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So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.

The findings were detailed in a report released Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen. Trump campaigned on a pledge to “drain the swamp.”

Will Cunningham, Brigid Callahan Harrison and Amy Kennedy are running because they said incumbent Jeff Van Drew has turned his back on South Jersey.

Unable to work in hospitals, these Philly area medical students decided to help the helpers by tutoring the children of frontline workers.

Coronavirus shutdowns canceled regular exams for months. Weighing the risk of postponing against the risk of infection can make for anxious moments.

At least 210 people have been killed in Philadelphia so far this year, the highest number up to this point in the city in more than a decade.

The governor said he believes a national strategy is needed to handle the virus, and mask-wearing has to be at the core of it.

Doctors are bracing for the fallout as their offices start opening: a wave of sicker, shell-shocked patients.

Cosby's appeal is playing out as protests erupt over racial inequality. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case next year.

Organizers said the group is demanding Philly’s mayor step down and that police be disarmed, following violent responses to protests last month.

As officials across the country pleaded with Americans to curb their enthusiasm for large crowds, Trump enticed the masses with a “special evening” of tribute and fireworks.

Experts fear celebrations for the Fourth of July weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus outbreak.

The collaborators behind the Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary Journal distributed 2,500 copies of the paper’s first quarterly across Philadelphia in May.

The Hagley Library has collected more than a million online documents in an effort to preserve information about the response to COVID-19 for future historians.

Authorities say a 6-year-old Philadelphia boy died after he was pulled from a pool at a resort on the New Jersey shore.