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Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.

Students and staff will be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination starting on September 7. The order applies to public and private schools.

Meteorologist David Murphy says tropical downpours from Ida will produce flooding on creeks, streams and perhaps rivers on Wednesday and Thursday.

Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would return.

The state’s regular 26-week unemployment compensation benefits will continue, without the extra $300 federal benefit on top.

Blackberry Jams will dissect the jam band experience for Black fans, in the context of Black Liberation.

Now, the Camden residents behind the popular Mask Melanin Market showcasing Black entrepreneurs have big plans to recreate their “very own Tulsa.”

A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.

After 18 months of shutdowns and mostly virtual or hybrid learning, students will be piling into schools across the state this week.

Forecasters say heavy rain will move west to east across Pennsylvania from Tuesday night to Wednesday night.

Evacuees from Afghanistan are still arriving in the U.S. via Philadelphia International Airport. City officials expected hundreds more people to fly in Monday.

One year after the Jewish student center at the University of Delaware was heavily damaged by arson, leaders unveiled plans for a new building for students.

New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.

The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday.

As Philadelphia prepares to fully reopen its public schools for the first time in 18 months, the spotlight is again on facilities woes. ...