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The Palestinian Authority (PA) has warned of "a brutal escalation of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip" in light of the IDF's expansion of its ground operations in southern Gaza. In a statement published Thursday, the PA said, "The occupation's conquest of what is called the 'Morag Corridor' and the separation between the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis show the criminal plans for the conquest to embed itself and divide Gaza, in gross provocation of international law which sets things out clearly, because Gaza is an integral part of the State of Palestine." The Palestinian Authority also reiterated its...

During an interview with MSNBC host and NBC News Senior Business Analyst Stephanie Ruhle that took place on Wednesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said that he supports the goal of the Trump administration’s investigations of campus antisemitism and threats to withhold funds and schools where Jewish students can’t go to class, get fair grades, or be treated fairly should be accountable, but “The way they’re going about it, like everything else, I think is chaotic and is reckless and is undermining people’s fundamental rights,” and people can say what they wish “within the bounds of the laws and the...

A Pennsylvania city worker was accused Monday of staging a fake “hate crime” after she allegedly planted a noose at her own desk, according to police. Allentown City Hall employee LaTarsha Brown was charged with a pair of criminal counts after DNA pulled from the noose only belonged to her, authorities said — though one of her pals claims she’s innocent. Brown initially said she made the shocking discovery at her desk on Jan. 10 when she arrived for work — leading to an investigation and a community protest. Allentown City Councilwoman Ce-Ce Gerlach said at the time she was...

On July 13th of last year, Thomas Crooks somehow got up on a roof near where Donald Trump was delivering a speech at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Initially the only people who spotted him were attendees at the rally. The would-be assassin then pulled the trigger and struck Trump in the ear. There are still so many unanswered questions. However, according to President Trump today, it's possible the public will soon know more. Trump said he'll be given a report next week and wants to release it: . .“He had 6 cellphones. And a couple of them had some...

CHARLEROI, Pa. — The owner of a Charleroi staffing agency pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain. In a release from the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western Pennsylvania District's office, 28-year-old Andy Ha pleaded guilty after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain and failed to pay more than $3 million in employment taxes. From Sept. 2022 to April 2024, the release said, Ha owned a temporary staffing agency called Prosperity Services Inc. The agency provided workers to companies in the Charleroi, Pennsylvania area. As part of the...

One police officer was killed and two others injured by a gunman who allegedly took ICU staff hostage Saturday at York, Pennsylvania’s UPMC Memorial Hospital. Breitbart News noted the incident occurred Saturday morning and that multiple reports indicated the gunman was “neutralized” by law enforcement. However, reports on injuries and the extent of said injuries were unclear. CNN is now reporting that one person, a police officer, was killed during the incident and two other officers were injured. Both injured officers are in stable condition.

A federal whistleblower has come forward with allegations that Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was involved in the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The whistleblower, identified as Hadassah Feinberg, a former Pennsylvania State Police employee, filed a criminal complaint on February 7, 2025, detailing claims that Shapiro conspired with other officials to orchestrate the attack as part of a political scheme. ... According to the complaint, President Joe Biden made frequent visits to Shapiro in the weeks leading up to the Trump rally to discuss what was described as an “obstacle” faced by...

ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack. Four days after the theft that law enforcement say could be tied to the sky-high cost of eggs, no leads have come in, Trooper First Class Megan Frazer, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Police, said Wednesday. “We’re relying on leads from people from the community. So we’re hoping that somebody knows something, and they’ll call us and give us some tips,” she said. Police are also following up with any possible...

HARRISBURG — In his annual budget address, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro urged the divided Pennsylvania legislature to pass a measure that would seal eviction records for potentially hundreds of thousands of people. In 2024 alone, more than 115,000 tenants in Pennsylvania faced eviction filings. And while most filings end with rulings in favor of landlords, housing advocates told Spotlight PA that about a quarter do not, and some are never even adjudicated. Regardless of the outcome, that original eviction filing stays in a tenant’s public records indefinitely and can negatively impact their ability to find a place to live. Often,...

