Pennsylvania

The move comes a day after President Donald Trump fanned manufactured claims of election fraud. Alarmed state Democratic lawmakers called it a “stealth attack” on voting.

Pa. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine discussed the importance of health care access during a pandemic, as well as the concerns for a spike in the fall.

Footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford Co. does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.

Starting in 2016, officials were repeatedly told about dangerous lead levels in drinking water in at least 10 schools, but failed to fix tainted fountains and sinks.

President Trump likened Pennsylvania to a prison and, without evidence, said the commonwealth’s mail ballot process can’t be trusted.

A last-minute rule change means Pa. voters could have their ballots tossed if they forget an envelope. Dems are launching an ad hoc education campaign.

In past years, more than 1,000 people have shown up to the annual rally. This year, it had to be rescheduled because organizers received a threat.

As rapid testing becomes more popular, the city is creating a new category for “probable” case counting.

In its Sept. 17 ruling, the divided state Supreme Court said ballots must be postmarked by the time polls close and be received by county election boards at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6.

Thanks to a rash of lawsuits, pandemic-induced changes and a huge rise in mail ballots, voting is complicated this year. Here are the important deadlines.

Those familiar with Shop-Vac’s finances say the pandemic is being used to justify rapid liquidation and over 400 layoffs in Lycoming County.

A federal judge in Pa. has barred further cost-cutting to USPS, saying it could cause “irreparable harm.” It’s the fourth such decision nationwide.

The two women were sentenced to five consecutive life sentences after entering “guilty but mentally ill” pleas to five counts of first-degree murder.

The group Lancaster Against Pipelines criticized DEP for issuing permits to the project without due diligence.

Plymouth Meeting-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals has to delay upcoming coronavirus vaccine trials after an FDA inquiry.