Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON — Former Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Ozzie Myers has been charged with bribing election officials to add votes during primary elections to candidates he favored or who paid him as a campaign consultant, the Justice Department revealed Thursday.Myers, 77, served two terms in Congress from 1977 to 1990. He is accused of bribing Domenick Demuro,…

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf lashed out Wednesday after reports that his administration’s health secretary was allegedly mocked at a weekend fair.The fair in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, included a dunk tank attraction whose target was someone impersonating Dr. Rachel Levine, who leads the state’s coronavirus response, among other health initiatives.Levine, 63, is among a small group…

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Former Vice President Joe Biden is intent on flipping Pennsylvania, his birthplace, forging ahead with in-person events in the battleground state amid the coronavirus pandemic.A Monmouth University poll released this week shows Biden topping President Trump among registered voters 53-40 percent in the state. But, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee still lags slightly behind…

A Pennsylvania police officer was seen putting his knee on a man's neck while trying to restrain him Saturday evening, drawing comparisons to the infamous viral video showing George Floyd before his death that sparked a nationwide reckoning against racial injustice and police brutality.Ben Crump, the attorney representing Floyd's family, re-shared a video of the incident from Allentown, Pa., on social media,…

Jordan Culver, USA TODAY Published 11:37 p.m. ET July 12, 2020 CLOSE The planned mural in Manhattan provoked the ire of President Trump, who slammed the mural on Twitter as a "symbol of hate." USA TODAYPolice in Pennsylvania are investigating after an officer appeared to put a knee on the neck of a person during…