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Idaho students' former roommate breaks silence as judge closes suspect Kohberger's next hearing

A former roommate of two of the University of Idaho students killed in an ambush attack in November 2022 has broken her silence in a local news interview as she pushes for campus safety for other undergrads around the country. Suspected killer Bryan Kohberger, who was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at the neighboring Washington State University, is being …

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Pennsylvania House passes bill aimed at regulating social media platforms' interactions with underage users

Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation aimed at regulating how online social media platforms interact with children, although its provisions are similar to those in state laws being blocked in federal courts or in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill passed nearly along party lines, 105-95, with 10 Republicans voting with most Democrats for …

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Hero who tackled Pennsylvania church gunman breaks silence: 'My pastor's life was in danger'

The horrifying scene made national headlines — an armed man walking up to the front of a church and aiming a gun at the pastor in the middle of his Sunday sermon. He pulled the trigger. The pastor flinched and dove behind the pulpit. Witnesses heard a click, and then a miracle. The gun didn’t fire. Deacon Clarence McCallister, who …

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Pennsylvania dad facing Turks and Caicos prison time for ammo charge says law has 'unintended consequences'

Bryan Hagerich, a Pennsylvania father of two facing a minimum 12-year prison sentence in Turks and Caicos after airport security found ammunition in his luggage in February, says the island law meant to deter illegal firearm trafficking has had “unintended consequences.” Hagerich, 39, appeared in court in Turks and Caicos on Friday, when a judge said he must stay on …

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Pennsylvania man who claimed 'spirits' sent him to kill pastor charged with unrelated murder

The man accused of trying to kill a pastor during a Pennsylvania sermon Sunday has been charged with the unrelated murder of his cousin, who police say was killed with the same gun that failed to discharge during a thwarted attack on a Pittsburgh-area church. Bernard Junior Polite, 26, allegedly walked into the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, …

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Pennsylvania Senate approves GOP's $3B tax-cutting plan, over objections of top Democrats

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation for a $3 billion tax cut, their just-unveiled counterproposal to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan as each side offers a competing vision for how to use a massive cash surplus sitting in the state treasury. The tax legislation cutting taxes on income and electric service passed the Republican-controlled Senate, 36-14, as Republicans positioned …

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Pennsylvania pastor forgives gunman after attempted shooting during sermon: 'Grateful to God'

A Pennsylvania pastor’s brush with death turned into a testament of faith and an opportunity to show forgiveness after an assailant’s gun jammed during an attempted mid-sermon attack on Sunday. “I’m grateful to God because all it takes is one [bullet],” Glenn Germany, pastor at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, said Tuesday on “Fox & Friends.” “I would …

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Rise of rhubarb, the vegetable that acts like a fruit, 'a sure sign' spring in swing

Rhubarb is erupting across the northern United States right now — offering a perfect opportunity to celebrate one of the year’s first and most intriguing harvests. “Route 340 here in Lancaster County is a designated scenic byway and one of the great scenes this time of year are all the little farm stands selling rhubarb,” Lisa Horn, the “director of …

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Pennsylvania mom seeks ‘perfect match’ bone marrow donor to cure daughter’s rare disorder: ‘Crucial need’

A 10-year-old girl in Pennsylvania is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant — and her mother is on a mission to find the perfect match. Lani Walter suffers from a disease called DOCK8 deficiency (dedicator of cytokinesis 8 deficiency), an immunodeficiency syndrome that can cause recurrent, life-threatening infections. DOCK8 is very rare, with only 250 people worldwide currently …

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Campus 'occupation guide' taps into agitators' 'rage,' instructs how to 'escalate' chaos

FIRST ON FOX: Anti-Israel radicals on the University of Pennsylvania campus are passing around multiple guides directing agitators on how to break into buildings, “escalate” protests, create weapons and even administer first aid, documents exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital show. “Let repression breed more resistance. We will not disavow any actions taken to escalate the struggle, including militant direct …

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