Today in PA | A PennLive daily news briefing with Claudia Dimuro

The man who shot a Bucks County police officer is now facing an attempted murder charge as well as others. Mayor Jim Kenney has shot down the call by activists to bring in the National Guard in order to help handle the city’s spike in gun violence. Lockheed Martin announced that it will close its Sikorsky helicopter plant in Coatesville. And if you’re looking to live in a state that has some of the cheapest pepperoni pizza around, look no further than Pennsylvania.

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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia publicly urged priests not to help parishioners to get religious exemption from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. For the second year in a row, Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade has been cancelled. That Christopher Columbus statue will remain standing in South Philly. And was that a…baby kangaroo spotted hopping around Lebanon County?

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The fire that destroyed two portable classrooms at an Allentown elementary school in July has been ruled as arson. Three men and one juvenile were busted in Pittsburgh while they were at a hotel with “large quantities of narcotics.” A flash warning is currently in effect and will end early tomorrow. Plus, a Vietnam vet finally had the chance to pay back a debt to his fallen comrade over 50 years later.

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A Lancaster man charged with criminal homicide kept a human head in his freezer and a dismembered body—which he referred to as a “cadaver doll”—in a bedroom. A union has threatened to sue Governor Tom Wolf to bar him from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for the Pennsylvania state prison guards it represents. A bank robber essentially got himself caught after posting about the heist on Facebook. Finally, a legal dispute centering around Phillie Phanatic has drawn to a close.

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A ruling that deemed Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 restrictions as unconstitutional has been thrown out by a federal appeals court. Former SEPTA employees have been charged with embezzling almost $1 million out of the agency. What city officials are calling Philadelphia’s new “mask mandate” has gone into effect as of today. And yet another (seriously) alligator has been spotted in Pennsylvania.

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Accused terrorist Mustafa Alowemer has received a deadline to plead guilty for planning to blow up a Pittsburgh church in the name of ISIS. Parents of children in Northampton Area schools are voicing concerns with regards to a nonprofit that recently donated books. Construction on the Rausch Creek Logistics Center will begin within the next month. And the biggest meteor shower of 2021 peaks tonight.

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A man has been charged in connection with a deadly shootout that occurred outside of a Target. The Philadelphia Water Department is currently fixing an error which left many of its customers way overbilled. Mike Lange is officially retiring from the Penguins’ play-by-play. Finally, a rare plant believed to be extinct is spotted in Pennsylvania.

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First responders, survivors, and the families of 9/11 victims have publicly stated that they want President Joe Biden to stay out of memorial services for the tragedy’s 20th anniversary unless he delivers on the promise he made to release information regarding Saudi Arabia’s alleged role. The state’s prison system will start housing unvaccinated inmates together. This week’s shaping up to be a hot one. And a new app wants to pay people to help alleviate Philly’s trash problem.

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