If your New Year’s resolutions included finding small ways to do good more frequently, the American Red Cross has some ideas for you. You — yes, you — are needed, right now. A glance at the organization’s website reveals an alert that there is a "severe blood and platelet shortage" ...
There is something clarifying about opening a fresh calendar. The pages are clean, the boxes empty, the year ahead undefined. It invites planning even as experience reminds us that no year ever unfolds exactly as written. This will be another year when Pennsylvania finds itself under a ...
The fa-la-laing is done, but for some, it’s given way to fever, cough and body aches. After a month of holiday parties, gatherings with family and friends, and venturing out to shop in stories, it’s inevitable that many people will find themselves sick with the flu. As of Jan. 5, flu ...
About 12 million vehicles were recalled from 2015-24 for safety defects that could result in air bags not deploying. The recalls were well-publicized. In fact, many vehicle owners, upon learning about a recall, were unhappy about the fact that a trip to the service department outside of ...
Those who follow news reports of criminal cases have likely seen photographs and/or video captured during out-of-state court proceedings and wondered why they don’t see similar scenes from inside Pennsylvania’s courtrooms. The short answer is: Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule ...
It’s now so deeply enmeshed in our culture that almost everyone knows how the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life” unfolds, and how frustrated, dispirited and despondent George Bailey finds reasons to live and embrace the small town he had once longed to escape. The Christmas Eve where George ...
