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A COVID-19 vaccine may be near, but distribution faces major hurdles

Pennsylvanians could start receiving a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as next month, the state health secretary said Thursday, but distribution to every person in the state could take much of 2021.

Pa. imposes a broader mask mandate as officials try to stem a surge in virus hospitalizations

If the public ignores measures designed to quash the spread, Pennsylvania could run out of intensive-care beds next month and hit 12,000 total virus-related deaths by January, officials say.

Region braces for new restrictions as COVID-19 cases soar

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf asked people on Sunday to “buckle down,” though he has announced no new statewide restrictions yet. N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy called the latest data “alarming.”

We fact-checked Trump’s claims of election fraud in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania

The president made numerous false statements about Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in brief remarks from the White House Thursday night.

En Pensilvania, los votantes latinos crecen en cantidad, tienen intereses diversos y podrían decidir las elecciones

Si bien se espera que Biden gane el voto de los latinos, cualquier cambio en las tendencias podrían resultar en ventajas para Trump, quien fue beneficiado con menos del 1% de los votos en 2016.

COVID-19 contact tracing hobbled by distrust, partisanship, and phone etiquette, Pew study finds

Contact tracing was supposed to hinder a new surge of cases. Instead, it could barely get half the American public on board.

Some of Trump’s most ardent Philly-area critics include those grieving losses to COVID-19

Many relatives of those who died of COVID-19 make Trump a target of anger.

Walter Wallace Jr.'s killing by Philly police raises specter of the MOVE bombing 35 years later

The death of a 27-year-old in a police shooting earlier this week is a brutal reminder of a Black community's bombing in 1985. Both drew national attention.

Latino voters in Pa. are diverse, growing in number — and could sway the election

While Biden is expected to win Latinos handily, even small shifts toward Trump could prove pivotal in a state decided by less than 1% of the vote in 2016.

The police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. feels far too familiar to a weary West Philly community

The killing of Walter Wallace Jr. and ensuing police response to protests raises echoes of the late spring chaos on 52nd Street.