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The Health Department has recorded 84 confirmed measles cases across the state this year, with the majority in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. All of the cases are either among people who are not fully vaccinated or those with an unknown vaccination status.
Hotel employees have been working without a contract for about two years.They went on strike during this busy tourism season to pressure management for wage increases.
By: Conner Barkon
Dozens of mayors from around the country marched through Philadelphia’s Historic District together to celebrate the semiquincentennial. Other July Fourth festivities in Philadelphia were kicked into high gear — and high heat.
By: Conner Barkon
The CDC is asking people across the country to thoroughly wash produce because of a rise in cyclosporiasis infections in the Midwest. Pennsylvania and New Jersey are two of 17 states monitoring a spike in the parasitic intestinal illness.
By: Conner Barkon
The CDC is asking people across the country to thoroughly wash produce because of a rise in cyclosporiasis infections in the Midwest. Pennsylvania and New Jersey are two of 17 states monitoring a spike in the parasitic intestinal illness.
A woman is in police custody after a man was shot inside a Jeep in West Philadelphia, near SEPTA’s Callowhill Bus Depot. Police are investigating.
The reopening of Richie Ashburn Field coincides with Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park. Director of Youth Sports for Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation Mike Barsotti said the upgrades are designed to last.
The westbound lanes of I-76 are closed Saturday at Belmont Avenue as investigators try to figure out what led to a violent early morning crash, where a driver was going the wrong way on the Schuylkill Expressway.
By: Conner Barkon
Many vendors at the Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park are starting from scratch after Saturday’s microbursts caused excessive damage throughout South Philadelphia.
By: Conner Barkon
If the “Sunshine Protection Act” passes the Senate and is signed by the president, Americans would remain sprung forward, in daylight saving time. The House of Representatives voted 308-117 in favor of the bill.
