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Some Pennsylvanians collecting unemployment are still waiting to receive extra $300 per week payments

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Some Pennsylvanians on unemployment have already begun receiving an extra $300 per week. It’s part of the extension to the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program passed by U.S. Congress last month. Unemployment has been an issue for millions of Pennsylvanians since the pandemic began

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Two women charged in connection to baby’s 2020 overdose death

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Two Harrisburg woman have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the August 2020 death of a six-week-old infant, according to criminal complaint affidavits filed by Harrisburg Police. Shayleen Concepcion, 33, and her mother, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado,

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Here’s why experts and lawmakers say you can’t compare Black Lives Matter protesters to the US Capitol mob

Hours before President Donald Trump was impeached for his role in inciting last week’s deadly attack, several lawmakers described the rioters as White supremacists. “Let us be clear, this was a domestic terror attack perpetrated by riotist mobs of White supremacists, armed equipped and many skilled in police and military tactics who came to overturn

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‘Less lethal’ police weapons tied to serious injuries during George Floyd protests, researchers say

Many people suffered “projectile injuries,” “eye trauma” and other serious wounds from weapons police used on crowds during protests over the summer sparked by the death of George Floyd, researchers say. According to a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, a wide array of serious injuries can

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Chinese Covid-19 vaccine far less effective than initially claimed in Brazil, sparking concerns

A leading Chinese Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech was just 50.38% effective in late-stage trials in Brazil, significantly lower than earlier results showed, according to a statement published by the government of Sao Paulo Tuesday. While the number exceeds the threshold required for regulatory approval, it falls far below the 78% previously announced, raising

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