The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Pa. attorney general charges 5 Jehovah’s Witnesses with rape, sexual abuse of children

PHILADELPHIA — Five Jehovah’s Witnesses have been charged with raping and exploiting children as part of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation into the organization’s handling of sexual abuse cases.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 7, 2023

Rudy Giuliani should lose law license for 2020 election case, panel says

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani should lose his law license in Washington for directing former President Donald Trump’s failed legal challenge to the 2020 presidential election results in Pennsylvania, an attorney ethics review panel has recommended.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023

Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania grand jury investigating child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses has charged another five people with raping or molesting children as young as 4

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Unpublished letter by Abraham Lincoln discovered in Pennsylvania

Short handwritten note was for Charles Ellet Jr, who had written to US president for civil engineer corps during civil war

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2023

Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey lands his best fundraising quarter in his Senate reelection campaign

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign says he raised more than $4 million in the last three months — his best fundraising quarter ever

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Biden decries gun violence as shootings across US mar Fourth of July festivities

At least 15 people shot dead across the country in mass shootings so far on the holiday weekend celebrating the US’s independence

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2023

Pa. voters will soon pick the people who run the 2024 election — so a national group is fighting election denial

PITTSBURGH — Three years after former President Donald Trump popularized baseless challenges to legitimate elections, a national group wants political candidates in Pennsylvania to vow they will accept election results — including those who might help run the 2024 presidential race.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023

Making Sense Of The Votes In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

The decision this term that has the largest potential for a legal "jolt" was Mallory.

Reason · Jul 3, 2023

Pa. House Freedom Caucus compares itself and the school choice movement to ... Nazis?

PHILADELPHIA — The heated debate over whether Pennsylvania should invest tax dollars to send students from the state’s lowest-performing schools to private schools in next year’s budget has taken a bizarre turn.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 3, 2023

‘Good Morning America’ Kicks Off ‘Main Street U.S.A.’ Segments

ABC morning show visits Stillwater, Minnesota, then Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 3, 2023