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Two key factors contributed to summer camp closures this year: COVID-19 and visa restrictions that barred the international workforce the industry relies upon heavily.

Sales of fireworks amid the coronavirus pandemic are booming, and so are complaints about nightly amateur pyrotechnic displays.

People facing eviction won another two month reprieve as Philadelphia eviction courts remain closed, due to pandemic

NPR marks the Fourth of July with what has become a Morning Edition tradition: the annual reading of that document.

Coronavirus concerns have led many small towns to cancel or postpone festivities, with a few long standing traditions getting a socially distant twist

Another weekend of protests in and around Philadelphia put the Fourth of July in a different light for many who never saw the holiday as representing them.

In a statement, the team said recent events around the U.S. and feedback from the community prompted the formal review.

Pam Rogow of W.P.M. Typewriter Shop creates custom exhibits for each appointment.

Constitution pipeline builder cut 558 trees to make way for line that never got built

The soonest Philly can now enter the unrestricted green phase is August 1, Farley said.

Social distancing rules apply, and in Delaware have been ramped up. But N.J. boardwalk arcades and water parks are open, with capacity restrictions.

“The 52nd Street neighbors were terrorized,” said Saj Blackwell, a West Philadelphian who had a canister of police tear gas land in her yard.

Demonstrations for LGBTQ equality overlapped with protests against violence and systemic racism against Black people.

Lawsuit filed to return statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo to committee that paid for it.

Servers, bartenders, chefs and other restaurant workers have mixed feelings after Philly officials said indoor dining would likely remain closed until at least Aug. 1.