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Former city controller is challenging incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney in the May 21 Democratic primary.

Today we discuss the details of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-anticipated investigation into Russian election interference.

Read notable excerpts from the redacted report, annotated by NPR reporters and editors, below. We’ll be updating this analysis throughout the day as we read the report.

Mueller detailed 10 "episodes" involving actions by Trump that might have constituted obstruction of justice, Attorney General William Barr said.

At a budget meeting Wednesday, the Philadelphia Streets Department chief told City Council that all the recycling material the city collects will soo be recycled again.

Barr said that no one outside the Justice Department has seen the unredacted Mueller report.

The retired statutes are prime examples of the 'blue laws' that once aimed to restrict activities on Sundays.

The veto — the second in Trump's presidency — was expected. Congress lacks the votes to override him.

These sentiments echoed through the approximately 3,000 members of the Sudanese community in greater Philadelphia this weekend.

Here’s a look at the path to minimum wage increases in other reddish states.

Terminally ill patients in New Jersey will have to meet with two doctors and wait at least 15 days before they can get the lethal drugs.

State Sen. Sharif Street is again trying to give the state parole board the option of releasing hundreds of inmates serving life without parole.

Do Philly voters even know there's a mayoral primary going on? Why is the campaign so quiet, even as outside groups pour money into the race?

Harris reported an income of about $157,000 in 2018 from her job as a senator, as well as about $320,000 in net income as a writer.

The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks.