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Keep an eye on the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th District Council races — they’re likely to be the most competitive.

There may be a shortage of poll workers at your polling place today. It’s a national problem felt at the most local level.

Philly could become one step closer to electing its first millennial to City Council, where the current average age is 58.

A record number of Latino candidates are running for Council this year, and for the first time, all their names will be spelled correctly on the ballot.

And: Philly has more than 800 polling places, and some of them are just plain strange.

A New Jersey electrical contractor and longtime ally of labor leader John J. Dougherty was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison, making him the first defendant punished in a long-running federal probe of operations at the Philadelphia region’s largest Electricians local.

Officials have declared a hepatitis A outbreak in Pennsylvania. Since January 2018, 171 cases have been reported in 36 counties, and Philadelphia is one of the hardest hit.

Seventeen months after a Philadelphia police officer fatally shot her husband in the head as he sat unarmed on a Germantown curb, a widow says authorities have told her nothing about the status of the criminal investigation. If prosecutors press charges, it would mark the first time that two former Philly cops would face criminal charges at the same time for on-duty fatal shootings.

Could the soda tax spread nationwide? A new economic analysis says a federal tax on sweetened beverages may benefit the public good.

After Alabama voted for the strictest of anti-abortion laws last week, experts are questioning whether the unborn are being favored over children born into poverty.

President Donald Trump stopped in Montoursville Monday ahead of the primary election, where he promised to continue pushing for job growth, unleash coal and shale, and bring back industrial plants.

Ivy L. Barsky, the chief executive of the National Museum of American Jewish History, has resigned from her post and will leave the institution at the end of June.

The Phillies had a good night last night, taking a 5-4 win over the Cubs. J.T. Realmuto made a game-saving tag, plated a tying run, scored the final run of a three-run rally, and then hit a go-ahead homer in the 10th.

He acts, he sings, and he can shuck an oyster. Now, Bradley Cooper’s onto his newest endeavor: joining the Philadelphia Orchestra.

With a fire pit, restaurant lounge and cabanas with table service, Delaware County’s newest social and swim club is less swimming hole and more “Hyatt meets Hard Rock,” according to its owners.

Jason Segel has recently been spotted shopping at the South Street Whole Foods, walking around Center City, or having dinner at a.kitchen, but it turns out the How I Met Your Mother star isn’t just in town for a bite.

Because two restaurants are better than one: Condesa and a yet-to-be-named taquiera are the newest projects in the works from the crew behind the likes of Suraya, Pizzeria Beddia, and R&D Cocktail Bar.

Now the location of Franky Bradleys, the picturesque English cottage at Juniper and Chancellor Streets was once home to drag queens, horses, and architects, writes architecture critic Inga Saffron.

In interviews with candidates and voters leading up to the primary election, The Inquirer Editorial Board heard a number of ideas it says deserve consideration and further debate, regardless of who gets elected.

New Jersey should recognize the long-term benefits for all of the residents of the Garden State expanding the free community college program and supporting the success of economically challenged students provides, writes Donald A. Borden, president of Camden County College.

She lost her husband when her children were young. Now, this Philly-area nurse has lost her nearly 30-year-old wedding dress, and she’s on a quest to find it. Philadelphia Magazine tells her story.

A new podcast tells the personal stories of people living on the street in Philadelphia, hoping to connect the worlds of the middle- and upper-class with those experiencing poverty and homelessness, Billy Penn reports.

History has painted a cushy picture of notorious mobster Al Capone’s living quarters at Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary, but curators say it’s not all that accurate. Smithsonian Magazine details Scarface’s stint in the City of Brotherly Love.