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A year of weird and record-breaking weather: 5 things to know
Vanishing glaciers. Newly ice-free stretches in the Arctic. Record droughts punctuated by record deluges. A hurricane, supercharged by hot Pacific water, that lasted six weeks. And across the globe, implacable, record-breaking heat.
Man opens plane door, walks on wing at Australian airport, gets himself arrested
A passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac on Thursday, officials said.
Missing Manassas Park mom: Husband charged with concealing dead body
MANASSAS PARK, Va. (DC News Now) — A major update in the search for missing mother Mamta Kafle Bhatt was announced by Manassas Park Police and local prosecutors on Thursday afternoon. Officers in Manassas Park said they arrested her husband, Naresh Bhatt, at his family home. He was charged with Prohibition Against Concealment of Dead […]
Pa. Senate to introduce bill that would require cursive writing in schools
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Pennsylvania Senate has plans to introduce legislation that would affect handwriting being taught in schools. The legislation, written by Senator Wayne Langerholc (R-Cambria), would require Pennsylvania schools to teach cursive handwriting. Currently, at least 18 states mandate the teaching of cursive, including but not limited to states such as Alabama, […]
Forged by Football: Joey Porter Jr.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) – Joey Porter Jr. was born to be a Pittsburgh Steeler. Before he was covering top wide receivers across the National Football League, he was essentially blanketed in a “Terrible Towel” as a tyke. “There’s Steeler DNA in me because I was always growing up around it,” the second-year Steeler corner said. […]
Forged by Football: Joey Porter Jr.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) – Joey Porter Jr. was born to be a Pittsburgh Steeler. Before he was covering top wide receivers across the National Football League, he was essentially blanketed in a “Terrible Towel” as a tyke. “There’s Steeler DNA in me because I was always growing up around it,” the second-year Steeler corner said. […]
Police ask for community’s help after dozens of vehicles broken into overnight in Derry Township
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Dozens of vehicles were broken into overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in Derry Township and police are asking for the public’s help. Township police said the break-ins happened in the areas of Southpoint, Southpoint Commons, and the Deer Run neighborhoods off of Middletown Road sometime throughout the night. It is […]
Eagles acquire wide receiver Jahan Dotson from NFC East rival Commanders
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles acquired wide receiver Jahan Dotson and a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft from the Washington Commanders for a third-round pick and two seventh-round picks from the 2025 draft in a rare deal between the NFC East rivals on Thursday. Dotson, a first-rounder out of Penn State in 2022, […]
Man charged with homicide in Lebanon County in daughter’s 2019 death, dumping her body in NY park
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A New York man is facing homicide charges in Lebanon County in the death of his daughter in 2019, whose body was found in a New York park, according to charging documents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Kabary Salem, 56, of Staten Island, was charged with homicide and strangulation […]
Police ask for help identifying hit-and-run suspect in Lancaster
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a hit-and-run suspect who struck a pedestrian earlier this month. According to Lancaster City Bureau of Police, on Friday, August 2 around 10 p.m., a vehicle struck a pedestrian in front of a crosswalk on the 1st block of West King Street. […]
New candle and tie-dye shop opening, Wawa update, food hall venue shutters
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — This past week in the Midstate, a local food hall announced it will be listed for sale, a candle-making business that offers handmade tie-dyes shared its upcoming opening, and we have an update on Central Pennsylvania’s first Wawa. Apricity Wawa Lincoln Social Food Market Stay tuned next week for another edition […]
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