The songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s Black-owned label Philadelphia International Records turned a city’s aesthetic into a movement that reverberated around the world.
The justices are about to consider whether the Voting Rights Act applies to policies that restrict the vote.
In North Philadelphia, a family gathered for a last day with “The Best Mom Ever.”
The gift will help Morgan State University, a historically Black college, finance scholarships for financially needy students.
“Tangled Up in Blue,” by Rosa Brooks, and “We Own This City,” by Justin Fenton, take readers inside two police forces (in Washington and Baltimore) to examine a complicated culture.
In dissent, three justices said the court should have used the case to provide guidance in future elections.
Stewart Bainum, a hotel magnate and former politician, has swooped in with a plan to run it and other papers in Maryland as part of a nonprofit.
For starters, Biden can improve lives right now by recalibrating existing programs.
After fighting the election results, state Republicans are trying to increase their control of the courts. Outraged Democrats and good government groups see it as a new kind of gerrymandering.
After fighting the election results, state Republicans are trying to increase their control of the courts. Outraged Democrats and good government groups see it as a new kind of gerrymandering.
In an interview, the former D.N.C. chairman discussed a possible bid for Maryland governor and said Iowa and New Hampshire starting the presidential nominating process was “unacceptable.”
Prosecutors said the men created a fake duplicate of the Moderna website to fraudulently sell doses of the vaccine, which they never had.
Analysts estimate that the tax will generate up to $250 million for schools in the state in the first year. It will also probably face fierce legal challenges.
Analysts estimate that the tax would generate up to $250 million for schools in the state in the first year. It would also probably face fierce legal challenges.
I thought I would have until our first grader went off to college before I would feel such anxiety.
A stone house in horse country outside Philadelphia, a Georgian Revival home in Kansas City and a 1907 cottage in Pasadena.
A stone house in horse country outside Philadelphia; a Georgian Revival home in Kansas City, Mo.; and a 1907 cottage in Pasadena, Calif.
New research casts doubt on the idea that prior infections with garden-variety coronaviruses might shield some people, particularly children, amid the pandemic.
As a mayor in 2013, Mr. Fetterman, a Democrat, used a gun to stop Christopher Miyares, a Black man jogging nearby, after saying he heard gunshots. The police found no weapons on Mr. Miyares and released him.
The city’s teachers union approved a deal that would send a first wave of students back to classrooms this week.
What began as an emergency measure in the pandemic’s early days has turned into a long-term business plan that could help many kitchens keep running.
They believed as a matter of civic principle that ethical leadership is the glue that holds a constitutional republic together.
As he had done countless times in his career in public office, Joe Biden returned to the Wilmington suburbs from Washington on Friday — this time, as the commander in chief.
Chad Salsman, the elected prosecutor of Bradford County, Pa., was accused of preying on female clients who were in vulnerable legal or personal situations while he was their defense lawyer.
An unarmed man was given a summons for trespassing after he gained access to the base on Thursday and boarded an aircraft typically used by senior government and military leaders, officials said.
Two of the victims were 11 years old when the abuse began, Gregory Dow admitted to the authorities.
California’s huge public retirement system, for one, offered only cautious support after new disclosures of financial ties between the firm’s chief, Leon Black, and Jeffrey Epstein.
A powerful winter storm pummeled the northeast, dropping more than a foot of snow in many areas
In his annual prognostication, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning there will be six more weeks of winter.
In his latest book, the master of historical narrative turns his gaze on his family’s past, uncovering a criminal network in Johnstown, Pa.
The presidential election results are settled. But the battle over new voting rules, especially for mail-in ballots, has just begun.
He won more than 500 games and six Atlantic 10 tournament championships with Temple, and he took his teams to the N.C.A.A. tournament’s regional finals five times.
Teacher resistance is a disaster for the most vulnerable.
New York Times reporters provided live coverage of Inauguration Day, as former President Donald J. Trump departed the White House and President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
She had no specialized training, but she did have a way with the fiercest and most vulnerable animals.
Times correspondents report on the first coronavirus vaccinations in the United States.
Catherine Volcy, like college students across America, is studying from home. She is aching to talk in person with her peers and professors about this tumultuous year.
As eastern counties shifted left, Joe Biden was propelled into victory in a state that President Trump narrowly won in 2016.
See full results and maps from the Pennsylvania election.
See full results and maps from the Pennsylvania election.
See full results and maps from the Maryland election.
Here are 20 counties in battleground states that are crucial for a White House victory.
An unlikely scenario with serious consequences.
Detailed results and maps from the Delaware primary election.
“Once on a practice run, I looked down,” said Bruce Freeburger, 69. “I’m not doing that again.”
Get the latest primary results from Iowa, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and more.
With billions of people staying home, the world is reinventing the weekend.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.