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A man charged with scamming GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran has pleaded not guilty.

Pennsylvania State Police acted recklessly when troopers used a bulldozer to pursue a Grateful Dead fan caught growing marijuana on public land, killing him when he wound up under the machine’s treads, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday.

A Pennsylvania appeals court is denying Jerry Sandusky’s request for a new trial but is ordering him to be resentenced for a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction.

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand confidential files and testimony from church leaders, according to two people familiar with the probe.

The U.S. Postal Service says hundreds of pieces of mail meant for Philadelphia residents were dropped on the side of a New Jersey road when the carrier responsible for them quit his job.

A Roman Catholic high school will shed the name of Washington’s archbishop after he was cited in a sweeping grand jury report as having allowed priests accused of sexually abusing children to be reassigned or reinstated while he was Pittsburgh’s bishop.

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A U.S. park ranger confronted a woman seen snatching birds at a historic square in Philadelphia and placing them alive in plastic bags, and she claimed she released the birds after catching them.

Classmates and community members on Monday honored Antwon Rose Jr. as a dynamic and determined young man who deserves to be remembered as more than just the latest hashtag given to unarmed black men killed by police, while vowing to continue pushing for justice.

A New Jersey realty company says that one of its advertisements lost during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 has been found washed up on a French beach.

Two Senators had a ‘snowball duel’ on the Capitol lawn and social media exploded.

The year 2018 begins with more than one show in the sky: two Supermoons, a Blue Moon, a lunar eclipse and a meteor shower all in one month.

Former Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says “it’s great to be alive” this Thanksgiving.

Seventeen seniors remain hospitalized Friday after an intense fire destroyed a wing of a Chester County, Pennsylvania senior living community overnight. The blaze forced 150 residents and staff into the frigid night and officials still cannot say if any of the facility’s residents are missing.

The Philadelphia statue of Frank Rizzo was defaced late Thursday with white spray paint.

The oldest known living person in the United States is celebrating her 114th birthday in Pennsylvania.

Ten people were injured after an American Airlines flight from Athens, Greece, experienced “severe turbulence” prior to landing at Philadelphia International Airport Saturday.

Police in Bucks County were on the lookout Friday for a man caught on camera using two babies to steal sunglasses.

Former vice president Joe Biden already has a train station in Wilmington named for him.