Area schools crack down on teen vaping. And a new hotline for sickle cell patients in Pa.

A growing body of research shows vaping is linked to fatal lung injuries, disease and acute respiratory illness, while nicotine harms brain development among teens. Lancaster County schools are trying to keep students from developing harmful addictions through vaping.

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and a new toll-free hotline is connecting unaffiliated sickle cell patients with care in Pennsylvania.

New rules and time limits are now in place for many older adults who receive food stamps but don’t work or have minor children. The changes are part of the Trump administration’s spending bill signed into law in July.

More than a dozen explosives were seized from a Lebanon County home Tuesday, leading to an evacuation of the surrounding community.

U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois. In a statement, the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel said Tuesday that it'll “optimize” its operations by focusing instead on processing raw steel at facilities in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

PA State Police have released traffic totals from the Labor Day holiday travel period. Troopers investigated nearly 750 crashes.

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