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Prosecutors say the Democrat accepted nearly $150,000 in gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from three New Jersey businessmen from 2018 to 2022.

Dancer Iquail Shaheed organized a protest in Mantua after the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Now he is bringing it back as a neighborhood resource fair.

The Free Library has aimed for universal six days a week service at all of its 55 branches in the Philadelphia region for years. It may be coming this fall.

Scientists say forecasts don’t indicate a repeat of last summer’s wildfire smoke emergency in the Philly area.

The bill started with a focus on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history but expanded to include all ethnic groups.

The president of the Christina School Board has tried to dismiss the superintendent for months. But he declined to give the reasons.

Meanwhile, the campaign has been quietly surveying voters on Harris to determine how she’s viewed among the electorate, according to two people with knowledge of the campaign.

Units at the Arlene Thorpe Townhomes are permanently affordable thanks to a public-private partnership led by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project.

The ruling follows a Supreme Court case that led the NCAA to allow athletes to profit from their “Name, Image and Likeness.”

“Dougherty’s crimes have inflicted immeasurable harm upon Local 98 and the City of Philadelphia," federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.

For most people, power outages are an inconvenience. For those who count on electricity for home medical equipment, they can be a crisis.

The legislation falls well short of the $6.2 billion increase phased in over five years sought for underfunded schools by the districts that sued and won in court.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities received three bids by Wednesday's deadline in the state's fourth round of solicitations for offshore wind farms.

The grants cover a broad range of the automotive supply chain, including parts for electric motorcycles and school buses, hybrid powertrains and electric SUVs.

New Barber’s Hall was set to become a historically designated property. The nomination may now be withdrawn.