Pennsylvania man set multiple fires around his home because he "needed to kill the spiders," police say

Police in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania are looking for a man who they say set multiple fires to deal with spiders.
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Wanted man set fire to his home to kill spiders, police say

A witness told police they saw 36-year-old Sean McDermott setting several fires in his home earlier in the day. The witness ...

Man sets fires to kill spiders in home, blaze spreads to other townhomes, police say

Police said a Pennsylvania man used fire to kill spiders that had infiltrated his home. But the fire didn’t just stop at his ...

Man allegedly set fires in home to kill spiders, left U-Haul in Midtown sparking bomb squad scare

Sources told Eyewitness News the unoccupied truck was wanted in connection to arson cases in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Israeli strike kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza, health officials say, the latest deaths as truce stalls

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians and wounded five others east of ...

3 scientists were charged in worm smuggling scheme. Lawyers say China helped get the case dismissed

Xu Bai and Fengfan Zhang were charged with conspiring to help another scientist who shipped packages to them from China before she arrived in 2025 for temporary lab research at the University of ...
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Appeals court overturns finding that BNSF Railway contributed to 2 asbestos deaths in a Montana town

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by ...