Three men were arrested after they allegedly drove from New York to rob a delivery driver who was dropping off GLP-1 medications to a Bucks County pharmacy on Thursday, according to the Bensalem Police Department.
Officers were called to the Smart Choice Pharmacy on the 1900 block of Street Road on Jan. 15 after a delivery driver was robbed of boxes containing Mounjaro, Ozempic and Trulicity, police said.
Investigators learned that three men had approached and attacked the driver before driving away in a gold Toyota, officials said.
While they were fleeing, they almost hit a witness who was filming the incident, police reported.
Police later found the Toyota on the 3600 block of Street Road and pulled it over, according to officers.
The three men inside the car – 41-year-old Joshua Dupree, 21-year-old Jahnoi Dawkins and a 17-year-old male – were confirmed to the be suspects by the delivery driver, police said. They were arrested.
When police searched their car they said that they found the medications that had been taken during the robbery.
Pharmacy staff told authorities that, in the days leading up to the robbery, the store got strange phone calls and emails asking about the expected delivery.
Officials said that the three men had driven from New York in order to commit the robbery.
The three men were each charged with robbery, theft, simple assault and other related charges.
Dupree and Dawkins are being held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $150,000 and $250,00 bail respectively.
The 17-year-old boy was taken to the Bucks County Youth Detention Center.
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Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.
The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio. Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning across multiple data center buildings, in July. It’s anticipated to come online this year.
Financial terms of the deals with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra were not disclosed.
The Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta said in a statement on Friday that the three deals will support up to 6.6 gigawatts of new and existing clean energy by 2035. A single gigawatt, according to a general industry standard for utilities, can power about 750,000 homes.
“These projects add reliable and firm power to the grid, reinforce America’s nuclear supply chain, and support new and existing jobs to build and operate American power plants,” the company said.
Meta said its agreement with TerraPower will provide funding that supports the development of two new Natrium units capable of generating up to 690 megawatts of firm power with delivery as early as 2032. The deal also provides Meta with rights for energy from up to six other Natrium units capable of producing 2.1 gigawatts and targeted for delivery by 2035.
Meta will also buy more than 2.1 gigawatts of energy from two operating Vistra nuclear power plants in Ohio, in addition to the energy from expansions at the two Ohio plants and a third Vistra plant, Beaver Valley, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The deal with Oklo, which counts OpenAI’s Sam Altman as one of its largest investors, will help to develop a 1.2 gigawatt power campus in Pike County, Ohio, to support Meta’s data centers in the region.
The nuclear power agreements come after Meta announced in June that it reached a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy to secure power from its nuclear plant in Clinton, Illinois.
Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center single nuclear reactor power plant is shown on July 25, 2025 in Clinton, Illinois. Meta signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation for the output from the plant.
One of the most prominent swing state newspapers in the country that once endorsed President Donald Trump will shutter later this year.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday that it will cease operations May 3.
In an article published on its website, the Post-Gazette said that its parent company Block Communications Inc. “lost more than $350 million in cash operating the newspaper” and that the company said that the declining revenue local journalism has suffered is “no longer sustainable.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it will cease operations May 3 after nearly a century.(Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
The Block family expressed regret about its decision in a statement to the Post-Gazette, saying it is “proud of the service the Post-Gazette has provided to Pittsburgh for nearly a century.”
Founded in 1927, The Post-Gazette marked the consolidation of The Pittsburgh Post and Pittsburgh Gazette Times. The paper began rolling back its print editions in 2018, eventually printing just twice a week.
The Post-Gazette, which backed President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, offered its endorsement to Trump during the 2020 election after it refrained from making an endorsement in 2016.
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette endorsed President Donald Trump during the 2020 election.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
At the time, the Post-Gazette told readers that Trump “is not Churchill, to be sure, but he gets things done.”
