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Philadelphia is creating its first-ever plan for urban agriculture. The goal: to protect existing community gardens and encourage farming use on vacant city lots.

Interested in buying a used linear accelerator, an old hospital stretcher or even a fully equipped hospital kitchen? Now is your chance.

She is accused of enriching herself by stealing money from a nonprofit organization she founded to serve the mentally ill and poor who were fighting addiction.

The Media Mobilizing Project has been recording protests and interviews since 2006. It’s now uploading its archive.

Since the 1930s, the Penn Museum has been holding and studying thousands of clay tablets from 2000 B.C. Today, hundreds are returning to Iraq.

The House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing on Wednesday marks a new phase in the investigation, as Democrats prepare to finalize their case against President Trump.

The demise of Hoa Binh Plaza isn’t the only story of Asian businesses in gentrifying areas, leaders in Philly’s growing Asian community say.

Kids know their abusers between 85% and 93% of the time. Yet adults are often surprised to realize how close to home abuse really is.

It reflects what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions.

The bill is expected to be approved by the full Council next Thursday, during the last meeting of 2019.

Trader Joe's has issued a voluntary recall for fresh products that are sold in numerous states, including its New Jersey markets. 

Council President Hanifa Shabazz had said she felt threatened by Dion Wilson’s remarks. Police charged him, but a prosecutor dropped the charges.

Two former high-ranking officials with a New Jersey youth baseball league who played in the Little League World Series two years ago have admitted stealing league funds.

This year, the state Agriculture Department issued 324 growing permits, compared to 37 issued just for research last year.

The district argues the Pa. Human Relations Commission doesn’t have the authority to dictate how it educates its students or spends its money.