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State Sen. Doug Mastriano appears before supporters
Politics & Policy

If elected, could Pa. GOP candidate Doug Mastriano make voters re-register?

Mastriano, Pa.'s GOP candidate for governor, is perhaps the state's most prominent peddler of former President Trump's lie that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election.

4 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano speaks at a campaign event
Courts & Law

Doug Mastriano to be interviewed by Jan. 6 committee

Mastriano was seen outside the Capitol on the day of the insurrection, and was in regular communication with Trump as the then-president sought to reverse his election loss.

4 years ago

Inspectors were back out in the Pottstown community Wednesday to survey damage from last week's explosion that killed five people including four children. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Inspectors deem more homes uninhabitable after Pottstown, Pa. explosion

PECO says the homes that exploded were not served by their natural gas.

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Ex-Philadelphia detective guilty of work-linked sex assault

A 2019 grand jury report accused Philip Nordo of using his position to intimidate and groom male suspects and witnesses into sexual acts.

4 years ago

(Twitter/@RootsPicnic)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Roots Picnic is back! Plus Philly Pride, The Skirmish in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sister Hazel, KC and the Sunshine Band and a celebration of a classic car are also among weekend highlights in the tri-state for the first weekend in June.

4 years ago

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Community

‘Doubling in size’: Upper Darby’s Pride festival is back for year two

Last year’s event was a success for the organizers. This year, it is doubling in size. Next year? It has big plans of transitioning into Delaware County Pride.

4 years ago

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Community

Montco NRA to host a fundraising event less than a mile away from a school

The sold-out event celebrates 30 years since the founding of the NRA’s fundraising arm.

4 years ago

(6abc)
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Philadelphia Jeopardy! champ wins 14th game despite getting beat on Phillies clue

The Philadelphia rideshare driver who fosters baby kittens kicked off the "Ballpark Fun" category Wednesday night for $400.

4 years ago

File photo: The Tulsa, Okla. skyline is pictured Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Community

4 killed in shooting at Tulsa medical building; shooter dead

Tulsa police Capt. Richard Meulenberg said Wednesday the shooter also was dead and that multiple people were wounded.

4 years ago

Members of the Brazilian performance group Project Capoeira are seen in motion
Community

Philadelphia kicks off Immigrant Heritage Month

Philadelphia hopes a $75,000 grant will support families fleeing Afghanistan, Ukraine and Haiti.

4 years ago

Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Politics & Policy

Wolf invests $1.7 million in Central Pa. baby formula manufacturer

Pennsylvania lawmakers hope to address baby formula shortage with a $1.7 investment in a new manufacturer in Reading, Pa.

4 years ago

File photo: Jada Pinkett Smith, left, and Will Smith hold hands in the audience at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022. Will Smith stunned the audience of the 94th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday when he walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke the presenter made about his wife. Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment on “Red Table Talk,” her Facebook Watch show on June 1. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Pinkett Smith talks hair-loss ‘shame,’ outcome of Oscar slap

Pinkett Smith said she hopes the two men can “heal, talk this out, and reconcile.”

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff visit a memorial near the site of the Buffalo supermarket shooting after attending a memorial service for Ruth Whitfield, one of the victims of the shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Courts & Law

Jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge

The suspect had previously been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting, which also injured three people. He has pleaded not guilty.

4 years ago

Richard Michetti outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a photo submitted by the FBI to the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. (FBI)
Courts & Law

Delco man pleads guilty to felony charge in riot at U.S. Capitol

A suburban Philadelphia man charged in the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol after he was turned in by an ex-girlfriend after reportedly insulting her intelligence.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s highest court could give cities the go-ahead to craft their own gun laws

Three distinct suits are being appealed to the state’s highest court, all arguing that cities and municipalities in Pennsylvania should be allowed to pass their own gun laws.

4 years ago

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