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A sophomore at Penn State was found dead in a landfill last week after she allegedly took a deadly plunge down a trash chute. 

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A little over a month after a woman was killed after jumping into a fake Uber car, a Penn State professor is now accused of kidnapping three women, ABC reports.  Richard Lomotey was first arrested on May 11th after two women, who were driving in his vehicle, reported his odd behavior. They were riding along with Lomotey […]

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A judge has sentenced three former Penn State fraternity members to jail in the 2017 death of a pledge, the first defendants ordered to serve time behind bars in a case that rewrote Pennsylvania’s anti-hazing law. Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sentenced former Beta Theta Pi members Tuesday for hazing surrounding the death of sophomore […]

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DETROIT (AP) — Wally Triplett, the trailblazing running back who was one of the first African-Americans drafted by an NFL team, has died. He was 92. The Detroit Lions and Penn State announced Triplett’s death Thursday. Triplett was the third African-American selected in the 1949 draft, but he was the first of those draftees to […]

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Four graduates of Penn State have released a statement supporting their former classmates – “The Birth of a Nation” director and star Nate Parker and his co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin – in the wake of controversy surrounding resurfaced rape allegations against the pair that took place while they were students. “We believed some 17 years […]

The controversy ramped up last week when Parker was asked about a 1999 rape charge involving him and Jean Celestin, his college roommate and 'Birth of A Nation' collaborator, while they were students at Penn State University.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky took the stand Friday to forcefully deny the child molestation charges he was convicted of four years ago and said it wasn’t his idea to waive his right to testify during his 2012 trial. The former Penn State assistant football coach testified for an hour during an appeals hearing […]

The Baltimore Ravens could use some good news about their players and this week they got some. Lineman John Urschel, the Canadian-born Penn State grad who holds both a BA and an MA in Math, got a math paper published. Yes, we said a math paper, from a current NFL lineman. In fact, he’s had […]

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A now-suspended Pennsylvania State University fraternity’s Facebook posting of photos of nude and partly nude women, some of them asleep or passed out, is sad and offensive and could lead to some students being expelled, the university’s president said Wednesday. “I can’t imagine anybody that’s not appalled by the alleged […]

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A fraternity at Penn State University has been suspended as police investigate allegations that members used a private, invitation-only Facebook page to post photos of nude and partly nude women, some apparently asleep or passed out. A former member of Kappa Delta Rho at the university’s flagship campus in State College tipped police off to […]

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has lost a legal battle to restore his $4,900-a-month pension, a benefit that was canceled two years ago after he was sentenced for child molestation. Sandusky’s attorney Chuck Benjamin told The Associated Press on Friday that the State Employees’ Retirement System issued a […]

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A new accuser has sued Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and a charity the former assistant coach founded, claiming he was sexually abused about six years ago. The case was filed in Philadelphia last month by Williamsport attorney Bret Southard, whose client was identified only by his initials, The Centre Daily […]