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Manan Trivedi (left) and Ryan Costello are running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo and ryancostelloforcongress.com)

National Dems’ PAC retreats on ads supporting Trivedi in 6th District race against Costello

A super PAC backing Democrats in Congress has walked away from ad reservations in a race in the Philadelphia suburbs. The House Ma ...

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Former head of the  Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection

Named in office porn exchanges, Pa.’s DEP chief resigns

The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is leaving his post. The resignation of Chris Abruzzo Thur ...

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Mumia Abu-Jamal to deliver commencement address via recording at Goddard College

Mumia Abu-Jamal, one of Philadelphia’s most polarizing figures, will deliver a graduation speech to seniors at Goddard College this ...

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 Making their sentiments known, supporters for Gov. Tom Corbett and candidate Tom Wolf gather early this month in Philadelphia as the candidates debate at

Corbett and Wolf mix it up, but no bombshells in Pa. governor’s debate

Pennsylvania’s two gubernatorial candidates came out swinging Wednesday at a televised debate in Philadelphia that centered on educ ...

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White House door now locks automatically, agents are allowed to use ‘lethal force’

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson says the front door to the White House now locks automatically in a security breach and that office ...

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Memorial service for Tony Auth is at 2 p.m. Sunday

The memorial service for Tony Auth, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and artist-in-residence at WHYY, is h ...

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Obama: Mayors, other leaders to help minority boys

President Barack Obama is broadening a program that is designed to help make young minority men’s lives better. The White Ho ...

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Pa. gov candidates reveal little in first debate

A recent national survey estimates Gov. Tom Corbett and Tom Wolf have spent more than $20 million airing more than 30,000 TV commercials ...

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Christie to meet with prime mister of India

Gov. Chris Christie is heading to New York to meet with the prime minister of India. Christie is scheduled to meet with Narendra M ...

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Chelsea Clinton gives birth to baby girl

Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a daughter named Charlotte, the first grandchild of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary ...

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Write it on the blackboard a thousand times — nothing digital is private

When Superman gets near kryptonite, he loses his powers. Apparently, something similar happens to many Americans when they get nea ...

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Landmark $554M U.S.-Navajo settlement made official

The Navajo Nation has received a settlement from the federal government over allegations of mismanagement of tribal resources, the larges ...

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Holder departure will bring civil rights questions

Attorney General Eric Holder’s planned resignation has some civil rights leaders wondering what will happen to his initiatives once ...

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Christie to tout Corbett’s candidacy at GOP dinner

Chris Christie is appearing with Gov. Tom Corbett at a state Republican Party dinner in central Pennsylvania. The New Jersey gover ...

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Government Accountability

Proposals would dismantle enforcement agency, centralize planning and development

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