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Ever since video spread far and wide last week of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Uncle Fester) reacting with sarcastic derision to news that House Republicans were considering beginning a formal impeachment inquiry against Old Joe Biden, rumors have been flying that the guy in the video wasn’t Fetterman at all. Twitter/X is full of detailed comparisons of still photos from each, with the slovenly socialist’s supporters deriding doubters as crazed conspiracy theorists going nuts over photos taken with different lighting or from different angles. Amid all the back-and-forth about whether there are now two Fettermans, however, the biggest part of the...

“Yes he had the firearm with him, yes he was a threat. I think the canine played a large role in him not being able to utilize that firearm,” Bivens said. Bivens was in the command post when the capture happened and said, “I’m very happy no one was hurt when this occurred.” “We will publish a list of everyone who helped us out because we are very, very appreciative,” Bivens said. He said it was this support that fueled Wednesday’s successful capture. Bivens said Cavalcante liked to travel through creek beds and along tree lines, most frequently at night....

<p>On Saturday July 8, Sterling Miller Jr. was at his usual spot, under a tree near the intersection of West Market Street and Richland Avenue, west of York, holding a cardboard sign that asked those stopped at the traffic light to contribute to his sustenance.</p>

Within moments after Flight 93 hit the ground here 21 years ago, locals, some on foot, others on tractors, and some on ATVs, dropped everything they were doing and hurried to the scene to see how they could help. To their great horror, all they found was a crater in the field near the edge of the trees spanning 30 feet in both directions still smoldering from the impact. Within six days, bales of hay were laid down at the reclaimed coal mine to create a base for a makeshift memorial for the family members who were brought here to...

The reward for information leading to the capture of escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante has increased to $20,000 as the search enters its eighth day. Authorities describe the 34-year-old Cavalcante, of Royersford, Montgomery County, as “extremely dangerous.” He was convicted in August of murdering his girlfriend. He escaped a week ago from Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township by scaling a wall, climbing over razor wire and jumping from a roof. Pa. escapee This photo provided by Chester County Prison shows CCTV footage of prison inmate Danelo Cavalcante, left, escaping from Chester County prison on Aug. 31, 2023. (Chester County Prison...

Pro-Abortion Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro (PA) will end his state’s decades-long contract with an anti-abortion organization, according to a report from the Associated Press. Reportedly, Shapiro ended a 30-year long contract with the nonprofit organization Real Alternatives, the first organization in the nation to secure “significant” state and federal funds for pro-life counseling centers. The organization allocated funds to many Catholic charities, anti-abortion centers and maternity homes that help women in a crisis pregnancy. The pro-abortion governor reportedly stated that his administration would not “continue that pattern” and support abortion access instead. After nearly 30 years, Gov. Josh Shapiro will...

Three swing states will hold elections to their supreme courts over the next 18 months, potentially altering court compositions amid key cultural and political flashpoints,, Between 2023 and 2024, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan will hold elections for several seats on their supreme courts ... In Pennsylvania, which will hold the earliest of such elections in November 2023. Democratic Superior Court Judge Dan McAffrey is running against Republican county judge Carolyn Carluccio for a vacant seat on the court, which is currently split 4-2 in favor of Democrats. The race so far has been defined by abortion, with McAffrey, the pro-abortion...

President Biden on Monday mocked former Commander in Chief Donald Trump as a “great real estate” developer who “didn’t build a damn thing.”(snip) “Guess what? The great real-estate builder, the last guy here, he didn’t build a damn thing,” the 80-year-old president said during a Labor Day rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. “Under my predecessor, ‘Infrastructure Week’ became a punchline,” Biden said, referring to the dayslong Trump initiative in which his administration touted its national development plans. “On my watch, infrastructure means a decade, and it’s a headline,” the president said, adding that $10 billion was committed to Pennsylvania so far...

York County didn't qualify to receive low-interest loans to help residents and businesses impacted by severe weather earlier this month. The announcement came after a federal survey team from the U.S. Small Business Administration visited the county this week to assess damage caused by tornadoes and severe storms on Aug. 7. The SBA didn't say why York County didn't qualify for assistance. The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down – one in Manheim Township and the other in East Hopewell Township. Thousands of people were without power for up to a week. Some families said it will take...

Philadelphia businesses are being forced to set up booby traps like hidden sprinkler systems to fend off drug users. Local activist Frank Rodriguez has revealed that business owners in the Kensington area of the city are having to devise tricks to keep addicts off their stoops. The neighborhood has become ground zero for the city's drug epidemic, and is frequently seen strewn with trash and addicts injecting drugs in the open. Speaking to Fox News, Rodriguez said: 'Businesses end up throwing soapy water on the ground just so it is wet and it is not a comfortable place to sit...

