Pennsylvania state authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Harrisburg man they said set fire to the governor’s mansion while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept, forcing them to evacuate early Sunday before the blaze severely damaged part of the building. The man, identified as Cody Balmer, 38, jumped a fence and managed to evade state … Read more
A Pennsylvania police officer was killed while responding to a shooting on Saturday at a hospital in York County, Pa., in which the gunman, who held hospital staff members as hostages and restrained one with a zip tie, was killed by the police, the authorities said. The officer, Andrew Duarte, who served in the West … Read more
Burned shells of abandoned cars and metal debris sat scattered along the charred streets. Soot stained homes that had been engulfed in flames. A crater in a sidewalk outside a Macy’s department store smoldered. Residents in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday stood in disbelief at the devastation they witnessed in their neighborhood after a small medical … Read more
A small medical plane carrying six people crashed near a shopping center in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, apparently leaving no survivors and sending a large fireball into the air that engulfed vehicles and homes in flames, the authorities said. The Learjet 55 was transporting a young female patient from Philadelphia, where she had been … Read more
In Minnesota, Democratic legislators are threatening to stay away from the state capitol this week to prevent Republicans from trying to claim control of the House of Representatives. In Michigan, Republican senators, who are just one seat behind the Democrats, want a special election as soon as possible to fill a seat they believe can … Read more
The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk ‘s political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday. | Photo Credit: AFP The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk ‘s political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election, … Read more
Donald Trump, former US President and Republican presidential nominee, was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, in a chaotic incident ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood smeared across his face … Read more
HARRISBURG: President Donald Trump‘s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House. Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump’s campaign dropped its request in the … Read more