Pennsylvania

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.

Beginning Monday, violators could face fines, jail time

Greenville, a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, is one of more than a dozen municipalities struggling so badly they get extra help from the state government.

Local health systems are rushing to stock supplies, clear patients out of emergency rooms to make room for patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms.

540 people had registered in advance by Saturday. The site will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as testing supplies allow.

Temporarily suspended license expiration dates and some fee waivers are the steps being taken to free up more than 14,000 nurse practitioners.

With dine-in service now illegal, restaurants and bars are adapting to survive. Many have launched takeout businesses overnight.

Three data visualizations show how the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is growing in Pa. as Philly sees a surge.

The masks being sought by Montgomery County would go toward first responders and hospitals as needed.

Construction on the Mariner East pipeline appears to be halted by Gov. Wolf’s new order that shuts down all “non-life-sustaining” operations and businesses.

“It's not like you can go out and arrest a bad guy and stop a problem. That's not going to stop this,” the police chief in Scranton said.

20 of those infected in the city are health care workers. So when the first public testing site opens, priority will go to health workers with symptoms.

“Everybody takes advice from us when things like this happen.”

Federal law requires that prisoners receive the same standard of care as those on the outside, including for oral health needs.

In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, funeral directors across Pennsylvania are being urged to postpone funerals and cancel public viewings.