* 10 vacant homes in Jeanette, PA, have been deemed public nuisances * Officials want to use funds from the American Rescue Plan to demolish them ********************************************************** Vacant homes in Pennsylvania have been turned into drug dens by squatters who have even set indoor campfires to cook their meals. State officials are ringing the alarm as they hope to demolish 10 empty homes that have been overtaken in the town of Jeanette, about 30 miles from Pittsburgh. The 10 homes were declared public nuisances earlier this month; they all have had years of code violations property maintenance issues. In one...

Hospitals and clinics in five states are facing disruptions due to a cyberattack Thursday that forced some emergency rooms to close. The attack began at facilities operated by Prospect Medical Holdings. The company’s facilities in California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were affected by the cyberattack. “Upon learning of this, we took our systems offline to protect them and launched an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity specialists,” the company said in a statement Friday.

A jury has sentenced Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers to death for his crimes. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville read the verdict about 11:45 a.m. Jurors had been deliberating since about 9 a.m. Tuesday and signaled they’d reached a verdict at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. When Bowers shot out the front window of the building Oct. 27, 2018, three congregations were preparing for services: Tree of Life, Dor Hadash, and New Light. Twenty-two people were inside the monolith at the corner of Shady and Wilkins. Half were killed: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil and David Rosenthal,...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that former President Donald Trump still has strong political pull in his state of Pennsylvania, adding that he sees “Trump signs everywhere.” Fetterman issued his comments about Trump’s status in Pennsylvania when speaking with the New York Times last week about the political fallout surrounding the former president’s indictment. “It doesn’t matter. I’m a senator, and I’m not sure how many times he’s been indicted. He’s been impeached twice. Has that changed anything? You’re still seeing Trump signs everywhere in Pennsylvania. You have to respect his strength in all of that,” he said.

The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence took that fateful July 4th day in 1776 risked everything for the future of their nation. How is Philadelphia doing now?

I’m a white writing professor, and apparently, that’s a problem. That was the unmistakable message sent to me at Penn State University – and that’s why I’m suing them. In November 2020 – nearly half a year after George Floyd’s murder – I was subjected to a “White Teachers Are a Problem” video for a monthly professional development meeting for writing faculty. Its featured speaker, Asao Inoue, is a self-described antiracist practitioner. Not an obscure one, either: About a year prior, Inoue gave the Chair’s Address at a prestigious writing studies research conference – the same field in which I...

Months after he made a headline grabbing six-week hospital visit for clinical depression, Fetterman was asked in a Senate Environment Committee hearing Wednesday if he had any remarks about the overpass disaster. 'I, uh, would just, um, really like to, you know — the 95, 95, 95. You know?' he responded. 'Obviously, you're pretty much preoccupied with 95, and I, I certainly am too... and we know its a major atery (sic), not just for Pennsylvania, but for the East Coast.'

'Now in this country, "God" is a derogatory term,' Damon Atkins said after his arrest last weekend in Reading, Pennsylvania.READING, Pennsylvania (LifeSiteNews) — A Christian protester in Pennsylvania was arrested Saturday as he quoted Scripture verses in response to an LGBT “pride” month event. Damon Atkins was arrested by Reading, Pennsylvania, police officers on June 3 for “criminal disorderly conduct” for preaching against the Reading’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” outside City Hall on Washington Street. The event included men dressed as sexually exaggerated versions of women and the raising of an LGBT rainbow flag atop the City Hall...

Judicial Watch settled its election integrity lawsuit against Pennsylvania after the commonwealth acknowledged it removed more than 178,000 ineligible registrations on its voter rolls, the watchdog group announced Thursday. The settlement commits the commonwealth and five of its counties to publicly reporting the number of registered and eligible voters, both active and inactive, for the next five years. “[Pennsylvania] also agreed to publish the total number of address confirmation notices sent to registered voters and the number returned as undeliverable or not responded to,” according to Judicial Watch, and “the total number of voters removed from the registration rolls on...

Climate change is a major concern for a majority of religious Americans, but it’s not discussed much in congregations, according to the Pew Research Center. This has led to increased feelings of sadness, loss, and despair as people witness negative effects on the environment. This is known as “ecological grief,” which has led some to turn to religion for comfort and support. In response, leaders from the four biggest faiths in Pennsylvania (Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) will gather at the Gettysburg Seminary Chapel for an Earth Day interfaith service focused on environmental stewardship. Judy Young, a former pastor who...