Latest Pennsylvania News

FDA warns maker of Sara Lee and Entenmann's not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't

Jun. 25, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

Federal food safety regulators said Tuesday that they have warned a top U.S. bakery to stop using labels that say its products contain potentially dangerous allergens when they don't. U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found that Bimbo Bakeries USA — which includes...

Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes

Jun. 25, 2024 16:50 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives cleared the Democratic majority Pennsylvania House on Tuesday, drawing dozens of Republican votes but facing an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled state Senate. The bill was approved 133-69, with 14 women...

Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting

Jun. 25, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro were among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking Sunday of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 worshippers were murdered in 2018 in the deadliest act of antisemitism in U.S. history. ...

Planned Parenthood says it will spend $40 million on abortion rights ahead of November's election

Jun. 24, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November's elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats, betting that voters angry at Republican-led efforts to further restrict access to abortion can be the difference in key races around the...

Conservancy that oversees SS United States seeks $500K to help relocate historic ship

Jun. 24, 2024 13:08 PM EDT

The conservancy that oversees the SS United States has launched an urgent $500,000 fundraising campaign to help cover relocation expenses for the historic ship amid its uncertain future. The 1,000-foot ocean liner, which still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70...

Pennsylvania woman drowns after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park

Jun. 24, 2024 12:35 PM EDT

WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park, park officials said. The woman fell into the water above St. Mary Falls at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed over the 35-foot...

3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state's Atlantic coast

Jun. 23, 2024 17:25 PM EDT

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama men who went for an evening swim shortly after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died, authorities say. It was the latest in a rash of recent deaths in Florida waters after a Pennsylvania couple drowned off the...

Now an abortion rights advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady

Jun. 22, 2024 08:22 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend as part of a 2024 election push around the anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade. ...

Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump

Jun. 22, 2024 00:18 AM EDT

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the winding Neshaminy Creek that flows between Doylestown and Newtown. Both cities were once rural outposts that have morphed...

Norfolk Southern said ahead of the NTSB hearing that railroads will examine vent and burn decisions

Jun. 21, 2024 18:08 PM EDT

Days before the National Transportation Safety Board is set to explain why first responders were wrong to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside after the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern said Friday it plans to lead an industrywide effort to improve the way those...