The backing is a crucial development for Biden, who must bridge the Democratic Party's ideological divide to unify voters against President Donald Trump in the fall.
Asking people to work at polling places and vote there goes against the social-distancing requirements, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said.
Social restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus could have saved lives if they'd been started earlier, said the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Trump now wants him fired.
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank distributed two boxes of food to each vehicle, enough to make 40 meals.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday authorized the early release of as many as 1,800 inmates from Pennsylvania state prisons to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.
Hospitals and clinics across the United States have struggled to stay afloat amid a crippling shortage of personal protective equipment.
"While this was a critical step for us to take to protect as many people as possible, it was not an easy decision to make," Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday.
Plus, trout season is now open, a federal judge ordered the release of more immigration detainees, and Pennsylvania's highest court put county judges on notice to be prepared to release incarcerated juveniles.
Trump removed the inspector general who was the chair of a special oversight board intended to help businesses and individuals affected by the coronavirus.
That's about one-sixth of the nearly 6.6 million people that Pennsylvania reported being in the civilian labor force in February.
