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The Committee of Seventy is reporting it has put a stop to electio ...

The Committee of Seventy has released its latest numbers from some selected polling places in the First, Second, Sixth, Seventh and Eight ...

The Delaware River and Bay Authority has approved a $1 hike in bridge tolls. The new fare is $4.  It takes effect July 1.&nbs ...

NewsWorks photographers hit some of the usual Election Day haunts, such as Famous Fourth Street Deli. The polling places they visited wer ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is fining Chesapeake Energy more than $1 million for natural gas drilling pro ...

A new Center City facility will help the homeless in the shadow of Philadelphia City Hall. Connelly House is an eight story buildi ...

Are Philadelphia’s sports teams responsible for the city’s funding losses? Protesters today outside Pennsylvania Attorney Gen ...

The Phillies are on a–gasp!–losing streak. Given fans’ sky-high expectations for the team just a few weeks ag ...

Update: The Committee of Seventy reports the removal order was granted and the fliers must come down. Ori ...

The crabs are back! And so are the birds! It’s mating season for Delaware Bay’s infamous horseshoe crabs–those ocean-d ...

A lighting trade show that bills itself the biggest of its kind in the world is at the Convention Center in Philadelphia this week. This ...

Four white teachers at Thomas Mifflin Elementary School have filed federal race-bias lawsuits against their black principal. Among ...

In the 1960s, doctors performed autopsies on about half of the patients who died in hospitals. Since then, the rate has plummeted to arou ...