“This newspaper has not supported a Republican for president since 1972. But we believe Mr. Trump, for all his faults, is the better choice this year,” the Post-Gazette editorial board wrote in Oct. 2020. “We respect and understand those who feel otherwise. We wish that we could be more enthusiastic and we hope the president can become more dignified and statesmanlike. Each American must make up his or her own mind and do what he or she thinks is best for the community and the republic. Vote your conscience. And, whatever happens, believe in the country.”
The Post-Gazette, like several other prominent newspapers, refrained from making a presidential endorsement during the 2024 election cycle.
There has been declining revenue in local journalism, particularly print newspapers, across the country in recent years as consumers increasingly get their news from digital media.
A new report out of Pennsylvania says that the Commonwealth saw thousands of lives saved through a program offering Naloxone, also known as Narcan, for free in communities.
This has helped Pennsylvania see the lowest number of overdose deaths in over a decade, officials said.
The Overdose Prevention Program was started by the Shapiro Administration and officials describe it as a “hub and spoke” model.
The “hubs” that participate in the program – local prevention partners – get and store overdose fighting supplies and pass them along to the “spokes” in the program – like organizations, service providers and more –within communities.
In communities throughout the Commonwealth, nearly 800,000 doses of naloxone as well as 737,000 fentanyl and xylazine test strips were distributed in the 2025.
Officials reported that the supplies were able to go directly to the people who needed it most, including those who use drugs, their family members, peers and service providers.
The report also says that the city of Philadelphia is on track to see its lowest levels of deadly overdoses in almost 10 years.
Officials listed five official Administration partners who distribute supplies in the city:
If you or someone you know needs help or recovery support, please call the Pa. Get Help Now helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or you can click here.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro set another campaign finance record for Pennsylvania with $30 million on hand as he seeks a second term this fall, his campaign said Tuesday.
Pennsylvania has emerged as the nation’s premier presidential battleground state, and Shapiro’s strong showing in the 2022 governor’s race elevated his profile within the Democratic Party, where he’s viewed as a potential 2028 White House contender.
In the general election, Shapiro, 52, is expected to face Stacy Garrity, the twice-elected state treasurer who has been endorsed by the state Republican Party. Garrity had yet to report campaign fundraising details as of Tuesday. The deadline to file campaign finance reports with the state is Jan. 31.
Shapiro isn’t expected to face a serious challenge in the May 19 primary election. The deadline to submit paperwork to get on the primary election ballot is March 10.
Shapiro’s $30 million dwarfs the previous state record for a candidate heading into an election year. Shapiro set the previous record, reporting $13.4 million at the start of 2022. Shapiro went on to smash the state campaign spending record that year, reporting that he spent more than $70 million on the race.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75.
Schumacher’s daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed Monday that her father passed away on Dec. 29. She did not provide the cause of death.
Schumacher produced such varied biographies as “Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker’s Life;” “Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton;” and “Dharma Lion: A Biography of Allen Ginsberg” — a prominent Beat Generation poet and writer.
Other biographies included “Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers & the Birth of the NBA” and ”Will Eisner: A Dreamer’s Life in Comics.” Eisner was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in American comic books and was a pioneer of the graphic novel concept.
Though he was born in Kansas, Schumacher lived most of his live in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He studied political science at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside but left the school just one credit short of graduating, his daughter said. He gravitated toward writing at a young age, she said, and basically built two writing careers — one focused on biographies and another on Great Lakes lore.
Living on the shores of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Schumacher produced accounts of how the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior in 1975; a November 1913 storm that claimed the lives of more than 250 Great Lakes sailors; and how four sailors fought to survive on Lake Michigan after their ship sank in a storm in 1958.
Emily Joy Schumacher described her father as “a history person” and “a good human.” She said he worked longhand, filling countless flip notebooks and later transcribing them on a typewriter. She said she still remembers the sound of the keys clacking.
“My dad was a very generous person with people,” Emily Joy Schumacher said. “He loved people. He loved talking to people. He loved listening to people. He loved stories. When I think of my dad, I think of him engaged in conversation, coffee in his hand and his notebook.”
