PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge dismissed murder and other charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in several areas of Philadelphia in an apparently coordinated effort, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, authorities said. Police arrested 15 to 20 people. The flash mob-style ransacking Tuesday night at stores ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick announced Thursday that he will make his second bid for U.S. Senate in swing-state Pennsylvania, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after losing in last year's bruising and crowded Republican primary. In a ballroom filled with ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's sheriff on Thursday disputed a city controller report that determined that the sheriff's office couldn't account for 185 guns that the controller's office says are missing. Sheriff Rochelle Bilal said at a news conference that the controller's report ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government will prepare to use artificial intelligence in its operations, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday, as states are increasingly trying to gauge the impact of AI and how to regulate it. Shapiro, speaking at a news conference at ...
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist pleaded guilty Tuesday to making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said. As part of his plea agreement in federal court ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail after prosecutors challenged the constitutionality of his release. Officer Mark Dial was taken into custody in the courtroom Tuesday ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after voters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell. Powell's victory gives Democrats a 102-101 majority in the House. Republicans have a 28-22 ...
Pittsburgh (1-1) at West Virginia (1-1), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) Line: West Virginia by 1 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series Record: Pittsburgh leads 62-40-3. WHAT'S AT STAKE It's the 106th edition of the "Backyard Brawl" between the schools 75 miles apart. It's also a ...
The resolution of a nearly two weekslong manhunt for an escaped prisoner in southeastern Pennsylvania brought attention to the searcher who finally subdued Danelo Cavalcante: a tactically trained K-9 named Yoda. The 4-year-old Belgian Malinois is credited for bringing Cavalcante, 34, into ...
UNIONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Thermal imaging equipment in the air, experienced search teams working through a stormy night, a search dog and the element of surprise all played critical roles in the capture of escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante on Wednesday morning after a 14-day manhunt ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans trying to recapture the U.S. Senate majority have the candidate they want in Pennsylvania. Now they just need David McCormick to run. Almost since the moment he lost last year's Senate GOP primary, McCormick has floated the possibility that he would again ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Corey Kiner is keeping receipts. The Cincinnati running back stuck around after former coach Luke Fickell bolted for Wisconsin last winter following a hugely successful run with the Bearcats. There was a sense — outside the program anyway — that Fickell's departure ...
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Police on Saturday reported two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania amid a search by hundreds of law enforcement officers. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, 34, escaped from the Chester County Prison while ...
PLUM, Pa. (AP) — Investigators said Friday the location of an explosion that killed six people and destroyed three houses near Pittsburgh last month was inside one of the homes, ruling out an outside cause. The Allegheny County fire marshal's office said all potential outside factors were ...
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the theft and sale of human body parts taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Thompson, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and interstate transportation ...
A Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver turned himself in Friday and was charged with murder in the man's death as prosecutors released graphic bodycam footage of the fatal confrontation. Officer Mark Dial surrendered on a criminal warrant and was arraigned Friday on charges ...
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A prison tower guard has been fired after a murderer slipped away on his watch in a brazen daytime escape, officials said Friday, as the nine-day-old search pressed on amid southeastern Philadelphia suburbs, farmland and a vast botanical garden. News of the firing ...
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A murderer who made a brazen escape from a suburban Philadelphia jail yard was still on the lam Thursday as the search entered its second week. Residents who were under siege as heavily armed police hunted for the fugitive roaming their neighborhood for several days ...
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A recently convicted murderer who's been on the run for days after escaping in suburban Philadelphia was spotted shortly after midnight Saturday by residential security cameras in an area not far from the jail, authorities said. Authorities haven't disclosed the ...