State News
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Pa. House advances paid family leave proposal despite GOP opposition
The Family Care Act would establish a statewide paid family and medical leave program in Pennsylvania. The House has passed it, but its future in the Senate remains uncertain.
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Ahead of busy tourism year, Pa. lawmakers scrutinize aggressive driving
Pennsylvania—and its drivers—will be in the spotlight with events like the FIFA World Cup, America250 events and the NFL Draft.
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Firefighters rescue baby foxes from drain pipe in Windsor Township
Five baby foxes were rescued after they were found trapped in a tiny drain pipe in southern York County, according to firefighters and a local wildlife center.
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East Stroudsburg caregiver a semifinalist for nationwide award
Rebekah Zerby, a caregiver with Visiting Angels and an East Stroudsburg native, has been named one of 10 semifinalists nationwide for the organization’s seventh annual National Caregiver of the Year Award.
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Parents charged after toddler slips into wolf area and gets hurt at Hersheypark zoo
Evidence showed that the parents both walked about 25 to 30 feet away from the child to a seating area with benches and appeared to be paying attention to their cellphones when they noticed what was happening shortly before noon Saturday at ZooAmerica in the Hersheypark theme park.
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Pennsylvania men charged with bringing bombs to NYC protest were recorded discussing terror plot, indictment says
The two men charged with bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor were recorded describing their plan to kill as many as 60 people in a bid to “start terror.”
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Central Pennsylvania native shot for the stars and worked on Artemis II launch
“T-minus 10” was announced over the intercom on April 1, and a Dover Area graduate found herself holding her breath as she watched two years of preparing for these final moments take off.
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Pennsylvania’s first underground state park opens to public
The facility is a 435-acre park centered around the largest and deepest limestone cave in Pennsylvania. The property includes four miles of cave passages that go as deep as 476 feet and the largest bat shelter in the northeast.
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What leaders are doing to ‘food desert’ scenario in this western Pennsylvania town
Beaver Falls has a significant need for improved grocery access, as parts of the city are officially classified as food deserts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to published reports.
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Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in rural Pennsylvania school district
Delaware Valley School District in rural eastern Pennsylvania received notice of the change from the Trump administration in February and has since voted to roll back its antidiscrimination protections for transgender students.
