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Harrisburg, PA
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Harrisburg Doctor Charged With Murder, Arson As Daughter Slept
A Harvard and Stanford graduate who became a UPMC pediatrician was killed by her husband, who then set her body on fire inside their Harrisburg home while their 7-year-old daughter slept upstairs, police said. Jonathan Alan Gatto, 41, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson, arson, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the killing of his wife, Dr. Julia Pederson, 41, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Gatto is being held at Dauphin County Prison without bail following his arrest on Tuesday, Oct…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Power Grid Emergency Issued In Three States: What To Know About Unusual October Alert
The world's largest power grid operator has issued an emergency alert as unusually warm October weather and widespread equipment outages put pressure on electricity supplies across the region, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PJM Interconnection issued a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert for Tuesday, Oct. 13, as higher electricity demand and planned equipment outages put pressure on the regional power supply. The alerts mean power companies are being asked to keep as much equipment running as possible, including postponing maintenance that could take power plants or t…
Willow Grove, PA
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Unauthorized Person Found Inside Eastern Center For Arts And Tech; Students, Staff Evacuated
Students and staff at a Pennsylvania technical school were evacuated after an unauthorized person was discovered inside the building on Tuesday, Oct. 13, authorities announced. The Eastern Center for Arts and Technology was evacuated to the nearby Upper Moreland High School campus in Montgomery County as a precaution, according to an alert issued at 2:47 p.m. All students and faculty members were safe, accounted for, and unharmed, officials said. The Eastern campus was expected to remain closed for several hours while authorities conducted an investigation. Officials did not immediately r…
Harrisburg, PA
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Former Campaign Treasurer Admits Stealing $1M From Clients, Including PA Congressional Campaign
A former political campaign treasurer who stole more than $1 million from clients across the country, including a Pennsylvania congressional campaign, has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges, authorities announced. Yolanda Brown, 47, also known as Yolanda Rumph, of Arlington, Virginia, entered her guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Chad F. Kenney in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf. The FBI Philadelphia division shared the case on Thursday, Oct. 8. Brown owned and operated Brown Financial & Consulting Services Group LLC, providin…
Cranbury, NJ
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6 PA Boys Involved In Deadly Cranbury NJ Turnpike Crash: 2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized
Six Pennsylvania teens were involved in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed two of them and sent four others to the hospital, authorities said. The crash happened around 5:06 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in the southbound outer lanes near mile marker 69.9 in Cranbury, Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera and New Jersey State Police Acting Superintendent Jeanne Hengemuhle said. The vehicle was carrying six people when it crashed, ejecting two occupants, a 19-year-old from Warminster and a 16-year-old from Hatboro, authorities said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The four…
Abington, PA
Breaking News
Abington Army Veteran, SEPTA Bus Driver Gunned Down On Route, Killer Sentenced
A 24-year-old Philadelphia woman who shot and killed a U.S. Army veteran while he was driving a SEPTA bus has been sentenced nearly three years after the murder that left a family grieving and prompted calls for stronger protections for public transit workers. Zhontay Capers was sentenced to 32½ to 67 years in state prison on Friday, Oct. 9, for the Oct. 26, 2023, murder of Bernard Nicholas Gribbin, 48, of Abington, Pennsylvania, according to Philadelphia County court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Saturday, Oct. 10. Gribbin, a 12-year SEPTA employee and Army combat veteran originally…
Waterford-Atco, NJ
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Person Killed By Train Near Atco, NJ Transit Says
A man was struck and killed by an NJ Transit train that had left Pennsylvania, near the Atco station in Camden County on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10, authorities said. At 3:25 p.m., Atlantic City Rail Line train 4679 struck the man near the Atco Avenue, NJ Transit Media Relations Director John Chartier said. The train had departed Philadelphia at 2:31 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Atlantic City at 4:06 p.m., Chartier said. None of the 80 passengers or crew members aboard were injured, NJ Transit said, Chartier said. Service was suspended in both directions between Hammonton and Linde…
Harrisburg, PA
Your Community
The Time is Now for PA to Have a Clear AI Education Policy: Op-Ed
Artificial intelligence conjures up many feelings. For some, AI technology is a doomsday scenario: killer robots, job loss, and data centers. Yet for others, it’s the promise of utopia: cures for cancer, safer communities, and an economic boom. Call me a skeptic about AI ushering in a future free from irreversible medical issues and a simpler life where people want for nothing. But for the sake of argument, let’s assume that those goals are achievable. Seemingly incurable diseases will not be defeated by AI unless there are researchers and medical professionals who can use this tool to unde…
Lykens Valley, PA
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Pregnant Woman, 3 Children Among 10 Killed In PA Family Massacre: Police
A woman who was eight months pregnant, a 5-year-old boy, and a 22-month-old girl were among 10 people killed in a mass shooting at a multigenerational Pennsylvania family home, authorities revealed during a Saturday, Oct. 10, press conference. The shooting unfolded around 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, near East Seventh and Perry streets in Erie, where police responding to a ShotSpotter alert and multiple 911 calls discovered two women shot dead outside a residence and additional victims inside, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said. The two women found outside the home were 51 and 37 years old, police…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
Breaking News
Philadelphia Officer, Dad Shane Seiber, Killed In Ambush; Eric Lewis Charged With Murder
A Philadelphia police officer and father of two young children was killed and another officer was wounded during a struggle with a gunman on a West Philadelphia porch early Saturday, Oct. 10, police said. Officer Shane Seiber, 40, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department and U.S. Air Force veteran, was pronounced dead at 9:04 a.m. at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, according to police. Eric Lewis, 35, was taken into custody following a SWAT response and faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and numerous related offenses, police said. The Philadelphia police released n…
Manheim, PA
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'Black Tax', Naked Assaults: Manheim Central Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing
A so-called "Black tax," a makeshift "gas chamber," and repeated sexual humiliation inside a high school football locker room have led to criminal charges against three students and a former teacher and assistant football coach, prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 9. The alleged abuse took place during school hours at Manheim Central High School in Pennsylvania this past April, when several teenage boys were subjected to racist harassment, physical assaults, extortion, and indecent exposure, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said. Former social studies teacher and assistant…
Southampton, NY
Weather
Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect
A major hurricane is closing in on the US coast, and its influence could reach the Northeast long after landfall. Hurricane Isaias reached maximum sustained winds of 120 mph Friday, Oct. 9, becoming a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 7:20 a.m. update. That figure measures sustained winds, not gusts. The latest projected track and timing for Hurricane Isaias, released Friday, Oct. 9, shows it approaching the Gulf Coast. National Hurricane Center Landfall is expected near the Alabama-Florida Panhandle region late Friday or early Saturday, Oct. 1…
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