Pennsylvania

U.S. 12/02/21, 16:51

A University of Pennsylvania swimmer who swam for the men's team for three years now, after becoming transgender, is dominating women's competitions and is leading his team to win every competition, sparking controversy again. Athlete Will Thomas, who now identifies as transgender and goes by the name Lia Thomas, competed as ...

U.S. 11/18/21, 16:54

Authorities are investigating why a Pennsylvania laboratory stored deadly disease samples. The FBI and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want to know why Merck's kept five vials marked as "smallpox" at its vaccine research facility in Montgomery County. A lab worker reported the surprise discovery after cleaning out a ...

U.S. 11/17/21, 01:21

After a single-engine plane crashed in Pennsylvania, a father and his teenage daughter became lost for hours. They are fortunate to be alive, thanks to their iPads, and a series of miraculous circumstances. "From what I hear and see, you don't really hear of survivors, especially in the area that they ...

U.S. 11/10/21, 17:15

On Monday, Nov. 8, a school bus carrying 29 students from middle school in eastern Pennsylvania careened through a guardrail and rolled 25 feet into Bushkill Creek in Easton, injuring thirteen students and the driver as well.Easton school official John Remaley confirmed that the students' injuries were minor, and at ...

U.S. 10/20/21, 16:32

A slim Democratic Party majority weakened further after two more caucus lawmakers decided to retire from Congress in the New Year. Reps. David Price (D-N.C.) and Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) declared they will not seek reelection in the 2022 midterms. "I will not seek re-election as representative for North Carolina's fourth congressional district," Price said ...

U.S. 10/18/21, 15:11

At least six people were injured while other shoppers fled for safety after a shooting in a Pennsylvania mall on Sunday afternoon. Before the shooting, several men were engaged in a scuffle inside Park City Centre, according to Lancaster City Police. Three men and a woman were treated for non-life-threatening bullet wounds. ...

U.S. 10/12/21, 04:36

A super comet, considered the largest comet ever discovered, is hurtling towards Earth, and astronomers see it as an opportunity to understand more about the solar system. The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, named after University of Pennsylvania astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein, was detected seven years ago. According to The Sun, it ...

U.S. 10/06/21, 20:29

A Democratic state representative from Pennsylvania, Christopher Rabb, has introduced a bill that would force men to have a vasectomy six weeks after having their third child when they reach the age of 40.  According to Rabb, the proposal is in response to the Texas heartbeat law that prohibits abortions after ...

U.S. 10/05/21, 03:39

New research revealed that a massive comet is barreling toward the inner solar system and will arrive approximately 10 years from now.The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet (also known as C/2014 UN271) is at least 62 miles (100 kilometers) across, making it 1,000 times more massive than a regular comet. According to a ...

U.S. 09/04/21, 18:24

GOP Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has called on his party not to choose former President Donald Trump as their presidential nominee in the next election. Donald Trump is leading the 2024 Republican primary field. However, Toomey did not point out who would serve better to replace him. In an interview with ...

U.S. 09/03/21, 15:36

According to most economists, various factors make it more difficult for businesses to fill jobs at current pay levels. Many unemployed people are afraid of contracting COVID-19 if they work in service businesses like restaurants or hotels. The abrupt termination of pandemic unemployment benefits on a large scale after this ...

U.S. 08/31/21, 03:33

On Saturday morning, Aug. 28, Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished assisting his fiancée in obtaining her pilot's license, and they were on their way home to celebrate when he received a phone call from a distressed woman in Pennsylvania. Her brother's house in Waverly, Tennessee, was flooded, and ...

Inspired Stories 08/29/21, 22:16

Life can be busy at times and it is great to show compassion towards those struggling to make it through the day. A stranger donated his first-class American Airlines ticket to comfort an economy class passenger's sick baby. Kelsey Rae Zwick was making the 2.5 hour journey from Orlando to Philadelphia with ...

U.S. 08/01/21, 15:54

A Pennsylvania senator will summon county officials to verify the outcome of the November election, after they refused to cooperate voluntarily. State Sen. Doug Mastriano confirmed he will ask the Pennsylvania Senate's Intergovernmental Operations Committee to subpoena commissioners from three counties to comply with his 2020 election investigation. "We are eagerly awaiting ...

Opinion 07/28/21, 18:56

An African American academic from Pennsylvania accused the local school district of promoting a "victim narrative" in classrooms. York College rhetoric associate professor Erec Smith believes teaching children that "mathematics is racist" only encourages extreme left-wing discourse. Smith warns the district's so called 'anti-racist maths' fuels a dangerous belief that practically everything ...

New York 07/25/21, 17:54

There will be no official civil rights investigation into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus response at state-run nursing homes. The Department of Justice (DOJ) refused to examine aged care facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan despite several Republican members of Congress asking the DOJ to do so. The department's civil ...