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An anonymous donor is distributing $500,000 in interest-free loans to unpaid government workers during the shutdown.

Minor tidal flooding is likely in at the Jersey Shore Sunday morning, forecasters say.

North and South America will get the best view of the super "blood moon," as it's known, but Europeans and Africans will also be able to watch (weather permitting).

Latinos make up nearly 15% of Philly's population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data.

Critics were quick to point out that meeting this goal would cost many billions of dollars.

Interfaith Philadelphia and NewCORE aim to spark conversations about race and faith in the region. There will be three more live events from February through April.

The day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963, a lesser known moment in civil rights history was unfolding in southern Georgia.

The Department of Education is asking the court to clarify that the recent decision striking down the PARCC graduation requirements will not apply retroactively.

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in a statement Friday that "any suggestion — from any source — that the President counseled Michael Cohen to lie is categorically false."

The Women's Center at the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Old City Philadelphia celebrates five years of helping female veterans adapt to civilian life.

Reynolds Brown will not seek re-election in the Democratic primary in May.

Thousands of women will join marches Saturday to support an array of social justice issues. In Atlantic City, they'll be honoring civil rights trailblazer Fannie Lou Hamer.

Founded in 1855, the cemetery is the resting place of  Civil War soldiers, a former Philadelphia mayor, and many other city notables of a previous era.

A new report exposes the gaps in the current food safety system, which recently has been put under strain during the government shutdown.

Hospitals are some of the last places you’ll still find elevator operators. Quickly moving between floors can mean life and death for patients needing surgery.