Pennsylvania category, Page 97
Pa. Supreme Court to consider jurisdiction question in second-degree murder lawsuit
Attorneys representing people convicted of second-degree murder in Pennsylvania believe that the mandatory penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional. But before the attorneys can begin arguing why they think that penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, given that their clients did not actually kill...
Jake Corman is staying in the Republican race for Pennsylvania governor after moving to drop out
Pennsylvania state Senate leader Jake Corman was dropping out of the Republican primary for governor. Then he changed his mind. Shortly after filing a petition in state court Tuesday to remove his name from the ballot for the primary election on May 17, Corman released a statement saying he wasn’t...
More deer in Pa. with deadly chronic wasting disease lead to expanded state reaction
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has created a seventh Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area expanded two existing DMAs in response to recent discoveries of CWD-positive deer in new parts of the state. The new DMA 7 is a response to a CWD-positive deer in a captive facility in Lycoming County. At...
Police: 5 children killed, 2 adults injured in Pennsylvania fire
GENESEE — An early morning fire that ripped through a northern Pennsylvania home killed five children and severely injured two adults, authorities said. Fire crews responding to the 3:30 a.m. Monday alarm on Slingerland Road in Genesee Township found the residence engulfed in flames, state police in Potter County said....
Trump weighs in on Pa. governor’s race, naming candidate he’s not endorsing
Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Pennsylvania’s governor’s race Tuesday indicating which of the nine Republican candidates he will not be endorsing. “One person in Pennsylvania who I will not be endorsing is Bill McSwain for governor,” Trump said in a statement. “He was the U.S. attorney who did...
Bill proposal would allow medical marijuana edibles in Pa. dispensaries
Pennsylvania medical cannabis patients currently have access to tinctures, pills, oils, topicals, and dry leaf to vaporize. A new bill will soon be introduced by state Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, to possibly expand those options and allow patients to purchase medical cannabis edibles. Launglin said that 25 other states already...
‘American Pickers’ returning to Pennsylvania for new episodes
The popular television reality series “American Pickers” wants you. And your antiques. The History Channel’s hit series is returning to Pennsylvania in June to record new episodes and its staff is putting out the word that it’s in search of unique collections of relics. “American Pickers” is a documentary series...
Pennsylvania toddler swept over North Carolina waterfall
SYLVA, N.C. — A 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl was killed after she was swept over Whitewater Falls in North Carolina, a sheriff’s office said. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Nevaeh Jade Newswanger of Denver, Lancaster County, had been visiting the waterfall with family, who are...
Philadelphia to restore indoor mask mandate amid case surge
Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate on Monday after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, with the city’s top health official saying she wanted to forestall a potential new wave driven by an omicron subvariant. Confirmed covid-19 cases have risen more than...
Kenyatta criticizes Fetterman over 2013 Black jogger incident in virtual Senate forum
State representative and U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta called out challenger Lt. Gov. John Fetterman this past weekend over a 2013 incident in which Fetterman, shotgun in hand, confronted a Black jogger he suspected of being involved in nearby gunfire. Kenyatta’s criticism occurred during a virtual forum held by statewide...
Goose flies into motorcyclist’s head, killing rider in Pa. crash, police say
Police in Bucks County said a deadly crash was caused by a goose flying into the head of a motorcyclist on Friday morning. According to a report by police, a motorcyclist was riding a 2013 Harley-Davidson in the Southeastern Pennsylvania county about 9:55 a.m. Friday when a goose flew out...
Metal detectors planned after Erie school shooting hurt 1
ERIE — Metal detectors will be installed at schools in the northwestern Pennsylvania district in which a student was injured in a shooting, school authorities said. Erie’s Public Schools announced last week that planned changes to safety and security protocols will include “the installation of fully functioning metal detectors.” The...
DA confirms suspect fatally shot Pa. officer before being killed
LEBANON — A man who broke into his stepfather’s house opened fire on responding police officers, killing a lieutenant one month away from retirement and wounding two other officers, a prosecutor said Thursday, releasing details of last week’s gunfight that also killed the suspect. Lebanon City Police Lt. William Lebo,...
Juvenile suspect sought in Erie school shooting turns self in
ERIE — A juvenile suspect being sought in a shooting that injured another student inside a northwestern Pennsylvania high school has turned himself in to police, authorities said. “Earlier today, the suspect in yesterday’s school shooting turned himself in to the Erie police department,” Erie city officials said in a...
Pennsylvania State Police settle profiling, immigration suit
Pennsylvania State Police settled a federal lawsuit alleging troopers routinely and improperly tried to enforce federal immigration law by pulling over Hispanic motorists on the basis of how they looked and detaining those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, officials announced Wednesday. The settlement pays a total of $865,000...
Pennsylvania court blocks governor’s carbon emissions plan
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania court on Tuesday blocked the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, the latest challenge to the Democrat’s effort to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy. Commonwealth Court, in a one-line unsigned order, said it...
Chester police: Gun handled by 2-year-old boy in car killed girl, 4
CHESTER — A 2-year-old boy was handling a gun in a parked vehicle at a gas station pump near Philadelphia when it discharged, killing a 4-year-old girl, police said. Chester police said the shooting happened shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Eagle Save Mart. Police said adults at the...
Pa.’s broken ‘compassionate release’ law, by the numbers
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. In Pennsylvania prisons, thousands of people are aging behind bars, suffering from chronic health conditions, and requiring regular medical care that...
Student shot at Erie high school; person of interest fled
ERIE — One student was injured when multiple shots were fired Tuesday morning in a high school in northwestern Pennsylvania, and a person of interest in the shooting left the school after the gunfire, officials said. Erie’s Public Schools said the shooting happened inside the Erie High School building shortly...
Lawmakers fail to override key element of Gov. Wolf’s climate plan
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature failed Monday in a last-ditch effort to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a regulation requiring fossil fuel-fired power plants to pay a price for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit. A 32-17 vote in the state Senate...
Lamb, Kenyatta face off — minus Fetterman — in debate of Democratic Senate hopefuls
Democratic Senate candidates from both ends of Pennsylvania accused the front-runner, Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, of flip-flopping on energy issues in the first televised debate in one of the nation’s most-watched campaigns of the year. Fetterman, who is far ahead in the polls, didn’t participate in the debate. Representative Conor...
ATV carrying Lackawanna County family submerges in water; woman killed
ARCHBALD — An all-terrain vehicle a family was riding in northeastern Pennsylvania became submerged in water, killing a woman, authorities said. The Jermyn woman, her husband and her two children were riding a side-by-side Saturday afternoon on private property in Archbald that is frequented by ATV riders, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune...
Meet Pa.’s billionaires: How the Keystone State’s 17 richest people made their cash
Elon Musk sits atop the list of the world’s richest people with an insane $287.6 billion dollar fortune, and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos right right behind him with $189.3 billion, per Forbes. All told, the website tracks about 2,755 billionaires across the world, and the website Stacker.com recently dug into the...
Pa. election 2022: A guide to the primary race few voters are paying attention to
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — By now, most voters have likely heard about the congested, double-digit field of contenders jockeying in this year’s primary...
Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race
Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident when shotgun in hand, he confronted a Black man because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby. The accusation marks a sharp escalation in...
