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Former Philly councilwoman could be changing her mind about a retirement bonus program that was designed to save money, but has cost Philly at least $237 million.

Kobe Bryant's widow on Monday sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month.

The lawsuit blames the “rolling bypass’’ policy and staffing levels. A judge ruled that the firefighters’ constitutional rights were not violated, but plaintiffs will appeal.

Since 2005, Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia has been working to help those caught up in human trafficking.

Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.

Mourners began gathering Monday in downtown LA to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the Staples Center, hours before Bryant's memorial service was scheduled to start.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled the city did not target the agency because of its religious beliefs

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.

Specially trained workers meet with victims at bedside and help them make changes that reduce chances they will be reinjured

The Bridesburg school has a large deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students.

Cases pending in Philadelphia courts allege children were tied up with duct tape by a driver paid for by the state to take them to preschool.

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins.

Union Fire Company has struggled to serve its Latino community in the past, but new efforts to recruit Spanish-speakers are making progress.

New Jersey State Police marine troopers rescued two kayakers in the Barnegat Bay on Wednesday, authorities say.

In the rush to replace unreliable electronic voting machines, state and local officials have scrambled to acquire more trustworthy equipment for this year’s election.