  
  As trial nears for entertainment icon Bill Cosby, prosecutors and his team of attorneys are set to clash Tuesday and Wednesday over whether or not the district attorney can bring in 13 other Cosby accusers to testimony against him.
  
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• Greater Harrisburg NAACP installs new president

  12-12-2016 20:17
  
  Stan Lawson, who had led the Greater Harrisburg chapter for 10 years, decided not to run for sixth term.
  
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• Bail set at $200K for man shot by police in Shippensburg

  12-12-2016 20:14
  
  Jeremiah Metcalf was arraigned on an array of criminal charges Monday afternoon.
  
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• 'Santa, can you help me?': The heartbreaking story of a terminally-ill child dying in Santa's arms

  12-12-2016 19:20
  
  Eric Schmitt-Matzen was called to the hospital bed of a 5-year-old boy who wanted to see Santa Claus before he died.
  
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• Cops seek Christmas tree thief

  12-12-2016 19:01
  
  The miniature lighted tree was stolen from a yard in Lancaster County.
  
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• Pa. court revives lawsuit over flash flood that killed 4 on city street

  12-12-2016 18:48
  
  A 72-year-old woman and a mother and her two children died in the August 2011 flood in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Harrisburg High School parade honors football team's historic season

  12-12-2016 18:19
  
  A parade honoring the Harrisburg High School Might Courgars' run to the state championship game will begin Monday afternoon through the streets of Harrisburg.
  
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• Public can learn about efforts to reduce juveniles entering 'prison pipeline'

  12-12-2016 18:15
  
  A program on the regional effort aimed at reducing the "school to prison pipeline" and disproportionate minority arrests will be held Wednesday at Camp Curtin YMCA in Harrisburg.
  
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• Former Congressman from Philly sentenced to 10 years in racketeering scheme

  12-12-2016 18:02
  
  Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday to 10 years for a racketeering scheme that included money laundering and bribery.
  
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• 23 suspected heroin overdoses killed at least 3 in Lancaster County over the weekend

  12-12-2016 17:59
  
  Lancaster EMS officials reported 23 overdose responses this weekend, three of which were closed by first responders finding patients dead on arrival.
  
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• Model airplane club's crashes pose safety threat, Pa. court agrees

  12-12-2016 17:56
  
  The club's planes have been slamming into the properties of its Berks County neighbors, a Commonwealth Court panel noted.
  
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• Will FBI hair analysis snafu get convicted Pa. killer a new trial?

  12-12-2016 17:43
  
  A state Superior Court panel ordered a Centre County judge to revisit an appeal by Walter Chruby, who is serving a life sentence for a 1995 murder in State College.
  
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• Public meeting over Harrisburg parking set for tonight as officials spar over revenue, meter rates

  12-12-2016 17:39
  
  Harrisburg parking officials have been threatening since last year to increase the $3 hourly rate for street meters to compensate for lagging revenue.
  
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• Think your family's internal politics are tough? This Pa. Senator's dad was a loyalist

  12-12-2016 17:15
  
  Excerpts from Pennsylvania Senator and Legislative historical biographies.
  
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• Midstate had minimal snow, but how much fell elsewhere?

  12-12-2016 17:12
  
  The National Weather Service at State College lists some of the snow amounts as of this morning from the latest storm.
  
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• Ex-Tim Holden aide accused of molesting man, 21, stands trial

  12-12-2016 16:45
  
  A former high-power U.S. congressional aide will finally face trial on accusations he climbed into bed with a 21-year-old man, slipped his hands into the man's pants, then began fondling and sexually assaulting him.
  
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• Pa. Turnpike now open between Carlisle and Blue Mountain

  12-12-2016 16:38
  Officials have completely reopened Pennsylvania Turnpike eastbound between Blue Mountain and Carlisle after a 4 a.m. crash Monday.
  
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• Arrest warrant filed against man shot by police in Shippensburg during police vehicle theft

  12-12-2016 16:30
  
  An arrest warrant has been filed by state police against the man who was shot by a Shippensburg police officer after he was accused of nearly striking an officer using a stolen police vehicle.
  
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• Federal judge nixes Green Party's request for recount in Pa.

