Pennsylvania

If Transport Workers Local 234 votes to give their leaders the power to call for a strike, a possible walkout could happen as soon as New Year’s Day.

State legislatures passed new laws on medical debt, cancer testing, insurance coverage and more. Some will kick in early in the new year.

Here’s a view from WHYY News photographers of how the last 12 months unfolded in real time.

“I’ve poured my heart into this profession," said Leon Smith, a social studies teacher in Delaware County and the 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year.

The center plans to offer programming for immigrant communities in Chester and Montgomery counties, as well as other parts of the commonwealth.

Friedman Agnifilo’s law firm confirmed late Friday that she had been retained to represent Mangione.

What became known as the “kids for cash” scandal is considered one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.

Up to $60,000 in rewards from the FBI and the Crime Stoppers program had been offered to anyone calling in a tip leading to a break in the case.

Luigi Mangione is being held without bail in western Pennsylvania in the killing of Brian Thompson.

The average household will see an annual increase of $185 on their tax bill.

This marks the second time in three months a city authority leader has retired from their position.

Suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a snack bar wrapper that police found near the scene in Manhattan, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

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The 2023 explosion leveled one building and heavily damaged another, causing $42 million in property damage.

Authorities said the 26-year-old had on him a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America."