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The flap has exposed a disagreement between local activists and event organizers over how to engage people of different viewpoints.

People who live near the South Philly refinery said they want it shut and gone forever, while laid-off refinery workers are hoping someone will buy it.

A woman was hospitalized after a Sunday afternoon boat crash in the Barnegat Bay, authorities said.

Union leaders had hoped to persuade Philadelphia Energy Solutions to keep some workers on past Aug. 25. “It’s a mismanaged mess,” said a USW official.

Enslaved Africans were present in the region well before William Penn planted England’s flag here in 1681.

Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal Title X family planning program rather than comply with new Trump administration rules regarding abortion counseling.

The Jersey Shore woke up to a rain, wind, and big waves from the offshore Hurricane Bob 28 years ago today.

As the 400th anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade approaches, religious leaders said the legacy of the early Black church must continue for complete freedom

A diver who went missing from a group exploring a shipwreck off the New Jersey coast was found safe after a search effort, the Coast Guard said.

At a cost of $2,100 a day, East Coast Falcons deploys raptors over the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. in an effort to scare seagulls away.

This week: Ramping up for the 2020 census, N.J. particularly hard hit by the effects of climate change, teaching animation to inmates.

The city’s Shared Public Spaces program was so successful, stakeholders are expanding its reach.

What seems like disregard for law enforcement is really a defense mechanism.

Thanks to a $300k grant, the archives housed at William Way are finally getting proper treatment.

The Indian government has kept the state of Jammu and Kashmir on lockdown for nearly two weeks.