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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 ...

New Jersey’s Island Beach State Park is open again for walking and sport fishing after the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy. Mos ...

Pennsylvania’s treasurer could throw a wrench into plans to privatize the state Lottery by withholding payments to Camelot Global S ...

Four days after the 2013 edition of the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship was cancelled, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady (D-Philadelphi ...

Parents, teachers, students, community activists and elected officials again packed the Martin Luther King High School auditorium Thursda ...

How cold is it in Philadelphia? Cold enough that the built-to-scale ice sculpture of the Titanic resting outside the Franklin In ...

Working overtime to ensure its passage before the General Assembly recesses this week for budget talks, Delaware lawmakers okayed a measu ...

It’s the time of year when volunteers start preparing tax returns — free of charge — for low-income people in our region. < ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is adopting FEMA’s new flood maps to help prevent more properties from getting wiped out. ...

The first openly gay person ever elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature says it’s time for the state to improve its efforts to com ...

On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson walked from a nearby boardinghouse to the Capitol to be inaugurated as the third president of the Unit ...