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One person was injured after a kitchen fire broke out at an apartment in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, early Friday, according to officials.
Bristol Township Fire Marshall Kevin Dippolito shared that crews responded to a fire just after 1:30 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026, at an apartment on Thomas Place in Levittown.
The fire had started in a trash can inside the kitchen, according to Dippolito.
One person was taken to a nearby hospital for burns, Dippolito said.
An Idaho-based company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
The recall involves 16-ounce vacuum-sealed packages labeled “Forward Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef.” Affected packages were produced Dec. 16 and have a label telling customers to use or freeze the meat by Jan. 13. The affected beef also bears the establishment number “EST 2083” on the side of its packaging.
The meat was produced by Heyburn, Idaho-based Mountain West Food Group and was shipped to distributors in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Pennsylvania and Washington.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, which announced the recall Saturday, didn’t say which retailers may have sold the meat. The USDA and Mountain West Food Group didn’t respond to messages left Tuesday by The Associated Press.
The USDA said there have been no confirmed reports of illness due to consumption of the meat. The issue was discovered in a sample of beef during routine testing.
The USDA said the type of E. coli found can cause illness within 28 days of exposure. Most infected people develop diarrhea, which is often bloody, and vomiting. Infection is usually diagnosed with a stool sample.
The USDA said customers who have purchased the affected products should either throw them away or return them to the place they were bought. The agency also advises all customers to consume ground beef only if it has been cooked to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A wild winter storm was expected to bring strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. and left tens thousands of customers without power.
The storm that hit parts of the Plains and Great Lakes on Monday brought sharply colder air, strong winds and a mix of snow, ice and rain that led to treacherous travel. Forecasters said it intensified quickly enough to meet the criteria of a bomb cyclone, a system that strengthens rapidly as pressure drops.
Nationwide, more than 153,000 customers were without power early Tuesday, more than a third of them in Michigan, according to Poweroutage.us.
As Monday’s storm moved into Canada, the National Weather Service predicted more inclement weather conditions for the Eastern U.S, including quick bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds known as snow squalls.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned that whiteout conditions were expected Tuesday in parts of the state, including the Syracuse-metro area.
“If you’re in an impacted area, please avoid all unnecessary travel,” she said in a post on the social media platform X,
Snow piled up quickly in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Monday, where as much as 2 feet (60 centimeters) fell in some areas, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Ryan Metzger said additional snow was expected in the coming days, although totals would be far lighter.
Waves on Lake Superior that were expected to reach 20 feet (6 meters) Monday sent all but one cargo ship into harbors for shelter, according to MarineTraffic.com. Weather forecasting on the lakes has improved greatly since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975 after waves were predicted at up to 16 feet (4.8 meters).
The fierce winds on Lake Erie sent water surging toward the basin’s eastern end near Buffalo, New York, while lowering water on the western side in Michigan to expose normally submerged lakebed — even the wreck of a car and a snowmobile.
Kevin Aldrich, 33, a maintenance worker from Monroe, Michigan, said he has never seen the lake recede so much and was surprised on Monday to spot the remnants of old piers dating back to the 1830s. He posted photos on social media of wooden pilings sticking up several feet from the muck.
“Where those are at would typically be probably 12 feet deep,” he said. “We can usually drive our boat over them.”
Dangerous wind chills plunged as low as minus 30 F (minus 34 C) across parts of North Dakota and Minnesota on Monday. And in northeast West Virginia, rare, nearly hurricane-force winds were recorded on a mountain near Dolly Sods, according to the National Weather Service.
In Iowa, after blizzard conditions eased by Monday morning, high winds continued blowing fallen snow across roadways, keeping more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) of Interstate 35 closed. State troopers reported dozens of crashes during the storm, including one that killed a person.
