A driver rammed a car into a security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving
After two weeks of bloodshed and death in Minnesota, Charlotte, North Carolina and Utah, concealed carry permits in Bucks County have risen more than 200 percent.
Attorney General Dave Sunday said in a statement Friday his office is continuing to recover from the attack, which also took down the office’s website. He said it was caused by a person outside the agency encrypting files in an attempt to force the office to pay to recover the data.
Cody Balmer, 38, pleaded not guilty to all charges, including terrorism, aggravated assault and attempted homicide, shortly after his arrest in April, and is being held without bail. He is being represented by a public defender.
Gun owners who want a license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania would be able to apply at the nearest county sheriff’s office, regardless of whether they live in that county, under legislation proposed in the state House.
After a string of high-profile incidents of political violence, along with an uptick in threats and harassment of elected leaders around the country, a group of Pennsylvania lawmakers announced they plan to introduce a series of bills intended to help keep legislators safe, and ensure seats are filled immediately in the event one is killed.
The current West Nile virus risk in the state is “very high,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, with mosquitoes testing positive for the disease in all but 10 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
Pennsylvania recently launched an online application for pardons, becoming one of the first states in the country to digitize the process for people seeking to clear their record of criminal convictions.
Allegheny County Emergency Services said a fire at the plant in Clairton started late Monday morning. Officials said they had not isolated the cause of the blast that killed two and injured more than 10 others.
A man fatally shot his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then unleashed a hail of gunfire on first responders, wounding two state troopers, running an EMT off the road and sniping a police drone from the sky.
