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Investigators are blaming an electrical extension cord for a fire that killed five small children two months ago in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania regulators are acting to increase safety at child care facilities, about a month after five children died in a fire at an Erie day care center.

Pennsylvania regulators will now do fire safety checks during inspections at child care facilities following a fire in August that killed five kids at a day care in Erie.

The father of a 7-year-old boy who was killed after falling between two moving SEPTA subway cars last year has been charged in connection to his death.

SEPTA is set to unveil new safety changes nearly a year after a young boy died when he fell between two subway cars. The boy’s father and a man who was with him at the time of his death were both charged.

A Pennsylvania home child care center where a fire killed five kids did not have enough working smoke detectors, the fire chief said Tuesday.

Some lawmakers are pushing for a bill to require the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services look for working smoke detectors during their annual inspections of day care centers. This comes after five children died in a fire at an Erie day care that lacked enough working smoke detectors.

Investigators are searching for the cause of a tragic fire that took five young lives early Sunday morning at a day care center in a converted Erie, Pennsylvania, home.

A morning fire in Pennsylvania killed five children and sent another person to the hospital, authorities said.

A deadly fire at a hoe day care center has claimed the lives of five children between the ages of 8 months and 7 years. Three of the children killed in the the overnight blaze in Erie, Pennsylvania, were the children of a volunteer firefighter.

Five young children were killed in a fire at a day care in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Authorities say a dispute at a North Philadelphia chicken restaurant ended with two men being shot, including a bystander who wasn’t involved in the argument.

Patients are feeling relieved and happy after a medical marijuana dispensary opened in the Lehigh Valley. NBC10’s Steven Fisher spoke to some patients who say the drug does help them.

The priest took the victims to his primitive, secluded hunting camp in Jefferson County about a decade ago, where they watched horror movies on a laptop and he abused them, prosecutors said.

A priest in the Diocese of Erie pleaded guilty to sexual assault. Rev. David Lee Poulson abused an alter boy on church property, according to prosecutors. Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro was at the courthouse for the guilty plea.

Congress is heading toward a postelection showdown over President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as GOP leaders signal they’re willing to engage in hardball tactics that could spark a partial government shutdown and the president revs up midterm crowds for the wall, a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign and a top White House priority. Trump is promising voters...

After the release of a grand jury report detailing some of the alleged sexual abuse of children by members of Pennsylvania’s Catholic clergy, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined advocates for victims of clergy abuse and other elected officials to call change for an end to the statute of limitations for child sex abuse.

As the fallout continues after a Grand Jury report detailing decades of clergy sex abuse, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a D.C. Cardinal. Amidst the resignation, the Pennsylvania Attorney General is calling for no restrictions on clergy sex abuse cases.

President Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton — without evidence — of engaging in a conspiracy with Russia to affect the 2016 election during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night, NBC News reported. “There was collusion between Hillary, the Democrats and Russia,” Trump said, just after his supporters had chanted “lock her up” about Clinton. “There was a lot...

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident in which a 7-year-old boy who was selling candy on a train fell between two moving SEPTA subway cars and died in North Philadelphia.