Apr 04 WATCH: Press conference regarding Amtrak crash By News Desk Chester, Pennsylvania, Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland, and Chester Fire Department Commander Travis Thomas hold a press conference Monday to address the Amtrak passenger train derailment that killed two people Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 8:13 Can an innovative Pittsburgh program help repair the broken lives of foster youth? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 At least 3 dead in 50-car pileup in Pennsylvania By Daniel Costa-Roberts The pileup, which involved 50 or more vehicles, including roughly a dozen tractor-trailers, happened around 9:30 Saturday morning, and it was likely caused in part by the extreme winter weather that has hit much of the northeastern United States. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 6:26 Steelworkers’ stories of disappearing jobs come to life onstage in ‘Sweat’ By PBS News Hour “Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous and harrowing look at the decline of the Rust Belt in modern America. Inspired by stories from Reading, Pennsylvania -- once home to one of the richest corporations in the… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:38 MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to… Continue watching
Dec 31 Syrian refugees find a safe haven in Amish country By Larisa Epatko Read about one Syrian family’s journey to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the people who are helping them. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 6:45 Cosby’s own words helped prosecutors build sexual assault case By PBS News Hour Comedian Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault in connection to allegations that he drugged and fondled Andrea Constand in 2004. That comes after dozens of accusations made by other women. William Brangham learns more from Maryclaire Dale of… Continue watching
Nov 16 A bird’s-eye portrait of what was once a thriving steel town By Corinne Segal Many people have never heard of Braddock, Pennsylvania, an industrial town on the Monongahela River, just a 20-minute drive from Pittsburgh. Just over 2,000 people live there. The town’s defining feature is itself a remnant of outdated industry — Andrew… Continue reading
Oct 29 State police using shotguns to deflate runaway blimp By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press MUNCY, Pa. — State police were using shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 3:43 Pope Francis ends landmark U.S. visit amid fanfare, skepticism By PBS News Hour On the last day of his first visit to the United States, Pope Francis met privately and apologized on Sunday to survivors of sexual abuse by priests and others in Philadelphia. NewsHour's Stephen Fee, who has been covering the Pope's… Continue watching