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The explosion at the R.M. Palmer chocolate factory in West Reading killed three people and left four missing, but authorities say one person was found alive in the rubble. The explosion destroyed one building and damaged a neighboring building with apartments.

During the May 16 primary election, Democrats and Republicans will vote for candidates to fill an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. The winners will face off in November.

A Spotlight PA investigation in January detailed major problems with the pandemic aid effort. The state now says the company hired to run it botched management of the program from the start.

State Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), the new majority chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, will be a markedly different leader from his Republican predecessor, who promoted the oil and gas industry and tried to reduce regulatory oversight.

The work will impact Fifth, Sixth, and Liberty avenues.

Attorneys for the paper Thursday filed an appeal of the ruling, issued by an administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board in January.

A Pennsylvania judge is dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee that had sought to prevent counties from helping voters ensure their ballots count by fixing minor, technical errors on mail-in ballot envelopes. The judge wrote Thursday that county courts, not a statewide court, have jurisdiction.

Anti-gun violence advocates rallied and packed a legislative hearing in Pennsylvania, where a politically divided government has fought firearms policy to a virtual standstill for decades and rising gun violence has gripped Philadelphia.

By the end of June there will be 600 bikes at 60 stations around town.

How did two young Democrats — who would probably vote the same way on any issue that matters — end up at odds?