The Jeptha Abbott Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution recently held a sold-out fashion show and spring luncheon at the Aronimink Golf Club. Organized by the chapter’s Junior members, aged 18 to 35, and event chair Leila Gresh, the event drew over 100 to watch DAR members model fashions from…
Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in a local newspaper demanding an end to stock trading by members of Congress. “The trust our political leaders and institutions have from Americans is at a…
Dozens of public officials in Lancaster County have said they don’t conduct government business over message-deleting apps like Signal. For now, the public will need to take them at their word. Experts warned during a March 24 state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing that there are no laws requiring officials to disclose their use of…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the political action committee he started of failing to pay a suburban Philadelphia man more than $20,000 for getting people to sign a petition in favor of free speech and gun rights. The lawsuit seeking class-action status claims the man,…
Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murder in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione is in federal custody in New York City, where the shooting happened in early December. “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The sun was shining outside President Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course on Saturday morning when Alan Mentser got a call letting him know that police were shutting down a road nearby. It was almost time to “show the boss a little love.” Mentser, 65, and a group…
Democrat Dan Goughnour handily won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, keeping majority control of the state House in his party’s hands by a single seat. Goughnour beat Republican Chuck Davis in a district in the Mon Valley region southeast of Pittsburgh, winning a seat that became vacant in January with the death of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates…
Women look at a phone while sitting on the pedestal of statue on International Women’s Day in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 8, 2025. Associated Press LONDON — If you’ve got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it — checking Instagram, watching silly TikTok videos, messaging on WhatsApp or doomscrolling on X….
A Pennsylvania man was caught trying to carry a live turtle through airport security by hiding the reptile in his pants, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. The man, who has not been identified, was flagged last week when he went through a body scanner at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the security…