ALLENTOWN — The Justice Department wants to join a lawsuit filed on behalf of three eastern Pennsylvania boys who say they were raped as first graders.
The Justice Depar...
PHILADELPHIA — Acknowledging "mixed feelings," Gov. Ed Rendell asked a federal judge to weigh the good with the bad in sentencing former state Sen. Vincent Fumo next wee...
STRATTANVILLE — An autopsy shows a northwestern Pennsylvania firefighter apparently died of natural causes while battling a fire in burning debris at a recently demolish...
WILKES-BARRE — An Arkansas man who lived in a northeastern Pennsylvania family's attic for more than a week in December has been sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail.
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State workers threatened by no budget
HARRISBURG — As many as 800 Pennsylvania state employees might have to be laid off because of Republican lawmakers' demands for spen...
HARRISBURG — Eleven people charged with diverting public resources to help House Democrats win campaigns will go to trial in January — exactly three years after news fir...
HARRISBURG — The latest round of budget talks between Gov. Ed Rendell and top legislative leaders ended almost as soon as they resumed on Monday, dashing hopes of a quic...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police have charged a 20-year-old woman with criminal homicide in the shooting death of her boyfriend on a downtown sidewalk.
Police say Ciara Ro...
PHILADELPHIA — Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Fumo is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted.
In March, a jury found that the P...
Mourners flock to funeral Mass
MCKEES ROCKS — References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.
Most mou...