A medical aircraft crashed in populated area in NE Philly - Casulties

Volunteers were hard at work this weekend building the Eagles Mere Toboggan Slide. The ice blocks are slid into place after they have been cut far out on the lake and driven up the hill 6 at a time. The slide has not been in operation in over 10 years. Opening day is planned for Friday Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-GazetteRecent temperatures may have had many piling on extra layers while pining for sunny summer days, but the frigid air has also made the return of the beloved Eagles Mere Toboggan Slide possible after it was cancelled for...

An elected official in Pennsylvania has resigned after throwing a Nazi salute in a TikTok video while joking about Elon Musk. Towamencin Township Supervisor Laura Smith had a giant grin in her TikTok video as she said she was “checking in” on friends who are “struggling this week,” referring to the start of President Trump’s presidency. “My heart goes out to you,” she said — tapping her chest three times and raising her arm in an offensive salute, still with a giant grin on her face. Although she did not mention Musk in her video, she was clearly referencing...

STROUNDSBURG, Pa. - The Monroe County District Attorney is releasing new details about a fatal shooting that occurred last weekend at a rental home in Tunkhannock Township. In a post on social media, DA Mike Mancuso linked the events that took place Sunday, January 12th at a short-term rental home to a Venezuelan street gang known as Trena de Aragua (Train to Aragua.) Mancuso says the victim, 22-year-old Lionardo Hernandez Zarata of Venezuela, booked the house in the 1300 block of Clover Road for a weekend party to celebrate his birthday, going so far as to make a flyer bearing...

A Pennsylvania woman was arrested on felony forgery, public records tampering and voter registration-related charges based on allegations she tried to fraudulently register dead people, including her own father, to vote in the 2024 election. Jennifer Hill, from the Chester area, was arrested Thursday and accused of attempting to add four ineligible individuals to the voter rolls, including her late father. Delaware County's Democratic district attorney, Jack Stollsteimer, said in public remarks that Hill used an app to register 324 people as a staffer for a group called the New Pennsylvania Project. Stollsteimer said the Pennsylvania Department of State makes...

Delaware County, [Pennsylvania] prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Collingdale woman who they say repeatedly tried to submit voter registration forms for dead people and against an elderly man who cast ballots in both Florida and Pennsylvania last month. The charges are the first to come from the county’s investigations into alleged voter fraud and irregularities in the 2024 election. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s loud and persistent claims of Philadelphia-area voter fraud before the election, few charges have been filed more than a month after ballots were counted. Delaware County officials said that the election was safe and secure, and...

Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law Massad Boulos, a key Arab surrogate for the US president-elect, met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September, a senior Palestinian official tells The Times of Israel.

Score another victory for gun rights! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled against a legal challenge against the state’s firearm preemption laws that prohibit local governments from further infringing on the right to keep and bear arms. Currently, Pennsylvania’s preemption laws prohibit local governments from passing gun control measures that go further than firearms restrictions passed at the state level. The ruling means that there will be uniformity when it comes to gun control laws, which means it is less likely that an individual might find themselves in legal jeopardy due to confusion about local restrictions on firearms. The ruling comes...

Democrats are fighting the Senate election results in Pennsylvania, where GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick has been declared the winner over Sen. Bob Casey, leading some to turn the “election denier” term on them. Since the 2020 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans have raised concerns about election irregularities and are often called slurred as “election deniers” by Democrats and the media. However, Democrats in Pennsylvania are now fighting the results of the Senate race that the Republican candidate has won. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Casey's campaign have sued 10 county boards of elections, demanding...

The state Supreme Court reaffirmed its prior decision in a 4–3 ruling Monday that counties cannot count incorrectly dated or undated ballots. The decision singled out the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, whom they said "SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified" for mail-in and absentee ballots in their Nov. 1 ruling. "Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process," said Shapiro, a Democrat. "The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. …...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday rebuked Democratic-controlled elections boards that counted undated and misdated mail ballots, siding with Republicans and reiterating that such votes are invalid. Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties voted to count hundreds of such ballots in recent days despite previous rulings from the court that they cannot be included in this election. “It is critical to the rule of law that individual counties and municipalities and their elected and appointed officials, like any other parties, obey orders of this Court,” Justice David Wecht wrote, joined by Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy, in a terse concurring opinion. The...