After police said adolescents ringing doorbells early Friday morning in a small borough provoked an Adams County man to shoot a 14-year-old boy, nearby residents are concerned about what prompted such a reaction.

According to State Police, Eric Lee Steinour, 28, of Biglerville, shot the boy around 2:30 a.m. Friday after the teen rang the doorbell ( Read more... )

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NO ONE GOT PUNCHED in the face - this time - but YouTube has given the Philadelphia Police Department another black eye, proving once again that smartphones are a bully cop's worst nightmare.

Let's just hope that Officer Philip Nace doesn't land in the city's tourism department when the dust settles.

"Don't come to f---ing Philadelphia. Stay in ( Read more... )

Governor Corbett: Gay marriage is like marriage of brother and sister
MARK SCOLFORO , Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. - October 4, 2013 (WPVI) -- Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a Friday morning TV news show, a remark that was ( Read more... )

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - An Aliquippa woman watched in sheer panic as she saw a man dressed in a dark trench coat, wearing a bandana, big hat and carrying what appeared to be a shotgun.

She called 911 immediately and then followed the man.As he approached two teenagers on Main Street, she tells Channel 4 Action News he yelled at them and appeared to ( Read more... )

Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a town supervisors' meeting in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said Monday night.Earlier, Pennsylvania State Police said four people were killed, but later revised that number ( Read more... )

HARRISBURG, Pa. -Penn State's ex-president and two former top school administrators were ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges accusing them of a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Prosecutors showed enough evidence during a two-day preliminary hearing to warrant a trial for ex-President Graham Spanier, former vice ( Read more... )

PITTSBURGH -The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is banning smoking and smokeless-tobacco use by its employees, students, doctors and volunteers during the work day, starting next July ( Read more... )

TW homophobia, maybe? Nothing blatant, but just in case. I'm sure it's in the comments. I'm afraid to look.

An openly gay lawmaker was silenced by colleagues on the Pennsylvania House floor Thursday when he attempted to speak about the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act.State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) took ( Read more... )

'Fundamental culture change' on abortion: Conservatives make gains on restrictionsWhen Virginia approved restrictions that could force abortion clinics to close, it joined a rapidly growing list of states that are energizing social conservatives by making it more difficult for women to terminate pregnancies ( Read more... )

Being White in Philly
Whites, race, class, and the things that never get said.My younger son goes to Temple, where he’s a sophomore. This year he’s living in an apartment with two friends at 19th and Diamond, just a few blocks from campus. It’s a dangerous neighborhood. Whenever I go see Nick, I get antsy and wonder what I was thinking, allowing ( Read more... )