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Protesters, including Alyssa Bigbee of Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks in Philadelphia and other cities, lawsuit argues

A federal judge on Monday ordered that an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia.

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Judge's gavel on wooden table with law books. (bigstockphoto.com)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, was denied bail Tuesday while he fights deportation.

3 days ago

Busy Center City street with City Hall in the background
Science

New network of 76 air monitors throughout Philadelphia provides detailed look at air quality

The network will offer hourly air quality index updates posted to a new website, Breathe Philly.

3 days ago

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Students walking on Penn's campus
Courts & Law

Penn, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore back Harvard in lawsuit to defend international student enrollment

The colleges say blocking international enrollment would harm U.S. higher education and the economy.

3 days ago

A University of Pennsylvania sign
Health

Penn graduate workers reach historic tentative agreement with university, averting strike

Union organizers say the contract will transform their quality of life. Efforts to unionize graduate students started more than 20 years ago.

3 days ago

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an art piece in the Syd Carpenter exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

3 Philadelphia-area museums collaborate on a retrospective of artist Syd Carpenter

The Woodmere, Maguire and Berman museums each take on different aspects of the sculptor’s five-decade career.

3 days ago

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National Park Service employees remove signage related to enslaved people from the President’s House site on Independence Mall
Courts & Law

Trump administration to appeal ruling restoring slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House Site

A Department of the Interior spokesperson said they “disagreed” with the decision. Meanwhile, Mayor Cherelle Parker said she was “thrilled.”

4 days ago

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William Stevenson's home
Courts & Law

High-profile Delaware murder case against Jill Biden’s ex-husband shrouded in secrecy

Bill Stevenson and the future first lady divorced a half-century ago. Now he’s held on $2 million cash bail, accused of killing his wife of nearly 40 years.

4 days ago

George Norcross
Courts & Law

New Jersey attorney general will not appeal dismissal of Norcross indictment

The state’s decision not to ask the Supreme Court to step in ends a legal episode that lasted almost two years.

4 days ago

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Councilmember Cindy Bass voices her concern
Education

Philadelphia school officials defend proposed school closures at a crowded City Council meeting

City Council members raised concerns that the proposed closures will disproportionately affect Black students.

4 days ago

Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013
Community

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

Fellow civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said his mentor “was not simply a civil rights leader; he was a movement unto himself.”

4 days ago

A student takes a practice SAT on March 6, 2024.
Education

‘It’s harming us’: Delaware lawmakers, educators want to scrap SAT mandate for 11th graders

Delaware usually falls near the bottom of national rankings because, unlike most states, almost all high school juniors take the test.

4 days ago

The Octavius Catto statue at Philadelphia City Hall is coated in snow and ice
Community

In Philly, ‘every day is Black History Month.’ Here’s how the city is celebrating in 2026

As the semiquincentennial nears, Philadelphia’s cultural institutions are examining the country’s founding through the lens of local Black history.

4 days ago

An ''under contract'' sign is seen atop a ''for sale'' sign outside a home in a residential development in Mount Olive, New Jersey
Money

High property taxes, high prices — and still buyers: What New Jersey’s housing market looks like right now

The median price of a home in the Garden State last year was more than $500,000, recent data shows.

4 days ago

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Protesters, including Alyssa Bigbee of Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

The Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly’s President’s House, federal judge rules

The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."

5 days ago

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