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The lawsuit says that McDonald's' discriminatory practices have led to a $700,000 sales gap between Black-owned franchises and those owned by white people.

Officials are optimistic that with vaccinations ramping up slowly but steadily, the number of infected people needing inpatient treatment will keep dropping.

Amid falling infection numbers, Philadelphia passed a bleak milestone with more than 3,000 people dead from the new coronavirus.

The report said that economic growth in those areas in Pennsylvania, as measured by personal income, jobs created, and population, sharply lagged state and national rates.

The pandemic means thousands of people – including many immunocompromised kids with cancer – can’t gather together in the Bryce Jordan Center.

The new position would be independent of governor, provide oversight for state-run prisons, veterans homes, psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and other facilities.

After a bruising pandemic year, the city faces a steep budget shortfall. Service cuts, tax hikes, and privatization or sale of city assets are on the table.

The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31.

Studies are raising concern that first-generation COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as well against a mutant that first emerged in South Africa as they do against other versions.

The Washington federal court lawsuit is part of an expected wave of litigation over the riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress.

Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.

The field of home health care has suffered added pressures during the pandemic. Experts caution that the vaccine rollout will not solve underlying issues around wages.

Bus drivers and others on SEPTA’s frontlines describe harassment and attacks as part of the job. The pandemic has worsened the situation, some say.

A leader of Delaware’s chapter in the national movement says having Joe Biden in the White House can help make his state a model for America.

For some survivors, the news plunged them into old feelings and fears. For others, it could cost a shot at having their day in court altogether.