Matthew Stone Sr. killed his family in Erie behind a normal mask
Matthew Stone Sr. killed his family in Erie because neighbors and kin mistook a mask for stability, ignoring the collapse until the gunshots started.
By Daniel Okafor ·
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An Erie grandfather betrayed his family in a calculated massacre
A 45-year-old grandfather killed nine relatives in Erie before shooting himself, executing a calculated plan that destroyed the very family he was supposed to protect.
By Daniel Okafor ·
An ambush killed Shane Seiber because Philadelphia failed him
A gunman ambushed two officers in West Philadelphia, killing Shane Seiber; Mayor Cherelle Parker blames mental health, but the suspect's criminal record proves a failure of enforcement.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Newsom's AI kill switch builds a moat for corporate giants
There is a particular kind of theater practiced in Sacramento, a blend of high-stakes urgency and polished vanity that Governor Gavin Newsom has mastered.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Newsom builds the room while Washington cheers for the cliff
When the center fails, the periphery must lead.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Hochul and Abbott prove data centers need federal cost rules
Donald Trump’s insistence that communities rejecting data centers are "making a mistake" reads less like economic advice and more like the rhetoric of an industrial boomtown foreman.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Shapiro: Developers must be "good neighbors" in Pennsylvania
It is a profound mistake, one that always seems to reappear when capital outpaces conscience, to treat the shared resources of a community—its water table, its electricity grid,…
By Elena Rossi ·