On the West Coast, the National Weather Service warned that moderate to strong Santa Ana winds were expected in parts of Southern California through Tuesday, raising concerns about downed trees in areas where soils have been saturated by recent storms. Two more storms were forecast later this week, with rain on New Year’s Day potentially soaking the Rose Parade in Pasadena for the first time in about two decades.
Associated Press writers Julie Walker in New York; Corey Williams in Detroit; Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska; Susan Haigh in Norwich, Connecticut; and Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed.
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An 18-year-old man was taken into custody in West Virginia after allegedly shooting his parents in their Pennsylvania home the day after Christmas — killing his mother and wounding his father.
Jarrod Noll was charged with homicide and attempted homicide in connection with the shooting.
Pennsylvania State Police were called just before 2 p.m. on Friday to the home on Garrison Ridge Road in Freeport Township in Greene County, located near the West Virginia border.
Jarrod Noll, 18, was charged with homicide and attempted homicide.(West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Police arrived to find Noll’s parents suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were transported to a hospital, with his mother in critical condition.
His mother was later pronounced dead at the hospital, while his father was eventually released in stable condition.
Authorities launched a manhunt for Noll, who fled the home on foot after the shooting. He was considered armed and dangerous as police conducted an “extensive search” of the surrounding area.
The suspect’s mother was pronounced dead at the hospital, while his father was released in stable condition.(Pennsylvania State Police)
“We used tracking dogs, we used helicopters, and we used police on foot searching rough terrain,” Pennsylvania State Police Sergeant Richard Sizer said, according to CBS Pittsburgh.
“Obviously, when you have someone on the run with a homicide warrant, on the run with a gun, it is a huge danger to the community,” Sizer continued.
He will be held in custody in West Virginia before his extradition to Pennsylvania, CBS Pittsburgh reported.
The suspect’s younger siblings were home during the shooting, although he allegedly fired the shots outside the house, according to the outlet. The children were placed in the custody of a relative.
At least two people were killed, and about 20 others were taken to hospitals, after a gas leak is believed to have sparked two explosions and a fire at a nursing home in Pennsylvania. Lilia Luciano has more on the victims and the investigation.
The two people killed in the explosions at a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, nursing home on Tuesday were a staff member and a resident, officials said.
One of the victims was Muthoni Nduthu, 52, the Bucks County Coroner’s Office said. The name of the other victim has not been released.
Bristol Township Police provided more updates Wednesday about the fatal explosions at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center on Tower Road, which was previously known as the Silver Lake Nursing Home. Officials said a gas leak led to two explosions and a fire and that there was a smell of gas at the scene.
State records show Nduthu was a licensed practical nurse.
As of Wednesday morning, 19 people are still hospitalized, one of whom is in critical condition, Bristol Township Police Chief Charles Winik, Jr. said in a news conference. He could not provide more information on the nature of their injuries or say how many are residents or staff members.
Crews with heavy construction equipment are on the scene combing through the wreckage. Fire Chief Kevin Dippolito said investigators hoped to gain access to the collapsed portion of the building Wednesday afternoon. Once in place, investigators can work to determine the cause of the explosions, he added.
“Until we excavate that area and remove the walls and roofs that collapsed we won’t have any idea what may have occurred in there,” Dippolito said.
The investigation could take weeks or months, officials said. PECO said in a statement that the National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation.
The fire chief said he could not recall any prior calls to the property recently for gas-related issues.
Officials including Gov. Josh Shapiro and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick have also commended law enforcement, firefighters and staff from the nearby Lower Bucks Hospital for their help rescuing residents.
Bristol Health and Rehab residents have been placed in other nursing homes and facilities owned by Saber Healthcare Group.
Saber acquired the facility 24 days ago, the company said in a statement.
“We could not be prouder of those men and women who, in the face of tragedy, stepped up to support one another,” the statement said in part. “We have worked to improve and fix prior issues, and we will continue that work in the wake of this event. We thank those who have offered their thoughts and prayers for our staff and residents, and we will continue to work to ensure the safety of the community in the days and weeks to come.”
