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Pennsylvania immigration specialists speak on Trump's several executive orders
On his first day, President Trump signed several executive orders to change the immigration system. Residents throughout Pennsylvania may be affected.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
State Rep., local organizations hand out food after skimmers drain EBT cards
KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News previously broke the story on skimmers draining EBT Cards in northeastern Pennsylvania and across the nation. People lost everything on their cards, leaving them unable to buy food. On Tuesday, local organizations are making sure these families have a meal on their table. State Representative Brenda Pugh and a number of local...
PA homepage Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
Trump's immigration policy changes drew the most attention at DHS, but he is also making changes at the rest of the massive agency.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches
Trump has made cracking down on immigration a top priority, just as he did during his first term in the White House from 2017 to 2021.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Trump orders all federal DEI staff be put on leave
The memo directs agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday and take down all public DEI-focused webpages by the same deadline.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Shapiro Administration visits Pittston for Downtown Revitalization
PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Shapiro Administration made a stop in Luzerne County on Tuesday. The Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger joined Mayor Michael Lombardo and other local leaders to tour revitalized Pittston. The visit highlighted the Shapiro Administration's commitment to investing in Pennsylvania's downtowns and small businesses...
PA homepage Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
At least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey
“People on the upper floors were screaming. They hung down sheets ... some tried to jump,” one guest said.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Police searching for shooting suspect in Sugarloaf Township
Police are searching for a shooting suspect that left one hospitalized in Sugarloaf Township at 5:35 p.m. on Tuesday.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The trio will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]
2 Americans freed in prisoner swap with Taliban in Afghanistan
The prisoner swap was brokered before President Joe Biden left office Monday, according to a Trump administration official.
WNEP Tue, Jan 21 [totalcount]