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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has identified at least one local case of measles, unrelated to the recent case in Montgomery County.

Immigration enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen, in New York on Saturday.

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

At a packed town hall, City Councilmember Jeffery Young proposed replacing the library with a mixed-use building. It didn’t go well.

The state Department of Environmental Protection found Energy Transfer broke state law with the leak.

The Democratic candidates agreed on most issues but highlighted their differences on issues like the city’s crime rate and the death penalty.

Delaware legalized adult-use of cannabis in 2023. Sales were expected to start this spring, but delays in fingerprint checks are worrying advocates.

The economic impact of a smaller federal government in the region has meant fewer workers, canceled office leases, buildings for sale and some contracts terminated.

After Tuesday’s layoffs, the Education Department’s staff will sit at roughly half of its previous 4,100, the agency said.

Students at the Transitions School will learn job skills and earn work experience operating the cafe at the library system’s Westampton branch, officials said.

Coatesville, Doylestown, Audubon, New Hope and Solebury water providers are among 22 that fail to meet state requirements to reduce the “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

A federal judge ruled that Emine Emanet can be released from immigration detention on $7,500. She could be reunited with family by Wednesday.

The bill was part of a state-sponsored test of using speed cameras to enforce school zone speed limits. Its future is now uncertain.

“We sent an invitation, they enthusiastically accepted,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“There have been way too many fires at EMR,” one neighbor said. “Nothing’s been done.”