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City officials have approved asking the state of New Jersey for $64.5 million in funding to reconstruct the Wildwood Boardwalk.

Mountaire Farms slaughterhouse, subject of several ongoing lawsuits, spilled a million gallons of partially treated wastewater on its Millsboro, Delaware site early Wednesday.

Philadelphia landlords who go soft on bedbugs could face stiff penalties under a new bill proposed by City Councilman Mark Squilla.

Young people and teachers who protested after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. say not much has changed to address students’ trauma.

The PATCO high-speed line is turning 50 and the transit line is celebrating with some throwback fares on Friday morning.

Delaware is issuing SNAP benefits for March earlier than usual as a result of the government shutdown.

Check out some of the responses from our survey, and stories we heard around the Philadelphia.

Last-minute choices for Valentine’s Day ﹘ and “Galantine’s Day” ﹘ an African-American film festival in Delaware, and wildlife on display in this week’s “Things To Do.”

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted that he wore blackface, and the subsequent backlash has provided insight into Americans views and knowledge of our racist past.

The winner of the “Full City Challenge” will get $5,000 to pilot their innovative, anti-hunger project for six months.

Thousands of migrant children arrive at the Southern border every month without their parents. The government sends many of them to an intake shelter in South Florida.

Now, for the first time in the United States, you can legally bet on one of pop culture's biggest nights.

The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation cannot afford to pay for the dredging needed to dock its tall ship in Lewes.

An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia.

The revelation that elected officials in Virginia had at one point worn or endorsed blackface has caused us to grapple with its history.