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A group of developmentally disabled adults in the greater Philadelphia region is now represented in one of Center City’s most respe ...

Heroin overdoses have increased dramatically in New Jersey in the last few years. In efforts to deal with the problem, an Assembly commit ...

SEPTA has begun sharing contingency plans to counter the effects of ...

With a key City Council member on board, Philadelphia is moving forward on a plan to sell the University City High School property. < ...

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says a local host committee may have to raise around $40 million for the Democratic National Conventi ...

An appeals board recently lifted Medicare’s longstanding policy against covering sex-reassignment surgery, even when recommended by ...

New Jersey lawmakers are pushing ahead with plans to add four political appointees to Rutgers University’s governing board despite ...

Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder, is often hereditary. Dr. Hakon Hakonarson, director of the Center for Applied Genomics at ...

When a California judge ruled on Tuesday that teacher tenure rights were unconstitutional and violated students’ rights to a good e ...

After twice vetoing bills demanding private employers offer earned sick time in Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter has established a task ...

Following a trial run in the city, some amenities for pedestrians have won backing from a Philadelphia City Council Committee. The ...

The sponsor of a bill granting driving privileges to some New Jersey residents living in the United States illegally says the proposal ne ...

Philadelphia City Council is winding down its budget process, with passage of a capital spending plan Thursday and expected endorsement o ...

Most people don’t get sick with the same infection twice, thanks to immune cells that “remember” the first encounter an ...

On Wednesday, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy held a commencement ceremony for 55 girls in its Class ...