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Police say searchers don’t expect to find woman in Western Pennsylvania sinkhole alive
Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Trooper Steve Limani said during a news conference that authorities no longer believe they will find 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard alive, but that work to find her remains continues.
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Conditions in abandoned mine are too dangerous for crew searching for Pennsylvania woman
The team looking for a missing Pennsylvania grandmother believed to have fallen into a sinkhole has determined that an abandoned coal mine is too unstable for people to safely search underground.
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Authorities fear a Pennsylvania woman was swallowed by a sinkhole while looking for her cat
Authorities fear a grandmother who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole that recently opened up in a western Pennsylvania village.
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Former Dauphin Co. Commissioner received $10,000 from companies involved in unfolding scandal
Former Dauphin County Commissioner Jeff Haste received $10,000 in campaign contributions from PrimeCare Medical and Herbert, Rowland & Grubic after leaving office in 2021. Haste’s connections to the two companies have been called into question following an unfolding corruption scandal.
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Pennsylvania’s Top 5 hospitals: See who made the 2025 rankings
Pennsylvania’s top-ranked hospitals for 2025 include UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Thomas Jefferson, and other leading medical centers.
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Deeply Rooted: Using trees as tools for health justice in Philadelphia
Penn Medicine’s Deeply Rooted program combats health disparities in Philadelphia by transforming vacant lots into green spaces and planting trees.
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Drought is causing saltwater to creep up the Delaware River. Here’s what’s being done about it
Officials say the drinking water for some 14 million people—including most of Philadelphia—isn’t at risk yet, but they’re monitoring the effects of the drought on the river and studying options for the future.
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Pennsylvania native Keith Haring’s artwork featured on new 2025 stamp
A 1985 untitled drawing from Kutztown native Keith Haring will be featured on the USPS’s new Love stamp coming out in 2025.
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Shapiro keeps SEPTA afloat after flexing $153 million from federal highway funding
Gov. Josh Shapiro directed PennDOT to transfer $153 million in highway funding to help SEPTA after Senate Republicans failed to pass public transit funding. The funding will keep the transit agency afloat until July.
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More human remains from Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombing have been found at a museum
The remains are believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa, one of five children and six adults killed when police bombed the MOVE organization’s headquarters in 1985, causing a fire that spread to dozens of row homes.
