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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Unified Judicial System (UJS) of Pennsylvania has settled a lawsuit to pay out $100,000 to victims who were subjected to discriminatory policies and practices.

According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the lawsuit was brought forward by the United States under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This case was filed against courts in Blair, Jefferson, Lackawanna, and Northumberland County Courts of Common Pleas.

(WPHL/WHTM) — Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn says Justin Mohn beheaded his father, made a YouTube video with the severed head, and wanted to torture federal employees by mobilizing the Pennsylvania National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Mohn, 32, has been charged with murder and abuse of a corpse after police say he shot his father Michael Mohn, a federal employee with the Army Corps of Engineers, on Tuesday night in Bucks County.

POCONO TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a 21-year-old man from Delaware was caught shooting fireworks at a Monroe County house Saturday night.

On January 27, just before 10:00 p.m., the Pocono Township Police Department says they were called to the area of Crescent Lake Road for the report of someone setting off fireworks from a moving pickup truck.

PA Treasury announces National Unclaimed Property Day

By the time police made it to Crescent Lake Road, the truck had already left the scene.

Although it’s still early, a potential November election between candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump is rated a virtual “toss-up” in Pennsylvania, according to a Franklin & Marshall College Political Poll released on Thursday.

LEWISBURG — David Jacobson’s personal connections to Israel led to his decision to travel from Lewisburg to the Middle East to volunteer his time working on a farm for 10 days.

Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states. The GOP move could have widespread implications for mail voting nationwide before the presidential election in November. A new lawsuit in Mississippi and a similar one last year in North Dakota were both brought in heavily Republican states and are before conservative federal courts. Democratic and voting rights groups are concerned about the potential impact beyond those two states.

MILTON — A Milton man pleaded guilty Thursday to felony aggravated assault and possession of firearms by a prohibited person and faces up to 17 years in state prison following a September 2022 incident.

SUNBURY — Sunbury officials will receive more than $100,000 in grant funding for the engineering of an intersection leading to the former Celotex site.

LEWISBURG — Union County Judge Michael Piecuch approved the appointment of sheriff deputy Christian J. Wachter as special county detective in the district attorney’s office on Thursday.

DANVILLE — Volunteer firefighters in Danville have set their sights on a piece of land that could be dedicated to training. The parcel, currently owned by the borough, sits between Franklin Street and River Drive, beside Gulicks Court.