Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88
Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article f...
Pennsylvania overhauls child sexual abuse laws
READING, Pa. — Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, more than a year after a landmark grand jury report showed the cover-up of...
Pennsylvania to fund research into fracking health dangers
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday his administration will spend $3 million on a pair of studies to explore the potential health effects of the na...
Governor vetoes bill outlawing abortions over Down syndrome
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill that would have prohibited abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome was vetoed Thursday by Pennsylvania’s D...
Pennsylvanians to get more time on sex abuse charges, suits
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state where a grand jury’s groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church ...