Pennsylvania became the third state in the U.S. to ban child marriage as Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill Friday prohibiting issuing of a marriage license to any individual under the age of 18."Setting the minimum age to obtain a marriage license will help prevent child exploitation," Governor Wolf said in a Friday press release.…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Eager to reopen, local officials across Pennsylvania are set to defy Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to cautiously ease coronavirus restrictions. The governor has outlined a phased reopening plan, complete with a color-coded readiness chart. Wolf announced Friday that 24 more counties have…
When Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday said he would soon ease some coronavirus restrictions in 13 western Pennsylvania counties ― bringing to 37 the total number that are reopening ― he and his top health officer gave no timetable for the Lehigh Valley. But state Sens. Lisa Boscola and Mario Scavello both think the Valley…
A group of businesses in Pennsylvania on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an executive order limiting which sectors of the economy can operate amid the coronavirus pandemic, which they claim exceeds the authority of the state's governor.The petition was filed on behalf of a realtor, the general manager of a golf course and a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…