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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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Pat Kraft, the vice president for intercollegiate athletics at Penn State, would not answer questions about how the university will pay Franklin’s nearly $50 million buyout. -
WPSU-TV and radio will become part of Philadelphia-based WHYY, under a plan Penn State trustees unanimously approved Monday, a month after the board's finance committee rejected a similar proposal but one that would have cost the university $17 million over five years. The approved plan does not include that subsidy from Penn State. -
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Law eliminated a waiver that allowed Pennsylvania to exempt “able-bodied” recipients without children from work requirements. -
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5:45 p.m. to correct that Sen. Martin’s father was an East Hempfield Township police officer. -
On Nov. 4, you may be asked to consider candidates who want to make decisions on local taxes, public safety, and more in your community. Here’s what you need to know.
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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Taylor Taranto's sentencing for time served comes as storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021 continues to reverberate inside the Justice Department under the Trump administration. -
Buckingham Palace said the king's brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into "private accommodation." -
A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to vote against President Trump's emergency tariffs against Brazil, Canada and other countries. But the votes were mostly symbolic and unlikely to become law. -
A Boston federal judge suggested she was not persuaded by the Trump administration's argument that it is legally barred from using a USDA emergency fund to keep the SNAP benefits coming.
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.