Duquesne University law professor Bruce Ledewitz, who tracks state constitutional law decisions, said he does not think the court had the authority to suspend McCaffery…

In July, the Harrisburg Harm Reduction Project opened Harrisburg’s first needle exchange. The group’s outreach workers visit different parts of the city for three days of the week. Like nearly all its sister exchanges across the state, the project is an unofficial program that largely eschews public attention.

“Eleven of the county’s 14 public libraries have given their blessing to the Library System of Lancaster County’s new fundraising pla. Not everyone agrees: public libraries in Elizabethtown, Ephrata and Lancaster, which together account for more than half of the county’s library card holders, nixed the plan.”

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Suspended Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery blames “malicious intent” by Chief Justice Ronald Castille as the driving force behind a decision to oust him without pay for transmitting pornographic emails, a McCaffery spokesman said Tuesday…

“Normally, central Pennsylvania would be pro-Corbett, because he is anti-tax and pro-business and because… well, he is a Republican. Not this year. Many remain enraged over Mr. Corbett’s handling of the Sandusky case. It’s not about Mr. Sandusky himself, a serial abuser of boys who will die in prison, but about the firing of the beloved head coach, Joe Paterno, and the casting of Penn State football into the pit of disgrace.”

Wolf has said he drew a $4.45 million bank loan last December to help him put $10 million of his own money into his campaign. The 3.18 percent term note was to be due Dec. 31, 2016, and, as collateral, pledged nearly 14 million shares of Wolf Organization stock…

In the Laurel Highlands prison, seven rooms are the final stop for some of the state’s sickest and oldest inmates. With breathing tubes and IVs, the mostly gray-haired inmates wait for their bodies to fail…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges owners of certain Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, and General Motors vehicles to act immediately on recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags. The message comes with urgency, especially for owners of vehicles affected by the regional recalls in the following areas: Florida, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Hawaii.

The court released an order late Monday afternoon saying it had decided to suspend McCaffery on “an interim basis,” and with pay. It also said that, within 30 days, the state’s Judicial Conduct Board must determine whether there is probable cause to file formal charges against the justice

The decision represents an important shift by the Turkish government, which has angered Kurdish leaders and frustrated Washington for weeks by refusing to allow fighters or weapons to cross its border in support of the Kurdish fighters defending the town.

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Corbett was first elected in 2010 and came into office with the supposed advantage of both legislative chambers in control of his own Party. Other Republican governors like Ohio and Wisconsin swept into office the same year have been able to advance conservative agendas.

“At least three viewpoints are identifiable in Arab attitudes: a small, dedicated, but not very vocal group accepting genuine coexistence with Israel and prepared to work for it; a much larger group seeking to destroy Israel by permanent confrontation; and those will to negotiate with Israel but justifying negotiations, at least cosmetically, in part as a means to overcome the Jewish state in stages.