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A 72-year-old Wal-Mart greeter near Pittsburgh was punched in the face outside his store and now is in the hospital.
A baby-faced cop killer accepted a Philadelphia jury's death sentence Tuesday, vowing to take responsibility for shooting the veteran officer during a doughnut-store robbery.
A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving the state to cut costs.
A judge says creditors trying to take over Philadelphia's two major newspapers in a bankruptcy auction must bid in cash, not with the millions owed them.
The Philadelphia transit system's largest union agreed Saturday not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series, Pennsylvania's governor and the city's mayor said.
Hundreds of Phillies fan have begun streaming out of restaurants, bars and apartment buildings to congregate on Broad Street in downtown Philadelphia to celebrate their team's second straight trip to the World Series.
The Philadelphia Fire Department says a crane accident in downtown Philadelphia sent two people to the hospital, including a construction worker who fell 125 feet.
A masked fan ejected from a Phillies playoff game is charged with stealing three World Series rings from a ballpark office.
A Philadelphia couple is facing manslaughter charges for praying over their sick toddler rather than seeking medical help before he died of pneumonia.
Nick Mancini Hartner is like a lot of downtown business operators: He doesn't know what to expect if thousands of protesters show up for the Group of 20 economic summit or, for that matter, how many customers will show up either.
A cousin of the woman who died in Ted Kennedy's car on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 says she hopes the late senator and her cousin are "now at peace."
A Flight 93 victim's relatives are organizing a cross-country motorcycle ride to honor the victims and raise money for a national memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Scores of nonprofit agencies around Pennsylvania are laying off workers, taking out loans and cutting back to survive without billions of state taxpayer dollars for social services for the poor.
The funeral for a victim of a shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh-area health club began at the same time the state Senate was observing a moment of silence for the three women killed in the shootings.
A husband and wife from California were sentenced to a year and a day in prison for conspiring to distribute pornographic videos depicting simulated rape and murder.
Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to be in northwestern Pennsylvania to discuss ways federal stimulus funding can be used to expand broadband access to the Internet for rural areas that aren't served by faster connections.
A San Francisco man who allegedly had 1.8 million stolen bank and credit card numbers on computers at his California apartment has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in an online clearinghouse where identity thieves could share stolen information.
The head of the world's most popular search engine urged college graduates on Monday to step away from the virtual world and make human connections.
Rep. Joe Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral, says he's seriously considering challenging newest Democrat Arlen Specter in next year's Pennsylvania Senate primary.
Sen. Arlen Specter boosted his 2010 re-election prospects by switching to the Democratic Party, but may be vulnerable if the GOP can persuade former Gov. Tom Ridge to run, according to a poll released Monday.
Police in northwestern Pennsylvania say a burglar took some jellybeans from a home — but nothing else. Police said Thursday that they are stumped by the burglary in North East Township. Sgt. Mark Zaleski said it remains unclear whether the suspect wanted only jellybeans. Or maybe that's all the thief had time to grab.
A national Republican group unleashed a statewide telephone blitz Wednesday against newly Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter — reminding thousands of Pennsylvania Democrats that President George W. Bush endorsed him in 2004 and that Specter angered labor unions just weeks ago by opposing a bill to make it easier for workers to form unions.
A hospital network is suing its much larger competitor, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the region's dominant health insurer, claiming they are conspiring to put UPMC's competitors out of business through an illegal monopoly.
In a career spanning just 15 years, Richard Amsel created illustrations for movies and television that became part of the cultural language of the 1970s and '80s.
The chairman, president and chief executive of Allentown, Pa.-based energy and utility holding company PPL Corp. received compensation valued at $5.6 million in 2008.
PA rejects West Bank freeze Israel is expected to announce Palestinian officials are rejecting an expected offer from Israel's prime minister to partially freeze West Bank settlement construction, even before it was made public.
Abbas: We won't launch a third intifada The Palestinian people will not launch a new intifada against Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday night, referring to concerns that long-stalled negotiations and rising tensions would pave the way to a new popular uprising in the Palestinian populati …
Mahmoud Abbas Enters The Twilight Zone Submitted for your approval… Meet Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority–a position he has threatened to resign from for years. And yet Mr.
If PA Declares State, Israel Will Annex SettlementsA government minister publicly advised the Palestinian Authority on Monday that if it unilaterally declares a new Arab state, Israel may annex parts of Judea and Samaria.
