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State lawmakers have given final approval to a measure expanding the depth of Black history incorporated in lesson plans at Delaware public schools.

Since early 2020, New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski has bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response.

In a statement, Methacton School Superintendent Dr. David Zerbe issued an apology saying the volunteer coach's behavior was unprofessional.

The panels are housed under a Citizen Advisory Commission Gov. Tom Wolf set up in the wake of racial justice protests, after George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin.

The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of Officer Daniel Faulkner will now go before Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.

The Philly District Attorney’s office has begun diverting young people into an after-school arts program for a chance to expunge their records.

West End Neighborhood House has 23 homes for ex-foster children and is building room for 10 more young adults. The agency is also creating a drop-in center.

Although political extremes affect attitudes toward the pandemic, they don’t cleanly predict the willingness to get shots. Consider these two red counties.

Denver, Philadelphia, and Golden State had two finalists apiece, while Phoenix, Detroit, Charlotte, Minnesota and Sacramento had one each.

Philadelphia police are searching for a man accused of following multiple women home and in some cases sexually assaulting them before getting away.

Doctors’ Row in Graduate Hospital could become the city’s first historic district based on the legacy of Black Philadelphians.

Pennsylvania could have almost 70% of adults fully vaccinated in about three to four weeks.

Councilmembers Maria Quiñones-Sánchez and Jamie Gauthier have introduced a bill to change Philadelphia’s mixed-income housing bonus.

An Ocean County school superintendent wants the governor to lift his order on mask-wearing on school property, while the state’s largest teachers’ union is opposed.

Pennsylvania is firing a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical information of tens of thousands of residents, state officials said.