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Lewis said graduates will now join the ranks of well-known Lincoln graduates as NAACP lobbyist Clarence Mitchell, Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall, and poet Langston Hughes.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued an injured kayaker off the New Jersey coast last Saturday. 

The Philabundance Community Kitchen has outgrown its current space. It’ll move into a much larger space in North Philly next year.

\Wilmington’s police chief shut down Bill’s Deli Market after six were wounded. Days later, they reopened. Some in the neighborhood say the climate has improved.

A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.

Sasha Mannino and Iris Peron-Ames, both 15 now and living in Fairmount — started a second collection of tampons and other toiletries, this time at their high school.

Horses help ease the anxiety of kids worried about firefighter and paramedic parents. As they learn to feed, groom and care for the horses they also learn to let go of stress.

Congrats to everyone who braved wet weather for Philly’s famous 10-miler.

Participants in the Broad Street Run's pink corral are the slowest wave of runners in the race, and many are working to overcome physical challenges just to finish.

A Coastal Flood Advisory will go into effect for the entire New Jersey coastline between 7 a.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday, according to a National Weather Service bulletin.

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.