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Work to demolish a 115-year-old dam in the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington should help restore the habitat of the American shad fish.

The political uncertainty comes as food wholesalers begin to switch from Mexican suppliers to local sources, which is usually a gradual 6- to 8-week process.

Any fires that spark in New Jersey on Wednesday could quickly get out of control, forecasters warn.

No injuries were reported in the weekend blaze in South Jersey, but massive clouds of smoke visible for miles put communities in the Pine Barrens and beyond on edge.

It’s a sometimes unavoidable byproduct of the work done at such places as Taller Puertorriqueño that a child is taught art and culture so well that he's inspired to move away.

Tonight, in a church on Allegheny Avenue, I’ll moderate a forum on safe injection sites with community members and city officials.

After apparent suicides rocked the communities of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., one shooting survivor speaks out about lasting mental health repercussions.

Writer Rhianna Jones is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro.

Called Captain Crab and Seafood, the eatery near Newark, Delaware, will be one of the nation’s first to use robots to greet, seat and wait on diners.

Some attendees came by the busload from Washington, D.C. and New York City to attend Philly’s eleventh Chinese Hoyu Folk Culture Festival.

Tyler and Larry have never met. But almost every day for the last few years, they get into a fight on Twitter.

It is New Jersey’s biggest forest fire since 2007, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

The last several decades have brought more detailed plans and better technology, but the people responsible for TMI disaster prep say there will always be unknowns.

A major forest fire has closed a state highway that links to the Jersey Shore, authorities say. 

Pope Francis issued a new decree making it mandatory for Vatican officials to report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities or face possible jail time.