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Massachusetts wants to give people of color a leg-up in the legal marijuana industry but is off to a very slow start. Next to no black or Latino candidates have applied.

The case seemed to inflame political tensions even more while creating potentially damaging consequences for genuine hate crime victims in the future.

Only one pedophile priest is now in prison, out of 144 convictions in the last 10 years.

A Danish offshore wind company is considering adaptively reusing two New Jersey power plants set to be decommissioned.

Representatives from Pennsylvania attending the February meeting with bishops hope to get support for extending the statute of limitations and more transparency.

Robert Listenbee Jr., a former official in the Obama administration, works to keep kids out of the criminal justice system through rehabilitation.

Musicians with ties to the region take the stage, East Passyunk welcomes restaurant week, and craft beers are on the menu in Kennett Square this week.

‘Intellectual white supremacists’ are trying to go after young, college-educated white men, one security analyst says of the rising profile of hate groups in New Jersey.

The tombstone of an African-American Civil War soldier — and possible graves of family members — have been discovered in Frankford, Delaware.

A commercial travel restriction will go into effect at 9 a.m. Wednesday on numerous highways throughout New Jersey due to impending snowfall, authorities said.

The Philadelphia Police Academy’s new class visited the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. Officers told them to be open to unconventional solutions.

A winter storm is moving into the Philadelphia region that could bring both snow and ice conditions into the area for the next 24 hours.

Why Father Divine, the man behind the iconic Divine Lorraine Hotel on North Broad Street in Philadelphia, left a complicated legacy.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency Tuesday evening in advance of a storm that is set to impact New Jersey beginning Wednesday.

“They might not let us in, but I’m going to be banging really hard on that door.”