HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is again aiming to put its presidential primary in position to determine the winner, rather than let other states play that role.The state Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill to move up Pennsylvania’s primary elections in presidential election years by five weeks to the third Tuesday in March.That is expected to put it on the same date in 2024 as Arizona, Florida and Illinois.Critics of Pennsylvania's current date in state law — the fourth Tuesday of April — say its presidential primary clout is often diminished or rendered irrelevant by its relatively late vote."In most presidential elections, the outcome is largely decided before our voters have a chance to cast their vote," the bill’s sponsor,.

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Investigators on scene after multi-vehicle accident involving police in Vineland

VINELAND, N.J. - Investigators were on the scene after a multi-vehicle accident in Vineland on Saturday. The incident happened at a stretch of S Lincoln Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Brandywine Drive.It is alleged that two police cars, one ambulance, and one civilian car were involved in the accident. South Lincoln Avenue is shut down between Sheridan and Butler Avenue at this time. Vineland Police, State Police and AG's office are on the scene investigating.There were no injuries to police reported at this time.___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Gas prices drip again in NJ and around the nation

TRENTON, N.J. - Gas prices have dipped again in New Jersey and around the nation, but analysts are warning that rising crude oil prices could halt the trend. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.41, down a penny from last week. Drivers were paying an average of $2.32 a gallon a year ago at this time. The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.31, down two cents from last week. ___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APPSUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTubeAdvertisementFOLLOW: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Claudette Colvin's record cleared after refusing to move seat on segregated bus in 1955

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for doing the same.A judge granted the request by Claudette Colvin, now 82, in a brief court order made public Thursday by a family representative.Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress and activist with the NAACP, gained worldwide notice after refusing to give up her bus seat to a White man on Dec.

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I’m A Celebrity winner Danny Miller forced into isolation AGAIN as fiance Steph has Covid

DANNY Miller has revealed he's been forced into isolation again, after fiancée Steph Jones caught Covid. Revealing the news in a clip posted to Instagram, a smiling Danny, 30, seemed relieved that at least this time he's stuck indoors with Steph, 30, and their baby boy Albert.

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Most firearms used in Philadelphia homicides come from outside the city, ATF says

PHILADELPHIA - Where are all of the illegal guns used in Philadelphia crimes coming from? Can officials do more to keep them off of our streets? FOX 29's Jeff Cole recently sat down with ATF Special Agent in Charge Matthew Varisco and found out that the issue is much more complicated than many people believe.It's also bigger than just Philadelphia, where the city has seen well over 500 homicides in 2021. "That strikes us here at the ATF very hard, because our primary mission is to reduce firearm violence in the city of Philadelphia and throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Varsico said. As the Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Varisco's job is to keep firearms out of the wrong

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B.C. beefs up pandemic restrictions again to fight Omicron’s spread

As British Columbia also faces a steep rise in COVID-19 cases spurred by Omicron, the province is now reimposing a slew of restrictions to slow the spread. Keith Baldrey reports on the changes, and how they will affect New Year’s celebrations.

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Book of Mormon ticketholders disappointed again as all weekend shows cancelled amid Covid outbreak

A major theatre show has been cancelled for the fourth day running due to an outbreak of Covid-19 among the cast and crew.

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Pennsylvania exempts canceled student loans from taxes

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania will no longer impose state income taxes on public sector workers and nurses who receive student loan forgiveness from two major programs, the Wolf administration announced Friday.The change impacts participants in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which provides debt relief to teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants, and the Pennsylvania Student Loan Relief for Nurses Program, a recent pandemic-era initiative to forgive up to $7,500 in student loan debt incurred by state-licensed nurses.Most other states and the federal government do not subject student loan forgiveness to taxation, but state lawmakers who pushed for the change said the

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The government has confirmed today that a further 93,045 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the UK as of 9am on Friday.

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Police share video of alleged road rage beating in Jenkintown

JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Authorities in Montgomery County are searching for two people who they say were captured on video beating a woman during a suspected road rage incident in broad daylight. Officers from the Jenkintown Police Department were called to the intersection of York and Rydal roads around 10 a.m. Thursday for reported road rage assault, according to a post on the department's Facebook page. The female victim was beaten unconscious by an unknown man and woman, according to police.

