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Pennsylvania may continue to enforce its mask mandate and perform contact tracing, a federal judge decided Friday.

In an effort to reverse the state’s overdose death rate that continues to climb, the state is offering to mail out the OD-interrupting drug naloxone.

Philadelphia has installed permanent bicycle use counters along two heavily used Center City bike lanes.

Nearly 200 people incarcerated in Philadelphia prisons are currently infected with COVID-19. Less than a month ago, that total was just over 20.

Ten bars and restaurants across the state were hit with liquor license suspensions that could outlast the worst of the pandemic –– ranging from 10 to 115 days.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a large jump in new coronavirus cases one day after new restrictions were announced.

Small-business owners in Montgomery and Delaware counties prepare for a tough three weeks as more restrictions are set to begin Saturday.

Authorities say a Delaware police officer was wounded and an attempted murder suspect from Pennsylvania shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at a motel in Delaware.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill.

Board members said they spent two years on this project, consulting with the Council of Great City Schools and talking to their peers across the country.

An unidentified 73-year-old man has succumbed to COVID-19 at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution – Somerset.

The earlier-than-usual deadlines come as more people turn to online shopping during the pandemic, creating a logjam for shipping companies as well as delivery delays.

Celebrating Hanukkah during a pandemic still poses a challenge to some Jewish Americans, for whom the holiday has risen in prominence in part because its social elements.

106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.

The move comes as a surge of coronavirus cases have forced schools in the region to stay virtual or suspend in-person learning.