More than 1,600 flights were cancelled and 500 more were delayed on Wednesday after a fierce winter storm swept through the northeastern US. While the snowfall was over on Wednesday, fierce winds and biting temperatures continued and millions of American commuters faced miserable conditions as the storm stretched from Kentucky to New England. Almost 3,500 flights were canceled on Tuesday, and thousands... 

Fired: Dreonna Breton, pictured, was fired after she refused a mandatory flu shot to protect her unborn baby A pregnant nurse in Pennsylvania has been fired after she refused a mandatory flu shot to protect her unborn baby. Dreonna Breton, 29, learned she was pregnant with her second child in October, a month before all staff at her Lancaster employer, Horizon Healthcare Services, were required to... 

A chilling new report prepared for President Putin by the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) on top-secret NSA intelligence documents obtained by the Federal Security Services (FSB) from heroic whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that US Federal officials in the area of the United States designated as FEMA Region III [Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia]... 

A US hospital technician has agreed to a plea deal after he admitted to stealing drugs and syringes, infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C with tainted needles, and “killing a lot of people.” David Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician, worked in 18 hospitals in seven US states before he was hired in New Hampshire in 2011, where he was soon arrested for infecting patients with tainted... 

A tornado has hit New York City and caused some damages, the National Weather Service says. The powerful twister, which originated at sea, disrupted power lines and uprooted several trees in a beachfront area of New York. ­Videos made by eyewitnesses showed a swirling air column moving towards the shore. Lizann Maher, a worker at Kennedy’s Restaurant at the edge of Jamaica Bay told AP that... 

A federal judge has upheld a verdict that strips a Pennsylvania family of their grandfather’s gold coins, worth an estimated $80 million, and has ordered ownership transferred to the US government. Judge Legrome Davis of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a 2011 jury decision that a box of 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle coins discovered by the family of Israel Switt, a deceased... 

Science and religion meet at the intersection of a $5 million grant gifted to UC Riverside in Pennsylvania by the John Templeton Foundation for further research into an afterlife and immortality. John Martin Fischer, philosophy professor from UC Riverside, will host conferences and oversee post-doctoral students running a website that centers around immortality; along with international consensus... 

Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi, who was in Scranton PA to attend a wedding, has been confronted over her support for the NDAA which allows for the indefinite detention and even killing of American citizens. Independent activist Anthony Antonello, who in the past has confronted other elitists and politicians, found out that Pelosi would be in his area and took advantage of the opportunity to confront one... 

Rick Santorum, the one-time Republican Party frontrunner in the 2012 presidential election, has officially suspended his campaign. Santorum addressed a crowd Tuesday afternoon from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he formally announced that he would be retiring his quest to seek the GOP’s nomination this election year. He had announced that he would be seeking the Republican Party’s nod last June. “We... 

Astronomers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have determined the exact color of the Milky Way Galaxy as it is seen from other far away galaxies. Findings indicate that the Milky Way is redder than most spiral galaxies but when combined with its blue arms its overall color is white. “The best description I can give would be that if you looked at new spring snow, which has a fine grain... 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) apparent war on Amish raw dairy farmers increased on December 6 when they filed a “motion for summary judgment,” with Pennsylvania judge Lawrence Stengler asking for a permanent injunction against dairy farmer Dan Allgyer to forbid him from selling fresh milk out of state. FDA regulation 21 CFR §1240.61 criminalizes any selling of milk intended... 

Tim Hemmes operates the mechanical prosthetic arm During an experimental study at the University of Pittsburgh a paralyzed man managed to touch his partner’s hand using a new mind-controlled robotic arm. “It wasn’t my arm but it was my brain, my thoughts. I was moving something,” said Tim Hemmes of Pennsylvania. “I don’t have one single word to give you what I felt at that moment.... 

While many Anabaptist groups struggle to grow, the Amish continue their steady rise in numbers, bolstered by new settlements beyond traditional population centers. From 2009 to 2011, the Amish population increased by about 10 percent, to 261,150, according to a new study. For years, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana have been home to almost two-thirds of the Amish. But the number of Amish in other states... 

The crew: Dunn (far right) was part of the cast for MTV show Jackass. Reality TV daredevil and Jackass star Ryan Dunn was killed in a car accident in the early hours of this morning. The 34-year-old died in a one car collision near his home in West Goshen, Pennsylvania at around 2.30am following a night out with friends. Upon arrival to the scene, police found a 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 ‘off the... 

A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area. The product in question: unpasteurized milk. It’s a battle that’s been going...