Tom Riese | WVIA News
Host - Morning EditionTom Riese is a multimedia reporter and the local host for NPR's Morning Edition. He comes to NEPA by way of Philadelphia. He is a York County native who studied journalism at Temple University.
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“[Memes] are trying to help us see good versus bad, right versus wrong in an instant," said Ben Toll, an assistant political science professor at Wilkes University. "And if I can get viral by dunking on someone else, I'm winning.” -
A federal grand jury is now investigating the death of Christian Hall, 19, who was fatally shot by Pennsylvania State Police in Dec. 2020 on an overpass near Stroudsburg.
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Pennsylvania is one of 20 states that hasn’t raised the 13-year-old federal minimum wage of $7.25. However, PA is the only such state in the Mid-Atlantic, according to the United States Department of Labor.
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The review board’s Historical Districts Ordinance was originally crafted back in 1975.
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Four Tioga Borough officials, as well as Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland, Ohio officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice in 2014, resigned at a special meeting Tuesday night.
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New projects include a downtown connectivity plan, protections for walkers and cyclists, and trails that highlight a historic site.
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The former Cleveland police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a public park was sworn in as Tioga Borough's sole police officer on July 5. By midday Thursday, Timothy Loehmann had withdrawn his application due to public pressure.
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When the U.S. Department of Education lifts the student loan repayment freeze on Aug. 31, a local borrower says she might have to choose between buying groceries and paying back the loans. Others are hoping for federal debt forgiveness.
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Residents of Northeast Pennsylvania saw surreal scenes during and after the flood in 1972 as a result of Tropical Storm Agnes.
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Agostini Bakery opened in 1907, but closed over the weekend due to "circumstances beyond their control."
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