Lehigh Valley Republicans split on how to handle middle class tax cuts

Pennsylvania's budget held hostage on fiscal cliff

— There may be no person in state government who's paying closer attention to negotiations over the so-called "fiscal cliff" than...

Derailment in NJ sends chemical tankers into creek

PAULSBORO, N.J. — A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially...

NCAA monitor finds Penn State making 'good start' on reforms

STATE COLLEGE— A former U.S. senator brought in to monitor reforms being made at Penn State in response to the Jerry Sandusky child-...

Former Pennsylvania lawmaker sentenced to 16 months in prison in corruption case

SCRANTON — Robert Mellow, a former leader of Pennsylvania's Senate Democrats whose portrait hangs in the state Capitol, was...

Obama urges Republicans not to play Scrooge on middle class taxes

President Barack Obama took his plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff to a Hatfield, Montgomery County toy manufacturer Friday, a move...

Doylestown man apologizes for fatal hit-and-run

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man who fatally struck a pedestrian then turned himself in two weeks later has...

New York City defends excess emergency hotel rooms

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday defended the city's decision to pay for more than 1,000 hotel rooms, including hundreds...

State to hold Pearl Harbor ceremony

Military veterans and the public are invited to attend a memorial program to observe the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Police: Pa. couple jailed after five children, 18 cats found in back of moving truck

NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) — State police say a Pennsylvania couple was arrested after a trooper found five of their children riding in the...

Pennsylvania Congressman Bill Shuster to chair U.S. House Transportation panel

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, a Republican from outside Altoona, will become the chairman of the House Transportation and...

Penn State discloses Spanier made $3.3M last year

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State says its former president had total taxable income of $3.3 million last year, including $2.5 million...

Suspect in baby, grandma deaths had casino losses

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. (AP) — A young man mired in gambling debt told police he killed a 10-month-old girl and her grandmother during a...

Satirical 'Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster' tests Pa. holiday display

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A group known as Pastafarians wants its religion represented in an annual holiday display near Philadelphia.

3 kindergartners wander from Pa. school

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are promising a security review after three kindergartners wandered away from...

Pennsylvania college faculty will consider next semester whether to strike

HARRISBURG — The union representing faculty at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities says it won't consider striking until next...

Federal judge nominees named for Pennsylvania vacancies

President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated three judges to fill vacancies on the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, which...