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

Measles infection (illustrative)

New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

2026 FIFA World Cup Previews Wednesday, 3rd December 2025

CAMERA reporting on antisemitism in Philadelphia schools cited in public hearing


Jewish orgs bashing UPenn’s ‘Palestine Writes’ fest split on response

Jewish organizational responses have ranged from a call on the university to condemn the conference to a demand that the university shut the conference down or face legal consequences.

Roger Waters, draped with a Palestinian keffiyeh

Israeli-American sisters vanish in suspected kidnapping by mother

After arriving in Israel in order to bring the girls back to the US, the father discovered that his daughters had vanished without a trace.

 Sarah and Liva, the missing US-Israeli girls

Cold case solved: Retired US pastor charged with 1975 murder, kidnapping of young girl

The accused was a pastor at Trinity Christian Reformed Church where the Bible camp was held, and he was the one who reported her disappearance to the police.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Pennsylvania bus driver accused of duct-taping 10-year-old to seat

Juliet Pratt, 54, is charged with unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and assault. 

 Illustrative image of an American school bus.

Tree of Life shooter facing death penalty in Pittsburgh federal trial

The man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is facing dozens of federal charges.

 A "Pittsburgh Strong" ornament is hung a block away from the the shooting scene at the Tree of Life synagogue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018.

US arrests man with explosive device in luggage at Pennsylvania airport

Transportation Security Administration officials located a suspicious item inside the suitcase that appeared to be a live explosive device.

Main terminal at the Lehigh Valley International Airport

Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98

Birn was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in Pennsylvania.

 Memorial Candles

Shooting at Pennsylvania medical clinic leaves two wounded, suspect dead

The gunman, who the police said they had 'contact' with in the past, killed himself.

 View shows the scene of a shooting at a medical facility in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2022.

US midterm elections: Governor races to watch

Here are results from the most consequential gubernatorial races, as forecast by data provider Edison Research:

 A supporter speaks on phone as she attends Republican Governor Greg Abbott's 2022 US midterm elections night party in McAllen, Texas, US, November 8, 2022.

Summer Lee, progressive opposed by AIPAC funding, appears to win Penn. House seat

AIPAC has said progressive Democrat Summer Lee held “dangerous views of the US-Israel alliance.”

 Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, appears in an undated handout photo provided October 11, 2022.