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The judge noted after a hearing that Trump had repeatedly attacked voting by mail by making unfounded claims that it is rife with fraud.

Restaurants that want to move to 50% indoor capacity must first go through a self-certification process — which will be available starting Sept. 21.

UPenn professor Erick Guerra said increased alcohol consumption and less congested streets — both side effects of COVID-19 — were behind the spike.

“We need to do much more than we’re currently doing to address this crisis,” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier said in introducing the new resolution.

At least five people were shot Wednesday night at Roberto Clemente Park in the Spring Garden section of the city, marking the 21st mass shooting this year.

The decision handed Republican lawmakers a long-sought — though possibly temporary — political victory over Wolf after a string of defeats.

As a councilman, Trippi Congo was part of what Mayor Purzycki calls the “resistance.” Tuesday Congo ousted a Purzycki ally to win the council presidency.

The court-appointed lawyer employs armed deputies to perform lockouts.

It also authorized the use of satellite election offices and drop boxes — which the state plans to use to help relieve the pressure from an avalanche of mailed-in ballots.

Democratic leaders in the legislature have resisted the tax hike since Murphy became governor, but say the pandemic changed their minds.

Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court.

The recovery remains fragile, imperiled by continuing COVID-19 cases and a failure to deliver another economic rescue package in Washington.

The office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro asked the judge to delay enforcement of his ruling that many of Gov. Wolf's pandemic shutdown orders were unconstitutional.

Long-term care residents account for roughly half of the state’s more than 14,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, according to state Health Department figures.

Public comment on the $276.5 million offer for Delaware County’s wastewater system was offered at two scheduled hearings before an administrative law judge.