A jury found 84-year-old David Zandstra​ not guilty in the 1975 cold case murder of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington of Broomall.

A retired minister from Georgia was found not guilty Friday in the killing of an 8-year-old girl whose remains were found in a southeastern Pennsylvania park almost a half-century ago. A jury acquitted David Zandstra,

The Supreme Court will now decide whether the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court made the right decision in November when it ruled Philadelphia had violated voters rights by rejecting undated ballots in its special election. That ruling, which came days before the November election, was blocked from taking effect in the critical election.

Authorities arrested Devon Jones in Pennsylvania on Thursday and accused him in the death of up-and-coming Cleveland rapper Carlos Banks, known as KashBankx.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch at 3:04 p.m. on Friday valid from Sunday 10 a.m. until Monday 1 a.m. for Carbon, Monroe and Northampton counties.

Recruiting new police officers and supporting those already on the job in Pennsylvania remains a constant struggle. That’s why the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency backs local agencies as a way to boost hiring and retention.

The number of seniors who qualified for Pennsylvania’s property tax and rent rebate grew by more than 100,000 following an increase of the program’s income cap last year. Gov. Josh Shapiro speaking at a Pittsburgh senior center on Thursday said the long overdue changes made $318 million in tax and rent relief accessible to a

Today is the end of our special edition Pro newsletter during the transition. If you liked this newsletter and want to continue receiving content like this, subscribe to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook. Monday is not just Inauguration Day but another carefully choreographed quadrennial occurrence: Move-in day at the White House. It’s a highly disciplined operation coordinated by the White House residence’s chief usher, a position currently held by ROBERT B. DOWNING, that involves the residence’s 100 or so full-time staff scurrying around with moving boxes, repainting rooms and rearranging furniture. And it’s all scheduled around the transition of power at 12:01 p.m. Monday, when the incoming president takes the oath of office. ANITA McBRIDE, who was former first lady LAURA BUSH’s chief of staff during the 2009 transition, described it as “organized chaos.” “Everybody knows what job they have,” McBride said. “You can almost picture it, a lot of people coming and going and moving room to room and doing what their designated job is.” “It’s really a very tightly managed ballet,” Reid said. The work begins — 4:30 a.m. During the last Trump move-in, Reid’s day began around 4:30 a.m., as staff began preparing for the new family to arrive and made final arrangements for the departing family. The staff typically gathers to say goodbye to the outgoing first family around 8:30 a.m., while the incoming president and first lady — who have usually stayed overnight at the president’s guest residence, Blair House, attend church. This year, Trump will visit St. John’s, where he attended a service before his inauguration eight years ago (and also where he famously held up a Bible as part of a photo op during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the city.) The joint tea — Mid-morning After church, the incoming first family heads to the White House for tea hosted by the president and the first lady on the State Floor and typically attended by Congressional leadership, a tradition that the Obamas participated in when the Trumps moved in (though there was no such welcome for JOE BIDEN and JILL BIDEN in 2021). Biden, who has invited Trump to the White House on the morning of the inauguration, appears to be restoring the tradition. The movers take over — 10:30 a.m. Traditionally, the two first families depart by motorcade at the North Portico around 10:30 a.m. and head toward the Capitol — which is when the White House staff springs into action. The last of the outgoing president’s belongings are loaded onto trucks, while pieces that were on loan from the White House’s permanent collection are returned to storage. Then, the incoming president’s things are moved into the executive residence, into the Diplomatic Reception Room or another holding room, mostly by the White House residence staff with assistance from a small outside moving team. One of the biggest challenges? The elevator. Reid said the fact that there’s only one elevator that goes directly into the residence can slow down the process, calling the lift the “little engine that could.” The more the outgoing family has packed up ahead of time, the easier it is on the residence staff on Inauguration Day, those familiar with the process said. In 2009, the Bush family had already moved most of their belongings to Texas, leaving just a few boxes to be picked up by a truck or put on a plane to fly with them on Jan. 20. The staff also thoroughly cleans the house — it went through a major disinfection process last time, during the Covid-19 pandemic — and begins switching out the decor, repainting and rearranging rooms and adjusting the temperature according to the new first family’s preferences. (One of the first notable changes when Trump took office in 2017 was the swap of red to gold curtains in the Oval Office. Biden has kept the gold curtains.) “If President Trump has chosen from the current White House collection a different rug, a different drapery, then those will go out and the new ones will come in, so that as much as possible, any wall art or sculptures or flags or draperies