Seeking to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river, New Jersey is offering up to $400 million in tax credits and outlining plans for a sprawling mixed-use waterfront development. In a letter dated Monday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said it envisioned a multibillion- dollar plan in the city of...

Aired; August 27th, 2024. The Career Studies program at Penn State Harrisburg offers individuals with intellectual disabilities can earn a post-secondary education that leads to professional networks and careers. The program was started in 2015 at the college as one of several programs that stated in the state, to provide...

Lancaster filmmaker Mary Haverstick has brought her camera to the frontlines of some of the most tumultuous political and social events of the past four years, starting with the civil unrest in Lancaster after the September 2020 police shooting of 27-year-old Ricardo Muñoz. Two years later, she and her...

Changing human behavior around phone use can be hard, but Penn researchers found that competition, rewards and regular feedback works. Dr. Kit Delgado, an emergency physician at Penn Medicine, says he’s seen too many patients come into the hospital after car crashes, often after getting rear-ended at stop signs.

As the lead election official in one of the biggest counties in a swing state, Derek Bowens is thinking about a lot of things as voting season nears. His county just relocated its elections department into a more secure facility to protect from threats, and it unveiled an app to communicate accurate information directly to voters.

The body of a man found frozen in a small Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago has finally been identified. The remains of Nicolas Paul Grubb, 27, of Fort Washington, were discovered in January 1977 by two hikers who had ducked inside the cave to escape some inclement weather. Grubb has long been known as the “Pinnacle Man,” a reference to the Appalachian mountain peak in Berks County near where his body was found.

The Veterans Memorial Bridge connecting Columbia and Wrightsville will close for three years during a renovation project that is now expected to cost $234 million, nearly three times its original budget. Officials from both boroughs worry about the impact the project will have on traffic and their economies. The 1.2-mile...

Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina’s presidential ballot last spring when he received an unexpected call from a man named Paul who said he wanted to help. Though Medelius, co-chairman of West’s “Justice for All Party,” welcomed the assistance, the offer...

Police said Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, before being surrounded by authorities and eventually subdued with a Taser as the former president spoke at the campaign stop. The incident Friday came moments...

Vice President Kamala Harris used a joint campaign appearance with President Joe Biden in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania on Monday to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned — concurring with the White House’s monthslong opposition to the company’s planned sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel.

Six very different people find themselves thrown together during a storm for a focus group on climate change in Pennsylvania. Can they stop talking and start listening?. Between Hevan and Eartha: A Not-So-Tall Tale about Climate Change is an original work from Sankofa African American Theatre Company inspired by and written for Climate Solutions, a collaboration in Central Pa. supported by Solutions Journalism Network.

Widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation, Ben Folds returns to the Strand Theatre following a sold-out performance in 2022!. Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer Ben Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records.

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Pennsylvania is trying to help more people with substance use disorder to find peace in nature for National Recovery Month this September. The state Departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Conservation and Natural Resources are teaming up for a “Recovery in Nature” initiative. Spending time in nature...

People who vote by mail will have an easier time getting their ballots accepted due to a state court ruling, though an appeal is expected. Enforcing the date requirement on the ballot envelope violates the state constitution, Commonwealth Court judges ruled Friday. The free and equal clause prevents the government...

An electricity transmission line in Franklin County that has faced opposition since 2018 got a green light from the county, which struck a $9 million deal to allow Transource to build the line. According to the settlement, upon completion of the Independence Energy Connection project, the company will pay $5...

A Jewish family had the free-speech right to blanket their yard with signs decrying hate and racism after their next-door neighbor hurled an antisemitic slur at them during a property dispute 10 years ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled. The court decided Simon and Toby Galapo were exercising their...

Commonwealth University’s Council of Trustees has expressed its “unwavering support” of university President Bashar Hanna in the wake of a recent federal jury verdict in a whistleblower case. Former Bloomsburg University dean Jeffrey Krug on Aug. 20 won a $3.9 million federal jury verdict over claims he...

Earlier this month, Alabama voter William Pritchett received an unexpected letter from election officials telling him his voter registration was made inactive and was “on the path for removal from the statewide voter list.”. He was among more than 3,200 people on the state’s voter rolls whose registrations had...

Tokyo-based Nippon Steel has pledged to make additional investments in Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel facilities, if its purchase of the iconic Pennsylvania company passes a federal review. Announced Wednesday, the new $1.3 billion commitment would create more productive and cleaner blast furnaces for the USS Mon Valley Works, said Nippon Vice...