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Pennsylvania health officials announced Tuesday that anyone 65 and older or in high-risk health categories is now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, following similar moves in states like New Jersey.

Philadelphia health officials warned that the deadly drug fentanyl is partly responsible for a large increase in overdose deaths in 2020 that continues into 2021.

Phase 1B of Philadelphia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout will begin this week with the city focusing its vaccination efforts toward frontline workers and people with high-risk health conditions. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the latest details on the city’s plan.

Philadelphia is set to move into the next phase of its coronavirus vaccination rollout. NBC10’s Mitch Blacher shows us what that will look like and who will be eligible.

The diminutive “First State” will be in the spotlight at the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20 when its most famous politician takes the oath of office for the White House.

There’s a rush in New Jersey to get a coronavirus vaccination after Gov. Phil Murphy opened up eligibility to millions more people last week. Now residents have been finding it difficult to get appointments, even months in advance. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia explains.

The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States is going to look vastly different than the ceremonies of his predecessors, and the most striking difference may be that outgoing President Donald Trump will not attend. George Washington University history professor Edward Berkowitz joined LX News to explain what usually goes down on Inauguration Day and...

The city in 2020 experienced the second-most homicides of any year dating back to 1960. The 499 slayings were less than only 1990, when there were 500. Commissioner Outlaw, in an interview with NBC10, said the pandemic caused killings to rise in big cities across the country.

William McSwain, who was appointed by President Donald Trump as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will step down Jan. 22, leaving behind a legacy of high-profile bouts with District Attorney Larry Krasner.

The city is easing some coronavirus restrictions that have been in place for months, including the reopening of some Free Library branches and city theaters, which have been closed since last spring.

Jefferson Health wanted to put a testing site in this Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood after seeing residents having difficulty getting a test, and higher chances of poorer health outcomes. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors reports.

The Republican lawmaker from Missouri led the unsuccessful push to reject Pennsylvania’s electoral votes during the congressional certification Tuesday. He questioned the legality of the state’s mail-in voting law.

Conor Lamb, D-Pa., was making his speech against the objection to the electoral vote count in Pennsylvania when tempers flared.

Two Republican state lawmakers immediately proposed scaling back mail-in voting as the state legislature convened this week. Meanwhile, an advisory board of election officials are gathering for the first time later in January.

During her first year on the job, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw has dealt with a surge in homicides, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, calls for social justice reform and allegations of racism and gender discrimination within the department. NBC10’s Erin Coleman spoke with Outlaw about the problems the department continues to face and her steps toward finding...

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw sat down with NBC10’s Erin Coleman to talk about her first year on the job leading the Philadelphia Police Department. Outlaw spoke about the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing homicides and being treated as “an outsider” upon her arrival.

A Lancaster County farmer leased 30 acres of his land to a renewable energy company in 2012. For a few years, Community Energy’s solar farm was the largest in Pennsylvania. Farmland in Pennsylvania could help the state reverse its slide to the rear of the clean energy movement.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ahead of EMS workers getting their first doses of coronavirus vaccines. First responders and residents and workers at long-term care facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 Monday.

Less than 10% of the healthcare workers and older Pennsylvanians who make up Phase 1A of the state’s vaccination rollout plan have received their first doses, but the top health official said she expects a “consistent, weekly distribution” of the vaccine in the weeks ahead.

A South Jersey port on the Delaware River is trying to become one of the first to get in on construction for offshore wind farms, which are expected to begin popping up all along the East Coast in the next decade.