The Latest Breaking News from Pennsylvania

Search for victims continues after three killed and 24 hospitalised in 50-vehicle crash on Pennsylvania roadway

‘All of a sudden, it was just noise – car hitting car, truck, explosion,’ one driver involved in the crash said

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Psyched: Third Michigan City Decriminalizes Psychedelics, MindMed Reports $133M Cash Position, Real Brands To Enter The Space

The psychedelics legislative landscape continues to move forward with Hazel Park, Michigan enacting decriminalization measures for naturally-produced psychedelic molecules, becoming the third city in the state to do so after Ann Arbor and Detroit. In Utah, Governor Cox signed a psychedelics research bill into law and positive legislation around psilocybin is continuing…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

Cleanup of deadly Pennsylvania pileup keeps interstate shut

A stretch of an interstate highway in Pennsylvania remains shuttered a day after at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when several vehicles lost control and slammed into each other during a snow squall

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Three dead and 20 hospitalised after fiery crash involving ‘up to 40’ vehicles on Pennsylvania highway

Crash on Interstate 81 near Minersville is labeled a ‘mass casualty incident’

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Using animals for scientific research is still indispensable for society as we know it

Kenya’s national airline – Kenya Airways – made headlines when it announced it would stop transporting monkeys for animal research. This followed an accidental highway crash in Pennsylvania, in the US, which involved a truck transporting monkeys that had been bred in Mauritius for laboratory experiments in the US.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2022

Omicron BA.2 subvariant is steadily growing but may not pose a serious threat

PITTSBURGH — A subvariant of omicron is now driving a surge in COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom, Europe and parts of Asia, but in Western Pennsylvania, health experts don't foresee another dramatic wave of infections.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

Study: More money needed to improve roads and bridges, save lives

PITTSBURGH — A national study has confirmed what Pennsylvania officials have been saying for months: The Biden administration's infrastructure plan is a nice boost but isn't nearly enough to address all of the nation's transportation needs.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2022

From Bernie Sanders speeches to screenplays: The unlikely journey of an Oscar nominee

Bernie Sanders’ former staffer feels like a ‘fish out of water’ in Hollywood after a career in politics, he tells Sheila Flynn - but the Oscar nominee for Don’t Look Up is on a mission to save the planet

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022

Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Lawyer Speech Code

Today's decision in Judge Chad Kenney (E.D. Pa.) in Greenberg v. Goodrich holds unconstitutional the revised Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g): It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: … in the practice of law, knowingly engage in conduct constituting harassment or discrimination based upon race, sex, gender identity…

Reason · Mar 24, 2022

Deer jumping to deaths from bridge and landing near houses in ‘disturbing’ trend

Dozens of whitetail deer have plunged from highway overpass into heavily populated parts of small Pennsylvania town

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022