The city of Philadelphia is putting an end to its COVID era remote work policy and requiring all full-time city employees to return to the office five days a week this summer. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced on Monday that employees will begin working in-office again on July 15 to create a “more visible and accessible government.” The decision comes after …
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Drexel University on lockdown as president calls for end to anti-Israel protests
Drexel University in Philadelphia has been placed on lockdown amid a mass of anti-Israel protesters taking over campus. University officials are coordinating with Philadelphia police, and university president John Fry demanded that the encampment “must end” immediately. The protest is one of dozens still raging at campuses across the country, despite being in the final days of the school year. …
Read More »GOP Senate candidate in crucial state rips Schumer's immigration push after border trip: 'Height of cynicism'
Pennsylvania may be 1,600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the GOP candidate aiming to flip the crucial Northeast battleground state’s Democratic-held Senate seat from blue to red this fall is spotlighting the combustible issues of border security and immigration. Republican Dave McCormick claims that a new move by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, …
Read More »Pennsylvania woman gets 4 to 8 years for shooting county prosecutor
A Pennsylvania woman pleaded guilty Monday to shooting a county prosecutor after a confrontation about a property transfer and was sentenced to several years in prison. Porice Diamond Mincy pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for shooting Cameron County District Attorney Paul J. Malizia in the leg at Malizia’s law office last June. The 32-year-old Brookville woman was sentenced to four …
Read More »'Why wait?': Pennsylvania mom casts doubt on school district's third-party probe into middle school assault
A Pennsylvania mom is concerned over what she perceives as the school district’s failure to adequately address violent incidents, spotlighting the issue in light of a third-party investigation that was launched after a 12-year-old student was reportedly attacked with a metal Stanley cup at a local middle school last month. “Why is a third-party investigation needed for the superintendent to …
Read More »19 UPenn anti-Israel protesters arrested after attempt to occupy building: police
Nineteen anti-Israel agitators were arrested at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night, after hundreds of protesters descended onto a campus building and attempted to occupy it. Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that there were 19 arrests following the protest at the university’s Fisher Bennett Hall. According to the university, six students were among those arrested, while 12 people …
Read More »Whistleblower alleges mistakes in initial East Palestine disaster response
The Environmental Protection Agency disputed whistleblower claims of mistakes and “no confidence” in early data collected from the site where a Norfolk-Southern train hauling caustic materials derailed along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border last year. A person who said he helped craft the technology and interpret data from advanced radiological sensors on a high-tech EPA plane used to survey the damage and …
Read More »Delaware woman fatally shot after crime spree entails interstate police chase, 2 shootouts
A police pursuit through two states that involved two separate shootouts with law enforcement officers and several crashes ended with the death of the woman being sought, authorities said. Wilmington police began their pursuit of the 23-year-old woman shortly before noon Tuesday at a Delaware residence, seeking to arrest her on a warrant stemming from a December 2023 shooting. She …
Read More »3 US governors ask Turks and Caicos to release Americans detained over ammo
FIRST ON FOX: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday sent a letter to Turks and Caicos Islands Gov. Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam, asking her to release three Americans who were recently arrested under the country’s firearm laws. Turks and Caicos recently set the minimum prison sentence for tourists caught with stray ammunition in …
Read More »Pennsylvania police revoke carnival permit after 'unruly crowd of juveniles' seen beating someone on camera
Police in a Pennsylvania town said they shut down a carnival this week after an “unruly crowd of juveniles” ran amok throughout the mall where it was taking place, threatening the safety of families trying to enjoy the event and assaulting at least one person on video. Surveillance video given to police by an unnamed business in the complex shows …
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