Alan Yu

Three sisters — Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas, and Quinsha White — and nine of their children died in the blaze.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are still high in Philly overall, straining hospitals, city health officials said, but new positive cases are down slightly from last week.

The quality of the test depends on the person using it, experts say. Yet some counties find the information useful for seeing the bigger picture.

Some worry about what will happen if the closest emergency room is 40 minutes away, instead of 10 minutes.

A record number of people have been murdered in Philly this year, but Police Commissioner Outlaw and A.G. Shapiro say there’s hope in a collaboration.

Demand is high, and appointments in and around Philadelphia are at a premium right now. But super vaccination clinics probably won’t be back.

Tower Health says a deal with Texas-based hospital management firm Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC has fallen apart and left it no options.

Pennsylvania’s school mask mandate was set to expire on Saturday. Now, the state Supreme Court said the mandate can stay in place while a lawsuit plays out.

Critics say the way we recycle doesn’t work with plastic waste, which the U.S. produces more of than any other country, sending most of it to landfills.

At Sylvanaqua Farms, Chris Newman tried to address two big problems with U.S. agriculture. But as some workers saw it, he was a problem too.

Seemingly anomalous COVID hot spots crop up, often where vaccination rates are high overall. Is there something localities can do to avoid it?

In New Jersey, the governor’s race tops the ticket. In Pa., there are judicial contests and suburban school board races.