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The county’s Jail Oversight Board is seeking proposals for medical, food, maintenance, and commissary services for the now privately run prison.

Many people choose cars over transit for valid reasons. When we blame an abstract concept, we ignore the implicit call for change in their voices.

April 15-21: The week’s events include drive-in movie screenings, dining at suburban restaurants, and an interactive virtual theater performance.

The shooting occurred Wednesday night on the 5300 block of Baltimore Avenue.

Even Democratic governors and lawmakers who supported tough stay-at-home orders and business closures to stem previous COVID-19 outbreaks say they're done with that approach.

If approved, the total spending on anti-violence efforts next year would amount to less than 5% of the $727 million Kenney wants to spend on the police department.

The reports are exceedingly rare — six cases out of more than 7 million U.S. inoculations with the one-dose vaccine.

A report on rock samples submitted for asbestos testing and property values near another H&K Group quarry drew objections.

Philadelphia’s second largest mass clinic, in the middle of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP code, had to reschedule hundreds of Tuesday appointments.

Gov. Phil Murphy said the statewide pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would not impact the state’s goal of reaching herd immunity by the end of June.

The children landed Tuesday night at Erie International Airport and were screened by a physician, dentist and nurse, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.

Artists, once hesitant to bring strangers into their studios, now agree to do POST via digital tools.

The ambitious spending proposal looks to improve core city services such as street sweeping while accelerating cuts to wage and business taxes.

FEMA has agreed to keep its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City open through May 26.

An early morning investigation into possible arson led to the discovery of five crated dogs, who were rescued from a suspected dogfighting ring.