Lancaster

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Penn Medicine breaks ground in Lancaster on Pa.'s second proton therapy site

Lancaster among the best places to retire, according to U.S. News & World Report

Lancaster ranked retirement city 2020

Woman tried to snatch 4-year-old from mother in Lancaster emergency room

Lancaster General Hospital

First case of measles this year hits Lancaster County

Measles rash

Lancaster man found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine in box of chili peppers

Chili peppers

Taylor Swift on set to begin filming 'Cats' live-action movie adaptation

Taylor Swiftn cats

Milk from Lancaster County farm quarantined due to bacterial infection

Cow

NBC star Taylor Kinney helped save one Lancaster man’s Christmas Eve

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Artie Lange leaves Pennsylvania rehab center to perform at comedy club

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Lancaster hospital employee charged with alleged indecent assault of patient

Lancaster General Hospital

Cartoon Network plans kid-themed hotel in Lancaster County

Cartoon Network Hotel

Lancaster is U.S. News & World Report's best place to retire in 2019

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Here are 6 of the best pumpkin beers from Philly-area breweries

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Target’s same-day delivery expanding across Pennsylvania, including Allentown, Reading

Stock_Carroll - Target Stores

Highway flooding, huge rains interfere with eastern Pa.’s start to Labor Day weekend

Pennsylvania Flooding

Environmentalism

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster named on 40 most sustainably-powered cities list

Sustainable

Lancaster man shot with Taser by police files civil rights lawsuit

Sean Williams Lancaster Police

Lancaster mayor says video of police using Taser is 'great concern'

Sean Williams Lancaster Police

Lancaster student 'temporarily restrained' by police, taken to hospital for treatment

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These Pennsylvania news stations are forced to read a right-leaning promo about 'false news'

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Domestic Violence

Pa. minor league baseball team releases player caught on camera beating girlfriend

Danry Vasquez

Grab your runner friends to tackle a 200-mile relay race this summer

Stock_Carroll - Running in Valley Forge National Park

Pennsylvania teen is running for governor of Kansas

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Travel and Leisure

One Stop Away: a wolf sanctuary in Lancaster

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Two Pennsylvania towns rank in top 10 for U.S. retirement

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Pa. mom stresses importance of using car seats in viral post showing unsettling accident aftermath

Gene Simmons: 'Rock is dead'

Proposal would allow hedgehogs and sugar gliders to be pets in Pennsylvania

Move Pennsylvania's presidential primary to an earlier date, lawmaker proposes

Havanese-type dogs rescued, seeking adoption at PSPCA

Havanese puppy

WATCH: BBC spotlights Pennsylvania town as 'America's refugee capital'

refugees

New York Times spotlights Pennsylvania restaurant's 'peasant food' revival

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Lancaster man won't pay parking ticket unless city accepts his bag of coins

Wanted Pa. woman reportedly flees from police, falls in icy pond and refuses to get out

Crime and Courts

New charge for former Millersville student who allegedly put bleach in pregnant girlfriend's water

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Pennsylvania Target to hold quiet hours for customers on autism spectrum

Target

Millersville student charged with attempted murder after putting bleach in pregnant girlfriend's water

Police: Lancaster man gave teen daughter heroin that caused overdose

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South Jersey author says awful Pennsylvania president offers lessons to learn

Carroll - Robert Strauss

Refugees allowed to go to Lancaster school after judge rules 'the law is clear'

ACLU Lancaster

Lawsuit: Pennsylvania school district denies refugees proper education

ACLU Lancaster

Lancaster teenager to serve up to 109 years in prison for killing teacher

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Philly is ninth-most 'normal' metro region in America

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