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A top lawmaker says a state GOP House member who was elected to serve as the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus chairman in the 2020-21 session has died

Authorities say two teenagers killed by lightning in a park in Pennsylvania were found below a large splintered tree.

A Roman Catholic priest on Friday became the first person sentenced to prison as a result of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that found hundreds of clergy had abused children over seven decades.

Lamb’s lead is 758 votes, based on totals reported Wednesday by the four counties in the 18th Congressional District.

Democrat Conor Lamb went to Pennsylvania’s coal country for help in the final days before the first congressional election of 2018, telling union members Sunday that he won’t forget their support in a close race widely viewed as a key test of support for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms.

Pennsylvanians won’t be lacking for choice when they select general election candidates for lieutenant governor.

A seemingly fit 21-year-old man is among the 18 people who have died from influenza complications in Pennsylvania during the current flu season.

Records now show all three branches of Pennsylvania state government have settled sexual misconduct allegations since 2010, claims that included unwelcome touching, kissing and lascivious comments.

Tips from informants helped lead law enforcement to the man accused of fatally shooting a rookie police officer, and the suspect’s mother is accused of helping him evade arrest during a four-day manhunt, officials said Tuesday.

A judge has granted the request to delay the trial of a former Pennsylvania police officer accused of raping a drug informant after finding drug paraphernalia in her home and threatening charges against her.

A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at his suburban Pittsburgh high school more three years ago, and likely faces decades in prison when he returns for sentencing.

Pennsylvania is getting yet another extension to comply with a federal law that requires driver’s licenses meet anti-terrorism standards.

The woman who’s been leading the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is stepping down to be Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s next appointment to the Gaming Control Board.

Authorities says a Pennsylvania woman was scammed out of her $159,000 life savings by a man who told her she’d face Mafia retaliation if she didn’t give him money.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed legislation designed to comply with federal identification standards for people who want to fly or enter federal facilities.

Gov. Tom Wolf plans to sign a bill that pushes Pennsylvania toward complying with a federal law that requires people to prove they are legal U.S. residents in order for their driver’s licenses to be valid for federal purposes.

An 18-year-old western Pennsylvania man who authorities said shot a friend and then posed for a selfie with the dying teen has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison.