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A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower.

Federal safety investigators have determined that natural gas was leaking from a defective fitting at a West Reading, Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion killed seven people.

A Lackawanna County judge on Monday acquitted former Attorney General Kathleen Kane of drunken driving and careless driving after a one-day bench trial in Scranton. The 56-year—old former attorney general was charged by Scranton police after she got into a minor car crash on March 12.

One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed by the state DEP to extract natural gas from underneath Dimock, after being banned for a dozen years because of accusations it polluted the water supply.

A new water line in Dimock, PA will deliver something that residents of the rural Pennsylvania community have gone without for the last 14 years — a clean, reliable supply of drinking water.

Pennsylvania is imposing broad new statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants and larger indoor gatherings, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday,...