Dec 12 Elizabeth Warren gets campaign effort going in Pennsylvania By Marc Levy, Associated Press Warren's campaign said it has hired a Pennsylvania campaign strategist to start next week and will bring on organizing staff and open a field office in Philadelphia in the coming weeks. Continue reading
Nov 26 Pennsylvania overhauls child sexual abuse laws By Marc Levy, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press The central bill signed by Gov. Tom Wolf gives future victims of child sex abuse more time to file lawsuits and ends time limits for police to file criminal charges. Continue reading
Oct 03 State with heavy greenhouse gas emissions moves to join climate initiative By Marc Levy, Associated Press Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf took a step toward capping greenhouse gas emissions from power plants Thursday, part of an effort to fight climate change in a heavily populated and fossil fuel-rich state that has long been one of the nation's… Continue reading
Sep 11 WATCH: Pence takes part in 9/11 ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is speaking at the 9/11 memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Watch live in the video player. Continue reading
Aug 14 Gunman wounds 6 Philadelphia police officers, standoff continues By Christina Paciolla, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Around 9:30 p.m., police said, a SWAT team freed the two other officers who had been trapped inside, along with three people identified as prisoners, but the gunman remained barricaded. Continue reading
Aug 13 WATCH: Trump promotes turning natural gas into plastics in Pennsylvania Trump visited Shell's soon-to-be completed Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, which will turn the area's vast natural gas deposits into plastics. The facility, which critics claim will become the largest air polluter in western Pennsylvania, is being built in an area hungry… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 10:06 Abused nuns reveal stories of rape, forced abortions By Christopher Livesay Another scandal is engulfing the Catholic Church. At a time when the Vatican has taken its most concrete steps to address a long ordeal with sex abuse and coverups, a growing chorus of nuns is speaking out about the suffering… Continue watching
May 21 What would a Trump-Biden matchup look like? Dueling Pennsylvania rallies offer clues By Tess Conciatori, Daniel Bush President Donald Trump’s fresh attacks on Joe Biden at a campaign rally in central Pennsylvania came two days after the former vice president criticized Trump at his own rally in downtown Philadelphia. The dueling events showcased what a possible general… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 8:54 A year after Parkland shooting, can anonymous tip lines help students keep schools safer? By Lisa Stark, Education Week This week marks a year since a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 students and educators. Since then, a renewed push for school safety has led to the development of initiatives like… Continue watching
Oct 19 How a Catholic sex abuse report in Pennsylvania echoed around the U.S. By Dan Cooney, Courtney Norris The U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into child sex abuse within Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic churches, the latest fallout of widespread allegations made public by a grand jury probe this summer. Here’s a timeline of events since the… Continue reading