The business partner of a Pennsylvania woman whose body was found buried two weeks after she went missing in January was convicted of murder Wednesday, the district attorney said. A jury found Blair Watts guilty of first-degree murder and he was immediately sentenced to a mandatory term of life in […]
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — She’s Time magazine’s person of the year. She’s the most-played artist globally on Spotify. She’s helmed the first tour to gross more than $1 billion and then the highest-grossing concert film of all time. And now Taylor Swift can add one more accolade: A state House of […]
Two parents have been charged after their four-year-old son shot himself in the head with a gun left lying around at the family’s Pennsylvania home. Ronnie Lynn was left paralyzed and required a feeding tube after the bullet ricocheted through his skull during the tragic incident on July 6. The […]
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies before a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, who […]
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her post Saturday after facing intense criticism from the White House, lawmakers and alumni for appearing to dodge questions at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. “I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of […]
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies during a House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing on December 5 in Washington, DC. Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP In his statement, Bok acknowledged that Magill erred during her disastrous testimony, describing a “dreadful 30-second sound bite” following a lengthy hearing. “Former President Liz Magill […]
A 15-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a homeless man in the face, prosecutors announced. Jeremiah Waylon Hawkins, 39, was fatally shot on Wednesday, one day before Thanksgiving, at Security Plaza on South Hanover Street, the Montgomery County District […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill seeking to protect those who travel to Pennsylvania to get abortions by barring public officials from cooperating with authorities in other states that criminalize the practice advanced Wednesday through the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. The legislation passed 117-86. It now goes to the GOP-controlled state […]