Netanyahu: Israel will respond to unilateral moves"There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and any unilateral attempts outside that framework will unravel the existing agreements between us and could entail unilateral steps by Israel," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a high lev …
Obama Enlists Both Clintons to stop a Palestinian stateAfter US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton warned Mahmoud Abbas on Oct. 31 that he was going against the wishes of president Barack Obama, the White House hauled out a heavy contingent of big American guns to make him see reason. They visit Ramallah Sunday, Nov.
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November 3-10, 2009)This past week one rocket was fired into the western Negev from the Gaza Strip, as Hamas maintains its policy of restraint and enforces it on the rogue organizations. Events this week focused on the seizure of the MV Franco, carrying a large quantity of arms (thousands of rocket …
Abbas Threat to Quit May Leave Israel And U.S. Without Partner - Bloomberg.comPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Nov. 5 that he may not run for re-election in January, a step his advisers said could lead to the collapse of his administration. Aides warned of possible violence as a result of the stalemate with Israel.
Palestinians warn of violence if peace efforts fail The Palestinian Authority on Monday warned that violence could once again convulse the region if the United States fails to get Israel to halt settlements as part of a resumed peace process. "If America remains unable to assume its required role there will be a destructive effe …
The abject failure of the Obama administration's Middle East policy.Can anything else possibly go wrong for the Obama administration's Middle East policy? In the past ten days, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has twice reversed herself publicly on her attitude toward the Israeli settlements.
Ky. site only one Harley-Davidson consideringThe York Dispatch reported that a company statement said that Harley-Davidson representatives met with Kentucky officials this week. Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said the company is also still considering the possibility of staying in York.
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 20-27, 2009)The past week's events focused on a new wave of public disturbances in Jerusalem. Rioters on the Temple Mount threw stones at policemen and tourists, and police had no choice but to force their way onto the Temple Mount.
The Algerian Precedent in IsraelFrench military defeat and the mass flight of French settlers after 132 years of French rule in North Africa is the way the Algerian war of liberation ended.
'Moderate' Fatah Leader Barghouti Calls to Resume Terror Palestinian Authority convicted terrorist murderer Marwan Barghouti, often touted by Israel's left as a moderate PA leader, has called for a resumption of PA support for terrorist attacks on Israelis.
Fatah-Led PA Admits It Tortures Prisoners The Palestinian Authority, led by the Fatah party, admitted to a British newspaper that its security forces commonly use torture on prisoners, as charged by the Hamas terrorist organization.
Top PA Official Arrested in Riot on Temple Mount A top Palestinian Authority official was among those arrested Sunday for attacking police officers during riots at the Temple Mount. Hatam Abdel Khader, a senior Fatah official who serves as PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's adviser on Jerusalem affairs, was charged on suspicion of di …
'Obama can thank himself for lack of peace progress'Far from promoting peace, as the Nobel Committee would like us all to believe, US President Barack Obama has actually made it increasingly more difficult to achieve a compromise peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, explained Mark Zell, co-chairman of the Israel chapter …
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 12-20, 2009)This week a small number rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas continues its policy of restraint and the Palestinian media again reported that its security forces took action against the rocket launching squads.
Poll Shows Some PA Arabs Trust Arafat Even Though He is DeadYasser Arafat, who led hundreds of terrorist attacks against Jews, is the most trusted personality among Palestinian Authority Arabs even though he died nearly five years ago, according to a new poll conducted by the Jerusalem Media & Communications Center. Answers to the open-e …
Abbas admits no one really read Goldstone, anywayThe president added that the PA is not a full member of the council, "and we can't submit, or withdraw, or delay a proposal. Everybody was silenced. Then some began accusing us of erring.
PA Official: We Have No 'Hard Evidence' of Israeli 'War Crimes'In an interview, PA Justice Minister Ali Al-Khashan said that 'we do not have any documentation for the Israeli crimes.
Abbas calls rival Hamas turf 'emirate of darkness' The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is an "emirate of darkness," Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday, as the rift deepened between rival Palestinian factions. Abbas also accuses Hamas fighters of fleeing during Operation Cast Lead in last winter.
Abbas, Fatah on Warpath: Jewish Settlements Are Suicide Bombs Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah leader in Gaza and a senior PA legislator, told Israeli Radio listeners Sunday that a Jewish presence in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria is equivalent to Arab terrorist suicide bombings.
Netanyahu Tackles Extremist Muslim Lies over Temple Mount Muslim "extremists" are spreading lies by alleging that Israel is digging underneath the Temple Mount to cause the collapse of the mosques, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Monday morning.
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