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Fired Philadelphia officer pleads guilty to murder in 12-year-old's shooting

A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors have said was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime as part of a plea deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. A …

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Pennsylvania 13-year-old accused of attacking fellow student with Stanley cup at school

A 13-year-old Pennsylvania middle school student is accused of launching an unprovoked attack against a classmate this week,Upper Gwynedd Police confirmed to Fox News Digital. The student allegedly came up behind the 12-year-old victim in the cafeteria on Wednesday and started violently hitting her on the head with a Stanley cup, FOX 29 reported. Surveillance video of the incident viewed …

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Biden faces harsh criticism from Pennsylvania businesses, ex-union Democrat: 'I pray to God' he loses

Disillusioned with the Democratic Party he once supported, ex-union electrician and retired veteran Tony Milidantri says he’s pledging his vote to former President Trump in hopes of seeing President Biden get the boot in November. “To see everybody go against him [Trump], and what’s happening to him? It’s ridiculous. You have to be blind not to see what they’re doing, …

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Biden takes heat over strange cannibal story: 'Like something out of a bad script'

President Biden seemed to imply Wednesday that a relative of his was eaten by cannibals during World War II, but the tale quickly faced mockery and skepticism online. While in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Biden shared a story about his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., whom he called “Bosie.” “He flew those single-engine planes as reconnaissance over war zones, and …

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Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are “incapacitated” and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intense criticism after one of their members voted remotely this week while being sought on charges he violated a restraining order. The resolution introduced by Majority Leader Matt Bradford of …

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Retired teacher sues PA borough after he was convicted for putting 'for sale' sign in his truck window

A recently retired schoolteacher is suing his Pennsylvania borough over a local ordinance after he was found guilty of putting a “for sale” sign on his legally parked car. “We put you in office as judges and state representatives to protect our rights,” Will Cramer told . “And when we see things like giving people tickets for putting a for-sale …

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Biden mocks Trump for legal woes: 'A little busy right now'

President Biden took a jab at his presumptive Republican rival for the presidency while campaigning in Pennsylvania. Biden made the remark while speaking at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. “Under my predecessor, who’s a little busy right now, Pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs,” Biden said while boasting of his economic policies’ benefit to blue collar workers. WHITE …

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Fox News Poll: Biden, Trump in dead heat in 2024 Pennsylvania rematch

The Keystone State looks headed for another tight race as President Biden and former President Trump are in a dead heat in the latest Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters, a state Trump won by less than a point in 2016 and Biden reclaimed by just over a point in 2020. The survey of registered voters, released Thursday, finds the …

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Biden claims uncle vanished after crashing in area of New Guinea with cannibals; military has different story

President Biden made a stop in Pittsburgh on Wednesday where he told members of the United Steelworkers Union that his uncle vanished in an area of New Guinea that was populated with cannibals, after his plane crashed during World War II. Biden told the steelworkers that after D-Day, his mother’s four brothers volunteered to join the military. One of those …

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Ex-Boy Scout leader, teacher accused of sexually assaulting student for 2 years

A retired teacher of more than four decades is accused of having sexual contact with a young boy, and investigators believe there may be additional victims who could come forward. Keith Steininger, 68, who taught and served as a Boy Scout leader at Pennsylvania boarding school Girard College for 41 years, allegedly sexually assaulted a student between 2018 and 2020, …

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