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Across the country, some of the largest UMC communities teeter on dissolution amid a raging debate over the church’s ban of LGBT clergy.

As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, mosques around the U.S. are taking a serious look at security.

New Jersey is providing nonprofit groups, local governments, and state colleges and universities $10 million in grants to help improve water quality in the Barnegat Bay.

On March 4, 1966, Reuben Garnett Jr. was killed by enemy fire while rushing to help his platoon leader.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is not doing what it is supposed to do to help historically Black colleges and universities, Congressman Dwight Evans said this week.

All 136 passengers and seven flight crew members on board are alive and accounted for.

The service dog industry has exploded in recent years. But a near complete absence of regulation and oversight has left families vulnerable to incompetence and fraud.

Some communities still recovering from recent natural disasters will receive special visits by 2020 census workers next year to make sure all residents are counted.

Phil Murphy signed the bill Friday, which codifies in law the state's public trust doctrine — meaning that waterways including the ocean, bays and rivers, are common property.

This Holocaust Remembrance Week, Abe and Esther Schuster reflect on their parents' joyful view of life in a recent StoryCorps conversation.

A new Council bill, introduced by Councilwoman Parker, seeks to provide job security for workers by defining what a fireable offense is. It’s called “just-cause” legislation.

Electric line connecting Delaware and New Jersey will stretch below Delaware River in an effort to improve power grid reliability, eliminate power bottleneck.

In Philadelphia, a series of 35 volunteer-led groups will traverse the city’s neighborhoods starting Friday and continuing through Sunday May 5.

Ending the police department’s use of "stop and frisk" would be a “road to disaster,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says.

The overwhelming feeling of how much help is needed can cause distress in those who respond to emergencies like overdoses.