By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge had some pointed questions but did not immediately rule Friday on a request that Pennsylvania election officials take new steps to verify the identification and eligibility of soldiers and others living ...
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) — Elon Musk held his first solo event in support of Donald Trump for president on Thursday, encouraging voters in the Philadelphia suburbs to register to cast their ballots and vote early, though some attendees shouted back, "Why?" The ...
By KATIE KNOL/WITF undefined The deadline for Pennsylvanians to register to vote in the 2024 general election is Oct. 21 — just 15 days before Election Day on Nov. 5. Registration and voting requirements: — Voters must be 18 years old on Election Day. — They must be a U.S. citizen ...
By CAROLYN THOMPSON, JEFF AMY and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Shortly after taking the stage 91 minutes late for his Atlanta rally this week, Donald Trump did what he can't help doing — go off on a tangent. This was clearly going to be a night at the improv. He marveled at length ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A convicted killer's escape from a Pennsylvania jail last year has cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence, a state court ruled Wednesday. Danilo Cavalcante escaped from a Chester County lockup while waiting to be transferred to state prison to serve a ...
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Surrounded by more than 100 former Republican officeholders and officials, Democrat Kamala Harris urged GOP voters on Wednesday to put "country first" and abandon Donald Trump. The Democratic presidential candidate made her case to Republican voters that the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man accused of driving into three nurses and injuring them as they tried to treat a gunshot victim outside a Philadelphia hospital last weekend has turned himself in, city police announced Wednesday. Authorities had identified Jaadir Goodwyn, 20, of Philadelphia, as a ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a decision allowing 18-year-olds to openly carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania. There were no noted dissents in the high court's brief order. It lets stand a ban on people aged 18 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A vehicle fleeing a Philadelphia hospital after dropping off a gunshot victim early Saturday struck three nurses who were trying to treat the patient, injuring one critically, authorities said. The silver Jeep Cherokee had just dropped off the man in the ambulance bay at ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former President Barack Obama gave a blistering critique of his White House successor Donald Trump and urged Black men to show up for Kamala Harris as he opened a swing-state tour for the Democratic ticket. At a campaign field ...
By JORDAN WILKIE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More and more money is flowing into political campaigns, from races for state judges and legislators up to U.S. president. Candidates mainly use the funds to buy advertisements on television, as part of a strategy to persuade as many people as ...
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, but the approaching one-year commemoration of the assault hits home particularly hard in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, which already marks ...
ASSOCIATED PRESS undefined Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at his rally Saturday in Butler, the Pennsylvania city where the Republican presidential nominee survived an assassination attempt earlier this year. "I will be there to support!" Musk wrote on his social platform X on Thursday ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Republican challenger David McCormick will meet Thursday night for their first debate in an expensive race for a swing-state seat that could help determine control of the Senate in November's election. Casey, perhaps ...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Three residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania county sued Tuesday to overturn a local official's announcement that she will prevent all four of its drop boxes from being deployed for use by those voting by mail and absentee ballot in the Nov. 5 election. The lawsuit ...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is going back to Butler, where the world last saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to "fight," even as blood streaked his face from a would-be assassin's bullet. In announcing his return, the former president and ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the group formerly known as the Central Park Five, bound for Philadelphia, where they toured the city hoping to energize the youth vote ahead of the 2024 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man's lawsuit. Roy Lee Williams spent nearly all of his time ...
By JOSH KELETY Associated Press Elections officials across Pennsylvania have begun assessing their voting machines using a procedure known as logic and accuracy testing, which helps confirm their equipment is working properly ahead of Election Day. All election equipment used by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot and wounded, according to a report released Friday that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a ...