Regional News

2:08 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Pennsylvania lawmakers have recessed without fixing the state's unconstitutional sentencing for second-degree murder

1:13 PM on Wednesday, July 15

The Trump administration has replaced an exhibit on slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia with a version that historians say whitewashes the nation’s history

12:01 AM on Wednesday, July 15

President Donald Trump has addressed a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College, but he focused more on political themes than battlefield issues

5:13 PM on Tuesday, July 14

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12:05 AM on Tuesday, July 14

The strategy calls for moving firefighters, engines and aircraft into areas where wildfire risk is high in hopes of catching flames before they make a catastrophic run

9:51 PM on Monday, July 13

Jordan Walker silenced Philadelphia’s boo birds by homering on his last six swings, chasing down Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber in the final round and becoming the first Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby

3:10 PM on Sunday, July 12

Residents of Philadelphia and some surrounding counties are cleaning up and assessing damage after a series of severe storms called microbursts swept through with winds up to 60 or 70 miles per hour

12:02 AM on Friday, July 10

A group of retired federal and state judges has been barnstorming through Ohio and Pennsylvania on the nation's 250th anniversary to defend judicial independence and bolster the rule of law

9:42 PM on Tuesday, July 7

The parents of a Bucknell University football player who died after collapsing during the first day of training camp in 2024 say they appreciate that the Pennsylvania attorney general has brought criminal charges against the strength and conditioning coach who oversaw the session

11:55 AM on Tuesday, July 7

An under-construction Manhattan high-rise at risk of collapse after columns buckled has been stabilized and some evacuations of nearby buildings have been lifted

9:38 PM on Monday, July 6

A former strength and conditioning coach at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania has been charged in the death of a football player who collapsed during training

1:50 PM on Monday, July 6

Heavy rain and flooding are breaking a heat wave that gripped New York City and much of the Northeast last week

12:38 PM on Sunday, July 5

Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses

5:20 PM on Saturday, July 4

Fireworks crackled and jets roared ahead of the France-Paraguay World Cup game in Philadelphia on Saturday as fans celebrated the double joy of soccer’s biggest tournament on home soil and the 250th anniversary of American independence in the nation’s birthplace

1:41 PM on Saturday, July 4

Authorities say a weather-related tragedy in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, left three children dead even though they were wearing life jackets

4:10 PM on Friday, July 3

A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration permission to reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia

3:08 AM on Friday, July 3

Forecasters say the hottest World Cup tournament match so far this year could hit Saturday afternoon, during the knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia

9:34 PM on Thursday, July 2

A group of Democratic governors is asking the U.S. Postal Service to withdraw its proposed rule to comply with an executive order that seeks to create a federal list of eligible voters, including those eligible to receive a ballot by mail

11:44 AM on Thursday, July 2

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division

12:02 AM on Thursday, July 2

Jane Calvert has spent 25 years championing John Dickinson, a lesser-known Revolutionary War figure