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 ...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for ...
By MARC LEVY and MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data ...
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have a new teammate in their bid to build a new $1.3 billion arena downtown. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced Wednesday that she has forged a deal with team owners to keep the NBA franchise in town and will ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Before he ran for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, David McCormick was a big name on Wall Street. He was the CEO of the world's largest hedge fund, a world-traveled executive who was sought after for speaking engagements and prominent board positions. His wealth and ...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. The ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state's ballot in November's election. The decisions hand a win apiece to each major party, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat's debate Tuesday with Republican Donald Trump. Her "New Way Forward" tour will include a new television spot, rallies, canvassing events and programs designed to target ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage Tuesday night in Philadelphia, they'll both know there's little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency. The most populous presidential swing ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat's debate Tuesday with Republican Donald Trump. Her "New Way Forward" tour will include a new television spot, rallies, canvassing ...
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county official has pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in an agreement with prosecutors that spares her jail time but requires her to resign her post at the end of the month. Washington County Controller April Sloane, 43, entered the plea ...