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People across the state talk about their vote and how they’re being affected by the biggest issues of the year — including COVID-19, the economy and racial justice.

As people began protesting another Black man’s death at the hands of police, Council was discussing a ballot measure meant to create more police oversight.

People leaving the protest encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway are moving to new homes, some of them squats elsewhere in the city.

The unidentified man was shot by police on Locust and South 61st streets shortly before 5 p.m. He later died at the hospital.

Philly-area counties have invested millions of dollars into equipment and manpower to count an unprecedented number of mail ballots.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the state submitted the first draft of its COVID-19 vaccination plan on Oct. 16.

More than 100 people have been working to clean up an 11-mile stretch of beach in Delaware fouled by an oil spill of unknown origin last week.

With case counts exceeding 1,000 every day for the last 21 days, state health officials say the current fall surge is starting to outpace the initial wave of infections.

President Donald Trump is holding three campaign rallies in Pennsylvania Monday as he focuses on overcoming polling in the Keystone State to defeat Joe Biden.

Amy Coney Barrett would secure a conservative court majority for the foreseeable future, potentially opening a new era of rulings on abortion, gay marriage and Obamacare.

Agency officials hope the new residents will occupy the homes by the end of the year — a fast timeline warranted by a growing affordability crisis compounded by the pandemic.

Digital warriors from the National Guard will assist the state’s IT department in fending off possible online attacks through Election Day.

They say polls of Pa. voters in 2016 were hurt by late-breaking news and a higher number of undecided voters. This time more voters have made up their minds.

It could be a landmark election year for the legal marijuana industry. Voters in four states could approve broad legal marijuana sales, as the push for legalization continues.

Some of the Philly area’s 4 million Catholics say it’s “long overdue,” and a reflection of the church’s teaching on the “dignity of the human person.”