President Obama has issued a disaster declaration for the severe storms and flooding that struck northeastern Pennsylvania last spring, clearing the way for federal aid. The president said damage from the April 25-28 storms in the counties of Bradford, Lycoming, …
The father of a severely autistic man who died after being left alone in a hot van last year is suing a suburban Philadelphia care facility. The Philadelphia Daily News reports William Nevins filed a federal lawsuit last week against …
An accident has claimed the life of a worker at a construction site on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey State Police say 51-year-old Carmen DiLuzio of Wilmington, Del., was killed Monday morning when a concrete barrier weighing more than …
Seven of nine people charged with cheating health insurers out of more than $1 million have pleaded guilty in county court. The Pocono Record reported on its website Wednesday that seven, including alleged ringleader Judi Grate, 60, of Effort, pleaded …
As cleanup efforts in northeastern Pennsylvania continued, state and federal officials crunched numbers to get a dollar amount on damages from flash flooding that damaged homes and washed out bridges and roads. Damages could be in the millions. A preliminary …
General Motors Co. has been sued by a Pennsylvania woman seeking to force the U.S. automaker to fix rear-end problems on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impala vehicles for 2007 and 2008 model years. In 2008, GM told dealers to replace …
A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, inside a suburban home over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday, authorities in Philadelphia said. Since leaving prison last …
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s comp laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have long backed the change, which would extend insurance …
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed legislation that is one of his top priorities, a bill that limits the liability for negligence of defendants in some civil court cases. The state House voted 116-83 on the bill on Monday of …
About a dozen school buses are damaged or destroyed after a fire tore through the garage holding a northwestern Pennsylvania district’s vehicles. A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze that broke out Monday afternoon in …
