13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (426+ words) A Philadelphia man has been ordered to serve 121 months in federal prison after admitting his central role in a cargo theft ring that targeted tractor-trailers parked across the city in 2023, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release from the…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (441+ words) Pennsylvania's flood barriers are getting older and costlier to maintain, while the storms testing them are growing more intense. According to The Conversation, the state's more than 180 levees span roughly 155 miles of riverbank and shield about 158,000 residents alongside an estimated…...

20+ hour, 10+ min ago   (469+ words) Pennsylvania has recorded more than 600 measles cases in 2026, and two Lancaster County infants died in late August. The federal government's count lists neither death, and The Conversation reports that the public dispute between Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (483+ words) On the 25th anniversary of September 11, the pilot of a United Airlines flight that never left JFK that morning is speaking out about 25 years without answers, according to TMZ, which interviewed Captain Thomas Mannello on its Friday broadcast and released a…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (433+ words) According to CBS News Philadelphia, families across Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sharing accounts of survival and loss. The attacks killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (445+ words) Business owners across Pennsylvania have until Oct. 13, 2026 to pull skill game terminals from their premises, according to NBC Philadelphia, which reported that Pennsylvania State Police announced the enforcement deadline on Thursday. Troopers plan to begin seizing any remaining devices on…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (441+ words) Residents across the Philadelphia region should expect another warm, muggy Thursday before a cold front moves through and brings noticeably more comfortable conditions for the end of the week, according to CBS News Philadelphia. The front is not expected to…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (430+ words) The requirement takes effect at the start of the 2027-28 school year. Shapiro signed House Bill 1505 ceremonially alongside Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis. It had already been incorporated into the state's 2026-27 budget earlier this year. WHYY reported that HB 1505 directs the state…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (482+ words) Former Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella will perform his first one-man show, "Declaration," at the Bob and Selma Horan Studio at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia from Sept. 10 to 20, as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, according to WHYY. Torsella, 62, also…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (512+ words) A push to eliminate life-without-parole sentencing in Pennsylvania is gaining attention, according to The Philadelphia Citizen, which examined the case for and against what advocates call ending "death by incarceration" in the commonwealth. The legislation under discussion, House Bill 1550, would…...