Pennsylvania News

The helium-filled balloon that was deployed to search for trooper slaying suspect Eric Frein has been returned to Ohio.

While Democrat Tom Wolf rallies support on a statewide bus tour, the latest poll in the Pennsylvania governor's race shows Gov. Tom Corbett has narrowed the wide gap Wolf enjoyed throughout much of the race.

The buck stopped with Central Bucks School Superintendent David Weitzel.

A blanket of leaves lay on the ground in front of the Buck Hill Inn Friday night as a lone deer cautiously walked towards the shuttered resort.

— For 12-year-old Jonathan Okasinski, a visit to the White House where he shook the president's hand Tuesday started with a book on quantum physics.

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Thursday became the most prominent American corporate leader to come out as gay, saying he was trading his closely guarded privacy for the chance to help move civil rights forward.

PITTSBURGH — There are three basic themes to opposing a severance tax on Pennsylvania's shale gas production, such as the one currently being proposed by gubernatorial hopeful Tom Wolf and vehemently opposed by incumbent Tom Corbett.

Parents of Central Bucks High School West football players expressed a variety of emotions Monday night during a private meeting with the school district's superintendent and the Bucks County district attorney, the first time officials have met with parents since the district canceled...

HARRISBURG -- Based on the recommendations of the Heroin and Other Opioids Workgroup approved in September, a prescription-drug monitoring program has become Pennsylvania law.

— At first there was silence when a federal Food and Drug Administration staffer asked a mostly female crowd to describe the sensations and excitement missing from their sex lives.

PITTSBURGH — Former President Bill Clinton warned Democrats against complacency Monday as he urged a South Side crowd to make sure that their neighbors turn out next week to vote for Tom Wolf in his bid to unseat Gov. Tom Corbett.

In the 17th congressional district, which slices through historically Democratic areas that include parts of the Lehigh Valley, Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright is facing a challenge from a conservative-leaning doctor operating on a shoestring campaign budget.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery has retired, prompting colleagues to call off an investigation into sexually explicit photos and videos he emailed to another state employee.

A U.S. pastor who was defrocked after officiating his son's same-sex wedding ceremony, and later reinstated, can keep his ordination, a Methodist judicial council has ruled.

Jury selection was scheduled to begin today in Monroe County court for the long-delayed trial of a man charged with killing and dismembering a Scranton woman in 2008.

Prosecutors claim Robert Ferrante schemed to kill his wife, searching online for information about cyanide, a cheating spouse and what a coroner might find in blood.