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In a highly unusual move, the city of Harrisburg says it will not make a $3.3 million payment.

Two people aboard a twin-engine airplane were killed Saturday when it crashed into a house in western Pennsylvania, sending the homeowner fleeing with his dog, officials said.

Arlen Specter survived two brain surgeries, two bouts of cancer, heart surgery and countless political close calls, but he couldn't survive this ...

Veteran senators face heated races in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

With anger all around, voters in three states will signal on Tuesday the depth of the country's anti-establishment mood, which threatens lawmakers in both parties and raises prospects for an even more polarized Congress after November.

The center of hearings on child labor laws in Pennsylvania, the 'stars' of 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' are cleared to be on mom's new show.

Tragedy struck at a Pennsylvania circus Friday after a startled elephant stomped its trainer to death, police said.

Police say they charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead opossum along a highway....

An American woman who authorities say called herself "Jihad Jane" is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, accused of conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the U.S. Justice Department said.

A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

An eastern Pennsylvania man was attacked and killed by a "temperamental" pet bull a day before his 53rd birthday, the coroner's office said Monday.