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Prisons may outsource mental health services

11:14pm

Opponents say the work should continue to be done by state employees.

HARRISBURG — Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are opposing a state Department of Corrections proposal to outsource mental health services at 27 state prisons in the commonwealth.

Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story

10:38am

(AP) In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel...

Bail hearing set in Pa. baby's faith-healing death

6:39am

(AP) A bail hearing is scheduled for a Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and are charged with third-degree murder in the April death of their...

Dems nominate new mayors in Pa. primary

11:48pm

Scranton, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg set to see changes in leadership in November.

New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

5:37pm

Old-fashioned call box helped avert Philly tragedy

7:38pm

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

7:37pm

(AP) A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing live babies may be in court for the final time before serving out the last chapter of his life in prison.

Abortion doc set for last court hearing amid deal

8:48am

(AP) Dr. Kermit Gosnell considered himself a pioneering inner-city doctor who helped desperate women get late-term abortions, but a Philadelphia jury called him a murderer...

Both sides condemn convicted Pa. abortion doctor

3:37am

(AP) Today's college graduates are well-positioned to lead America in the 21st century and shouldn't listen to cynics who say the nation is in decline, Vice President Joe...

Biden: Don't listen to cynics' claim US in decline

3:40pm

Pa. abortion clinic deaths jury split on 2 counts

10:39am

4 children, 2 adults die in eastern Pa. house fire

9:38am

4 children, 2 adults die in eastern Pa. house fire

6:36am

Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody

4:38pm

Pa. abortion clinic trial jurors break for weekend

2:37pm

Pa. man pleads guilty to killing 3, gets life

2:37pm

(AP) Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's transportation secretary says Interstate 81 and another road around the state capital will be closed for a few days after a tanker truck...

Diesel truck explosion closes busy Pa. interstate

4:39pm

Pa. abortion clinic jury focuses on murder charge

4:39pm

Pa. abortion clinic worker's testimony is reviewed

5:40pm

A week in, jury weighs Pa. abortion clinic deaths

3:40pm

Pa. man charged with abducting, raping boy, 6

11:37am

Philly abortion murder trial has national impact

3:42pm

Boy Scouts to vacate Philly home under settlement

4:37pm

Pa. jurors turn to murder charges in abortion case

4:25pm

Pa. jurors turn to murder charges in abortion case

4:25pm

(AP) Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands.

App lets amputees program their own bionic hands

4:25pm

Boy Scouts to vacate Philly home under settlement

4:25pm

App lets amputees program their own bionic hands

4:25pm

Correction: Missing Woman Found story

5:39pm

Homeless mom's trial opens in baby's shelter death

5:39pm

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