The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up in supplies of illicit drugs and contributing to a growing number of human overdose deaths.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is backing legislation aimed at regulating how online social media platforms interact with children.

A woman who fell to her death during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as a woman whose daughter was receiving her diploma.

Senate Republicans are returning to a strategy they hope could neutralize their Democratic rivals' financial edge: Find rich people to run.

Pittsburgh police say a large steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk.

A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life in prison.

A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted.

A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower.

A decomposed body found in a duffel bag in west Philadelphia have been identified as a 4-year-old boy who authorities say was beaten to death.

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia.

Cannabis could be reclassified for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act became law half a century ago.

Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.

Authorities have announced new charges against four juveniles arrested following an exchange of gunfire earlier this month between rival groups that wounded three people and sent participants in a joyful celebration of the end of Ramadan in west Philadelphia running for cover.

U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd.

A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy.

Pennsylvania state police say three adults and a pregnant teenager died in a fiery crash as police pursued their vehicle in connection with retail thefts.

Two police officers are on paid leave after the death of an Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on a barroom floor.

Relatives say a 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of a credit union in Ohio last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems.

Cleveland will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 13-year-old girl was struck and killed by a stolen car during a police pursuit.