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School supplies like backpacks, notebooks, index cards, and pencils are tax-free.

Drill music, a subgenre of hip hop, has come under fire for graphic depictions of violence and criminal activity. Some Philadelphia rappers want to make a difference.

The speech comes roughly two months ahead of the November election and is one of three presidential visits across Pennsylvania this week.

The district’s extreme heat protocol calls on leaders to consider closures when they expect temperatures inside school buildings to reach 90 degrees or higher.

HUD has again approved a contract extension sought by the complex’s longtime owner.

The speech will be delivered Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the White House said.

The 2020 shooting in Philadelphia is part of an alarming rise in violence against transgender women.

According to the National Council on Aging, 1 in 10 elderly people has been victims of financial or material exploitation, at a cost of $36.5 billion annually.

Officials rang in the school year with bells, and students, clutching new backpacks and lunchboxes, entered buildings after walking the “red carpet.”

Anti-violence activists say stronger parenting can help prevent gun violence.

The five-day North American Festival of Wales brings its celebration of Welsh culture to Philadelphia, where Welsh people have lived for over 300 years.

A shortage of support staff is exacerbating a continual teacher shortage in the Garden State.

Organizers said they wanted this year’s fest to honor the relationship between the United States and Ukraine, as the U.S. lends its support amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Cinema Foundation announced that Sept. 3 will be a nationwide discount day in more than 3,000 theaters and on more than 30,000 screens.

These reports Sunday intensified fears that the fighting could damage the Zaporizhzhia plant and cause a massive radiation leak.