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When people call for defunding the police, what does that mean for survivors of domestic violence? Activists and others are exploring that question.

Someone intentionally set fire to Reach Church in Delaware, according to the state fire marshal.

Officials said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 6 percent increase for EZ-Pass users as well those without passes in the “Toll by Plate" program.

The West Philadelphia institution will receive a $135,000 grant to help cover the new director’s salary and the costs of searching for the new full-time director.

Military units are conducting training maneuvers on the base, according to the Toms River Office of Emergency Management.

The grocery store chain has carried product lines such as Trader José's and Trader Ming’s. Critics say the branding employs racial stereotypes.

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.

An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.

The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.

Former and current staff say they want fair pay and a culture shift.

NPR spoke to 11 girl activists during the (virtual) 2020 Girl Up Leadership Summit last week.

The demonstration, which will move from Center City to North Philly, is a call to action aimed at city leaders and residents.

Two-year-old King Hill, of North Philadelphia, went missing in early July. Prosecutors have now charged a babysitter with murdering the boy.

Officials said Quest Laboratories, one of the private labs involved with COVID-19 testing, had problems reporting results electronically.

This week: Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite on reopening schools, the efforts to reform fracking in PA, and the life of a "synth tech."