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2 top US gun parts makers agree to temporarily halt sales in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia filed suit against Polymer80 and JSD Supply last year, accusing the manufacturers of perpetuating gun violence by manufacturing ghost guns.
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Conjoined twins from Berks County die at age 62
The twins, listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Consumers would be notified of AI-generated content under Pennsylvania bill
Pennsylvania consumers would be notified when content has been generated by artificial intelligence, and defendants couldn’t argue that child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence isn’t illegal, under a bill the House passed Wednesday.
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4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in New Jersey felt across Pennsylvania Friday morning
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake’s impact in Pennsylvania was primarily felt in the eastern part of the state, though the Pittsburgh area and other small pockets throughout the state were impacted as well.
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Pittsburgh native Larry Lucchino, feisty force behind retro ballpark revolution and curse-busting Red Sox, dies at 78
Lucchino’s efforts in getting the Orioles’ home park, Camden Yards, built in Baltimore kicked off a new wave of throwback baseball venues located in downtown areas that replaced the sport’s glut of faceless, multi-purpose stadiums.
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‘SCTV’ star Joe Flaherty, a Pittsburgh native, has died at 82
Flaherty established himself while working with Eugene Levy, Martin Short, and Catherine O’Hara on the classic Canadian sketch comedy show, and later had memorable roles in the Adam Sandler movie “Happy Gilmore,” and the cult favorite TV comedy “Freaks & Geeks.”
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Pennsylvania House advances measure to prohibit ‘ghost guns’
A proposal to ban the purchase, sale and production of untraceable gun parts passed the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives on Wednesday, with Democrats in the House using their majority to propel gun control after years of stagnation in a divided state government.
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Court tosses Republican Pennsylvania lawmakers’ challenge of state, federal voter access actions
An attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn a shift to automatic voter registration was dismissed by a federal court on Tuesday, along with their other challenges to actions designed to boost voter registration.
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House fire in Western Pa. kills man, 4 children as 3 other family members are rescued
Investigators were searching Thursday for the cause of a fire that tore through a house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, killing a man and four children and spreading to another house before the flames were extinguished.
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78,000 public service workers get student loans canceled by Biden administration
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
