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The Free Library has selected a new memoir from Philly native and “In the Heights” playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes for this year’s all-city read.

Ortiz was elected his first turn on the ballot, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry in their final year under consideration.

Cases, hospitalizations, and positivity rates have fallen precipitously over the last two weeks, but still are well above last January’s previous peak.

Called “Camino De Oro,” the new building will provide affordable apartments to seniors in the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

The lawmaker has been dogged for months by criticism for his racist, sexist comments about Asians in an email last summer. He cited PTSD in resignation announcement Friday.

The Chester County Health Department has asked schools to stop contact tracing and to focus on checking students for symptoms, testing them, and sending them home.

The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Measurements at age 1 showed faster brain activity in key regions in infants whose families received $300-plus each month. That's compared to infants in families who got $20.

City officials said they do not expect the situation to require anyone to take over the mayor’s duties.

Runners will need to provide proof of vaccination and wear a face mask at the start and finish lines.

COVID-19 vaccine makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide the change is needed.

The FDA said it was revoking emergency authorization for the drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly because they don't work against the omicron variant.

Members of the local Ukrainian diaspora have been doing what they can to support Ukrainian resistance from afar.

City health officials announced earlier this year they had given out more than 260,000 booster doses since August. This is how the numbers break down.

All those new positive cases means a shift in priorities, as CDC guidelines also have shifted.