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    DA considering death penalty in Port Allegany homicide; investigation ongoing
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    DA considering death penalty in Port Allegany homicide; investigation ongoing
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    May 09, 2025
    McKean County's top prosecutor is exploring the possibility of seeking the death penalty for Brian Kuchinka in the February murder of K-Leigh Hill-Nel...
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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
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    Q&A with the DA: Part 2 — The law, open to interpretation?
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Apr 26, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Feds: Pa. Air National Guard member backed Hamas, lied about loyalty to U.S., built explosives
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    Feds: Pa. Air National Guard member backed Hamas, lied about loyalty to U.S., built explosives
    J.D. PROSE pennlive.com 
    Apr 26, 2025
    (TNS)—A Pennsylvania Air National Guard member, who prosecutors say supports the Hamas terrorist group, has been federally indicted for lying on a top...
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    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
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    Schumer asks DOJ to investigate Shapiro arson attack as possible hate crime
    XIMENA CONDE and GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Apr 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. on Thursday called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether an early mornin...
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    Q&A with the DA: The law, open to interpretation?
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    Q&A with the DA: The law, open to interpretation?
    STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER McKean County District Attorney 
    Apr 12, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Shapiro: Schumer should have used ‘leverage’
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    Shapiro: Schumer should have used ‘leverage’
    ANDREW SEIDMAN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Mar 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov.Josh ShapirosaidDemocratsinWashingtonshould have been more strategic in trying to extract concessions from the Republican-led C...
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    Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors’ evidence in 9/11 attacks
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    Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors’ evidence in 9/11 attacks
    ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press 
    Feb 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shei...
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    Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed press to let his guilty plea go forward
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    Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed press to let his guilty plea go forward
    Jan 09, 2025
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Frida...
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    Donald Trump and the courts
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    Donald Trump and the courts
    SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Dec 27, 2024
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — If you stacked up all of Donald Trump’s legal bills since his election in 2016, they’d reach Mars beforeElon Muskdoes. He’s paying...
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    Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September
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    Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September
    MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press 
    Dec 26, 2024
    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won't be tried until September 2025, a f...
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    Statement from McKean County DIstrict Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer
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    Statement from McKean County DIstrict Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer
    Dec 23, 2024
    McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer had a lengthy response to The Era asking about wages and bonuses approved by the McKean C...
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    Woman convicted of recklessly endangering Kane man
    Crime, Local News, News
    Woman convicted of recklessly endangering Kane man
    Dec 17, 2024
    SMETHPORT — Tammy Robertson was convicted in McKean County Court of recklessly shooting a Kane man, resulting in his paralysis. McKean County District...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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