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  • Donna Boyle says she can't understand how it's possible that Neshaminy High School sports teams are still called the Redskins.
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pennsylvania news, bucks county news, racism, local/state, walter perez
  • Faulty generator blamed for Horsham fire
  • Investigators believe it was a generator that led to a fire that gutted one home and damaged another on the 100 block of Brownstone Lane in Horsham. Now, 7 people are out of their homes.
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  • Action News has learned that a second student has been charged in connection with a videotaped beating on a school van.
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  • Trash truck overturns on Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem
  • The westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike has reopened after a trash truck overturned, spilling debris on the roadway in Bensalem, Bucks County.
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  • State police say a western Pennsylvania woman has been fatally struck by a pickup truck after she hit a deer then got out of her vehicle to warn other motorists to slow down.
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  • Rape
  • A 17-year-old boy has been charged with raping a mentally challenged woman while his 14-year-old brother watched.
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  • A member of the Allentown police force is at the center of two investigations.
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  • School board member under fire
  • A school board member in Lehigh County is quitting after disclosing he dated a 15-year-old high school student five years ago, when he was 20.
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  • The search continues for a hit and run driver who left a 12-year-old boy with serious injuries in Delaware County.
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pennsylvania news, upper darby, hit and run, accident, local/state, sarah bloomquist
  • Crozer Chester Medical Center is marking the 40th anniversary of its world-renowned Burn Center.
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pennsylvania news, chester news, delaware county news, local/state, lisa thomas-laury
  • Action News has learned a grand jury will investigate the Coatesville School District Board in the wake of allegations of financial misdealing and a racist text messaging scandal.
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  • Hatfield police looking for suspect in attempted luring
  • Police in Hatfield, Montgomery County are investigating a report of an attempted child luring.
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  • Jerry Sandusky
  • Penn State's costs related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal have crossed $50 million.
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  • Staff Sergeant Patrick Quinn
  • Military authorities say a Colorado-based Green Beret from Pennsylvania was killed over the weekend during an attack on his base in Afghanistan.
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  • Staff Sergeant Patrick Quinn
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Vernon Odom
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  • Camelback Mountain Resort
  • An eastern Pennsylvania ski resort has been sold to a real estate investment company, but officials say the resort operators will remain.
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poconos, pennsylvania news, local/state
  • Students and staff returned to Cedarbrook Middle school in Wyncote Tuesday morning, hours after school officials briefed parents on plans to solve a mold problem in the building.
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  • Cecily Tynan and Alicia Vitarelli helped host the "Girls Night Out" event at Springfield Country Club on Monday night.
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  • Mold conerns continue at Cedarbrook Middle School
  • Mold is still a problem at Cedarbrook Middle School.
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  • Rape reported at Kutztown University
  • Police at Kutztown University are investigating a reported rape.
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  • Action News Online
  • A south-central Pennsylvania woman will spend six to 12 years in prison for allegedly leaving her bedridden 88-year-old woman alone to die, though the defendant says it was a mercy killing.
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  • The Trending Channel
  • Police say a robber left with no money for his trouble when he arrived at a northwestern Pennsylvania pizzeria just after the crew had made a night bank deposit.
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  • State police say a driver from New York was killed on the \Northeast Extension after a deer went through his car windshield.
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  • A driver from New York was killed in this crash on the Pa. Turnpike's Northeast Extension Saturday after a deer went through his vehicle's windshield.
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  • Puggle mix Lacey
  • An animal shelter in the Poconos is caring for a dog that was found beaten and tied to a tree.
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  • Dozens staged a protest run in Valley Forge National Historical Park after a runner was ticketed amid the government shutdown.
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  • Access has been restored after a system failure stopped people in Pennsylvania and 16 other states from using their food stamps cards.
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  • The murder of a Bucks County attorney is still unsolved and a reward of more than $20,000 is now being offered in the case.
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  • Police say a group of robbery suspects led them on a chase through Bucks County.
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  • Bodies of siblings discovered in Drexel Hill
  • Delaware County authorities have identified the bodies of a brother and sister that were discovered Drexel Hill on Thursday afternoon.
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  • Pa. Senate leader to seek new limit of 70 mph
  • A leading Pennsylvania state senator says it's time to increase the state's maximum allowable speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph.
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  • One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a head-on crash in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania late Thursday night.
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  • Freebie Friday
  • Free fries, dessert, hairdos, toys and more await you in this week's Freebie Friday!
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  • Stephen Stace
  • A retired professor for Penn State Abington has been arrested on child pornography charges.
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  • Sexual Assault
  • State police say a central Pennsylvania inmate was alone with a female prison worker for 27 minutes even after she blew an emergency whistle requesting help, during which time the inmate raped and choked her.
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pennsylvania news, rape, local/state
  • The Trending Channel
  • A western Pennsylvania man is upset that he had to pay $100 to claim the carcass of a bear he killed with his truck - but the Pennsylvania Game Commission routinely charges fees for keeping road kill animals.
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pennsylvania news, animals, trending
  • Police in Montgomery County are on the lookout for two men who terrorized and robbed an 84-year-old real estate agent.
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pennsylvania news, robbery, montgomery county news, local/state, dann cuellar
  • Here are some great ideas to get out and have some fun in the Philadelphia region!
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  • A hearing for a police chief who made profanity-laced Internet videos was halted suddenly after a handgun crashed onto the floor.
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  • Police have arrested a man in connection with a theft from a Lehigh Valley little league.
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  • Action News Online
  • A Pennsylvania judge said Thursday that she will rule later on whether to dismiss an assisted suicide charge against a nurse accused of handing her 93-year-old terminally ill father a bottle of morphine.
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pennsylvania news, philadelphia news, suicide, homicide, local/state
  • Eric Romig
  • A local softball coach, accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, may have propositioned other students.
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pennsylvania news, bucks county news, sex assault, students, local/state
  • Police in Montgomery County are searching for the person who fired a BB gun at a school bus full of Pottsgrove Middle School students.
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  • Xiang Billy He
  • Police say the missing Bensalem Township man at the center of a search on the Delaware River is presumed to have died.
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pennsylvania news, bensalem news, bucks county news, local/state
  • The Jonas Brothers have canceled their upcoming tour over creative differences.
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pennsylvania news, upper darby, jonas brothers, entertainment
  • A Greyhound bus struck a tractor-trailer early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania, killing a woman, critically injuring four other people including the bus driver and sending dozens to the hospital, authorities said.
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pennsylvania news, accident, bus crash, local/state
  • A decision to cancel some Halloween celebrations at an elementary school in Montgomery County is stirring controversy.
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