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More than 1,000 boxes containing the complete 175-year archive of the Orchestra and the Academy of Music have moved across town to Penn Library.

Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster in a lawsuit filed late Friday asked Commonwealth Court to issue an injunction against special elections his Democratic counterpart scheduled.

Response to the Philadelphia Ballet’s “Daddy and Me” initiative welcoming fathers this weekend has been “overwhelming.”

Chief Robert Tracy started his tenure in 2017, during a record year for shootings. Gun violence has fallen, risen, and fallen again during that time.

Vanguard withdrew from a global network of asset managers committed to cutting carbon emissions. The company says it was to preserve independence and prevent confusion.

The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear.

Many said they wanted to see the complicated history of the city’s former police headquarters recognized in the site’s next life.

Bluford charter school is expected to reopen as a district-run school this fall, while its sister school, Daroff, will remain closed, officials said.

The complaint alleges that ProManaged Inc. violated federal housing laws by openly barring voucher holders from renting in majority-white neighborhoods.

People are asking questions about a storm protection proposal for New York and New Jersey that would be among the most massive and costly flood control projects ever done.

"I was shocked actually ... and then, honestly, I cried," Staley said on ESPN's "First Take."

How do you feel about stop and frisk (and policing more broadly) as an answer to Philly's gun violence crisis?

“Mothermotherland” was devised by artists who fled Kharkiv, now based in Pittsburgh. It is presented by Philly’s Miniball festival.

Patterns of misconduct in Abu-Jamal’s case have convinced people that his constitutional right to equal justice under the law was violated, argues Linn Washington.

In a place where flooding has required residents to be rescued by boat, the city wants a contractor to develop a better system of emergency alerts.