[naviga:h3]Casey wants truck provision removed[/naviga:h3]

HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he wants a provision to allow longer tractor-trailer trucks on highways in Pennsylvania removed from a bill to extend federal transportation programs for six years.

Senators were debating the bill Friday.

Casey says the provision would make road travel more dangerous for motorists and truckers alike and put a greater strain on Pennsylvania’s aging highways and bridges. It would allow 85-foot double tractor-trailer trucks, in contrast to the 53-feet single-trailer trucks currently on Pennsylvania highways.

The provision has already passed the House.

Police organizations oppose the measure, while trucking organizations support it as a way to improve efficiency.

[naviga:h3]Wolf seeks review amid video outcry[/naviga:h3]

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf says his administration is taking steps to make sure that human fetal tissue isn’t being sold commercially in Pennsylvania.

Wolf said in an interview Friday in Pittsburgh that the review is in response to an undercover video that showed national Planned Parenthood officials discussing how they provide organs from aborted fetuses for research.

The group that made the video says it proves Planned Parenthood is breaking federal law against selling human fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood says it legally helps women who want to donate fetal tissue for scientific research.

Wolf says he doesn’t think it’s happening in Pennsylvania. The Department of Health says it hasn’t received a complaint about it and Planned Parenthood says its Pennsylvania health centers don’t participate in fetal tissue donation.

[naviga:h3]Woman’s ashes found in shed[/naviga:h3]

CHARLEROI — A New Mexico woman has been laid to rest after her cremated remains were found in an unlocked shed containing lawn mowers at a cemetery.

A Pittsburgh newspaper reports the ashes of 73-year-old Barbara Waggoner were buried Tuesday next to her parents at Charleroi Cemetery.

Waggoner’s ashes were discovered Saturday by a volunteer worker.

Funeral director George Hogan says he paid $400 in November to the presumed owner of the cemetery to bury the remains. Waggoner died in 2014 in Alamogordo, N.M.

Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone says his office is investigating the incident.

[naviga:h3]Football player gets diversion program[/naviga:h3]

PITTSBURGH — A star football player at the University of Pittsburgh is entering a program designed for nonviolent, first-time offenders after being charged with driving under the influence.

A Pittsburgh newspaper reported Friday that wide receiver Tyler Boyd will be on probation for a year and his driver’s license will be suspended for three months.

Police in Jefferson Hills say they smelled alcohol after pulling him over for an alleged driving infraction after 2 a.m. on June 12.