Michael Rubinkam
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Pennsylvania caseworkers ignored years of child abuse, now face felony charges, prosecutor says
A Pennsylvania prosecutor says caseworkers at a child welfare agency failed to protect children from horrific abuse and neglect, allowing them to languish for years in homes overtaken by animal waste and garbage. → Read More
Shell agrees to pay $10 million for air pollution at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant
Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it polluted the air around its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania → Read More
Lawsuit: New York City hospital covered up abuse by star doctor convicted of rape
A major New York City hospital is facing allegations that hospital officials ignored a star physician’s rampant sexual abuse of patients for more than a decade → Read More
Lawsuit: New York City hospital covered up abuse by star doctor convicted of rape
A major New York City hospital is facing allegations that hospital officials ignored a star physician’s rampant sexual abuse of patients for more than a decade → Read More
Environmental groups sue Shell over air quality at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant
An environmental group says in a new lawsuit that Shell is putting residents’ health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania. → Read More
Workers: 'Rotten egg' smell before chocolate factory blast
Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled rotten eggs before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building and heavily damaged another, killing seven people → Read More
NTSB: Train crew got safety alert just before derailment
The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators said in a report Thursday. → Read More
EPA takes charge of toxic cleanup in East Palestine train derailment
The EPA has taken charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill. → Read More
EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up toxic Ohio train derailment
The EPA warned Norfolk Southern that if failed to comply with its order, the agency would perform the work itself and seek triple damages from the company. → Read More
Civil War-era gold: FBI records deepen mystery of Dents Run dig
Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of Union gold disappeared on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. → Read More
FBI records deepen mystery of dig for Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania
Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of Union → Read More
FBI records deepen mystery of dig for Civil War-era gold
CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) — The court-ordered release of a trove of government photos, videos, maps and other documents involving the FBI’s secretive search for Civil War-era gold has a treasure hunter more convinced than ever of a coverup — and just as determined to prove it. Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the […] → Read More
Pa. state school funding system deemed unconstitutional
The judge wrote a disparity among school districts with low and high property values is depriving students attending low-wealth districts from equal education. → Read More
Idaho slayings suspect agrees to extradition from Pennsylvania
A criminology graduate student arrested for the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was taken into custody last week, to face charges in Idaho. → Read More
Suspect in Idaho murders waives right to fight extradition
A criminology graduate student accused of the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week, to face charges in Idaho. → Read More
Former Pa. AG Kathleen Kane acquitted in DUI case
“Given the strength of the evidence we presented, I struggle to understand how the judge could find her not guilty," the Lackawanna County DA said via email. → Read More
Ex-Attorney General Kane acquitted in drunken driving case
Kane was the first woman and first Democrat elected as the state’s top prosecutor. → Read More
Kathleen Kane acquitted in drunken driving case
Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s former top law enforcement officer, who once served jail time for leaking secret investigative files and lying about it, has been acquitted of drunken driving in Lackawanna County. → Read More
Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village
“Why even roll the dice for this to happen again? You’ve already made a colossal mess of this region,,” said a bio-chemist who had conducted testing in Dimock. → Read More
Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village
One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural community where it has been banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted t… → Read More