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He underpaid for a Mountain Dew by 43 cents. It almost cost him 7 years in prison

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania dropped a theft count against Joseph Sobolewski, who because of the state's three-strikes law saw the original charge against him treated as a felony.

Nurses check on a patient in the ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Mississippi and Arkansas face shortages of available intensive care beds as the delta variant sparks yet another surge in coronavirus cases around the country, reports NBC News. Photographer: Houston Cofield/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A third of Tompkins County hospitalizations were breakthrough cases

“The data clearly shows that we have a vulnerable population in our seniors, even if they're vaccinated. So the rest of us need to do everything possible to help protect them.”

State System of Higher Education Daniel Greenstein is questioned by lawmakers of the House Appropriations and Education committees at a hearing in Harrisburg on Oct. 27, 2021. Sam Dunklau / WITF

PA University Merger Plan On Track, Chancellor Says More Money Needed

The western university group also got a brand name this month: Pennsylvania Western University, or Penn West.

A new exhibit explores how art sees the changing American landscape

How has the changing landscape of America changed over the centuries and how has art reflect those changes? We hear from Binghamton University Art Museum…

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: Decorations are seen during a Halloween at the White House event October 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Don't stop by the White House to trick-or-treat this Halloween

The White House will not hold Halloween its traditional Halloween festivities this year because President Biden and the first lady Jill Biden will be traveling overseas.

President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if China invades? Biden said yes. But it's complicated

President Biden has said the U.S. is committed to defending Taiwan, but Washington has traditionally stayed strategically ambiguous. Here's why.

New York's ballot redistricting proposition draws mixed reviews

Democrats favor one set of maps, while GOP commissioners support a different plan.

BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 1: Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox warms up in the bullpen before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on August 1, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

PETA wants MLB to rename the 'bullpen' to 'arm barn'

A day before Game 3 of the World Series, the animal rights organization released a statement saying the term "bullpen" is insensitive to cows and bulls. The suggestion drew mixed reactions.

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Cheniere said in a statement last month. Cheniere Energy Inc. expects to ship the first cargo of liquefied natural gas on Wednesday to Brazil with another tanker to be loaded a few days later, marking the historic start of U.S. shale exports and sending its shares up the most in more than a month. Photographer: Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Despite their climate pledges, the U.S. and others export huge amounts of fossil fuels

Under the Paris climate deal, exports of oil, gas and coal don't count toward a country's emissions. That's coming in for scrutiny as leaders gather for another global climate summit.

Sufian Khatun near Panguchi river at Morrelganj in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. Mahmud Hossain Opu/ NPR

They call it 'climate injustice.' Here's how Sufia Khatun of Bangladesh is fighting it

Cyclones come more often and the sea is rising, says this activist. Livelihoods and lives are threatened. Here's what she'd like to tell the nations gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.

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