Tag Archives: Pennsylvania

According to a Snapchat shared with VICE News, students at a small high school in rural Pennsylvania wore “White Lives Matter” shirts to their last day of classes, as well as interviews with community members. And the school is said to have done little to address the students’ behavior. “They …

The Supreme Court sided with a former high school cheerleader who claimed that she could not be punished by her public school for posting a profanity-laced comment on Snapchat while off-campus. The case of a Pennsylvania teenager was closely followed to see how the court would address the free speech …

Mega Millions announced that a winning jackpot ticket was sold in Pennsylvania and is valued at worth an estimated $515 million. According to CNN, the jackpot won in Pennsylvania is now the highest amount won in the state since it became a Mega Millions participant back in 2010. According to …

A Pennsylvania museum is apologizing after it displayed stolen human skulls of Black people in an exhibit. The skulls of Black people – some hundreds of years old – are said to be given back to their communities of origin for reburial, per a statement from the University of Pennsylvania’s …

Sources say a Pennsylvania police detective has filed for divorce from his wife after she was seen in videos taking part in the US Capitol riot with another man. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Heinl, a 30-year veteran of the Shaler Township Police Department, filed the papers in the …

A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl is facing murder charges after admitting to killing her older sister on Monday morning.  Fox43 reports that Claire Miller is being charged as an adult since Pennsylvania does not have youthful offender status on homicide charges. She is expected to be transported to Lancaster County Prison after being arraigned …

The FBI arrested a Pennsylvania woman accused of using a bullhorn to direct rioters during the Jan. 6 domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol, NBC News reports.  On Thursday, Rachel Powell was taken into custody after she turned herself in. Authorities then transferred her to Butler County Prison at …

Over 30,000 registered Republican Party voters across the nation have changed their party status after the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6. According to The Hill, Republican voters in key swing states have changed their voter registration. The Secretary of State’s office reports that in the first …

A Pennsylvania school security guard was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a teen girl. Last week, police arrested 35-year-old L’Toray Hill, who worked at Walnut Street Elementary School in Darby, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Police booked Hill for allegedly sexually abusing a now 19-year-old teen girl. The teen says …

Bob Evans is recalling 4,200 pounds of raw Italian sausage after customers complained about finding blue rubber in their sausage. The contaminated sausage was produced on December 17. The lot code for the products is 0352, the ‘use by’ date is January 31, 2021,  and the establishment number is 6785. …

A woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for catfishing a Florida boy using her own daughter’s photos.  In October 2019, 45-year-old Linda Paolini pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography and online enticement of a minor for tricking a Florida teen into believing he was interacting with a …

Police are investigating two explosions that occurred less than two hours apart in Pennsylvania on Sunday night. According to police, the first incident occurred in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. Security footage showed an incendiary device thrown from a white pickup truck. Shortly after, at around …

Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Reese (R) died of an apparent brain aneurysm on Saturday.  According to The Hill, Reese, 42, had recently been re-elected to a seventh term in the state House in the November 3 election. He was initially elected into office back in 2009. In a statement from Pennsylvania House …

An autistic woman looking for love online was sadly met with a violent end when the man whom she had been speaking with killed her and dumped her body in a wooded area. According to authorities, 26-year-old Erica Shultz of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, conversed with 42-year-old Harold D. Haulman III …

Authorities are searching for a 22-year-old suspect in Allegheny County, PA, after being accused of shooting an officer three times in the neck and torso on Sunday while being transported outside a precinct after an earlier arrest. Police arrested Koby Lee Francis shortly after he was served a protection from …

Three children were killed, and four people were injured in Pennsylvania on Monday when a horse and buggy went through a stop sign and collided with a dump truck. “The horse and buggy failed to stop at a properly posted stop sign at the intersection, and the buggy proceeded into …

A federal appeals court judge—appointed by Donald Trump—tossed out the Trump team’s lawsuit seeking to throw out millions of Pennsylvania ballots. In a 21-page opinion, Judge Stephanos Bibas rejected the Trump team’s efforts, citing their claims of misconduct were meritless and called its suggested solutions “breathtaking.” “Voters, not lawyers, choose …

In regular times, the night before Thanksgiving is typically the biggest bar night of the year. This year, amid surging coronavirus cases, Pennsylvania residents will not be able to consume alcohol in bars or restaurants the night before the holiday. Fox News reports that Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health …

A Pennsylvania postal worker says he lied about there being a ballot tampering issue. Richard Hopkins led the nation to believe that he was instructed by a postmaster to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day, a made-up story that was picked up and shipped by Republicans who are hell-bent on …

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will join nine of his fellow Republican attorney generals in their attempt to challenge the mail-in ballots received in Pennslyvania for the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump and his minions just won’t let the election go. And now, Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general, will be working …