As new coronavirus cases explode, Pennsylvania’s top health official on Monday warned the state is at a “critical point” in the pandemic and begged recalcitrant residents to wear masks, avoid congregating and take other simple preventative measures to slow the spread. Infections, hospitalizations and the percentage of virus tests coming back positive continue to climb sharply, according to state...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has approved the use of night vision and infrared (thermal) optics in the hunting of furbearers, animals traditionally trapped or hunted for their pelts

Several members of the Miami Marlins tested have tested positive for the coronavirus after playing in Philadelphia, prompting the team to quarantine in the city and the Phillies to postpone a game against the New York Yankees.

Authorities say more than two dozen lifeguards from two New Jersey beach towns have tested positive for the coronavirus after having been together socially.

A New Jersey Superior Court judge has denied a neighborhood’s attempt to leave a township and join a neighboring borough

Jonathan Holloway will start his new job on July 1 after receiving approval from the Rutgers Board of Governors on Tuesday. He will be the 21st president of New Jersey’s flagship university, succeeding Robert Barchi, who has led Rutgers since September 2012.

President Donald Trump says he will watch the Washington Nationals play in the fifth game of the World Series. Chef José Andrés, not the president, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Stephen Strasburg outdueled fellow ace Justin Verlander, overcoming a shaky start to give the Washington Nationals a 12-3 victory Wednesday night and a commanding 2-0 lead in the World Series.

The Washington Nationals got their first-ever World Series win after beating the Astros 5-4 in Game 1 Tuesday.

A Maryland judge says a forensic psychiatrist for the state health department believes the man accused of killing five staffers at the Capital Gazette is legally sane.