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The Department of Labor and Industry announced it had contracted with identity verification service ID.me to screen new applicants.

Hite said the district is “continuing to accept forms from families.” Previously, the deadline to submit the paperwork was Thursday.

At least 300 people have been murdered in Philadelphia so far this year, including nearly 30 children under the age of 18.

The City of Philadelphia recorded its 300th homicide of the year early Friday morning.

The winning concepts focused on permanent pedestrian improvements for the infamously auto-centric parkway. A panel will eventually select a single plan.

The market, a place for local artists and vendors to display and sell their work, opened on July 5 and will be open on Mondays from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

UPenn researchers looked at 15,550 patients admitted to Pa. trauma centers from March 21 to July 31, 2020; 8,170 had been tested for the virus.

Superintendent William Hite announced Thursday that all classrooms will have air and surface purifiers when school starts in the fall.

The office tasked with keeping an eye on city finances isn’t sure the Kenney administration is doing a good job.

Philadelphia has hired more sanitation workers to remove a backlog in the city.

Only one more round of giveaways remains, with the final drawing set for Monday.

Thirteen men and women from 10 different countries received their citizenship papers at the Betsy Ross House.

Alden Street residents worked through their trauma together after the fatal shooting. One resident called her block “a village looking after the children.”

At an online town hall, leaders discussed delta, which has become the most dominant strain of the coronavirus.

Bucks County Commissioners approved an emergency declaration to help residents impacted by the “100-year” storm that hit parts of the Philadelphia suburb earlier this week.