HARRISBURG — Billions of dollars for Pennsylvania’s public schools and social services could soon start flowing after four-plus months of delay, as lawmakers on Wednesday...
The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday pressed its last penny, marking the latest step in the 1-cent coin's demise.
President Donald Trump ordered the cancelation of...
HARRISBURG — The state’s budget impasse is over, as Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed key budget bills Wednesday, Nov. 12.
The action allows the flow of billions of dol...
PHILADELPHIA — What would it be like for a throng of New Yorkers to pack up their lives and suddenly move to Pennsylvania?
Would they be enthralled by living in the same ...
CARLISLE, Pa. — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafte...
WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a hi...
NEW ORLEANS — A grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder for felony theft and malfeasance in office for allegedly stealing a rare ...
WASHINGTON — Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fi...
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday praised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s willingness to question established science and embrace nontraditional ...
PHILADELPHIA — Back in 1793, a penny could get you a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. These days, many sit in drawers or glass jars and are basically cast aside or ...
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for the removal of Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers amid a wide-reaching corruption scandal involv...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 m...
GENEVA — A blue diamond weighing nearly 10 carats has sold at auction in Switzerland for 20.5 million Swiss francs ($25.6 million) including fees.
The pear-shaped 9.51-ca...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday.
The death to...
LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over the way a speech he made was edited in a documentary aired by Britain's national br...
