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Lawyers in the homicide trial of the University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of fatally poisoning his wife with cyanide selected four alternate jurors on Wednesday, ensuring opening statements will begin Thursday morning.

Jury selection began on Tuesday in the case of a University of Pittsburgh professor charged with killing his physician wife last year by poisoning her with cyanide.

Blood found on porches of two houses in the area of the Pocono Mountains where state police have been searching for more than a month for alleged cop killer Eric Frein does not belong to the suspect, state police said Monday.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday night suspended Justice Seamus McCaffery, who last week publicly apologized for forwarding sexually explicit emails to a state employee.

A New Jersey high school embroiled in a hazing case that has led to sexual abuse charges has suspended five football coaches, media reports say.

A Mexican mayor and his wife were "probable masterminds" behind the disappearance of 43 student teachers last month in the restive southwest, the country's attorney general said on Wednesday.

Less than a month before the election, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and his challenger, Democrat Tom Wolf, have raised and spent enough money to put the governor's race on track to be the most expensive in Pennsylvania history.

Police have shifted their search for shooting suspect Eric Frein after a man fitting his description was spotted with a rifle Friday night near Pocono Mountain East High School, state police said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.

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Four children and two adults died Saturday in an early morning house fire in McKeesport.

As Pennsylvania hospitals work to remain ready for any number of public health emergencies — from likely disasters such as a busy flu season to unlikely events such as an Ebola outbreak — they are doing so with dramatically reduced federal funding for hospital preparedness.

HARRISBURG — Three Pennsylvania residents were on the Cleveland-to-Dallas flight with a nurse who contracted Ebola after caring for a patient in a Texas hospital, Gov. Tom Corbett said Friday.

SCRANTON — As searchers continue to comb the forest for accused cop killer Eric Frein, others are working behind the scenes, analyzing evidence to develop a psychological profile they hope will lead to his capture.

SCRANTON — A storm that in one day dumped nearly the total amount of rainfall the region usually sees this month may play a role in resolving the largest manhunt in northeastern Pennsylvania.