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A health expert said every school in the city that has plumbing joined by lead solder should stop allowing children to use drinking fountains immediately.

George Norcross told legislators at the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday that the state’s tax incentive program has succeeded in revitalizing distressed areas.

They’ll now get at least 42½ hours per week out of their cell, and will be allowed to eat and attend religious services with other inmates.

Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

Judge Jeffrey L. Finley sentenced Sean Kratz to life in prison plus 18 to 36 years after Bucks County prosecutors took the death penalty off the table.

Senate President Steve Sweeney is behind a bill that’s ‘all about protecting the rights of workers,’ but business interests have misgivings.

Democratic candidate Jessica Scarane says Sen. Chris Coons works too well with Republicans. She’s launched a 2020 primary campaign to unseat him.

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners.

The Bucks County Challenger Flag Football program has paired young people with special needs with local high school athletes for 13 seasons.

The law itself would only apply to parents in Harrisburg. But one of Pa.’s most powerful legislators calls it a “pilot” program for school vouchers.

“Ghost River,” commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, tells the story of the 1763 slaughter of Conestoga from the perspective of the tribe.

Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing its impact.

About 30 people gathered at a backyard Saturday to keep the 5-year-old who vanished from a city park in the community’s thoughts.

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack after the procedure is done.

"Our priority remains finding pathways for Pennsylvanians to earn far beyond the minimum.”