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Local school districts react to TikTok threat that suggests violence at schools

PHILADELPHIA - Local school districts are reacting to a viral TikTok ‘challenge’ that challenge that suggests that numerous school shootings will take place on Friday. It’s unclear where the TikTok school threat emerged, but authorities in Pennsylvania and beyond said they've received no credible threats. Still, school officials are taking heightened safety measures as a precaution.Haverford School District released a letter to parents after discovering writing on a bathroom wall in Haverford Middle School indicating "there may be a shooting in the school" on Dec.

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Activists demand charges against officers involved in shooting death of Fanta Bility

SHARON HILL, Pa. - Activists in Delaware County are once again calling for criminal charges against Sharon Hill Police officers whose bullets struck and killed an 8-year-old child outside a football game.Investigators say there was a verbal altercation outside the Aug. 27 football game at an Academy Park High School that resulted in two teenagers exchanging gunfire with one another on the 900 block of Coates Street. Their shootout wounded a bystander who was caught on the crossfire. RELATED COVERAGE:The Delaware County District Attorney’s office said their shootout prompted nearby police officers to discharge their service weapons.

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5th person dies in related wrecks on I-78 in Berks County

Skyfox over the scene of a fatal multi-vehicle accident in Berks County. HAMBURG, Pa. - A fifth person has died from his injuries suffered in a series of related crashes on an eastern Pennsylvania interstate, a coroner said Thursday.The victim was identified as Joshua D.

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Oklahoma boy’s arm ripped off by pit bull after trying to pet puppies, police say

Axel Foster (Family handout) TECUMSEH, Okla. - A pit bull ripped off the arm of a 4-year-old Oklahoma boy after he tried to pet one of the dog’s puppies, police said. Axel Foster was being watched by his grandparents in Tecumseh during the Friday night mauling, according to a police report obtained by Fox News. Officer Aaron McCormick arrived at the gruesome scene, finding the boy and his grandmother in the driveway. He applied a tourniquet to the boy and said he "could see the arm inside (the dog pen) and one of the puppies chewing on it." Other officers and animal control arrived and to assist with the aggressive dogs.

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Covid-19 cancels Christmas around Europe…again

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TSA: Man arrested after handgun, bullets found hidden inside bandage, soap

TSA officers detected this handgun wrapped in an ace bandage with tape along with several bullets that were concealed inside a hollowed out bar of soap. (Credit: TSA) NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man was arrested after the Transportation Security Administration found a handgun taped and wrapped in an ace bandage and found bullets inside of a hollowed-out bar of soap in his checked bag, the agency announced on Monday. When authorities found the items, they said they called the man to return to the airline check-in counter.

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Temple hires Stan Drayton off Texas staff as new head coach

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 21: Temple Owls helmet sits on a cart during the game between the East Carolina Pirates and the Temple Owls on November 21, 2020 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Gett PHILADELPHIA - Temple hired Stan Drayton on Wednesday as the latest football coach charged with making the Owls relevant again in the American Athletic Conference.Drayton spent five years at Texas where he was associate head coach and run game coordinator and has coached for nearly 30 years at all levels of football, including a stint in the NFL.

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Pennsylvania asks FEMA for help with COVID surge

A file image taken July 28, 2020 shows a nurse caring for a coronavirus patient in the Intensive Care Unit at El Centro Regional Medical Center in El Centro, California.

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Pa. Senate moves to overhaul probation system

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to overhaul how probation is handled, in an effort to clamp down on people being stuck on an endless probation cycle or being sent back to jail for minor violations.The vote, 46-4, sends the bill to the House of Representatives, where a previous Senate bill died without a vote last year.The bill limits the length of probation sentences and the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent to jail, part of a nationwide reconsideration of probation and parole measures.MORE HEADLINES:Pennsylvania is among the states with the highest rates of people under community supervision, according to federal statistics.The case of rapper Meek Mill

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Western Pa. boy, 13, charged with homicide in shooting death of 5-year-old boy

PENN HILLS, Pa. - Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a 13-year-old boy is being charged with homicide in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy last month, but the case will be transferred to juvenile court to allow a judge to determine "supervision and treatment" of the youth.Allegheny County police say Penn Hills officers were called to a home just after 5:30 p.m. on Nov.

