The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Julie Hudson spent a week in a Pennsylvania jail because a police officer in Texas thought she looked like a robbery suspect. Hudson, a doctoral student at Holy Family University, had been told she had an outstanding warrant when she was turned down for a job she'd applied for. When…

PHILADELPHIA — When Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday on a trio of bibles, he didn’t just become the leader of Pennsylvania government.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro promised in his first speech as governor to keep “three simple truths” that the country has lived on: freedom, democracy and a love of country.

Democrat Josh Shapiro will become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at the inaugural ceremony at the state Capitol

A North Carolina man says he lost 2 fingers during a protest in 2020. Now he’s suing police

PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania has enacted a limit on two PFAS chemicals in drinking water, marking the first time the state has set its own limits instead of adopting a federal standard.

Chris Heller, from Pennsylvania, US, has launched legal action against a deer hunter after his 8 year old malamute mix was shot dead after being mistaken for a coyote

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is a hugely important political battleground, but it hasn't traditionally mattered much in presidential primaries.

NEW YORK — A pistol-packing Pennsylvania woman licensed to carry the Keystone State, but not the Big Apple, was arrested when she tried to take the weapon into the Empire State Building, police said.

A Pennsylvania public defender who briefly represented the man suspected of killing four University of Idaho students said he saw “holes” in the police case against his one-time client.

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf granted rapper Meek Mill clemency on a 15-year-old drug and weapons possession charge in his last round of pardons, issued Thursday.