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At least five school districts in the Philadelphia suburbs are no longer requiring face masks to be worn by students and staff.

This latest GOP strategy could cut short the state Supreme Court’s Democratic majority.

Alison Beam had served in an acting role since January, when Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf tapped her to replace Dr. Rachel Levine.

The mandate will start on Jan. 3, 2022. Restaurant employees will also have to show that they are vaccinated.

The state is one of only seven that do not require reimbursement for virtual visits, meaning patients must deal with uneven insurance coverage.

The Crossing choir’s Christmas concerts will premiere 12 new compositions written for a pandemic.

Demand is high, and appointments in and around Philadelphia are at a premium right now. But super vaccination clinics probably won’t be back.

Ahn Tran welcomed a family of Afghan evacuees as tenants in one of his apartments, in part because of his experience as a Vietnamese refugee.

At Panther Valley Elementary in the heart of coal country, students struggle to learn in a leaky school building where needs run deep.

The investigation into the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70 years ago ended as it began, with a mystery that might never be solved.

After a week of virtual hearings, the N.J. Assembly will once again meet in person. It comes after a judge denied a GOP request to block the State House COVID-19 policy.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state.

A mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Montgomery County Sunday helped nearly 2,000 5-11 year old kids get protection against the virus.

A Republican state senator from southcentral Pennsylvania says he'll run for governor, adding to the GOP’s double-digits-deep primary field.

Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new generation of performers has died. He was 81 years old.