The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) and its development partners broke ground Monday on the first phase of a sweeping redevelopment of Westpark Apartments.
City Hall must pay $1.5 million to the family of an inmate who died inside a Philadelphia jail in 2023, a jury ruled this week.
School District of Philadelphia students now have guaranteed recess and bathroom breaks, under new rules adopted last week.
Philadelphians appear set to decide if members of City Council should be allowed to remain in their positions while running for state or federal office in a question on May’s primary ballot.
Bipartisan elected officials in Berks and Schuylkill counties are opposing the federal government’s purchase of two Pennsylvania warehouses that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to convert into large-scale immigration detention centers.
The U.S. military announced on Sunday the first American casualties of President Donald Trump's intensifying attack on Iran.
Gov. Josh Shapiro on Sunday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military strikes against Iran, arguing the president acted “unilaterally” without congressional approval.
A car came loose from a tow truck and fatally struck a motorcyclist Saturday afternoon in Frankford, police said.
Three people were hurt in separate shootings over a period of less than three hours late Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Philadelphia, according to authorities.
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington Sr. presented his decade-long, $2.8 billion facilities master plan Thursday to the Board of Education.
Two of the 20 schools originally slated to shutter under the School District of Philadelphia’s facilities plan are no longer being recommended for closure, under a revised proposal presented Thursday to the Board of Education.
The City of Philadelphia has launched a new program to help families of homicide victims cover funeral costs, city officials announced.
Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a multistate lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Trump Administration's overhaul of the national childhood immunization schedule.
Temperatures are on the rise across the Delaware Valley, and so is the energy at the Greater Philadelphia YMCA. As the region heats up, the Y is preparing to open its doors to thousands of local children (ages 4–14) for another season of day camp.
Authorities arrested 19 people Wednesday with ties to three West Philadelphia-based gangs for their alleged role in a spree of retaliatory gun violence that impacted dozens of victims over a period of less than two years.
Philadelphia’s small and local businesses are the backbone of our city’s economy, particularly within our thriving experience and events industry.
An ex-cop wanted for child rape was killed in a shootout with Lower Merion Township Police early Wednesday morning near the campus of St. Joseph’s University, law enforcement officials said.
A civil trial began Tuesday in federal court to determine whether the city should be held liable for the death of a man held inside a Philadelphia jail more than two years ago.
Mayor Cherelle Parker continued to encourage Philadelphians to stay off the roads and give plowing crews space to clear streets, as precipitation from a major winter storm wrapped up Monday afternoon.
As research demonstrates, U.S. public schools in general are not more integrated than they were just after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.