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Pennsylvania

2022 Pennsylvania primary election results

Polls are now closed. We’ll have all of the results live as they come in.

3 years ago

Mehmet Oz speaks with a campaign event attendee
Elections
National
Pennsylvania

Trump’s influence over GOP faces fresh tests in 2022 primaries

Trump's preferred Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives who are typically in lockstep with Trump.

3 years ago

Cecelia Peterson and Dan Pollock move a table at a polling place
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvanians cast first ballots under redistricted maps

Some voters are casting their ballots in new districts, under the revised set of maps that helped prod some lawmakers into retirement.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at a press conference.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Josh Shapiro, Dem. candidate for Pa. gov., tests positive for COVID-19

Pennsylvania’s attorney general is experiencing mild symptoms and isolating at home.

3 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney speaks at a podium
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware Gov. Carney tests positive for COVID-19, says his symptoms are mild

The governor says he’s “feeling well” but will follow CDC guidelines and work remotely. Cases and hospitalizations have risen sharply since late March.

3 years ago

Sen. Doug Mastriano is seen in a crowd
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania governor race divides Republicans, unites Dems

They are vying for the right to succeed Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who is constitutionally term-limited after entering office in 2015.

3 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Pa. election updates: Mastriano wins GOP nomination for governor

3 years ago

Firefighter coats are lined up, with an ambulance in the background
Government
Health Care
New Jersey

N.J. firefighters get $10 million for COVID masks and other protective gear

Firefighters throughout New Jersey will share $10 million in federal funding to protect them from both on-the-job hazards and exposure to COVID-19.

3 years ago

Workers tally mail ballots inside the Pa. Convention Center on Election Day
Elections
Billy Penn

Philly and Pa. could know most primary results by Wednesday morning, as experts predict quick turnaround

There are fewer mail ballots to count this time — and the tightest races are among Republicans, who tend to favor in-person voting.

3 years ago

Upclose view of John Fetterman
Elections
Pennsylvania

Fetterman in hospital, other candidates scrambling before Pa. primary

The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania's hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate began Monday with a top Senate candidate in the hospital.

3 years ago

A Russian Imperial double-headed eagle is seen in front of a Sweden flag on the Czarina's Stone in the Market Square, in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, May 13, 2022. Finnish leaders announced Thursday their belief that Finland should join the world's biggest military organization because of Russia's war in Ukraine. Sweden could soon follow suit. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
International
Military

Once-neutral Sweden seeks NATO membership in historic shift

Sweden on Monday decided to join neighboring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift.

3 years ago

File photo: Traffic flows along Interstate 90 highway as a Metra suburban commuter train moves along an elevated track in Chicago on March 31, 2021. With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing down cars, carving out bike paths and wider sidewalks, and nudging commuters to public transit.
National
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Buttigieg sends $5B to cities for safety as road deaths soar

Upcoming data shows traffic deaths soaring in the U.S. The Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis.

3 years ago

Pictures of debris from a bomb blast.
International
Military
Politics

Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia

President Joe Biden has signed an order to redeploy hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab.

3 years ago

Upclose view of John Fetterman
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Fetterman, Pa. Democrat running for Senate, suffered stroke

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, has suffered a stroke but is on his way to a “full recovery.

3 years ago

NATO Foreign Minister attend an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022.
Government
International
Military
Politics

Finland to seek NATO entry in ‘new era’ amid Russia’s war

Finland has declared that it wants to join NATO as the head of the trans-Atlantic military alliance expressed hope that Ukraine can win the war.

3 years ago

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