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The U.S. Justice Department says Hazleton's method of electing council members citywide instead of by districts illegally dilutes the political power of its Hispanic voters.

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants cancer warnings on alcohol labels. Could updated labels, taxes, fewer liquor stores or advertising bans make Americans drink less?

A state law governing utility termination expires Dec. 31. But the winter shutoff moratorium stays in effect.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

The lawsuit pertains to anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate, on-air misstatements about verdicts in E. Jean Carroll’s two civil lawsuits against the president-elect.

Mayor Parker signed the new law Wednesday. It’s a big win for bike safety advocates.

The judge ruled in January that Musk engineered a pay package potentially worth $56 billion in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent.

This is the latest stumbling block for the new Edgemoor terminal at the Port of Wilmington. Delaware argued it should be allowed to intervene in the lawsuit.

Arguments will continue for weeks in the case involving Carter Hart, who left the Flyers in January, and four other members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.

Legal experts predict President-elect Donald Trump will move quickly next year to cement and extend his legacy in appointing federal judges.

Why has Trump's presumptive HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s message on vaccines, pharmaceuticals and ultraprocessed foods resonated with so many Americans?

They push back on the negative portrayal and hearken to our history. “It’s who we are as Americans,” says one.

The national and state Republican parties are appealing a Pennsylvania court ruling that would relax the rules for mail ballots.

A law firm said Wednesday it filed claims on behalf of more than 60 people. More than 200 people have launched such cases since May.

The billionaire X owner promised Saturday to give away $1 million a day until Nov. 5 for people signing the petition. Some election experts say it's a violation of the law.