Toomey Wants To Let US Veterans Sue Over Long Waits For Treatment
US senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is weighing in on the scandal over long wait times in the Veterans Administration medical system.
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US senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is weighing in on the scandal over long wait times in the Veterans Administration medical system.
A newly discovered meteor shower may be visible in the wee hours of Saturday morning if the weather cooperates.
In the first case of its kind, a US grand jury is charging five Chinese computer hackers with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.
Rain wasn't slowing down the competition among 188 high school teams at the annual Stotesbury Regatta, on the Schuylkill River.
Here in Philadelphia, 19-year-old Justice Wallace led a chant outside a McDonald's restaurant at Broad and Arch Streets, a block north of City Hall.
Signs warning travelers about MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have been posted at Philadelphia International Airport and other airports around the country.
The Mount Saint Joseph Academy community wore red on Friday in support of the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
Scores of fast-food and other low-wage workers rallied in center city Philadelphia to demand that Pennsylvania lawmakers raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. A strike is scheduled for May 15th.
Hospitals use clear plastic bags of saline solution, administered intravenously, to keep patients hydrated.
Want a career in the military or in certain police departments? That visible tattoo could be a problem.
But some security analysts wonder if the push toward chip-and-PIN technology is already too little, too late.
"We call it a precinct plan because it goes beyond the immediate station itself," an Amtrak official said.
The US Department of Education says inclusion on the list "in no way indicates" an institution has violated Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination, but it's releasing the list of places it is investigating to "foster better public awareness."
"Reports that we're gutting the open Internet are incorrect," said FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to the annual gathering of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
The head of a local organization focused on improving campus security is pleased that the issue is getting a spotlight from the vice president of the United States.
