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During a brutal 14-year civil war, Syria's ousted regime dropped hundreds of thousands of bombs and munitions on its own civilians. Now Syria faces the challenge of clearing the unexploded munitions.

Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.

Quinn Crispell is 20. She’s a professional studies major in her sophomore year at Misericordia University. Quinn runs for the college’s cross country team. And she might also be the only athlete in the country competing at the collegiate level with Down syndrome.

Some of Pennsylvania’s school districts may have to empty their reserves or take out loans to open for the fall semester because billions of dollars in state aid is held up in a month-old political stalemate.

New data released by the largest insurer of automobiles in the U.S. ranked Pennsylvania tops in the nation for claims filed for animal-vehicle collisions.

Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) report that there were no fatal motor vehicle crashes during the New Year’s holiday weekend, at least in the accidents they investigated. That’s down from 2 fatalities during last year’s New Year’s weekend.PSP data was gathered from Dec. 30, 2022 to Jan. 1, 2023. But, authorities noted they investigated more alcohol-related crashes, made more DUI arrests and found more people injured on the roads this year compared to last year. There were 51 alcohol-related crashes and 108 people injured in state police investigations this year. Last year there were 41 alcohol-involved crashes and 97 people injured in PSP investigations. State troopers arrested 356 people for driving under the influence during the New Year’s weekend, 78 more than last year. PSP note: "These statistics cover only those incidents investigated by the state police and do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies responded."

The Alliance Landfill in Taylor has worked for the past 20 years to track the population of one small bird of prey.

With inflation and the high cost of gas and groceries, many households have had to adjust their budgets. A recent report by the United Way of Pennsylvania shows the impact is perhaps most severe on those already teetering on the edge of poverty.

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

It's almost the new year, which means states across the country will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to prenatal leave.