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The partial federal government shutdown is slowing the approval process for construction permits and several other environmental-related issues, according to the state DEP.

Five years ago, two young women decided they were going to do something about the plastic problem on their island of Bali. And Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born.

A Swedish teenager had a stark message for global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.

Disney's Frozen remains one of the greatest box-office successes in history. But in terms of impact and influence, it is perhaps most loved for one of its breakout songs.

The shutdown left a painful toll for African-Americans who make up nearly 20 percent of the federal workforce and historically have been on the low end of the pay scale.

Mark Zuckerberg’s latest attempt to explain Facebook’s data-sharing practices is notable for its omissions as well as what it plays up and plays down.

Pennsylvania is home to nine federal prisons, and a lot of the guards and other staff have been working without pay.

Co-working is often a more urban phenomenon. But in the heard of suburban South Jersey, 1776 has opened a co-working space on the 2nd floor of the Cherry Hill Mall.

One South Philadelphia resident says he looks forward to paying his bills, now that government operations have resumed.

The Newseum is losing its stately glass-and-steel digs. The organization behind the journalism museum, The Freedom Forum, says it has reached a $372.5 million deal.

The shutdown of rail service between Philadelphia and Atlantic City that began late last summer is going to last a few more months, officials say. 

As LaGuardia and Newark airports are hit with takeoff delays due to ‘sick leave,’ president announces government operations will resume until Feb. 15.

No natural gas liquids are flowing in Mariner East 1 anywhere in Pennsylvania, the PUC says.

A New York developer with a history of transforming former industrial properties made the winning offer on the massive former Budd Company site in North Philadelphia.

A giant disk of river ice has proved too much for a Jersey Shore attention-seeker who tried to carve a peace sign on it.