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Despair in the air: For many voters, the Biden-Trump debate means a tough choice just got tougher

For many voters in the United States, there’s despair in the air after the presidential debate this past week.

Pennsylvania Senate passes bill to bar universities and pension funds from divesting from Israel

Lawmakers advance proposal to greatly expand Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania to begin new fiscal year without budget, as Shapiro, lawmakers express optimism

NTSB derailment investigation renews concerns about detectors, tank cars and Norfolk Southern

Tranquilized black bear takes a dive from a tree into waiting tarp

A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized it after it roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood.

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Biden and Harris make appeal to Black voters in Philadelphia, slam Trump as ‘unhinged’

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High winds that could be from tornado sweep down street in Pennsylvania

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Temporary clerk to be appointed after sudden departures from one Pennsylvania county court

A temporary official is to be appointed to run the court system in one Pennsylvania county because the clerk and deputies have suddenly departed.

Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He’s the youngest since 1789

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, has become the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church.

Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes

A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives is moving ahead in the Pennsylvania Legislature after drawing dozens of Republican votes.

Conservancy that oversees SS United States seeks $500K to help relocate historic ship

The conservancy that oversees the SS United States has launched an urgent $500,000 fundraising campaign to help cover relocation expenses for the historic ship amid its uncertain future.

Pennsylvania woman drowns after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park

Officials in Glacier National Park say a 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a 35-foot waterfall on the east side of the park.

Planned Parenthood says it will spend $40 million on abortion rights ahead of November’s election

Planned Parenthood’s political and advocacy arms will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster the campaigns of President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats.

3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state’s Atlantic coast

Authorities say three Alabama men who went for an evening swim soon after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died.

Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump

President Joe Biden and his allies are trying to replicate their success with suburban women, who helped the Democrat beat Donald Trump in swing states like Pennsylvania four years ago.

Pennsylvania couple drowns in Florida rip current while on vacation with their 6 children

Authorities say a Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after they were caught in a rip current while swimming.

Democrats put a spotlight on more than 1 million pensions saved under a 2021 law

Democrats are putting a spotlight on more than 1 million union workers and retirees whose pensions are being saved under a 2021 law.

RFK Jr.'s campaign files petitions to get on presidential ballot in swing-state Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania officials say independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to get on the ballot for the November election in the swing state.

Pennsylvania court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines

Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that are commonplace in convenience stores, bars and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines.

The fight for abortion rights gets an unlikely messenger in swing state Pennsylvania: Sen. Bob Casey

Abortion rights have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania. Sen. Bob Casey will appear on November’s ballot and is attacking Republican challenger David McCormick over opposing abortion rights.

Historic SS United States is ordered out of its berth in Philadelphia. Can it find new shores?

A federal judge says a historic ocean liner that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago must leave its berth in Philadelphia by Sept. 12.

Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms

Pennsylvania is seeing lots of action targeting gaps in its vote-by-mail laws. The problem is that it’s in the courtroom and not the legislature.

Court upholds law taking jurisdiction over mass transit crimes from Philly’s district attorney

A Pennsylvania court is turning aside a legal challenge by Philadelphia’s elected district attorney to a law establishing a new special prosecutor to handle crimes on the city’s mass transit system, known as SEPTA.

Nelly Korda stumbles again in 1st event since US Women’s Open, shooting 76 in Meijer LPGA Classic

Nelly Korda stumbled again Thursday in her first event since missing the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open, dropping four strokes on the first three holes in a 4-over 76 at the windy Meijer LPGA Classic.

Sen. John Fetterman was at fault in car accident and seen going ‘high rate of speed,’ police say

Police say Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was seen driving at a “high rate of speed” just before he rear-ended another car on Interstate 70 in Maryland.

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to drum up support for private school vouchers in Philadelphia

Jay-Z is putting his weight behind an effort to fund private school vouchers in Philadelphia. The entertainment mogul’s Roc Nation announced it is funding a campaign this month to drum up support for the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success.

Judge agrees to let George Santos summer in the Poconos while criminal case looms

The Poconos will soon have to welcome a new summering New Yorker: George Santos. Santos, the former congressman and current criminal defendant, has won a bid to make regular visits to the Poconos after a judge on Tuesday granted his request to make excursions to the low-key vacation spot.

Pennsylvania schools would get billions more under Democratic plan passed by the state House

A Democratic-sponsored proposal to boost public school funding by billions in the coming years and impose stricter rules on cyber-charter schools is on its way to the Pennsylvania Senate after passage in the state House.

Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill to outlaw the distribution of deepfake material

Pennsylvania’s state Senate is advancing legislation to outlaw the distribution of salacious or pornographic deepfakes, with sponsors saying it’ll eliminate a loophole in the law that had frustrated prosecutors.

Arpichaya Yubol shoots a career-best 61 to take the first-round lead at ShopRite LPGA Classic

Arpichaya Yubol followed a career-best finish on the LPGA Tour with a career-low 10-under 61 and took a two-shot lead over Jenny Shin after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Former officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6 visited the Pa. House. Some GOP members jeered

Some Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives booed and walked out this week when two former police officers who helped protect the U.S.

Involuntary manslaughter case dropped against 911 dispatcher in Pennsylvania woman’s death

A former 911 dispatcher in Pennsylvania is no longer facing prosecution for involuntary manslaughter based on allegations he failed to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who was found dead a day later of internal bleeding.

Trump’s conviction prompts election-year debate among Democrats: How much to focus on the verdict?

Joe Biden’s campaign is signaling new plans to incorporate Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction as a core element of the Democratic president’s reelection message.

Judge dismisses cruelty charges against trooper who hit loose horse with patrol vehicle

A judge has dismissed felony animal cruelty charges brought against a Pennsylvania state trooper who hit a loose horse with a patrol vehicle multiple times and pinned it to the pavement.

A tranquilized black bear takes a dive from a tree, falls into a waiting tarp

A young black bear that roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood took a dive from a tree into a waiting tarp after being tranquilized.

Prisoner dies 12 days after Pennsylvania judge granted compassionate release for health reasons

A Pennsylvania man who had been serving life for second-degree murder is dead, about two weeks after being granted a medical transfer from prison to a facility that could better treat his condition, including quadriplegia.