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Man Utd hit with 19 positive Covid results as club tries to stop further outbreak

Manchester United's Covid-19 outbreak has been revealed after Ralf Rangnick's sides clash with Brentford was postponed on Tuesday.The Red Devils had been forced to shut down their Carrington training bade 24 hours before the Premier League fixture.However, Carrington reopened on Wednesday as preparations continue for their Brighton clash, who are dealing with their own Covid outbreak.According to The Telegraph, United currently have 19 players and staff self-isolating, but not all are first-team related.This news comes after the Manchester Evening News reported that 17 first-team players were spotted arriving at Carrington on Wednesday morning.United's game against Brentford was the latest in a series of Premier League fixtures that have

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Pa. man faces felony charges for buying, trafficking guns over 5-year period

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Officials announced the arrest of a Pottstown, Pennsylvania man who is alleged to have participated in the straw purchasing and trafficking of over a dozen firearms over a 5-year period. Johnny Fowler, 28, faces multiple felony charges related to the straw purchasing and trafficking of 16 firearms from 2014 to 2019.The investigation began after Philadelphia police seized a firearm during a traffic stop on August 11, 2021. The firearm was sized from a person who was not legally allowed to own one due to a prior felony conviction. Authorities traced the firearm back to Fowler and referred the case to Montgomery County detectives who found that Fowler began purchasing firearms in August 2014 shortly after his 21st birthday.

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Amazon Web Services outage downs major sites again: reports

DownDetector, which tracks user outage reports, showed more than 7,000 reports of issues with Amazon's cloud computing network. Users also reported issues for many major sites, such as Snapchat, Google, Netflix, USPS, Capital One, Zoom, Salesforce, Starbucks, Ring and more.The livestreaming service Twitch had more than 12,000 reports of issues, DownDetector showed.Amazon’s status page shows "internet connectivity" issues impacting the "US-WEST-1 Region.""We have identified the root cause of the Internet connectivity to the US-WEST-1 Region and have taken steps to restore connectivity.

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Philadelphia officials urge against inter-household Christmas gatherings amid COVID-19 case spike

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia health officials are warning residents against hosting holiday gatherings involving multiple households due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Philadelphia and across the rest of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cheryl Bettigole issued the plea during a Wednesday morning COVID-19 response briefing. "Our contact tracing tells us that these gatherings, when we get together with friends and family, are when we infect each other with COVID," Bettigole said.

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Acting as own attorney, Tampa rape suspect tries to blame teenage girl

TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man accused of raping a teenager over two years ago claimed he was the real victim, but jurors did not buy Reco Johnson’s claims.Johnson got cold feet at the last minute and decided not to testify in his own defense, but had plenty to say during closing arguments about his innocence."I'm not guilty of doing anything," he insisted.Johnson, who is acting as his own attorney, was accused of raping his ex-girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter while her mother was at work back in April of 2019.The girl, now 18, told the jury about it.

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Philadelphia police, Attorney General's office team up to help reduce crime in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and the Philadelphia Police Department announced new efforts that have helped reduce crime in West Philadelphia. At the same time, AG Shapiro called for Philadelphia to get tougher on crime amid the city’s rising gun violence.

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Far too little vote fraud to tip 2020 election to Trump, AP review finds

ATLANTA - An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and their 79 Electoral College votes by a combined 311,257 votes out of 25.5 million ballots cast for president.

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FG senator calls for primary schools to close early

A prominent Fine Gael Senator has called for primary schools to shut on Friday.

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Covid is disrupting sports. Again

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Maharashtra govt once again slashes Covid RT-PCR test rates. Details here

Maharashtra government has once again slashed the price of the Covid RT-PCR test at Mumbai airport, news agency ANI reported.

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Centennial School District opts out of mask mandate for students, staff

WARMINSTER, Pa. - Pennsylvania school districts weigh new mask mandates, now that they are free to set their own. The debates can be contentious and they still draw crowds.A major decision impacting more than 5,000 students and even more staff, masks are now optional in the Centennial School District.

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Omicron outbreaks threaten to put pro sports on hold again

The pandemic is once again jeopardizing professional sports, as major leagues are already seeing a spike of infections among players due to Omicron. Robin Gill reports on how the variant is already throwing the hockey season offside.

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Dutch to close primary schools amid Omicron fears

The Netherlands will shut primary schools next week and extend a night-time lockdown as fears grow over the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said.

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Pa. man gets 35 to 80 years in drug-related random slaying

LANCASTER, Pa. - A man convicted of the random slaying of a stranger while he was under the influence of drugs in Pennsylvania last year has been sentenced to decades in prison.Stephen Jones, 28, of Brecknock Township was sentenced Tuesday to 35 to 80 years after pleading guilty in Lancaster County to third-degree murder, robbery and a weapons violation, LNP newspaper reported.Prosecutors said Jones was under the influence of methamphetamine when he used his pickup truck to force a car off a road near Ephrata in August 2020.

