A federal judge in Philadelphia has reduced a $5 million punitive damage award to two law school professors who said they were defamed by a legal publishing firm that released a book addendum bearing their names even though they didn’t …
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is asking the Department of Energy to help officials investigate migrating methane gas as the likely cause of two house explosions in northwestern Pennsylvania. A state police fire marshal says he can’t yet pinpoint that as …
A landmark suburban Philadelphia inn, dating back to the 1800s, has been destroyed by fire. According to authorities, the Churchville Inn in Southampton, Bucks County, was gutted by a fire early Sunday. Two brothers who manage the restaurant for their …
Last week’s tornado in western Pennsylvania caused about $4.5 million damage when it destroyed 30 homes and damaged about 60 others, officials stated. The National Weather Service says the F2 tornado packed 120 mph winds as it cut a 300-yard-wide …
A former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge serving a 46-month federal prison sentence for insurance fraud has now lost his home to government forfeiture. Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. has ordered the government to seize ex-judge Michael Joyce’s Erie-area …