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First-term Mayor Mike Purzycki took on a tag-team challenge from City Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter and former City Councilman Justen Wright.

Protests erupted after police shot Jacob Blake, who now has paralysis from the waist down. Attorney Ben Crump said it would “take a miracle” for Blake to walk again.

The $40 million federal grant covers facilities in five states, some of which are already licensed to receive youth.

Willingboro, which leads Burlington County in COVID-19 cases, is planning an all-virtual start to the school year. Parents and teachers have mixed reactions.

Judge Bradley K. Moss will transition out of his role amid a pandemic expected to result in a crushing wave of evictions.

Filmmaker Michelle Ortiz produced Las Madres de Berks to share the stories of detained immigrant families and the fight to close down the state’s oldest family prison.

More than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane.

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia opens its exhibition on women and voting on the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.

In a letter to Franklin County’s Republican DA, the county GOP committee said the party was formally withdrawing support for future elections.

The people closest to President Donald Trump — his family — were starring on the second night of the Republican National Convention.

Republicans in the legislature unhappy with Gov. Tom Wolf’s response to the coronavirus pandemic are plotting two new efforts to curtail his emergency powers.

Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts.

Overall, 15.8 million people watched the final hour of convention coverage Monday, down 16% from Democratic candidate Joe Biden's first night last week.

U.S District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno ruled that the city could move ahead with plans to vacate the camps, so long as they provided 72 hours notice.

Republican state Senate leaders introduced legislation that Democrats quickly opposed as restricting access to voting.