6+ hour ago  (425+ words) HERSHEY " The parents of a toddler who suffered a minor injury at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after squeezing through a fence near a wolf enclosure and making contact with one of the animals have been charged with endangering the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (342+ words) RICHMOND TOWNSHIP " Two firefighters traveling in a utility vehicle along a Pennsylvania road during a search for a missing woman were killed in a head-on crash with a car, officials said. The two members of the Walnuttown Fire Company died…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (281+ words) HERSHEY " A toddler was lightly injured by a wolf at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after he crawled under a fence and stuck his hand into the animal's enclosure, officials at the zoo confirmed Sunday. The child was never inside…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1604+ words) Pennsylvania's first two years of funding indigent defense resulted in progress toward better services for criminal defendants who cannot otherwise afford their own counsel, according to reports released earlier this year. County defender offices across the state hired new attorneys,…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (179+ words) PHILADELPHIA " A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination but said it did not have to reveal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1572+ words) HARRISBURG " For more than two decades, state lawmakers from both parties have pushed for a new law to crack down on fraudulent government spending and encourage whistleblowers to come forward. Each time, powerful health care and business interests stunted those…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (569+ words) Our DOUBLE match expires at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and we're $5,600 from our goal. Hurry a gift now to support independent, unbiased reporting. HARRISBURG " The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down mandatory life sentences for people convicted of felony murder, a watershed moment…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (556+ words) NEW YORK " Two men suspected of bringing explosives to a protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion were in custody Monday, as authorities probed whether the suspects were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, the police commissioner said. No…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (502+ words) NEW YORK " The FBI found explosive materials in a Pennsylvania storage unit after two men were charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City's mayor, authorities said Tuesday. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (403+ words) PAOLI " A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a suspect whom he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said. Cpl. Tim O'Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired…...