Archives: Articles

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject.

Republican state senators are advancing a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that it does not guarantee rights related to abortion.

Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of an attack that shocked many in Japan, one of the world’s safest nations and has some of the strictest gun control.

Several New Jersey towns served by Republic Services for trash collection are steaming about service delays brought on by staffing and equipment issues.

The organization that runs a popular heater hotline in Philly is launching a new fund, to pay for hot water heater replacements.

From Wellness on the Waterfront to Summer Yoga Flow, Philly’s Race Street and Cherry Street Piers are full of fun, free outdoor workout classes this summer.

Tioga Borough council President Steve Hazlett says Timothy Loehmann left the position Thursday without having worked a single shift.

The commonwealth’s climate rule is in effect, but it will be months before Pennsylvanians know whether it’s here to stay.

Others receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom are actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” has died.

Kathy McGuiness is Delaware’s first sitting elected statewide official to be convicted of a crime. State lawmakers want her removed from office. The only question is how.

The temporary extension of the city’s curfew to 16- and 17-year-olds is part of an effort to keep young people from being involved in crime late at night.

It's been a week since the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended last Thursday.

Johnson was forced to concede defeat after two more members of his Cabinet quit and one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, publicly told him to resign.