Allentown police, school officials focus on prevention after rash of bomb threats. Some students say they’ve had enough.

Allentown schools have faced a total of seven bomb threats this fall, leaving school officials and police focused on ...

Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump’s visa crackdown

The Trump administration has sought to reduce America’s reliance on foreign students. The White House is pushing colleges to ...
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Funding cuts, lawsuits, and fear derailed Pennsylvania’s plan to close state hospitals and invest in community mental health care

By Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives ...

Prosecutors ask appeals court to let ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid out of prison

Prosecutors argue that the trial jury struggled with the charges against Brett Hankison, making a prison sentence ...

‘We are heartbroken’: Man arrested in theft of animal shelter donation box

A man is facing charges for the alleged theft of a donation container meant for an animal shelter in the Poconos.

Indiana homeowner charged in fatal shooting of house cleaner who showed up at the wrong door

Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, 32, dead on the front porch of a home in Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb, on Nov. 5. Authorities said the immigrant from Guatemala was part of ...

Wood stove likely cause of Tilden garage fire, investigators say

TILDEN TWP., Pa. – Investigators have deemed a fire in Tilden Township to be an accident. They say it was likely sparked by a ...