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Police say a Franciscan friar accused of sexual abusing students at schools in two states killed himself at a western Pennsylvania monast ...

Philadelphia’s City Controller Alan Butkovitz says for the first half of the year, Philadelphia tax collections are up $44 million ...

Public comment was scarce this week when the Philadelphia Board of Ethics held a hearing on proposed regulations to govern independent ex ...

Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week on NewsWorks: 1. More than 200 Manayunk and Roxborough re ...

A published report says McKee Foods Corp. is offering to pay between $25 million to $30 million to acquire the Drake’s brand from H ...

As officials continue their investigation into last week’s abduction of a 5-year-old girl from her West Philadelphia school, commun ...

It’s been almost a year since Shippensburg University made headlines for its personal contraceptive vending machine options. And af ...

A fire at a shopping center in suburban Philadelphia has damaged nearly a half-dozen stores and left one person dead. The bla ...

A historically black college near Philadelphia is urging students to check their credit reports after an inadvertent release of their Soc ...

Here’s a look at what you may have missed this week: 1. ...

Philadelphia’s public employees union is asking gun-related companies in which it has invested pension funds to do more to kee ...

The image of the dung beetle just skyrocketed thanks to some scientists from Sweden who wanted to understand how these insects roll balls ...

The friendly partnership between Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and the City Commissioners, who oversee elections, was short-lived. ...

Pennsylvania House Democrats are calling the governor’s search for pension reforms wrong-headed, because rising costs are on track ...