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David's Bridal Laying Off 9,200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing
David's Bridal will send more than 9,000 workers home in an upcoming round of layoffs, according to a disclosure form it filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
The Montgomery County, PA-wedding retailer expects to lay off 9,236 employees nationwide in a three-phase plan that began on Friday, April 14, according to the state website.
It's not clear how many of those workers are in Pennsylvania, though the layoffs are expected to affect locations in Blair, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Luzerne, and York counties, as well as four shops in Allegheny County, two sho…
Ten Killed In Pennsylvania Fire Identified
Three children and seven adults died in a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Luzerne County, PA on Friday, Aug. 5, authorities said.
The blaze broke out on the 700 block of First Street in Nescopeck around 2:40 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. Ten people died fire while three adults were able to escape, police said.
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The victims were identified by police as Dale Baker, 19, Star Baker, 22, Brian Dau…
PA Woman Bound With Duct Tape In Bathtub, Beaten With Hammer, Police Say
A man is accused of duct-taping his girlfriend into a bathtub and beating her with a hammer, according to police in Luzerne County.
Matthew Nelson, 28, of Wilkes Barre, is accused of taping a woman, placing her into a bathtub and repeatedly hitting her with a hammer, as first reported by cbs21.
The woman somehow got free, fled from the apartment she shared with Nelson, as he chased her with a hammer, smashing her car windows.
She made it to a police station and reported what happened on Sunday.
She had marks and bruising from the “hammer attack” on her wrists, ankle, arm, and an…
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’
UPDATE: A heavily-armed fugitive who held tactical officers at bay for nearly seven hours at a Secaucus hotel told police that he was “prepared for war” and “ready to die,” the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said Monday.
ATF agents charged Rahim Harris, 42, of Maplewood, with being a convicted felon in possession of weapons and ammo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
His wife, Haneefha White, 39, of Pottsville, PA, who was with him, is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Authorities said they found eight loaded wea…