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Human Services, there were 75 deficiency reports against Silver Lake Health Care Center between July 2022 and March 2025. The center was fined a total of $418,000. This was during the time the facility was managed by CommuniCare Health Services.
Neighbors rush to help
Newly released video shows the immediate aftermath of the blast at the facility.
“It felt like an earthquake,” said Keenan Lovelace, who lives nearby. “Heard like a loud boom bang.”
Residents who felt the blast raced to the scene to help.
John Hibbs, who lives next door to the nursing home, said he ran outside after the explosion, telling his wife to call 911 while he tried to assist victims.
“The windows were all blown out, insulation was falling from the sky,” Hibbs said.
Hibbs said he helped pull five people from the rubble, including four employees, some of whom had serious injuries.
“One lady’s face swelled pretty bad. She had a gash on her head,” he said. “The one lady was complaining she thought her ankle was broken. The other one’s knee, she thought was twisted. I just started handing people off to other people so I could go back and get the next one.”
As neighbors helped evacuate survivors, Hibbs said his wife distributed blankets and towels to keep people warm.
“To me, it’s just the right thing to do,” he said. “I would want somebody to help my family … if, God forbid, anything like that happened.”
The emergency response to the Bristol, Pennsylvania, nursing home explosion was the largest the local police chief has ever seen in his career spanning nearly two decades, he told reporters Wednesday. He praised the first responders and described extraordinary acts of heroism after the blast, which killed one resident and one staff member on Tuesday.
Agencies from across Bucks County and even Philadelphia flocked to the scene at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center, previously known as the Silver Lake Nursing Home, after two explosions there, accompanied by the smell of gas. Officials said the incident collapsed the cafeteria and kitchen area and spurred a massive effort to evacuate 120 residents from the facility.
Bristol Township Police Chief Charles Winik said he saw fire crews run into the building that still smelled of natural gas in an effort to evacuate residents.
“I’ve never seen such heroism,” Winik said. “They were still going into the building to recover people that couldn’t walk, they were in wheelchairs, some people couldn’t talk. It just could’ve been a much more serious catastrophe.”
In remarks made at the scene Tuesday night, Gov. Josh Shapiro mentioned one first responder who carried two people on his back out of the building. Winik said that was a Bristol Township police narcotics sergeant, a 20-year veteran of the department.
Winik credited the heroic work of everyone involved, not just law enforcement and firefighters. Staff from the nearby Lower Bucks Hospital, just across a parking lot, sprang into action too.
“It was blessing that we’re next to a hospital. We had hospital staff come over and help us temporarily home [the nursing home residents]… It was a difficult task,” he said.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick commended everyone involved in rescue and response efforts.
“When the moment demanded courage, our community delivered it. Firefighters, police officers, medics, nurses, and emergency personnel from across our region answered the call without hesitation, and because of them, lives were saved,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement Wednesday.
Incident response unprecedented, chief says
The massive response was unlike anything the chief or his department had ever seen, he said.
“I’ve talked to several other officers and command staff that have been doing this longer than me, and they’ve never seen anything like it in this area,” Winik added.
While work is still underway to investigate the nursing home site, Bristol officials are grateful that no first responders were injured, and for a community that came together.
“Bristol Township is one of those types of communities where we all come together when we recognize that we have a problem,” said Winik. “We had employees from the building, as well, helping. We had nurses from the hospital, we had people from all over assisting. It was a tremendous effort from everybody in Bucks County.”
Two people are dead after an explosion at a nursing home in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and several are still missing, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. CBS Philadelphia reporter Nikki DeMentri reports.
NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania — Former special education teacher Jessica Zander cultivated a beautiful sanctuary where experiences are tailor-made for children of all abilities.
‘Helping Friendly Farm’ opened in 2022 and offers families a combination of sensory exploration, nature, and animal interaction.
After making a reservation, families typically have the whole farm to themselves and can enjoy activities at their own pace.