  12-12-2016 16:12
  
  A federal judge is rejecting a Green Party-backed request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania's presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and scan some counties' election systems for signs of hacking.
  
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• Westbound I-76 reopened, eastbound remains closed

  12-12-2016 15:03
  The accident blocking the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Blue Mountain and Carlisle has cleared in the westbound lanes.
  
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• 'I'll make it,' 5-year-old fighting cancer tells her Pittsburgh sports reporter dad

  12-12-2016 14:39
  
  A Pittsburgh sports reporter whose five-year-old daughter has leukemia shows her spunk and determination while fighting cancer.
  
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• Pa. woman, 62, learns fate for selling heroin from her upscale home

  12-12-2016 14:01
  
  Pa. prosecutors were more than a little upset that a 62-year-old yoga teacher received a relatively light sentence for selling heroin from her upscale address.
  
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• Police ID driver killed Sunday in two-vehicle crash

  12-12-2016 13:36
  A Delaware County woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Route 422 west of Annville Sunday afternoon in Lebanon County.
  
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• Pa. woman found shot dead on street; killer sought

  12-12-2016 13:34
  
  The 27-year-old woman was found shot dead, a gunshot wound to her head and lying in the street.
  
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• Missing lawn and garden decorations? You might want to check here

  12-12-2016 13:11
  
  Lancaster County residents missing lawn and garden ornaments might want to check in with West Earl Township police, who have recovered an assortment of the items stolen in fall.
  
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• Pa. high school closes after man is electrocuted, burned

  12-12-2016 13:09
  
  The worker who survived the electrical shock but suffered significant burns is hospitalized in a local burn center.
  
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• Police-involved shooting in Shippensburg: Weekend police report

  12-12-2016 12:42
  
  A police-involved shooting in Shippensburg topped crime news this weekend in central Pennsylvania. Here is other crime, accident and court-related news you may have missed over the weekend.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 injured in Franklin County crash

  12-12-2016 12:18
  Two people have died, and two are seriously injured, after a Sunday afternoon crash in Franklin County, state police say.
  
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• Much of midstate escapes snow, but frigid temperatues to move in for weekend

  12-12-2016 11:42
  
  While temperatures hovered around freezing before daybreak Monday, they are expected to rise by the morning commute.
  
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• Is your school delaying the start of classes today?

  12-12-2016 11:40
  
  Sleet and freezing rain that fell in central Pennsylvania early this morning has become mostly rain, but still has caused a handful of school districts to delay the start of school.
  
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• Crash closes Pa. Turnpike near Carlisle

  12-12-2016 11:13
  
  A crash between two tractor-trailers has closed the Pennsylvania Turnpike in both directions between the Blue Mountain and Carlisle exits this morning.
  
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• Argument leads to woman stabbing boyfriend in arm, his mother in face: police

  12-12-2016 03:37
  
  Jenise Bertha Maske, 22, of Steelton, is accused of stabbing her boyfriend and the man's mother at around 3 a.m. Sunday. Police responded to the 600 block of South 2nd Street in Steelton to find both victims suffering from stab wounds.
  
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• Fatal crash reported in Lebanon County on Route 422

  12-12-2016 01:53
  
  Lebanon County emergency dispatches confirmed the crash on the 1000 block of Main Street in North Annville Township. The two-vehicle crash happened at around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Light snow, freezing rain expected overnight as advisory issued to start work week

  12-12-2016 01:18
  
  Forecasters say the midstate will see less than an inch of snow and a light glaze of ice going into the work week.
  
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• Pa. crime photos of the week: 2 teens die in fiery crash on Facebook Live; more

  12-12-2016 01:01
  
  A recap of all of the latest top-trending crime stories from across Pennsylvania.
  
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• Woman charged with homicide by vehicle jailed for violating bail conditions

  12-12-2016 00:28
  
  Bethany C. Gee surrendered to Ephrata police on Dec. 9 and was transferred to custody of the Lancaster County sheriff.
  
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• Woman charged with homicide by vehicle jailed for violating bail

  12-12-2016 00:28
  
  Bethany C. Gee surrendered to Ephrata police on Dec. 9 and was transferred to custody of the Lancaster County sheriff.
  
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