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Benjamin L. Bynum Sr. was a longtime Philadelphia entrepreneur and patriarch of a family associated with popular restaurants and jazz and blues venues in the city.

The $73 billion PSERS fund won a ruling keeping secret much of its dealings with three consultants who were brought in to probe a key figure for investment profits.

A landmark synagogue building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood remains dormant three years after it was the scene of a rampage that left 11 people dead.

The shots could begin early next month — with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas — if regulators give the go-ahead.

Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer on the movie “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday on the rustic film set in the desert on the southern outskirts of Santa Fe.

Theater companies and audiences face a bumpy return to in-person shows.

More than 70% of Philadelphians are vaccinated, and the health department aims to reach the remaining third.

As New Jersey gets ready for its first-ever early voting period, some Black churches in the state are getting ready to bring “souls to the polls.”

Wolf signed an executive order requiring companies receiving incentives to pay at least $13.50 an hour, rising to $15 an hour in 2024.

Tens of thousands of people affected by the pandemic are still waiting for help from the city’s emergency fund. The additional money will help just a fraction.

The state is at its lowest number of bus drivers in five years — with about 42,000.

“There is a narrative out there that people sat on the EL train and watched this transpire and took videos of it for their own gratification,” he said.

Piedmont, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is a regional carrier with hubs in Philadelphia and Charlotte that flies to more than 55 cities around the United States.

More than 65% of people released from Delaware prisons in 2016 were re-convicted within three years. A new blueprint from the state aims to change that.

Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a COVID-19 booster and choose a different vaccine for that next shot.