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Leaders of six state legislatures in the Big Ten footprint have sent a letter to Commissioner Kevin Warren asking the conference to reconsider its decision to cancel the fall football season.

Schools have varied their messaging to students about gathering in crowds, not social distancing, and presenting a risk of spreading the coronavirus

Videos showing a large crowd of Villanova students have prompted safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic as well as a message from the school’s president. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

The Penn State community came together on Sunday outside of the closed College Avenue Taco Bell to mourn. Students brought flowers, candles, and Taco Bell sauce packets, among other items, to commemorate the closed restaurant.

A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit that Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates by imitating sexual acts in the shower and invoking Jerry Sandusky’s name.

A former Penn State football player filed a lawsuit accusing some of his teammates of hazing him by imitating sexual acts while invoking the name of convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky. NBC10’s Denise Nakano has the story.

A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit filed Monday that his teammates hazed him and others by imitating sexual acts in the showers and invoking Jerry Sandusky’s name.

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making meeting in San Diego. It aims to lobby for state and federal laws, regulations or legal action to achieve a ban, but the industry is sure to fight back.

In the Great Spotted Lanternfly War, Pennsylvania’s citizen-soldiers are fighting back with fly swatters and vacuums, dish soap and sticky tape.

More and more of the invasive spotted lanternflies have been spotted in Philadelphia. While they’re harmless to humans, they’re terrible for trees and crops. That’s why experts say you should kill them when you see them. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

A new study finds that the carving out of new school districts in the South is increasingly dividing white students from their black and Latino peers, reinforcing segregation. The study examines 18 districts created since 2000 across Alabama, around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and around Memphis, Tennessee. The study found that an increasing share of segregation between black and white students...

Three years ago, filmmaker Nate Parker came under scrutiny for a rape allegation from his college days that essentially derailed the release of his Nat Turner film “The Birth of a Nation.” Now, with a new film about police brutality debuting at the Venice Film International Film Festival, he is apologizing for how he responded then. “Standing here today at...

A Connecticut lawmaker wants to strike climate change from state science standards. A Virginia legislator worries teachers are indoctrinating students with their personal views on global warming. And an Oklahoma state senator wants educators to be able to introduce alternative ideas without fear of losing their jobs. As climate change becomes a hotter topic in American classrooms, politicians around the...

After R. Kelly met a girl celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant, it was his manager who handed her Kelly’s business card with the R&B star’s personal phone number on it, telling the teen that Kelly wanted her to give him a call, according to prosecutors.

The parents of a Penn State University student who died while pledging a fraternity in 2017 filed a lawsuit Thursday against 28 members of the organization, NBC News reports. Jim and Evelyn Piazza are suing the Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers who organized and participated in the party where their son, Timothy Piazza, fatally fell down the stairs and was...

A gunman opened fire at a hotel bar near Penn State’s main campus, killing two men and wounding a woman, broke into a stranger’s house and fatally shot the 83-year-old homeowner, and then killed himself, authorities said. The initial shooting happened just after 10 p.m. Thursday at P.J. Harrigan’s Bar & Grill in State College, about 2 miles (3 kilometers)...

A Penn State University student group is helping soothe sick students with a chicken soup delivery service.

A Philadelphia high school football star and Penn State University recruit is accused of robbing a local Wawa store over the summer.

Many college fraternities nationwide will no longer be allowed to have some types of hard alcohol inside chapter houses or at parties, according to a new report.