BELLEFONTE — Jerry Sandusky launched his effort to overturn his child sexual abuse convictions with a set of motions that said there wasn't enough evidence against him a...
Threats received in April, May
PITTSBURGH — An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to sending anonymous YouTube threats in which he claimed to have hacked into the Universi...
HARRISBURG — A closely watched proposal to rewrite the state’s charter schools law died Wednesday when the House wrapped up its two-year legislative session without putt...
Vice President Biden speaks
NARBERTH — Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was an “irreplaceable” force who approached politics — and life — with grit and determination, a who...
Murder sentences would be altered
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday responded to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that bans automatic life-without-parole...
PITTSBURGH — A historian who previously headed two museums in Florida is leaving his job as president and chief executive officer of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh a...
HARRISBURG — A major rewrite of Pennsylvania’s charter school law to toughen standards for the publicly funded but privately run schools cleared one legislative chamber ...
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State will not renew the contract of Athletic Director Tim Curley, who has been on leave since being charged last year with perjury and failing to r...
HARRISBURG — A state House resolution asking for a federal investigation into Pennsylvania prosecutors’ handling of the Jerry Sandusky case appeared to be dead for the c...
PITTSBURGH — Homicide detectives and others have been at the scene of a Pittsburgh police chase that ended when a woman driving a car reported stolen crashed into a garb...