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Natural environments are known to benefit childhood development. The Bristol School District includes a forest in its curriculum.

Donation sites have been popping up across Philadelphia. Batteries, flashlights and tarps are among the items needed most.

Wilmington officials will allow camping in one city park but ban sleeping outside in all other areas of the city.

“Video evidence raised concerns about the accuracy” of trooper William Walker’s account of the violent encounter, the state police superintendent says.

Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?

New Jersey has been a reliable state for Democrats in presidential elections, having not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988.

The hearing came two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The relatively low-profile off-year elections are headlined by the races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

Michael Vick's signing with the Eagles in 2009 sparked outrage among fans due to his dogfighting conviction. Some fans have moved on, but others remain upset.

Oct. 30 - Nov. 2: Día de los Muertos celebrations in Delaware, a pierogi festival in Philly and John Fogerty in South Jersey are among the highlights.

Congress remains deadlocked over extending federal health insurance subsidies and Pennsylvania makes contingency plans for disruption in the marketplace later.

In the typically sleepy Supreme Court retention election, the focus is on voting rights and abortion. But the court also decides major environmental cases.

Anti-abortion activists face significant hurdles in their efforts to limit reproductive health rights. But accomplishing that is far from impossible.

The announcement comes 63 years after 9-year-old Carol Ann Dougherty was murdered at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church.

Fentanyl has far surpassed heroin as the most common opioid found in the commonwealth, said state Attorney General Dave Sunday.