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What Veterans Are Saying About Trump and the Russian Bounties: ‘I Don’t Think He Cares About Troops at All’
Trump’s relationship with the nation’s military community has been frequently strained. But just four months before the November election, reports that he either ignored, or was unaware of, a Russian plot to kill U.S. troops could intensify the tension and create new political risks.
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Nearly 1.5M Pennsylvanians Voted By Mail. The Trump Campaign Is Suing.
Four western Pennsylvania members of Congress joined the lawsuit over how the state collects and counts mail-in ballots under revamped rules.
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Pittsburgh Protesters Are Now Suing the Police
The lawsuit includes videos of officers firing projectiles at protesters, firing a canister at the chest of a female protester from about 10 feet away, and firing tear gas and smoke at people walking away from the protest site.
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He Wanted to See His Grandma After She Got COVID. So He Ran 218 Miles to Her.
“She was no longer able to have family, visitors, friends visit her,” he said. “And she became a little depressed, so I knew that I had to do something to try to uplift her spirits.”
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Colorado Is Reopening Investigation Into Horrifying Police Killing of Elijah McClain. Here’s What We Know.
In the video, Elijah McClain can be seen sobbing as he repeatedly tells officers, “I’m just different.” Samara McClain said her brother was a massage therapist who planned to go to college.
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AG Shapiro: Pennsylvania Failed to Regulate the Fracking Industry and Put Citizens at Risk
“The bottom line is this was a failure,” Shapiro said. “Regulators were supposed to prevent abuse by the big corporations … but they didn’t.”
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PA Lawmakers Passed A Series of Police Reform Bills. Here’s What’s in Them.
The legislation requires police agencies implement strict use-of-force policies, document and report use-of-force incidents, and bans the use of chokeholds.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will Review Bill Cosby’s 2018 Sexual Assault Conviction
The Supreme Court has agreed to review two aspects of the case, including the judge’s decision to let prosecutors call five other accusers to testify about long-ago encounters with the once-powerful actor and comedian. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won…
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Rep. Bryan Cutler Is Pennsylvania’s New House Speaker
“I believe every member of our body is here to accomplish more on behalf of the people who have sent us here,” Cutler said Monday.
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Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate Dropped to 13.1% in May
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate in April was 16.1%, the state’s highest rate in over four decades of record-keeping.
