Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro, challenger Garrity remain aligned on Israel in midterm debate

Although the candidates shared similar perspectives on Israel during Wednesday’s debate, they clashed on numerous other topics, including the death penalty, voter identification, taxes, and tariffs.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers the keynote speech during the AI Horizons Summit at Bakery Square on September 17, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Wendy Raymond, the president of Haverford College, testifies during the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses” in Congress, May 7, 2025.

Haverford professor accused of threatening, stalking Jewish person online

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New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

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CAMERA reporting on antisemitism in Philadelphia schools cited in public hearing


UPenn student: ‘I know I’m unsafe,’ anti-Israel activists plan escalation

Yakoby told The Post that he and other concerned students had warned the administration about escalation of the protests, but had by Friday had received no response.

 STUDENTS HOLD a protest encampment in support of Palestinians on the Columbia University campus, in New York City, this week.

Alleged ISIS-affiliated Uzbek man lived in US for 2 years before government discovery

It was a year after the Uzbek government released official international notice on Jovokhir Attoev that the United States realized that he was wanted in Uzbekistan for alleged ISIS affiliation.

 An ISIS flag seen at Israel's kibbutz Sufa following a massacre by infiltarting Hamas terrorists, pictured on October 11, 2023

Pennsylvania Jews rally against antisemitism after graffiti at synagogue

A red swastika was spray painted on a sign sitting outside the synagogue and "free Gaza" was written on the building of a Jewish-owned eatery.

 A man walks past graffiti reading 'Free Palestine', amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, November 15, 2023.

What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

Swastika vandalism shocks PA synagogue community, sparking reflection on antisemitism and support for Israel.

 A grave is desecrated with a swastika at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol - report

All protesters were ordered by officers to disperse before being taken into custody, and many protestors wore shirts saying "divest from genocide."

 A general view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, January 17, 2021.

UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

 UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 2024

John Fetterman: Hamas must go, I would be 'last man standing' for Israel

As an advocate of healthcare as a right and criminal justice reform, Fetterman says "I would be the last man standing to be absolutely there on the Israeli side on this with no conditions.

 U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.

JFNA's Julie Platt to serve as Penn interim chair amid antisemitism probe

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and previous chair Scott Bok resigned after facing criticism over their handling of antisemitism issues.

 JULIE PLATT, chair of the Jewish Federations of North America.

WATCH: Senator John Fetterman waves Israeli flag in front of pro-Palestinian protesters

Some of the demonstrators protesting against Israel were arrested at the scene.

 US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the Senate subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, November 9, 2023.

Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

 The body of "Stoneman Willie", a jailed thief that died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2023