or rugs or furniture that President Trump would have selected that is available would be there when he comes in [to the Oval Office] for the first time that evening,” said STEWART McLAURIN, president of the White House Historical Association. MELANIA TRUMP, in a recent interview with “Fox and Friends,” said she is already packed and has selected the furniture that will go into the White House. “I know the rooms where we will be living. I know the process. The first time was challenging. We didn’t have much of the information,” she said. The closing ceremonies — around 5:30 p.m. In all, it’s a five- or six-hour process that culminates sometime between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., when the first family returns to the White House after the swearing-in ceremony and the Congressional luncheon. Trump is also expected to make a pit stop to say hi to supporters at Capital One arena, who will gather there instead of on the National Mall because of forecasted dangerously cold temperatures. The chef will have typically prepared a meal of the new first family’s choosing, and staff will have prepared for any family members who may be staying overnight. Then, they’ll head to the inaugural balls and any other events happening that night. Trump is scheduled to attend three balls Monday evening: the “Commander in Chief Ball,” the “Liberty Inaugural Ball” and the “Starlight Ball.” McKinsey & Company has provided nonpartisan support to help guide federal and state transitions for more than 70 years. Through insights, trainings and playbooks, McKinsey helps leaders navigate their first 100 days with confidence and clarity. Learn more. The reporting in this section is exclusively available to POLITICO Pro subscribers. Pro is a personalized policy intelligence platform from POLITICO. If you are interested in learning more about how POLITICO Pro can support your team through the 2024 transition and beyond, visit politicopro.com. Heads up, we’re all transition all the time over on our live blog: Inside Congress Live: Transition of Power. Bookmark politico.com/transition to keep up with us. Trump said that he would open Capital One arena in downtown Washington Monday for a live viewing of the event, and for the presidential parade. He said he will join the crowd at the arena following the ceremony. Trump expressed optimism for the future of U.S.-China trade relations, as he still continues to threaten steep tariffs. He and Xi “will solve many problems together, starting immediately…President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the world more peaceful and safe,” Trump said in his post. TikTok had argued otherwise in front of the courts this week. The court also declined to stave off the impending deadline for the sale of TikTok. Starting Sunday, if the company is not sold, app stores and cloud providers who continue to host it could face billions of dollars in fines. Trump’s emphasis as he enters the Oval Office on Monday is sending a loud signal that the border is closed to illegal crossings and that anyone living in the U.S. unauthorized, especially those who have committed crimes, is not safe from deportation. He’ll do a slew of executive orders, launching the process of resurrecting policies from his first term, shredding Biden administration immigration policy and taking what Trump officials have labeled the “handcuffs” off of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. THAT’S NOT REALLY HOW THIS WORKS: Biden on Friday declared that the Equal Rights Amendment “is the law of the land,” having met the criteria necessary to be adopted as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. But as Eli and Adam report, Biden’s statement of support for enshrining women’s rights — and reproductive freedom — in the Constitution won’t actually make it so. The president, in fact, stopped short of doing what Sen. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.) had pushed for, instructing the National Archives to publish the E.R.A., which was first passed by a two-thirds majority of Congress in 1972 but only ratified by a 38th state in 2020. Friday is Eli Stokols and Lauren Egan’s last day as co-authors of West Wing Playbook, after years of service. (Even though Eli will still appear on these pages!) Co-author Ben writes in: Eli and Lauren are truly as selfless, welcoming and warm as it gets. Not to inflate their egos too much, but the way both of them were able to churn out this newsletter with precision, despite balancing it with a billion other responsibilities, was something to watch. Their sharp, sarcastic humor made this newsletter a must-read — but so did their razor-sharp reporting skills that yielded one scoop after another and the ability to explain inside-baseball politics into plain English. But those are all stories that made West Wing Playbook into what it was. Politics is draining — and humbling. And for 10 minutes at the end of your day, you could tune in to Eli and Lauren’s astute and usually hilarious takes on the largely unseen people carrying out the people’s work inside the White House. Cheers to them!

On Friday at 3:04 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch valid from Sunday 10 a.m. until Monday 1 a.m. for Carbon, Monroe and Northampton counties.

On Friday at 2:43 p.m. a winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Sunday between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. for Franklin, Perry, Dauphin, Lebanon, Cumberland, Adams, York and Lancaster counties.

An extreme cold watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 10:48 a.m. valid from Monday 4 a.m. until Thursday 10 a.m. for Westmoreland Ridges, Fayette Ridges and Higher Elevations of Indiana as well as Mercer,