Pennsylvania House impeaches Philly prosecutor over policies

Philadelphia’s elected Democratic prosecutor faces a state Senate trial and possible removal from office after the Republican-led state House voted Wednesday to impeach him over progressive policies he has enacted amid rising crime in the city.

The move toward removing District Attorney Larry Krasner began months ago and picked up momentum in the weeks before the midterm elections, with Republicans introducing the impeachment resolution late last month. But the 107-85 nearly party-line vote marks a dramatic escalation of attacks about crimefighting policies against Democratic mayors and prosecutors that had previously...