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A bolt of lightning caused a chemical fire at the Dow Chemical plant in Bristol, Pa., early Wednesday morning. Even though hazardous-mate ...

Last week I wrote about a city of Philadelphia software design project that imploded, at considerable cost to taxpayers. The city paid a ...

Donnell Battie was in a South Jersey Walmart when he heard a public announcement that “All black people should leave the store.R ...

Sporting a red, white and grey button-up shirt with form-fitting jeans, the 23-year-old victim took the witness stand in Courtroom 406 at ...

Assistant District Attorney Vicki Markovitz and Detective Karl Supperer of the District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit in Philadelphia ...

8 a.m. update, Main Street is back open to traffic this morning.  A water main break at 4400 Main Street in ...

Parents and teachers agree that bullying either on the web or in school must stop. However, one problem with that is they don’t al ...

The presidential election is nearly six months away, but ads attacking Mitt Romney and Barack Obama already are airing on Pennsylvania st ...

NewsWorks’ Roxborough/Manayunk/East Falls Editor Megan Pinto just got off the phone with the owner of Spectrum Scientifics on Main ...

This ain’t no “Jersey Shore.” It’s not supposed to be, anyway. The application period is open for the R ...

A new study from Stanford University reveals new clues about sleepwalking — how common it is, and what contributes to it. Sl ...

Supporters of parks and recreation in Philadelphia recruited some help to find additional city funding. Parks and recreation suppo ...

Delaware’s new Secretary of Education addressed educational challenges, the impact of charter schools, teacher effectiveness and ot ...

How does who we are impact how we age? Psychologists believe that certain traits contribute to happy aging — optimism, a sense of humor ...

Gov. Tom Corbett has suggested his Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education consider some consolidation of the Penn State Universit ...