At least two people are injured after a two-vehicle crash on I-476 in Carbon County on Sunday. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on I-476 South, just after the Lehigh Tunnel, in East Penn Township. Police are still investigating.
Firefighters are working to control a brush fire on a mountain in Carbon County. The blaze was reported near the top of a mountain between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Lehigh Gap near Palmerton yesterday shortly after 10 a.m. Fire officials said crews are facing difficulties reaching the blaze due to the challenging terrain. The cause of the fire is unknown.
The IRS's Stacy Engle says there are almost certainly going to be scammers preying on people who haven't filed their tax returns yet. Engle says there's an important fact to keep in mind if you hear from someone claiming to be from the IRS. "If you get an email from the IRS that's generally not from us. The only time we will email you is if you ask us to. You have to ask us to email you. We will not text. We will not call, generally. If you get any of those without any warning, or notice or letter first, that is generally not the IRS," Engle says. If you get an unsolicited contact allegedly from the IRS, Engle says you should go to www.irs.gov and report it.
Hours after the remainder of a partially collapsed Philadelphia parking garage was torn down, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker updated the search for two missing workers in that rubble. "We have recovered both individuals from the garage site here in Grays Ferry," Parker said. The investigation into what caused that collapse is ongoing.
The deadline for registering to vote in Pennsylvania's May primary is coming up in a few weeks. Residents need to have their registration in by May 4th in order to participate. Folks can register online or in-person at a number of places, including some county offices and PennDOT driver and photo license centers. The primary election is scheduled for May 19th.
The rates of respiratory illnesses are declining across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health says both the flu and RSV are decreasing rapidly, while COVID is decreasing slightly. Since last September, there have been 488 flu-related deaths and 515 COVID-related deaths in Pennsylvania.
New Jersey leads the nation in the number of young adults living at home with their parents. Forty-four percent of New Jerseyans ages 18 to 34 are living with their folks, compared to 33-percent nationwide. The median sales price of a home in New Jersey was $558,000 in February, 140-percent higher than the national median sales price. Realtors say that fact, plus job market uncertainty, inflation and student loan debt are fueling the young adults at home trend, driving demand for in-law suites and finished basements with separate entrances.
There've been three reports of UFO sightings in New Jersey so far this year. That's according to the National UFO Reporting Center which says it's gotten eyewitness reports of so-called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Atlantic City, Bridgewater and Chatham Township. The recent UFOs have been described as orbs passing eastward overhead but reports from previous years have been much more detailed. The Center says there've been 26-hundred reports of UFOs over New Jersey in the past two decades. A recent survey showed that nearly four out of five New Jerseyans believe in UFOs.