What to know about US measles cases on the rise
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Two Pennsylvania residents have died due to measles, health officials said on Tuesday, the first U.S. deaths from the disease reported in 2026 and the first…
2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania, marking state’s first deaths in 35 years
Last year's total of 2,289 was previously the highest number of recorded measles cases in more than 30 years, CDC data shows. However, the 2,777 total now marks the highest…
May Day 2026 in Philadelphia
via Conrad Benner on bsky 1:52 PM · May 2, 2026
Jewish students and faculty at Penn ask that their names not be turned over in federal antisemitism investigation
Penn has refused to comply with an EEOC subpoena seeking a list of Jewish students and faculty at Penn and the EEOC is now suing the university over its refusal…
Lancaster County man stole more than a hundred skulls and bones from a historic cemetery
He stored them in the basement, authorities said — the human bones and headless torsos, the skulls and mummified feet, a skeleton with a pacemaker still attached. More than 100…
Civic Views
Created by artist Emilio Martínez Poppe with curator Jameson Paige and Mural Arts
This Erie County headstone tells a tale of a tragic moment in Girard history
On the eastern edge of Girard Cemetery, you'll find an unusual headstone featuring a century-and-a-half-old consumer tip, of sorts. And talk about tragic irony. The epitaph reads: "In memory of…