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Ivy League grad charged with NYC murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
A 26-year-old Ivy League graduate was arrested Monday and later charged with murder in the brazen Manhattan killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare after a quick-thinking person at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s spotted a man who officers later found to be in possession of a gun, mask and writings linking him to the deadly shooting.
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Dick Thornburgh, Former US Attorney General and Pa. Governor, Dies at 88
Dick Thornburgh served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979-1987 and later served as U.S. Attorney General in Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush’s administrations.
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Lawsuit Accuses Penn State Players of Hazing Teammate, Invoking Sandusky's Name
A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit that Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates by imitating sexual acts in the shower and invoking Jerry Sandusky’s name.
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Dinosaur Tracks Make Fresh Impression at Valley Forge Park
The national park on the site where George Washington and the struggling Continental Army endured a tough winter during the American Revolution boasts a new feature that’s a couple of hundred million years old — dozens of fossilized dinosaur footprints discovered on rocks used to pave a section of hiking trail.
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Judge Denies Jerry Sandusky's Request for New Trial, Orders Resentencing
A Pennsylvania appeals court is denying Jerry Sandusky’s request for a new trial but is ordering him to be resentenced for a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction.
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Forced Drinking, Toe-Licking: New Postings Show Wide Range of Pennsylvania College Hazing
Pennsylvania colleges and universities began posting online reports Tuesday on documented cases of hazing over the past five years, from forced drinking and toe-licking to the dunking of students in ice water, as required by a law passed as a result of the 2017 death of a Penn State fraternity pledge.
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Penn State Frat Death Case Plods Ahead, But Pared Down, as Tim Piazza's Parents Threaten Civil Action
A string of guilty pleas has left just five defendants still fighting charges in the hazing-related death of a pledge at a Penn State fraternity two years ago, a case whittled down as prosecutors were unable to get the most serious counts to stick.
