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A federal judge is weighing the request of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration to order the National Park Service to restore the slavery exhibit at the President’s House.

Philadelphia officials are urging residents to prepare for an extended stretch of dangerous cold expected to last through this week.

Police said a man was taken into custody Wednesday night after allegedly shooting someone to death and stealing a pair of bicycles in Southwest Philadelphia.

SEPTA will roll out new Regional Rail schedules this weekend as part of its ongoing effort to improve reliability and better match service with rider demand, transit officials announced Thursday. 

Philadelphia public schools will fully reopen Thursday, following a three-day cancellation of in-person classes in response to the winter storm that hit the region on Sunday.

Two teenagers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night inside a North Philadelphia home, police said.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is co-founding a coalition of local prosecutors to support efforts to prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agents accused of criminal wrongdoing.

Philadelphia's Office of Homeless Services (OHS) has announced that the 2026 Point-In-Time Count, originally planned for today, Wednesday, Jan 28, has been postponed to Wednesday, Feb. 25.

A pair of City Council members are planning to introduce legislation this week intended to restrict U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Philadelphia.

Public and Catholic schools in Philadelphia will remain closed for in-person classes Wednesday, officials announced Tuesday.

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who knocked a person unconscious on New Year’s Day in Center City.

As the snow emergency across Philadelphia continues to be in effect, trash collection will resume, while city offices and public schools remain closed — schools will meet on a virtual learning schedule.

The fear of deportation and economic insecurity caused by immigration raids has had a devastating effect on Latino-owned small businesses in Philadelphia.

A middle-aged man was killed and three others were hospitalized following an apparent shootout early Monday morning inside a North Philadelphia home.

As a major winter storm blankets Philadelphia, city officials have declared a snow emergency and urged residents to stay home, banning parking on emergency routes as heavy snowfall disrupts schools, trash collection, and daily commutes.

SEPTA will suspend all bus and Regional Rail service beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, due to the ongoing snow storm.

U.S. immigration agents shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said, sparking fierce protests and condemnations from local leaders in the second such incident this month.

Sinkholes are common in Philadelphia, but what is causing them? And why does fixing them take so long?

Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration can move forward with borrowing $800 million to fund her H.O.M.E. plan, after City Council approved an amended bond ordinance Thursday.

Philadelphia's School District Superintendent Tony Watlington Sr. has proposed a $2.8 billion facilities plan that includes the closure of 20 schools and the repurposing of several buildings to address under-enrollment, overcrowding, and aging facilities.

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