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Student admits to making bomb threat at Berks County high school

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. – A student at Brandywine Heights High School is charged after allegedly making a bomb threat at the school Tuesday morning. School officials say a handwritten note was found in a bathroom at around 8:30 a.m. at the school located at 103 Topton Roadway in Longswamp Township. The note indicated that a bomb was going to go

FOX43 Sports Poll: Should college athletes be able to play fantasy sports?

Last week, the NCAA suspended five University of Richmond baseball players for taking part in Fantasy Football. While fantasy football isn’t necessarily gambling, the NCAA treats standard Fantasy leagues in the same way. The rule reads as follows: “You are not eligible to compete if you knowingly participate in any sports wagering activity that involves intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics,

4 men rescued from sailboat off Sunset Cliffs

SAN DIEGO – A sailboat grounded on the rocks off Sunset Cliffs Sunday, tossing one mariner into the ocean and forcing lifeguards to rescue him and three other men on the boat. That was one of several nautical mishaps that kept rescuers busy Sunday, a lifeguard said. A witness called 911 shortly after 11 a.m. to report that a boat

Red Lion woman nearly hits police officer with car while fleeing traffic stop

YORK TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, Pa.–A Red Lion woman nearly struck a York Area Regional police officer while fleeing from a traffic stop in York Township last month, according to court documents. Makia Jones, 19, is charged with DUI, fleeing or attempting to elude officers, possession of marijuana, recklessly endangering another person and use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Jones was

Full Text: President Trump’s Revised Executive Order on Travel

FOX40 — President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order Monday, barring people from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen without valid visas from entering the U.S. for 90 days. Read the full text below: THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2017 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATETHE ATTORNEY GENERALTHE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND

Three-legged dog finds forever home with boy who lost leg to cancer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Twelve-year-old Quinn and pit bull mix Logan became instant friends during an incredibly emotional adoption at a Sacramento animal shelter last week. "When I saw him and the dog together the immediate reaction was a welling of tears, there were a lot of tears yesterday, joyful tears," Gina Knepp, with Front Street Animal Shelter, told FOX40. Quinn

State Road 38 to close after March 22 for major pavement project in New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Contractors will begin a very lengthy construction project in the new Castle area later this month as they close State Road 38 on or after Wednesday, March 22 to begin construction on a $5.3 million pavement replacement and rehabilitation project between State Road 3 (Memorial Drive) and 31st Street. Road closures will be phased to maximize

Harley rider killed in rear-end collision

LEMON GROVE, Calif. — A motorcyclist who rear-ended a car on a Lemon Grove roadway, then crashed into a nearby parked vehicle was ejected from the bike and later died in a hospital, authorities said Monday. Witnesses told sheriff’s deputies that a 1992 Harley-Davidson motorcycle had struck the back of a 2010 Toyota Corolla while both were headed north on

Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January’s previous order. The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos and confusion at airports nationwide, and eventually blocked by a federal court. The ban covers Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia,

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