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Restoration is underway for the Christ Church steeple, one of the last remaining architectural structures from the colonial era in the country.

Amid their annual vigils for transgender homicide victims, activists in the U.S. are trying to maintain long-term optimism even as many hard-won protections are under threat.

The building where the society is housed was the venue for the first Pa. women’s rights convention. But the collection is endangered by a leaky roof.

On Monday evening, Solomon Jones convened the first meeting of #ManUpPHL.

Wisconsin librarian Dawn Wacek says waiving late fees helped bring people back to her library. Philadelphia’s libraries are considering doing the same.

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners.

When José moved his family to the United States from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life.

The Bucks County Challenger Flag Football program has paired young people with special needs with local high school athletes for 13 seasons.

Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing its impact.

About 30 people gathered at a backyard Saturday to keep the 5-year-old who vanished from a city park in the community’s thoughts.

Dozens brave the cold to bring warm memories of the Opportunities Industrialization Center founder, whose name now designates a stretch of North Broad.

Widespread moderate tidal flooding is possible along the Jersey Shore Sunday and Monday, forecasters say.

The number of people apprehended by U.S. authorities, either attempting to cross the border illegally or presenting themselves at a port of entry, has declined.

The ongoing unseasonable cold snap is putting migrating sea turtles at risk of washing ashore on New Jersey beaches as either “cold-stunned” or dead, wildlife experts say.

Six men have been charged after a shooting at a New Jersey high school football game that critically wounded a 10-year-old boy and sent players and the crowd fleeing in panic.