Pennsylvania

Texas 03/08/22, 22:40

Donald Trump's former second-in-command publicly questioned Democratic Party policies that made America depend more on Russia. Mike Pence's Advancing American Freedom (AAF) recently launched a $10 million advertising campaign against multiple Democrats who restricted U.S. oil and gas industry growth. "Joe Biden caved to the radical environmentalists and stopped America's Keystone Pipeline, ...

U.S. 03/07/22, 16:44

A political expert said a growing number of Democrat supporters directed financial contributions towards the 2022 gubernatorial elections. Cooper Teboe recently observed a "real shift" in significant donations to the Democratic Party. The campaign strategist and donor adviser at CDT Strategies found the money has moved from federal- to state-level politics. "Of ...

U.S. 01/30/22, 23:40

Pennsylvania's judicial system declared a mail-in voting law violates the state's constitution on Jan. 28. The state Supreme Court rejected postal voting legislation that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf enacted two years earlier because it contravenes fundamental principles on which the Keystone State was founded. Republicans widely welcomed the decision for recognizing electoral ...

U.S. 01/30/22, 21:37

Crumbling infrastructure inspired the president to promote significant federal spending on Jan. 28. Joe Biden used his visit to Pennsylvania to invite every American to support his administration's recently signed $1 trillion infrastructure legislation. Biden blamed outdated engineering for the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse at Frick Park, about 6 miles east of ...

U.S. 01/15/22, 16:00

Pennsylvania lawmakers led by Republican State Senator Mario Scavello announced that they will introduce a bill seeking to relocate illegal immigrants arriving in Pennsylvania on Biden administration-sponsored flights to Delaware, the president's home state. To criticize Joe Biden's immigration policies, Scavello announced his intentions to introduce legislation that would transport undocumented ...

U.S. 12/26/21, 15:41

A fire believed to have been started by lights from a Christmas tree destroyed a family’s house in Pennsylvania, leaving a father and his two sons dead. The tragedy occurred on early Christmas morning, Dec. 25, when a quick-moving fire tore through a Quakertown home around 1:20 a.m., the Bucks County Courier ...

U.S. 12/19/21, 16:50

A pregnant woman in Pennsylvania gave birth in a Tesla after her husband put the electric car on autopilot and helped her in giving delivery before they arrived at the hospital. The nurses then nicknamed Keating and Yiran Sherry's newborn girl "Tesla baby" after the incident.Yiran and Keating Sherry of ...

U.S. 12/17/21, 02:03

Parents of University of Pennsylvania swimmers competing with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who broke records in the women's categories, are asking in a letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that she not be allowed to participate in future girls' events. The letter from the parents of 10 swimmers, sent ...

U.S. 12/02/21, 16:51

A University of Pennsylvania swimmer who swam for the men's team for three years now, after becoming transgender, is dominating women's competitions and is leading his team to win every competition, sparking controversy again. Athlete Will Thomas, who now identifies as transgender and goes by the name Lia Thomas, competed as ...

U.S. 11/18/21, 16:54

Authorities are investigating why a Pennsylvania laboratory stored deadly disease samples. The FBI and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want to know why Merck's kept five vials marked as "smallpox" at its vaccine research facility in Montgomery County. A lab worker reported the surprise discovery after cleaning out a ...

U.S. 11/17/21, 01:21

After a single-engine plane crashed in Pennsylvania, a father and his teenage daughter became lost for hours. They are fortunate to be alive, thanks to their iPads, and a series of miraculous circumstances. "From what I hear and see, you don't really hear of survivors, especially in the area that they ...

U.S. 11/10/21, 17:15

On Monday, Nov. 8, a school bus carrying 29 students from middle school in eastern Pennsylvania careened through a guardrail and rolled 25 feet into Bushkill Creek in Easton, injuring thirteen students and the driver as well.Easton school official John Remaley confirmed that the students' injuries were minor, and at ...

U.S. 10/20/21, 16:32

A slim Democratic Party majority weakened further after two more caucus lawmakers decided to retire from Congress in the New Year. Reps. David Price (D-N.C.) and Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) declared they will not seek reelection in the 2022 midterms. "I will not seek re-election as representative for North Carolina's fourth congressional district," Price said ...

U.S. 10/18/21, 15:11

At least six people were injured while other shoppers fled for safety after a shooting in a Pennsylvania mall on Sunday afternoon. Before the shooting, several men were engaged in a scuffle inside Park City Centre, according to Lancaster City Police. Three men and a woman were treated for non-life-threatening bullet wounds. ...

Space 10/12/21, 04:36

A super comet, considered the largest comet ever discovered, is hurtling towards Earth, and astronomers see it as an opportunity to understand more about the solar system. The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, named after University of Pennsylvania astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein, was detected seven years ago. According to The Sun, it ...

U.S. 10/06/21, 20:29

A Democratic state representative from Pennsylvania, Christopher Rabb, has introduced a bill that would force men to have a vasectomy six weeks after having their third child when they reach the age of 40.  According to Rabb, the proposal is in response to the Texas heartbeat law that prohibits abortions after ...