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Man accused of beheading his father in Bucks County home and posting gruesome video online
Justin Mohn reportedly murdered his father in the home they shared, then posted a video where he said his father “is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to his country” and called for “a second American Revolution.”
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Gov. Shapiro plans to overhaul Pennsylvania’s higher ed system in new budget
Aspects of the plan will include lowering tuition at state-owned universities, streamlining degree programs and funding institutions based, at least in part, on performance metrics. It also would mean more grant money, including for students who attend private universities in Pennsylvania.
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Gun control measures advance out of Democratic-controlled Pennsylvania House committee
Democrats in majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced several gun control measures Wednesday.
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William Penn statue will remain at Philadelphia historical site, National Park Service says
The National Park Service has decided against removing a statue of William Penn at a Philadelphia historical site after receiving backlash.
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At Valley Forge, President Biden blasts Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol riot: ‘We nearly lost America’
Speaking near where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, Biden said the 2024 presidential race — a likely rematch with Trump, who is the far and away GOP frontrunner — is “all about” whether American democracy will survive.
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Cherelle Parker publicly sworn in as Philadelphia’s first female mayor
The 51-year-old Democrat swore her oath of office on Tuesday as the city’s 100th mayor, echoing her campaign promise to make Philadelphia the “safest, cleanest, greenest big city in the nation that will provide access to economic opportunity for all.”
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Congressman told to hand over hundreds of texts and emails to FBI in 2020 election probe
A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss and illegally block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Philadelphia news helicopter crashes in New Jersey forest, killing pilot and photographer
UPDATE, Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m.: The station identified the pilot as 67-year-old Monroe Smith of Glenside, and the photographer as 45-year-old Christopher Dougherty of Oreland.
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University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigns as antisemitism testimony draws backlash
The chairman of Penn’s board of trustees, Scott Bok, also resigned in the wake of Tuesday’s testimony before a US House committee on antisemitism on college campuses.
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Families bonded by loss after Pittsburgh synagogue attack have unveiled a memorial design
The proposed outdoor memorial would be located adjacent to the Tree of Life synagogue where 11 individuals from three congregations were killed on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018.