They can enjoy various rooms in the sensory barn and interact with trained animals like goats and pigs.
To learn more about ‘Helping Friendly Farm,’ watch the video above and visit their website.
In a letter sent to parents last week, Wissahickon School District Superintendent Dr. Mwenyewe Dawan wrote that Lower Gwynedd Elementary School Philip Leddy was leaving a voicemail for a parent when he began speaking with another staffer, believing the call was disconnected. During that conversation – which was still being recorded — Leddy allegedly made antisemitic remarks.
After Leddy self-reported the incident, the Wissahickon School District initiated the legal process seeking his firing, officials said. The district also contacted the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Philadelphia.
“No one promoting antisemitic rhetoric should be leading and teaching our children,” ADL Philadelphia’s senior regional director Dr. Andrew Goretsky wrote. “ADL Philadelphia has worked with the Wissahickon School District administration over the years, and we are relieved that the district is working quickly to address alleged antisemitic statements made by a school administrator. We are urging them to fully investigate the situation, take appropriate systemic action, and meet with Jewish families to begin the process of rebuilding trust.”
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia also responded to Leddy’s alleged remarks.
“In conversation with others in the office, he used antisemitic phrases, including references to “Jew camp,” allegations that the parent has “Jew money,” and the claim that “they [Jews] control the banks.” At one point, when asked whether the parent was a lawyer, he responded, “the odds probably are good.” These are deeply rooted antisemitic tropes that have historically been used to demean, marginalize, and endanger Jewish people,” a spokesperson wrote.
A hearing was held on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, on the investigation into Leddy’s alleged remarks. After the hearing, Dr. Dawan announced she would recommend that Leddy be fired. She also said a special meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 7 p.m. in which members of the Wissahickon School Board will vote on her recommendation to fire Leddy.
Dr. Dawan also announced Monday that Sue Kanopka, the former principal of Lower Gwynedd Elementary and the current Supervisor of Curriculum for the Wissahickon School District, will serve as acting principal for the school.
“Mrs. Kanopka is a familiar and trusted leader in the LGE community and is pleased to provide continuity and stability for students and staff,” Dr. Dawan wrote. “Her duties as Supervisor of Curriculum will be absorbed by other members of our administrative team during her temporary re-assignment. In addition, we will be sharing information about the process and anticipated timeline for hiring a new principal with the Lower Gwynedd community directly.”
Dr. Dawan also invited Jewish families in the school district to engage in conversations with district leaders.
“We will be partnering with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Relations Council to facilitate these structured conversations, focused on listening, understanding impact, and moving forward together,” Dr. Dawan wrote. “This session will be designed to listen, learn, and better understand the experiences and concerns of our Jewish community members.”
The first session with Jewish families in the district is set to take place on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at 6 p.m. at an undisclosed location. Those interested in joining the meeting can register here. The registration deadline is Jan. 9, 2026.
Finally, Dr. Dawan announced they partnered with ADL Philadelphia to hold training sessions for district staff members on recognizing, preventing and responding to antisemitism. Those sessions are scheduled to take place on Jan. 16, 2026, and Feb. 13, 2026.
NBC10 reached out to Leddy for comment. We have not yet heard back from him.
On Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, Kevin Krebs, 32, was convicted of possessing an unregistered firearm or explosive device. His sentencing is scheduled for March 31, 2026, and he could face up to a decade in prison.
Both Krebs’ attorney and the prosecution said they wouldn’t comment until after the sentencing.
Krebs was spotted at a “No Kings” rally in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on June 14, 2025, putting on a tactical vest and hiding a gun, officials said. A witness told police he saw weapons along with Krebs putting on a yellow raincoat while standing at the back of a black Ford Explorer that had its trunk open.
Krebs was then seen by the person walking south on the sidewalk toward the rally while carrying a flag.
