Pennsylvania

2020 Campaign 08/31/20, 06:12

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will resume his in-person rally itinerary with a stop in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Monday, Aug. 31, marking a return to the campaign trail after the CCP Virus (coronavirus) pandemic shuttered the events ...

Inspired Stories 09/05/19, 05:07

Five-year-old Slade Thompson from Clinton County, Michigan, woke up from his tonsil surgery in April 2019, not finding his mother near, he was understandably worried and upset. All Slade wanted was to be snuggled and cared for.  His mom, Layla Thompson, ...

Politics 08/14/19, 13:29

President Donald Trump has used his address in Pennsylvania to explain why the Paris Climate Accord is not good for the United States, while attacking Democrats for pushing hard the Green New Deal and ignoring the fact that the United ...

U.S. 08/14/19, 13:15

President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon arrived in Monaca in Beaver County to visit Shell’s Pennsylvania Petrochemicals facility that expects to be completed soon. The president showcased endeavors to make use of western Pennsylvania's natural gas deposits for making plastics from ...

2020 Campaign 06/23/19, 16:18

Former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak has become the latest Democrat to enter the presidential race. The retired Navy admiral who calls himself "Admiral Joe" on his campaign website joins a crowded Democratic field seeking the nomination to challenge President Donald Trump. ...

U.S. 06/20/19, 13:31

The man in custody in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of shooting former baseball star David Ortiz was indicted Thursday on drugs and weapons charges unrelated to the shooting. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz was indicted in New Jersey on cocaine and heroin possession ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 11:57

Republican lawmakers aren't committing to the money sought by Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to back up his demand that counties replace their voting machines by 2020's presidential elections.Republicans who control the Legislature say a roughly $34 billion budget counterproposal ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 00:22

A flag that was carried into battle by a black Union regiment during the Civil War and hand-painted by an acclaimed African American artist is going up for auction in Pennsylvania.The 127th United States Colored Infantry Regiment's flag depicts a ...

Politics 06/06/19, 19:34

Vice President Mike Pence dropped in Thursday on the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, where he toured a maker of packaging robots and urged Congress to pass a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico to benefit Pennsylvania's manufacturing sector. Pence ...

U.S. 06/06/19, 18:58

The top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday that an investigation of sexual misconduct claims against Sen. Daylin Leach found a "lengthy pattern of troubling behavior" and that he should resign.But Leach, a fellow Democrat, said he felt vindicated ...

U.S. 06/05/19, 20:50

New Jersey regulators have denied key permits for a hotly contested pipeline project that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York, but they're allowing an Oklahoma company to try again.The state Department of Environmental Protection rejected permits Wednesday ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 12:55

A proposal for a nearly $1 billion pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale fields through New Jersey, a bay and the ocean en route to supplying New York City and Long Island faces some key hurdles this ...

U.S. 05/31/19, 12:55

The brother of prize-winning author John Edgar Wideman has moved one step closer to freedom after a Pennsylvania parole board recommended pardoning him for a 1975 killing.Robert Wideman was sentenced to life without parole and has been in a state ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 12:40

Pennsylvania faces a third day of severe weather while people clean up from storms that downed trees, power lines and caused flooding.Thursday's forecast calls for storms that could pack damaging wind and hail. The risk continues for flash flooding.The Central ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 10:48

A barn fire in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country sent up a plume of smoke visible for two miles and required a hazardous materials team to respond for runoff into a nearby stream.LNP newspaper said the Wednesday night blaze ...

New York 05/29/19, 16:41

The Latest on severe weather in Pennsylvania (all times local):5:30 p.m.An Amtrak train from New York to Pittsburgh is stopped in central Pennsylvania because trees are down along its route.Business owners and workers assess flood damage as they to start ...

U.S. 05/29/19, 15:12

When Brett Miller first saw a live organ accompany a silent film — the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera at the University of Pennsylvania's Irvine Auditorium — he was stunned."Oh, I want to do this," he thought to ...

U.S. 05/29/19, 11:06

Storm-driven floodwaters inundated parts of western Pennsylvania, sending torrents down the streets of one town and requiring several people to be helped by swiftwater rescue specialists.Zelienople (ZEE-lee-uh-no-pul) officials told drivers to avoid several streets because of severe flooding in the ...

U.S. 05/29/19, 03:25

The National Weather Service says a tornado has been confirmed in eastern Pennsylvania where damage to some homes occurred but there were no immediate reports of injuries.Meteorologist Jonathan O'Brien says a damage assessment team will be sent to the area ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 09:49

A nonprofit that tracks pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is once again lambasting Pennsylvania for not doing enough to protect the nation's largest estuary.The Chesapeake Bay Foundation released a report Tuesday that says Pennsylvania's plan to reduce pollution is "woefully ...