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A freshman Shore congressman has introduced a bill to ban offshore drilling and seismic testing off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 

A new poll found Pennsylvania voters generally support nuclear energy, but on the question of whether the state should prop up struggling plants, that support is mixed.

The white dishcloth that ended the Civil War has been recreated in monumental size at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.

An all-time high of 84 percent of Americans believe women are just as suited emotionally for politics as men, according to results from the General Social Survey.

Philadelphia agencies are going after drivers stopped in Center City bus lanes and they say that the result is faster trips through the city’s downtown core.

Former violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and influential teacher Luis Biava dies at 85. He led the Temple University Symphony Orchestra for decades.

The Philadelphia Water Department has closed South 5th Street between Chestnut and Walnut in hopes of preventing a road collapse in the heart of the busy historic destination.

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close America's southern border or large sections of it next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration "immediately."

British lawmakers on Friday rejected the government's Brexit deal for a third time, leaving the U.K. facing the stark prospect of a chaotic departure from the European Union.

Councilman Mark Squilla has introduced a bill that could prevent the nation’s first supervised injection site from opening at the proposed Kensington location.

Croda’s Atlas Point plant in Delaware violated air and water permits. More than a ton of ethylene oxide was released, stopping traffic for seven hours.

“What we saw earlier this week was a fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer that epitomizes religious intolerance,” said state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia).

Anyone who's tempted to be cowed into believing that the Barr minimum of the Mueller report is somehow tantamount to total exoneration should watch Schiff deliver the goods.

On Monday, the DEP said Chemours is currently using PFAS-replacement chemicals at the Chambers Works site, and is discharging the chemical into water and air.

Tech 9 was a renowned battle rapper with a career that took him from verbal spars in Philadelphia to compete with the nation’s best in battles treated like prizefights.