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The Pa. Attorney General withdrew all charges against Khasandra Franklin, arrested last fall after Philly's top homicide prosecutor claimed she tried to run him off the road.

Social media networks and online research skills give some younger people an edge, even as older people overall face higher risk of hospitalization and death.

Attempts by Amazon to delay the vote in Alabama have failed. So have the company's efforts to require in-person voting, which organizers argue would be unsafe during COVID.

The rule change allows two parents or guardians per student to attend indoor and outdoor practices and competitions.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with musician Leyla McCalla, who plays Twoubadou music to connect with her Haitian heritage.

The move is a major step toward dismantling one of former President Donald Trump's most consequential policies to deter asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

Donald Trump’s lawyers have a simple objective as they open their defense at the former president’s impeachment trial: Don’t lose any Republican votes.

Opera Philadelphia commissioned the composer to use the 1887 Frances Harper poem “Save the Boys” as opera for the Black Lives Matter movement.

If you are looking for an excuse to shower shelter animals with unconditional love, here’s what the PSPCA has going on this weekend.

Delaware appears poised to pass legislation protecting Black people with natural hairstyles from discrimination.

Last month, hate speech in a student group chat caused public outcry in this Montgomery County school district. Now, the district is working to manage the damage.

Republican state lawmakers are mulling changes to Pa.'s election law this session. They say that effort is aimed at improving the process for the state’s upcoming contests.

“Philadelphians demand even-handed justice and we are trying our very best to give them exactly that,” District Attorney Larry Krasner wrote in a statement.

Some Delawareans who got their first vaccine shot a few weeks ago have been panicking, because they haven’t been able to schedule their second dose.

Researchers at Temple University found the average number of people shot in Philly each week nearly doubled during the first eight months of the pandemic.