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Across Pennsylvanias rural-most areas, an incident scene involving just a few deaths can overwhelm county coroners offices – but it doesnt have to, death investigators were told during their statewide

The second week of trial in the Squirrel Hill synagogue mass shooting featured testimony from 25 government witnesses, video from inside the synagogue as Pittsburgh SWAT officers cleared the building the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, and difficult-to-hear autopsy evidence for the 11 victims. In addition, one member of the jury,

Former FBI agent described a complicated process of evidence collection

Bowers is being tried on 63 federal counts stemming from the shooting on Oct. 27, 2018 that resulted in the death of 11 Jewish worshipers and injured six other worshipers and police officers.

It’s a role she never wanted, a role no mother ever deserved, but Sherry Jo Matt’s mission changed when her daughter died from a fentanyl overdose.

A powerful tranquilizer normally used by veterinarians treating horses and cows was found in more than 18% of fatal overdose cases in Westmoreland County, according to the Coroner’s Office. Officials said the drug, xylazine, is becoming an increasingly popular additive to heroin, fentanyl and other drugs. Its presence has local

Mindful Connections for Public Safety help first responders with their mental health.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: WESA senior reporter Margaret J. Krauss explains why an affordable apartment complex previously held by East Liberty Development, Inc. is being sold, leaving many low-income residents scrambling for housing; and we hear from two parents who, after losing their daughter to a drug overdose, worked with the County Medical Examiner’s Office to bring other grieving families resources and information in the aftermath of a death.