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Pennsylvania

Higher Mortgage Rates are Making Properties Unaffordable

It's a common belief in real estate that house prices are correlated to interest rates. New home sales account for…

Pennsylvania High School Mass Stabbing

A 16-year-old male student at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, went on a stabbing rampage according to the…

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Redefines Negligence Liability of Drug Firms

A new decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has broadened the scope of holding pharmaceutical companies liable for defectively designed…

Bigfoot Spotted Once Again

Bigfoot has again been spotted. A Pennsylvania hiker saw not one, but two fur-covered, ape-like creatures taking a walk in…

County Clerks Have Become Key Targets in Advancing Gay Marriage

Like melting a block of ice, progress is made by getting hot water down little fissures. And so proponents of…

Pennsylvania Taxpayers Pay to Prevent Gay and Lesbian Couples From Marrying

Pennsylvania taxpayers will pay a private law firm about $400 an hour to defend a 1996 state law that prevents…

Corbett Administration Sues Montgomery County to Stop Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

Pennsylvania state governor Tom Corbett has moved to sue Montgomery county register of wills democrat Bruce Hanes in commonwealth court.…

Two Women Wed in County Defying Pennsylvania Ban

Pennsylvania state law currently bans same-sex marriages. However, yesterday morning two women were wed after receiving their marriage license from…

Attorney General in Pennsylvania Will Support Same-sex Marriage

Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, made a statement on Thursday that she “would not defend the state against a lawsuit…

Late Term Abortionist Guilty of First-Degree Murder

Kermit Gosnell, the doctor charged with four counts of first-degree murder as a late-term abortionist, has been found guilty of…

Attorney Claims She Was Fired for Taking Sick Leave

Melissa C. Angeline says that she was fired from her law firm for taking sick leave from her firm, and…

Shaming Sentence for Joan Orie Melvin: Does it Go Too Far?

On its surface, it was a routine case: a former Pennsylvania judge was convicted of using government staff and resources…