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A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, killing a police officer and two hospital employees after a domestic dispute exploded ...

An ongoing effort to battle blight in Wilmington will transform a long vacant lot into a community garden and green space. Right n ...

The New Jersey region will be so cold on Thanksgiving that records could be broken, forecasters say.

New Jersey's highest-ranking cleric says the Catholic church will release the names early next year of priests credibly accused of abusing children.

For $2 per day — and another $1 an hour when battling fires — qualified inmates can volunteer to help authorities combat fires.

A member of the Philadelphia-based American Friends Service Committee recounts her experiences doing relief work with the caravan of migrants passing through Mexico.

These word-of-mouth suggestions for safe passage through a sometimes-hostile America were, "sort of a 20th Century version of the Underground Railroad.

This year, as the runners approached the fifth mile of the race, members of the Mother Bethel A.M.E. choir sang uptempo hymns from the steps of the church.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say a commercial ferry helped rescue four people from a sinking boat off the New Jersey coast.

At least 71 people have died across Northern California.

About 30 people, some from as far away as North Carolina, clustered on Independence Mall Saturday morning for a ...

At least five homes were destroyed and a person was killed. More than 20 others were injured.

Authorities confirmed a new death toll of 71 and say they are trying to locate 1,011 people even as they stressed that not all are believed missing.

It was a day for apologies and excuses for politicians after many commuters spent hours and hours getting home Thursday.

No official cause for the fire has been identified; the blaze is currently 45 percent contained.