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This weekend, you can enjoy Japanese culture in Fairmount Park, learn about Philadelphia’s history of strong women, and listen to diverse wordsmiths on South Street.

In the face of a rising number of mumps cases, Temple University officials don't plan to shut the school. They are considering providing booster shots at no charge.

At least one Republican congressman from the coalfields has added his voice to the chorus of miners and advocates worried that the fund's promise might not be kept.

Residents near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst may hear “booms” and feel “rumbles” on Thursday. 

As New Jersey lawmakers delve into particulars of the budget plan, proponents and opponents of changes in school funding argue their positions.

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says the opioid crisis remains a disaster emergency, though there are signs that drug overdose deaths may be declining.

A new Pew report found Philly’s reputation as a heavy taxer is valid. The reasons why are complicated.

Family members of a slain 14-year-old girl named Grace Packer said Thursday they remain haunted by her torture and excruciating death.

A 26-year-old democratic socialist drew the top ballot position in Philly’s Council race as candidates followed a time-honored tradition involving an old coffee can.

Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button.

With all the action on the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the survey finds less support for legal betting on college sports than on the pros.

This week Marketplace Tech is looking at how an online troll becomes a terrorist and how people are recruited and radicalized online through social media.

A witness in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer said he saw the officer panicking, saying, "I don't know why I shot him."

A lawsuit filed last year claims residency rules are to blame for lack of diversity in New Jersey public education.

"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.