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Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 13.1% in May, but remains more than double the rate recorded in March, according to state data released Friday. 

Pa., N.J., Del. and 44 other states officially mark June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas first got news of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

These collaboratives will be tasked with implementing best practices for infection control and expanding testing to "asymptomatic staff and residents," a critical need.

Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

Calls to defund the police are growing across the nation as Philadelphia moves forward with a plan to create a new class of law enforcement.

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

Advocates say action is necessary to close gaps in equality, but a House Republican committee chair said he'll have "to see where this ranks” with other issues.

"I don't have confidence in his numbers and some of his people."

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Thursday the city could move into the “green” phase of the state’s reopening plan as early as July 3.

Some in Lebanon County believe buildings pose safety risk

The guidance said prosecutors can’t adopt a blanket policy of not charging people for refusing to comply with restrictions on the number of people who can gather in one place.

The 24-year-old Philadelphia man is also charged with the illegal possession of a weapon because he was already convicted for a felony.

With warmer temperatures and a recent full moon, the annual nesting season for northern diamondback terrapins is beginning at the Jersey Shore.