A Philadelphia woman has filed a lawsuit after she says her thumb was cut off while she participated in a competition at a strip club. The Philadelphia Daily News reports 35-year-old Sarah Berry says she was rehearsing for the competition …
A Pittsburgh-area man has filed a federal lawsuit against the networking company LinkedIn, claiming that it must tell him who put his name, personal cell phone and personal email on the site. Rick D. Senft, president of Passavant Memorial Homes, …
Violence prevention efforts at a Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic where a gunman shot six people last year focus too much on patients and not enough on employee safety, a consultant hired by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found. The …
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Wednesday he will ask a federal court to throw out the multimillion-dollar sanctions levied by the NCAA against Penn State University over the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, saying the punishment threatens to cause devastating …
Faulty wiring is being blamed for a fire at a Philadelphia, Pa., warehouse where a string band stores its props for the city’s annual Mardi Gras-like New Year’s Day parade. Fire department Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says Monday’s blaze at the …
The family of a Pennsylvania man who called police about a stolen bicycle then died after being repeatedly hit by a stun gun will receive $900,000 under the terms of a settlement. Mount Joy’s borough council on Monday approved the …
The 53-page document reads more like a screenplay than a lawsuit. If Jerald Batoff’s claim is true, that’s how it may end up. More than seven months after his historic Main Line home, a 24,000-square-foot estate designed by Horace Trumbauer, …
Authorities say a small explosion and fire in a central Pennsylvania eighth-grade science classroom required hospital treatment for seven students and a teacher. Cumberland County spokeswoman Meg Silverstrim said two of the children injured late Wednesday morning were taken by …
As Pennsylvania Police Chief Andrew Lisiecki’s officers scan the congestion that routinely clogs Route 30, they peer into passing cars and count as drivers tap their cell phone screens. One, two, three. If they see more than 10 taps, police …
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators say the federal government has awarded a $15 million grant to Bloomsburg to build a floodwall that will shield two of the central Pennsylvania city’s top employers from dangerous flooding. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. …