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When Jimmy Rollins made his first All-Star team as a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies 20 years ago, the percentage of Black players in the majors was 13. It’s down to 7.

Teaching young learners in the pandemic has been challenging for many educators, but those instructing English language learners virtually face even steeper obstacles.

Describing himself as “overwhelmed with gratitude,” Fetterman noted that he has an email list over a million people long.

The campaign launches amid Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal for a $1.35 billion increase to the state’s K-12 education funding.

The city detailed how it plans to respond following the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

The federal indictment unsealed Friday charges former Fox School of Business Dean Moshe Porat with conspiracy and wire fraud.

All city residents over the age of 16 are now eligible for vaccine, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley announced Friday.

Mayor Jim Kenney released an open letter to Philadelphians, offering his thoughts in advance of the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd.

Blane Stoddart, of the Young Caribbean Professional Network, who co-organized Caribbean Restaurant Week, said that about 30% of Philly's restaurants have gone out of business.

Democratic House leaders say the in-person session day is just a trial and is not the result of pressure from GOP demands earlier this month.

Whoever was behind the hack accessed passwords, but not the encryption keys needed to read them, ParkMobile said.

Some people in certain states, including Pennsylvania, worry that ambitious climate goals — and cheaper wind and solar — mean oil and gas jobs will be the next to go. 

A director and alumnus of America’s wealthiest boarding school claims he had to sue the institution to see how it spends the funds it receives from sales of Hershey bars.

They said they could not yet say why he opened fire with a rifle late Thursday night at a FedEx processing center near the Indianapolis airport.

State Rep. David Bentz has introduced a bill that would eliminate pre-COVID barriers to telehealth access.