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# pennsylvania - Monday 6 January, 2020
Police in the US searching for person who tried to release bedbugs in Walmart store
The store manager contacted police on Saturday after store employees found pill bottles with bugs in them.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
Bill Cosby loses appeal to overturn his sexual assault conviction
The 82-year-old is currently serving a three and a half year jail term.
# pennsylvania - Sunday 28 October, 2018
Victims of synagogue shooting ranged in age from 54 to 97
The man suspected of the killings was earlier charged with murder.
# pennsylvania - Saturday 27 October, 2018
11 dead and 6 injured as shooter opens fire during baby naming ceremony at Pittsburgh synagogue
The suspect is in custody in hospital.
# pennsylvania - Friday 19 October, 2018
US opens national investigation into alleged abuse carried out by more than 300 suspected priests
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has confirmed that it will ‘cooperate’ with the federal investigation.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
'A sexually violent predator': Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison
His defence team has argued he is too frail for prison and that he is not a threat, but prosecutors pointed out he has not expressed remorse for his crime.
# pennsylvania - Monday 24 September, 2018
Bill Cosby back in court to face sentencing for sexual assault
The 81-year-old faces a maximum potential sentence of 30 years for drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia mansion.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
Over 1,000 children molested by 300 priests in Pennsylvania - report
The report adds that senior church officials took steps to cover it up.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
Algerian-Irish man pleads guilty to terror charges in US
Ali Charaf Damache is the first foreigner extradited to the US on terror charges under President Trump.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
Democrat Conor Lamb claims victory in key congress election battle in Trump stronghold
Democrat Conor Lamb clung to a slender lead today in the longtime GOP stronghold friendly to President Donald Trump.
# pennsylvania - Monday 29 January, 2018
US car wash shooting: Victims families say killer was motivated by 'jealousy'
Timothy Smith shot and killed four people yesterday morning at Ed’s Car Wash near Pittsburgh.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
A white Christmas: Record-breaking 60 inches of snowfall has completely buried this US town
58 inches of snow fell between Christmas Day to Stephen’s Day in the US town of Erie.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 22 August, 2017
'There was blood everywhere': Over 40 injured in Philadelphia train crash this morning
At least four people are seriously injured.
# pennsylvania - Friday 30 June, 2017
18-year-old girl shot dead in road rage incident after two cars try to merge into one lane in Pennsylvania
Bianca Roberson had only just graduated from High School and was due to begin college this autumn.
# pennsylvania - Monday 12 June, 2017
Bill Cosby elects not to testify as defence calls just one witness in sexual assault trial
Concluding arguments have been delivered by both sides in the high-profile trial of the comedian.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 6 June, 2017
Cosby trial opens with witness breaking down in tears on stand
Witness Kelly Johnson claimed that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in a Los Angeles hotel in 1996.
# pennsylvania - Monday 22 May, 2017
'Legally blind' Bill Cosby arrives for jury selection in sex assault trial
Cosby is accused of plying Andrea Constand with pills and wine and then assaulting her at his home in 2004.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
'Facebook murderer' shoots and kills himself during police chase
Police said that Steve Stephens shot himself after a brief pursuit this morning.
# pennsylvania - Sunday 27 November, 2016
Donald Trump calls election recount 'a scam'
Green Party candidate Jill Stein wants recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
# pennsylvania - Friday 28 October, 2016
Man jailed for 18 months for hacking nude photos from celebrities' phones
36-year-old Ryan Collins hacked over 100 Apple and Google email accounts in 2014, including those of multiple celebrities.
# pennsylvania - Monday 19 September, 2016
For some Americans, Trump is the lesser of two evils
Many voters in the so-called American rust belt states don’t really like either candidate, but they especially do not like Hillary Clinton it seems.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
Pennsylvanian teen charged with murdering grandmother after argument over school
Police say Reeser told them he shot her because he didn’t want to go to an unspecified school meeting.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 27 April, 2016
Trump and Hillary have destroyed the opposition yet again in the latest US primaries
Donald Trump won all five states up for grabs yesterday, with Hillary Clinton emerging victorious in four.
# pennsylvania - Thursday 10 March, 2016
Two gunmen lured five victims from a barbeque before shooting them with an AK-47
The shooting left five dead and two injured.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
Five killed in US shooting, two suspects still on the loose
Four of the victims – three women and one man – died at the scene while another woman died in hospital.
# pennsylvania - Friday 26 February, 2016
Teacher accused of giving two students the same sexually transmitted disease
25-year-old Chelsea Lorson stands accused of knowingly infecting two of her students, who are brothers.
# pennsylvania - Tuesday 2 February, 2016
Spring is on the way according to this world-renowned weather forecaster
Punxsutawney Phil, the inspiration for the Bill Murray comedy Groundhog Day, appeared this morning and (for once) didn’t see his shadow.
Bill Cosby is back in court amid claims he has lost his eyesight
The comedian’s lawyers are demanding that an accusation of rape made against him be dropped.
# pennsylvania - Thursday 24 December, 2015
HIV-positive man gets prison sentence for having unprotected sex with 3 women
The sentencing judge called the man “cowardly”.
# pennsylvania - Monday 14 December, 2015
Rubber balls found in eye-sockets of severed head in US
The embalmed head of a woman was found by a boy walking through the woods in Pennsylvania.
# pennsylvania - Sunday 13 December, 2015
Burglar caught after robbing office while wearing shirt with his name written on it
Not the smartest move.
# pennsylvania - Thursday 3 December, 2015
A city in America can't figure out why it smells like cat pee
Smelly cat, smelly cat, it’s not your fault.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 18 November, 2015
Man was jailed for a month after police mistook soap for cocaine
The man had to pay thousands in court costs and missed Thanksgiving with his toddler.
# pennsylvania - Friday 6 November, 2015
Life sentence for woman who kept disabled people in a 'dungeon' and collected their welfare
“There is no penalty that is too harsh for the people that did this. The word horrific is not sufficient.”
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 28 October, 2015
WATCH: An enormous US military blimp broke loose and floated for 140 miles today
It dragged a mile-long tether behind it, and has left 20,000 homes without electricity.
# pennsylvania - Saturday 17 October, 2015
This prisoner somehow managed to escape despite being shackled to a hospital bed
Alexander Erb, 26, used a nurse as an obstacle as he hopped off a stretcher and escaped.
# pennsylvania - Saturday 3 October, 2015
Two men charged over brutal murder of teen babysitter, after 31-year investigation
Police say they’ve solved the shocking 1984 murder of 14-year-old Barbara Rowan.
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
You can buy Buffalo Bill's house from Silence of the Lambs for €270,000
“May I use your phone please?”
# pennsylvania - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
Beauty queen arrested after faking cancer to raise money
She reportedly shaved her head at one point.
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9705)
I like both (1750)
Rain, for sure (766)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (534)
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Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
A 'virtual birthday' and an over-walked dog: One Irish mammy's experience of Covid-19 distancing
By Amanda Magnier
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