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Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...

(TNS) — More than a dozen Western Pennsylvanians appear to be among those pardoned for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots under a sweeping ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Frida...

TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...

After years of delays, the federal tax evasion case against Smethport's Brian Gustafson is moving forward. Through his attorney, D. Robert Marion, Gus...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — If you stacked up all of Donald Trump’s legal bills since his election in 2016, they’d reach Mars beforeElon Muskdoes. He’s paying...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won't be tried until September 2025, a f...

The last of the three defendants charged in the 2020 murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County has been sentenced to at least 22 years in state prison. ...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer had a lengthy response to The Era asking about wages and bonuses approved by the McKean C...

We are blessed to live in a country with strong First Amendment freedoms. Thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted this summer, the people of Pennsylv...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — After pardoning his son Hunter, President Joe Biden, in the biggest one-day grant of clemency ever, granted pardons last week to an...

Two Bradford men were jailed Tuesday following arraignment for smashing a restaurant window and stealing a 15-pack of beer from inside. Jesse J. Lee, ...

After years in decline, the number of retail theft offenses in Pennsylvania has skyrocketed, increasing 53% statewide. The Pennsylvania Courts compile...

By commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released to home confinement during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden dr...

SMETHPORT — Today, Dec. 14, 2024, marks 131 years since the hanging of Ralph Crossmire. Several years ago, the McKean County Historical Society locate...

The City of Philadelphia recently hired three former elected officials convicted years ago in high-profile corruption cases. They will collectively ea...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Whatever else can be said about the trial ofDaniel Penny, it must be said that it was the worst advertisement for public transit s...

KANE — Area law enforcement responded Wednesday afternoon to a report of a deceased man discovered outside, in Kane. The man was noticed by another ma...

HARRISBURG — PA Sen. Ryan Aument (R-36) announced he has accepted the role of state director for U.S. Sen.-elect Dave McCormick. Accordingly, he inten...