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The Chester County District Attorney said the violence may have included multiple shooters. One person alleged to have a gun was in custody, the D.A. said. One person is dead and at least six others were wounded in a shooting amid homecoming festivities Saturday night at Lincoln University, one of the nation's first historically Black colleges, authorities said. One person alleged to have a gun has been taken into custody, Chester County District Attorney Chris de Barrena-Sarobe said during an overnight news conference on campus. He said it was possible someone else may have opened fire as well, but investigators...

A Lebanon County woman who describes herself as a devout Christian was suspended from work after she refused to escort a transgender woman to a women’s locker room at a spa operated by the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. Middle District court.

The bills would return Pennsylvania to the Kermit Gosnell era, with legal protections for abortionists and late-term abortions.The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee votes on a package of six bills Wednesday that will make it possible for pregnant Pennsylvania women to kill their unborn babies up to birth. It will also turn Pennsylvania into an abortion tourism destination, allowing women from states with stronger pro-life rules to kill their babies in Pennsylvania with no legal entanglements. Currently Pennsylvania bans abortion after 24 weeks (six months), though even then state law makes an exception “when the pregnancy poses a serious health risk...

The potential closure of a Mon Valley frozen food processing plant will create a “territorial disaster” for the 252 workers – many of them immigrants – who are employed there, according to a Pittsburgh immigration attorney. Facing a lawsuit for allegedly defaulting on $90 million in loans, Fourth Street Barbecue is downsizing at its two Charleroi area plants that operate under the Fourth Street Foods name by the end of the month, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed with the state. Closure of the plants is possible, according to the notice. Immigration attorney Joe Murphy...

The Philadelphia Police Department is solving so many homicides and arresting suspects at nearly the same rate as the force was about four decades ago, according to a new report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Homicide clearance rates have hovered between 86 and 91 percent this year, which is the highest it has since the department reached 95 percent in 1984. Technological advancements, including license plate readers and high-definition surveillance cameras have assisted the department greatly. The tools, along with social media and cell phone location analysis, not only provide more evidence for cases, but also make the crimes get solved...

Early voting commenced in Pennsylvania yesterday, the same day Charlie Kirk would have turned 32. So Scott Presler came to the heart of Doylestown to celebrate the life and work of the late MAGA lion in a way Presler believes his friend would have loved. “The world is watching how we respond to Charlie Kirk’s assassination,” Presler said. “We’re not going to respond with violence; we’re not going to respond with burning down buildings; we’re not going to respond with anything other than peace. And also, we fight with ballots, not bullets.” The seasoned activist observed that turnout inevitably drops...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, during an appearance on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, said the Trump administration is trying to “stifle dissent” following ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show. “Without question, they’re trying to stifle dissent,” Shapiro said after noting that selectively firing people for their viewpoints is “dangerous.” The indefinite suspension of Kimmel’s show came after his Monday night monologue about the 22-year-old man accused of shooting and killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. On Wednesday afternoon, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on a conservative podcast threatened to cancel ABC affiliate broadcast...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro confirmed he is on his way to a shooting that happened in York County on Wednesday involving multiple law enforcement officers.

A Montgomery County official is under fire from both sides of the aisle after making comments that critics say glorified violence in the wake of the killing of far-right activist and media figure Charlie Kirk. ---SNIP--- "I’m so tired of being told that violence isn’t the answer," Stomsky wrote. "I'm so tired of being told we have to be better than the other side...History is filled with blood, so stop being so (expletive) righteous and squeamish, and climb out of the (expletive) pot before it boils you." She added further that Democrats were "bringing fluffy down filled pillows to a...

Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania proves yet again to be the voice of sanity and reason in the Democratic Party, criticizing them in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. He has called on his party to stop calling President Trump "Hitler" and an "autocrat." On Wednesday, before it was confirmed that Charlie had died from the shot, Fetterman noted to CNN's Manu Raju that just a day before the assassination, people were protesting President Trump and calling him the "Hitler of our time." Senator Fetterman condemned the characterization and said that the Democrats must "turn the temperature down." "I...

Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro is extremely aggrieved by President Donald Trump pointing to leftist violence and referring to individuals perpetrating it as “scum.” Shapiro attempted to spread blame around by stating that “no one party is immune from political violence.” […] “We are at an inflection point in America. Violence transcends party lines — and the way to address it and have true peaceful debate is for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity. That needs to start with the President,” he said, placing blame on Trump and completely ignoring the fact that Kirk did just that —...

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that two defendants have been charged separately with election fraud offenses, one in connection with the 2020 presidential election, and the other in connection with the 2024 presidential election.

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Thousands of frozen hot dogs spilled across Interstate-83 in Pennsylvania, closing the busy highway in both directions after a multi-vehicle collision. State police and four separate fire departments responded to the crash this week at an exit in Shrewsbury, Pa., the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company confirmed on Facebook.

On the third day of a union strike of municipal workers, garbage is piling up in Philadelphia, and some workers are resorting to threats and vandalism against residents who dare to break the strike. The City of Philadelphia is negotiating with members of the AFSCME District Council 33 union, who are asking for a wage increase of 8% per year. The city has offered to increase wages by 7% over three years, which led to the worker strike beginning Tuesday. Since then, residents are reporting that garbage is piling up and threatening their standard of living. "This is a nightmare,"...

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is the party goober right now. He was part of a five-vote bloc that was against advancing the reconciliation package that cuts taxes, kicks illegals off Medicaid, and secures our border. He was willing to set fire to all of that, all of President Trump and the GOP’s top domestic action items over Ukraine war funding. I’m not kidding: He voted and then disappeared for the remainder of Wednesday night. In the end, the four other ‘no’ votes—Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Keith Self (R-TX), and Andrew Clyde (R-GA)–all fell in line with the...

Gov. Josh Shapiro will be joining Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community and their supporters at Lancaster Pride Festival on Saturday. His announcement came the same day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parents must be allowed a provision to opt out their children from class when course material conflicts with their religious beliefs. The suit over LGBTQ book characters was the latest in a series of legal actions, state and federal legislation, presidential executive orders and funding threats targeting the rights of LGBTQ people. In Pennsylvania the major hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans people of all ages, abruptly dropped...

An 81-year-old man in Philadelphia decided to leave his senior citizen home and march in the "No Kings" protests occurring across the country against the Trump administration's immigration policies. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.

Protesters spelled out “this is not normal” and hold a “no kings!” sign for passing traffic at several overpasses along I-83 on Wednesday. Democracy advocates, along with Democratic groups, gathered at several highway overpasses on I-83 from Harrisburg to Maryland to protest the Trump administration and the use of the military and ICE enforcement raids in Los Angeles and other cities.

Law enforcement has determined that there is a high risk for a mass casualty incident, gun violence, as well as other mass attacks at the 250th US Army Birthday Celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The celebration in Philly comes at the same time as an event in Washington, DC to celebrate the anniversary. According to a threat assessment from the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center (DVIC) cited by the Philadelphia Police Department, the event taking place on June at Independence Historic Park has a high risk of a mass casualty incident, gun violence, vehicle ramming attacks, illicit unmanned aircraft activities, a bombing...

Planned investment will establish multiple innovation campuses, create 1,250 jobs, and support new workforce development training programs and local community projects. Key takeaways Amazon plans to invest at least $20 billion in Pennsylvania to expand its AI infrastructure, creating 1,250 new high-skilled jobs and supporting thousands more in the AWS data center supply chain. Since 2010, Amazon has invested $26 billion in Pennsylvania, contributing more than $26 billion to the Commonwealth’s GDP and supporting 27,000 full and part-time jobs, as well as 37,100 indirect jobs across various facilities. Amazon will bring training and education programs, including data center technician programs,...