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For the first time in its 145-year history, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a Hispanic leader.

A post-Superstorm Sandy project to protect a Jersey Shore rail yard from future storms is underway.

Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

The city’s grocery store boom is not slowing down.

The bishop of Cleveland is the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Nelson Perez will be the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the area's 1.3 million members.

Celebrations abound this week with the kickoff to Chinese New Year, Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and accessible opera performances in this iteration of “Things To Do.”

This initiative is the latest in a growing nationwide movement to address the diversity gap in entrepreneurship.

A massive blizzard began impacting the region four years ago Wednesday.

The Chicago-based real estate company was the winning bidder for the South Philly complex as part of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy, according to documents filed.

A contingent of New Jersey State Troopers will soon head to Puerto Rico to assist the U.S. territory amid an ongoing earthquake crisis, authorities announced Tuesday. 

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses his new book, "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," about why working-class families are losing ground.

A popular secondary road that connects the Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean is closed until June for what state officials say are "priority roadway repairs."

An ad in the Waze navigation app is misdirecting motorists headed to Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into the wilderness of New Jersey's Pinelands, police said.

Local officials took part in the annual MLK Day of Service at Girard College by making special boxes to help Philly residents commit to taking the 2020 census.

Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.