Miss America leadership resigns in email shaming scandal

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan reacts as she is crowned Miss America 2013 in Las Vegas. Some former Miss Americas shamed in emails from the pageant's CEO are calling on him and... The worst appears to be over for a massive wildfire that plagued a wide swath of the Southern California coast for 2 A1 2 weeks.

Cosby and casinos among Pennsylvania’s top 2017 stories

Months before a national reckoning on sexual harassment and assault would topple powerful men in entertainment, business and media, entertainer Bill Cosby stood trial in a suburban Philadelphia courtroom, accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. Jurors heard lurid testimony about the TV star once known as "America's Dad" for his role as kindly Dr. Cliff Huxtable on "The Cosby Show."

Judge temporarily blocks new Trump rules on birth control

A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women's access to free birth control. Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the government from enforcing the policy change to former President Barack Obama's health care law.

Cafaro Foundation donates $50k to Akron Children’s

According to a press release, the money is going towards the hospital's Vision for Our Valley's Children Campaign, which supports basic annual needs, facility and campus improvements, people and programs and legacy and endowment. JoAnn Stock, the Senior Director of Development for Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley said the hospital is grateful for the Cafaro Foundation's generosity and support.

U.S. states gird for fight as Trump targets consumer finance watchdog

Pennsylvania's Attorney General is leading the charge among his Democratic peers preparing to shore up protections for borrowers and savers while President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to defang a powerful consumer finance watchdog. FILE PHOTO: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney arrives to speak to the media at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , where he began work earlier in the day after being named acting director by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 27, 2017.

Gunman sought after Pennsylvania officer killed during traffic stop

Investigators have identified a suspect in the death of a western Pennsylvania police officer who was gunned down during a traffic stop. Brian Shaw had been a patrolman with New Kensington's police department for less than a year when he was killed Friday night, according to police Chief James Klein.

20 injured in fire at Pennsylvania senior living community

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GOP picks candidate for special election to succeed Murphy

Republicans in Pennsylvania have chosen a nominee for next year's special election to complete the term of former Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, an anti-abortion lawmaker who resigned after his hometown newspaper reported he had suggested a mistress get an abortion when they thought she might be pregnant. Republicans on Saturday chose state Rep. Rick Saccone, a staunch conservative, as their nominee for the March 13 balloting.

Democratic lawmakers sue over Trump Administration secrecy

The Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Democratic members of the House Oversight committee have filed suit over the Trump Administration's refusal to turn over information about the Trump family's lease of the Trump Hotel in Washington.

Papadopoulos Followed a Winding Path Into Trump’s Orbit

In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges - President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not "angry at anybody" Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed "troll factory" in St. Petersburg - and pushed their messages at least three times "You Can't Go Any Lower": Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment - After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.

Statement to GOP Leadership: Support Robert Mueller’s Investigation

In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges - President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not "angry at anybody" Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed "troll factory" in St. Petersburg - and pushed their messages at least three times "You Can't Go Any Lower": Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment - After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.

Divided GOP unites by attacking Hillary Clinton

In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges - President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not "angry at anybody" Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed "troll factory" in St. Petersburg - and pushed their messages at least three times "You Can't Go Any Lower": Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment - After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.

How Team Hillary played the press for fools on Russia

Hillary Clinton's campaign didn't just pay for the Kremlin-aided smear job on Donald Trump before the election; she continued to use the dirt after the election to frame her humiliating loss as a Russian conspiracy to steal the election. Bitter to the core, she and her campaign aides hatched a scheme, just 24 hours after conceding the race, to spoon-feed the dirty rumors to an eager liberal media and manufacture the narrative Russia secretly colluded with her neophyte foe to sabotage her coronation.

Pols on the Street: Upstate Republicans Point at Scary Philly

BY JOE SHAHEELI Western and midstate Republicans are warming up for the 2018 political season by sharpening their teeth on controversial Philadelphia news. Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe and 15 Republican members of the House State Government Committee sent a letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. CortA s in response to a report by City Commissioner Al Schmidt that some non-citizens were registered to vote, largely through irregularities in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's "motor voter"A process.

What is Joe Biden up to?

Former Vice President Joe Biden is recruiting friends into tough-to-win Southern races, campaigning with Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey and wading into superior court races in Pennsylvania. He has cast President Donald Trump as racist, told an LGBT crowd that "we have a hell of a lot of work to do" and tweeted at Trump that "this has to stop."