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The four men allegedly played a role in seven shootings in West and Southwest Philadelphia in 2018 and 2019, including three children.

Philly restaurant owners are celebrating the end of splitting up families and friends as the city relaxes outdoor dining rules.

The Philadelphia Health Department is canceling “hundreds” of appointments for people who aren’t in Phase 1A or 1B — and is working on a fix for the form.

Chief Justice Thomas Saylor said the position of chief justice will be filled by Justice Max Baer on April 1.

The House Democratic Caucus lists climate change as a priority, but more than half of the hearing on “21st Century Energy Jobs” featured speakers on natural gas and coal.

The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at about 50 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.

In less than four months, the top staffer in Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has been nominated to serve on 28 different state-appointed boards.

Temple University will begin the 2021-2022 academic year primarily in-person, with a “substantial” number of students returning to campus.

New Jersey is also opening up vaccine eligibility for members of the state’s tribal communities and people experiencing homelessness.

Chester County’s libraries closed for about a third of 2020, but librarians say they were busy as ever — lending out everything from books to seeds to information.

Syncretic Press publisher Enrique Morás of Wilmington helps Spanish-speaking students see themselves in children’s books that don’t shy away from deep topics.

“Synesthesia” is an experiment in designing spaces that respond to you. After Philadelphia, it heads to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

Online sign-up forms are frustrating many people, especially older ones now eligible for vaccines. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk spoke to a few of you.

The SCOTUS consideration comes as GOP officials have proposed more than 150 measures to restrict voting access that would disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic voters.

The Montgomery County district attorney’s office on Friday announced the charges against 20-year-old Raymir Johnson of Lansdowne.