Shake Shack ‘horrified’ NYPD officers’ drinks may have contained bleach
New York City police have determined there was no criminality by Shake Shack employees after three officers drank milkshakes believed to be contaminated with bleach
View ArticleNorth Korea blows up inter-Korea liaison office, raising tensions
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday.
View ArticleSign here: Businesses are asking customers, workers to waive legal rights...
Many businesses are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won't sue if they catch COVID-19.
View ArticleRed tape, lack of funding limit public’s oversight of Pa. police through body...
Hailed as a tool to better protect people from violent police officers, their use and effectiveness have been limited. Gov. Tom Wolf says it’s time to revisit the issue.
View ArticleAllentown landmark restaurant Ritz Barbecue closes permanently due to...
An Allentown landmark restaurant where generations of families gathered for barbecue, banana splits, milkshakes and more has called it quits due to the coronavirus crisis.
View ArticleWhy Supreme Court ruling isn’t a bigger victory for LGBTQ people
Column: Supreme Court ruling protecting gay, lesbian and transgender people in the workplace is a big win. Why it isn't bigger.
View ArticleCommentary: ‘Defund the police’ may be Trump’s secret weapon
Column: "Defund the police" protesters have made themselves President Trump's best hope of avoiding reelection defeat.
View ArticleNYPD determines sickening of three cops with bleach at Shake Shack was not...
There was “no criminality” in the Monday night incident in Lower Manhattan, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said in a tweet early Tuesday.
View ArticleAllentown man sentenced for sexually assaulting two girls in Salisbury Township
Daniel A. Santiago, 31, will also be a registered sex offender under Megan’s Law for the rest of his life.
View ArticleMike Turzai, former Pa. House speaker and gas industry ally, gets job with...
Mike Turzai has become general counsel for the Pittsburgh-based natural gas division of Essential Utilities Inc.
View ArticleIs it Lyme disease or COVID-19? Pa. Department of Health reminds you to watch...
With tick season under way, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine is reminding Pennsylvanians to recognize the symptoms of Lyme disease, which can be similar to COVID-19 caused by the...
View ArticleCommentary: The pandemic made me repeat fourth grade. It was the weirdest...
Column: I finished fourth grade on Friday. I hadn't meant to attend elementary school. I mean, I already graduated from fourth grade about a billion years ago, when I was a kid in Northridge.
View ArticleOhio restaurant names Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf employee of the month for...
The Facebook post from Breakwall BBQ owner Mike Morgan is a wink and a nod to Pennsylvania’s slow, gradual reopening process.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus updates: 362 new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday,...
Since the pandemic reached Pennsylvania in March, there have been 79,483 people infected statewide and 6,276 who died from the virus.
View ArticleAllentown man fires gun into wall near woman, children, police report
Court records say the 31-year-old fired the gun into a wall near where the mother of his children was standing, holding her youngest. She dove onto her other children, who were standing in the doorway,...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Susan Wild proposes $120 billion in federal aid for smaller, most...
U.S. Rep. Susan Wild calls for $120 billion in federal aid targeted specifically at the country’s smallest and most endangered restaurants.
View ArticleAuditor general suggests changes to how Pennsylvania schools deal with...
Following racism and bullying complaints at a school district, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says Pennsylvania should update its anti-bullying laws.
View ArticleOwner of Allentown’s Maingate night club holds out hope in noise dispute with...
The owner of the Maingate Night Club in Allentown is anxiously waiting for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to reschedule a public hearing on Allentown City Council's petition to create a noise...
View ArticleLafayette Square could decide Trump’s legacy — and election
President Donald Trump has often emerged relatively unscathed from a seemingly endless stream of crises and controversies. Will Lafayette Park define his legacy?
View ArticleInterview: Bob Dylan’s takes on George Floyd, the pandemic, Little Richard...
The legendary singer-songwriter gave his first interview in years, and the only one he’s known to be giving in support of his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” which comes out Friday, June 19.
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