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Redevelopment plans for a Chinatown landmark changed after community outcry. City planners are working with the owner on a new design.

New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak and ordered mandatory vaccinations in one neighborhood for people who may have been exposed.

Under President Allen's leadership, the university has restructured administration to give it more of a presence in Harrisburg and create better support systems for students.

Those arrested range in age from 19 to 56 and included 41 nationals of Mexico, 24 from Guatemala, 16 from Ecuador and 14 from Honduras.

A pair of bills that would overhaul the laws governing child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania have cleared their first hurdle in the state House.

One sheriff in northwestern Pennsylvania is wondering how many more guns his office will seize.

Attorney General William Barr is facing members of Congress on Tuesday for the first time since taking office.

The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise caution while transiting the Intracoastal Waterway between Barnegat and Cape May. 

The organism, little known as recently as two years ago, poses a risk to those with compromised immune systems or other existing illnesses, health officials say.

Studies — like a 2017 one from the National Bureau of Economic Research — have shown that disparities have a lot to do with motherhood.

Philadelphians can opt out by getting “circular free property” stickers. But residents say the process is a headache — though some improvements are on the way.

The 43-acre field near the rapidly-developing area of Middletown will now be turned into a pollinator field to support bees and other beneficial species.

The Townsends Inlet Bridge closed in Sept. 2018 to replace seven of 27 old steel spans. County officials last summer expected the span to reopen by Memorial Day weekend.

A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases.

The PFAS Action Act would force the EPA to classify these chemicals as hazardous, which would free up money to clean up contaminated sites.