MCKEESPORT — The Allegheny County District Attorney says a deadly fire that claimed a young girl near Pittsburgh appears to have been started by a 5-year-old boy.
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Dem is former auditor general
HARRISBURG — Former state Auditor General Jack Wagner dropped out of the Pennsylvania governor's race Wednesday, formally withdrawing his na...
PHILADELPHIA — A delegation of Pennsylvanians has met with Pope Francis during a public audience in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
The group learned hours earlier that the ...
ABINGTON — Pennsylvania state prosecutors won a first step Wednesday in their corruption case against state Sen. Leanna Washington, securing a judge’s ruling that they h...
Member's suicide prompts questions
ALTOONA — The president and several members of a suspended Penn State-Altoona fraternity have sought legal advice after a former member...
PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Corbett and top Philadelphia officials travel to Rome this weekend to ask Pope Francis to attend a huge Roman Catholic gathering in the city next...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate continued its rapid drop in February, while employer payrolls inched up and the labor force grew after a 14-month skid, the...
State's ban being challenged
PHILADELPHIA — When U.S. District Judge Mary McLaughlin decides this year whether Pennsylvania must recognize same-sex marriages from other s...
HARRISBURG — Republicans in the Pennsylvania state Senate were digesting the news this week that they will be joined by a conservative maverick who was heavily critical ...
PITTSBURGH — A new group is trying to foster cooperative ways for the natural gas industry to protect historic underground sites that may be disturbed by drilling.
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