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NAACP office, State Sen. Sharif Street's office riddled with bullets after shooting

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after a shooting in Philadelphia's Nicetown neighborhood late Monday night. That shooting also left offices belonging to Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street and the Pennsylvania NACCP riddled with bullet holes.The shooting occurred near Germantown Avenue and Windrim Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Monday. FOX 29's Steve Keeley talks to Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street after his office and a neighboring NAACP office were struck by bullets during a shooting Monday night.Police say the male victim was coming out of a nearby apartment building and getting into his car when a suspect or suspects opened fire.

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Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Halts Production Due To COVID Outbreak Among Cast -- Again

We’re just hoping that everybody involved and their families all come through this OK!

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Pennsylvania Senate aims to bar school COVID-19 vaccine rule

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate approved legislation Monday to prevent school children from being required to get a COVID-19 vaccination to attend school, although it likely faces a veto by Gov. Tom Wolf.The bill passed on party lines, 28-21, and goes to the House of Representatives.

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Multiple shootings with injuries reported across Philadelphia overnight

PHILADELPHIA - There were multiple shootings with injuries reported overnight in Philadelphia. The first shooting happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Windrim and Germantown Avenues. Police say a man was shot multiple times in his lower extremities and legs.

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Man killed while trying to steal catalytic converter, deputies say

MONROE, N.C. - A man was killed after investigators said he was crushed by the very car from which he was trying to cut a catalytic converter. It happened Wednesday in the driveway of a home in the 3900 block of West Unionville Indian Trail Road near Monroe, North Carolina. Union County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the home around 5:45 p.m.

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Upper Darby School District will keep masks on

DREXEL HILL, Pa. - Starting Monday, school districts in Pennsylvania were able to decide whether students and staff will be required to wear masks.

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Republican-controlled legislature begin advancing new plans to remake Pennsylvania courts

(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republicans who control the state Legislature on Monday began advancing a new plan to remake Pennsylvania's courts, the latest GOP strategy that could cut short the state Supreme Court's Democratic majority.The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines for two proposals to amend the state constitution, one to limit state Supreme Court justices to two terms and another to make the justices and judges at all levels run for re-election in partisan elections if they want to serve another term.Democrats accused Republicans of trying to politicize the courts and protested that the committee had held no hearings on the proposals before passing them.Currently, state Supreme Court justices and

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Coca-Cola recalls various Minute Maid drinks due to the presence of foreign matter

Coca-Cola Company has recalled Minute Maid drinks sold in multiple states after some were contaminated by foreign matter. A limited quantity of refrigerated Minute Maid Berry Punch, Strawberry Lemonade, and Fruit Punch in 59-oz. cartons did not meet the company's "high-quality standards due to the potential presence of foreign matter," a spokesperson for Coca-Cola told FOX Business in a statement.

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Pennsylvania's acting health secretary, Alison Beam, to step down

Pennsylvania's Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam. (The Office of Governor Tom Wolf) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's acting health secretary will resign her post and depart the Wolf administration at the end of December, the governor's office announced Monday.Alison Beam had served in an acting role since January, when Democratic Gov.

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Off-duty UC Berkeley officer kills man who tried to rob hamburger restaurant at gunpoint

SAN PABLO, Calif. - Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed by an off-duty UC Berkeley police officer who was dining inside Nation’s Giant Hamburgers on Sunday when a man walked in and tried to rob the place at gunpoint. As a result, customers were turned away at the restaurant on San Pablo Avenue in San Pablo Sunday night because of what happened earlier in the day. "A man came in, had a gun and pointed it at us," said the restaurant cashier. "I can't really describe how I feel after that, just shaken up."KTVU is protecting the identity of the restaurant’s cashier.

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Governor Wolf's carbon-pricing plan encounters new legal hurdle

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Orgies with 25 people are now legal again after Covid lockdowns, Jacina Ardern confirms

orgies can restart, as Covid-19 rules are finally relaxed.Ms Ardern was asked a very blunt question during a live interview with local television news programme Seven Sharp, where she joked that the introduction of vaccine passports will mean that “Tinder liaisons” can reopen.Clarifying further, she said: “It's not strictly embedded in the traffic light system but um, it is a given, up to 25 actually, in a red area.”Co-host Hilary Barry abruptly shut the conversation down after confirming that large loved-up groups can meet again, but the relaxation comes after the country had one of the most stringent set of covid rules in place since the pandemic began.The rules, which was praised at the start of the pandemic, but quickly turned into some

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