At least 12 Bhutanese refugees and former Pennsylvania residents are now stateless people in India and Nepal after U.S. deportations.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the men were sent to Bhutan, despite the fact that they are not considered citizens of the Himalayan nation. 

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The leader of the Harrisburg Catholic diocese plans to attend funeral services for Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.

WITF’s Rachel McDevitt reports the bishop is reflecting on lessons from the late pontiff.

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The Pennsylvania House is broadening and advancing a consumer data privacy bill.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports it would allow Pennsylvanians to ask companies to not collect certain data and have them delete other data already on-hand

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Air quality is getting worse for some Central Pennsylvania communities.

WITF’s Rachel McDevitt has more on the latest State of the Air report.

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President Donald Trump’s administration is deporting Bhutanese refugees back to Bhutan, the country that drove them out in a government-backed ethnic cleansing 30 years ago.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the whereabouts of six Pennsylvania residents are now unknown after being sent to Bhutan at the end of March.

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Through good and bad moments. Pamela J. Black expresses her emotions on canvas. Her creative process involves constant experimentation and serves as a source of meditation, which is rooted in abstraction. Hear How Black Became an Artist, creates her work and finds inspiration in this artist series from WITF.

To see video of Blacks work go to mosaic.

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A special election in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tuesday, saw a Democrat clinch a narrow win in a historically Republican state legislative district.

Jaxon White says it is the first time a Democrat has won a state Senate seat in the county since 1889.

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Republicans continue to see restricting transgender rights as a winning political strategy. 
WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports state Senate Republicans in the Education Committee are advancing a bill targeting transgender athletes, setting it up for a vote before the full Senate.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more Bhutanese refugees living in Pennsylvania, bringing the count of those in custody to at least ten.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports leaders in the Nepali-speaking Bhutanese community are rallying political support. 

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