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NORRISTOWN — An eastern Pennsylvania high school math teacher who allegedly began flirting with a 17-year-old student when she chaperoned the 2013 senior prom is admitting in a guilty plea that she had sex with him.

Erica Ginnetti, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Montgomery County court to institutional sexual assault and disseminating sexually explicit materials to a minor.

The 34-four-year-old remains free on bail and faces a possible maximum of seven to 14 years in prison when she is sentenced.

She was fired by Lower Moreland Township School District after her January arrest. Prosecutors say Ginnetti had sent sexually explicit text messages and videos to the student before they had sex in her vehicle in July 2013. Authorities say the investigation began after they received a tip that students had been overheard talking about the relationship.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov.-elect Tom Wolf will be at the White House to meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.The White House said Friday's meeting will be with five other governors-elect from around the country. Wolf is the only Democrat among them.The White House said the discussion will revolve around how to improve the economy and opportunities for people to succeed.

HYNDMAN — State police were continuing to investigate why a 16-year-old boy who was reportedly walking to a friend’s house was struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train.Troopers in Bedford said Jonah Kindya was walking between the tracks near Hyndman when he was struck from behind by a train about 8:05 p.m. Sunday. The Capitol Limited, which was headed to Pittsburgh from Washington, D.C., was delayed for more than three hours, though no passengers were hurt.Police were trying to determine why the boy didn’t see or hear the train.

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