Dozens of UPMC Altoona nurses and people from the area gathered in front of the UPMC Altoona hospital Wednesday night to protest against what they call unsafe working conditions for staff and patients alike.
        
        
            
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Friday, October 31 from 8pm to midnight, prepare yourself for a Halloween soundscape of chilling music and stories. We'll hear ghost stories told by our special guests from Local Historia: Matt Maris (pictured above, with a friend) and Dustin Elder.  You'll also hear an episode of the public radio show "Spooked," words of Edgar Alan Poe, and eerie music by John Williams, Modeste Mussorgsky, Lady Gaga and more. 
            
            
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                        A Pennsylvania man whose murder conviction was overturned after he served 43 years in prison hoped to walk free this month, but instead found himself in immigration custody. Subramanyam Vedam was an infant when his family moved to the U.S. so his father could teach at Penn State University.
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                        Blame it on a mix of lagging reporting, weakly enforced rules, and a campaign finance system that requires little transparency.
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                        Heavyweight boxing hall of famer Mike Tyson visited lawmakers in the state Capitol Wednesday morning to urge them to lift Pennsylvania’s ban on recreational marijuana.
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                        On a windy October day in a suburb north of Philadelphia, Republican activist Scott Presler stood outside the Bucks County government center.
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                        With SNAP payments frozen, food assistance groups in Pennsylvania are bracing for an influx of people in need, and now, some people are independently stepping up to share resources and food.
 
    
This month, during Cartober, donate your terrifying old car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat to WPSU. We'll even pick it up at no cost to you. 
            
            
                
            
        It's folk season on WPSU: you can hear The Folk Show every Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. until the next Metropolitan Opera radio season starts in December. And join us year-round to hear The Folk Show, Sunday nights from 10 to midnight on WPSU.
            
            
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                        Director Yorgos Lanthimos' latest is about cousins who kidnap a CEO, convinced she's an alien.
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                        President Trump is back in Washington after spending a week in Asia. He attended the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, addressed U.S. troops in Japan and met with China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea.
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                        From monsters to politics and (maybe) everything in between, it's the weekly news quiz.
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                        We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.
The Local Groove, Saturday nights at 9:00 on WPSUk, features music written and recorded by musicians right here in central and northern Pennsylvania. You can submit your origninal music to the show at https://localmusic.wpsu.org/
            
            
        After 25 wonderful years, Fred Child will step down as host and senior editor of Performance Today at the end of October. New host Valerie Kahler will take over the program full-time starting in November. Performance Today is heard Monday through Thursday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 on WPSU-FM.
            
            
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