The officers stopped Krebs, questioned him and asked him to unzip his raincoat and put his hands out to his sides. While stopped by the officers, Krebs was initially hesitant to answer their questions but did comply, officials said.
The officers reported finding a fully loaded Sig Sauer P320 handgun, three loaded Sig Sauer magazines, six loaded assault rifle magazines, an M9 bayonet knife, oleoresin capsicum spray, a pocketknife, a ski mask and gloves in Krebs’ possession.
One of the responding officers also found Krebs’ Ford Explorer that was parked on High Street where he saw that there was an AR-15-style rifle on the floor of the back seat, officials said.
Krebs did not have a registered conceal to carry permit, investigators said. He was taken into custody that day.
Then on Monday, June 16, investigators who were working on a search warrant at a home in East Whiteland Township where Krebs lived with his sibling found a pipe bomb inside a desk drawer, officials explained. The Montgomery County Bomb Disposal Unit was called to assist with the removal of the bomb.
As investigators continued their search through the home, they found approximately 13 improvised explosive devices as well as drawings of explosive devices, 21 firearms, a homemade silencer, 3D printer, switches and tactical vests, officials said.
All of the explosives were deemed safe by the bomb unit and no one was hurt, according to investigators. Those explosive devices were later turned over to the FBI, officials said.
Another search warrant was executed at the house where Krebs’ parents live on Yardley Drive in West Chester, officials said. While conducting that search, a detective saw a police/military-styled radio as well as a laptop and cellphone in the basement.
Krebs’ Ford Explorer was parked in the driveway of his parents’ home when the detective saw that it had an LED strobe light on the roof, according to the criminal complaint. Police also saw that there was a pair of night vision goggles and a gas mask inside the vehicle.
Krebs was repeatedly scheduled to appear in county court over the past few months but his case was postponed each time. Then on Oct. 23, 2025, the district attorney’s office informed a judge that Krebs was no longer in the custody of Chester County and had been taken into federal custody the night before.
While Krebs pleaded guilty to the federal charge of possessing an unregistered or explosive device, the charges against him on the state level are still pending, Chester County officials said.
During the investigation, Krebs’ family told investigators he was on the autism spectrum, according to Chester County District Attorney Chris de Barrena-Sarobe.
Krebs told police and the FBI that he had planned to peacefully protest at the West Chester “No Kings” rally but brought the gun because he wanted to feel safe, according to officials.
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to decades in prison after sexually exploiting young girls online, according to officials.
Valentin Lubinski, 26, of Malvern, is accused of using social media under the username “Leo_32149” in order to connect with young girls and convince them to send him sexually explicit photos in June of 2022, officials said.
Investigators said that they were able to identify 18 victims who ranged in age from nine to 16 and lived in rural areas throughout the country.
Lubinski apparently operated the same way with each victim. Once he connected with the girl, he would ask how old they were then he would lie about his own age by saying he was nine to 16 years old.
Next, Lubinski would ask for the victim to send a photo of herself so he could see what she looked like and when he got the photo, he would reply with a compliment.
Lubinski would also send the victim a picture of a boy who he would say was himself, but it wasn’t.
Investigators explained that Lubinski would then ask the girl a variation of “R u freaky?” and would ask her to send a picture of herself in her underwear.
He would then ask for a picture of the girl where she was topless.
Lubinski would save these pictures onto his device by taking screenshots of them.
At some point, Lubinski would then ask the victim to send sexually explicit images of herself that showed her face and when the victim would resist, he would start to threaten her.
His threats included that he would post the photos that had been already shared onto other social media platforms. A lot of the time, he’d send the picture back to her edited with words on it that included phrases like, “follow [the victim’s social media handle] she sends nudes.”
After this, Lubinski would continue to ask the victim for more inappropriate photos with the girls often asking him to stop.
Lubinski was pleaded guilty to 36 charges in December of 2024 including willfully causing the manufacture of child pornography and enticing a minor to engage in sexual conduct.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release, a $3,600 special assessment and $28,000 in restitution.
