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Two PA High Schools Ranked In Nation's Top 100: See Niche's Full List Two PA High Schools Ranked In Nation's Top 100: See Niche's Full List
Two PA High Schools Ranked In Nation's Top 100: See Niche's Full List More than 30 high schools across the Northeast have earned spots among the top 100 in the country, according to a new ranking. Niche has released its Best Public High Schools in America rankings for 2025. The list evaluates schools using data from the Department of Education, along with millions of student and parent reviews. Rankings are based on academics, college readiness, graduation rates, teacher quality, and school culture. Unlike past years, SAT and ACT scores were not considered to reflect a growing de-emphasis on standardized testing in college admissions. Here are the …

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by Chris Spiker
News
Reading Hospital, 23 Others In PA Ranked Among Nation's Best: See The Full List Reading Hospital, 23 Others In PA Ranked Among Nation's Best: See The Full List
Reading Hospital, 23 Others In PA Ranked Among Nation's Best: See The Full List When it comes to medical care, not all hospitals are created equally, and patients want the best treatment available, whether it's for a routine procedure or a life-saving intervention. Newsweek has released its World's Best Hospitals 2025 list. The rankings, created in collaboration with global data firm Statista, scored hospitals based on expert surveys, patient experience, and hospital performance metrics. Eleven hospitals in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic earned spots among the top 250 worldwide. The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore was ranked No. 4 glob…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say
Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Police are seeking a pair of men who they say committed credit card fraud and used ATM skimming devices across Berks County.  Spring Township police believe it happened on March 3, according to a release from Crime Alerts of Berks County. The pictured suspects drove throughout the county accessing ATMs using "cloned" credit card numbers and withdrew cash from victims' accounts, authorities claimed.  Investigators say the suspects may have used skimming devices to obtain the card details. Early this month, five such devices were discovered on ATMs in Montgomery County and on gas pu…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Spa Manager Busted For Prostitution In West Chester: Police Spa Manager Busted For Prostitution In West Chester: Police
Spa Manager Busted For Prostitution In West Chester: Police You can get more than a massage at one West Chester spa, according to authorities.  Detectives raided the Zen Spa at 107 North Church Street on Wednesday, Jan. 11 as part of an ongoing investigation into possible prostitution at the massage parlor, West Chester police said in a statement.  Based on evidence recovered from the property, authorities charged manager Meichen Wei Silverstein, a 40-year-old from Flushing, New York, with promoting and soliciting prostitution.  Investigators said they've determined that "acts of prostitution were being solicited by employees of the …

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by Mac Bullock
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East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives
East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives What at first seemed like a run-of-the-mill package theft led Palisades Park detectives to an organized theft ring that used bogus IDs to buy high-end luxury cars, authorities said. Jeon Kichul, a 43-year-old Korean national, was arrested last December after Detective David Chun identified him as the porch pirate who swiped a package containing a baseball glove from outside a resident’s home, Capt. Shawn Lee said. Kichul, who was also carrying bogus ID, was released pending further investigation, said Lee, the officer in charge of the department. Chun then learned that Jeon was "part of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase
Ex-BF Sentenced For Kidnapping Of NY Woman Found Dead In Suitcase The ex-boyfriend of a 24-year-old Westchester, NY woman whose body was found dead in a suitcase in Connecticut has been sentenced to decades behind bars for his role in her 2019 kidnapping. Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas, age 25, of Queens, pleaded guilty in White Plains federal court to kidnapping Valerie Reyes in New Rochelle and illegally transporting her to Fairfield County, where her body was found in a suitcase a week later in Greenwich. US Attorney Audrey Strauss announced that Rojas has been sentenced to 360 months in prison following his guilty plea in February last year. He was als…

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by Zak Failla