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An insurance broker testified to defrauding the Philadelphia Housing Authority out of $2.3 million. And now, he’s naming names. ...

A new study shows it’s a bigger health threat to live downwind from the Delaware City Refinery. A two year report on the air qua ...

A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to raise the price of parking tickets to fund the city’s department of parks and recreation. & ...

Lacrosse is said to be North America’s oldest indigenous sport. The NCAA’s men’s lacrosse quarterfinal playoffs take th ...

Training a class of state police troopers may seem like a straightforward way to fill the ranks. This year, however, there are a l ...

  This year’s Hidden Gardens Tour featured nine gardens in Germantown, Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill. The self-guided ...

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: A trio of brothers at Germantown Friends School wants the gove ...

One day, when this NewsWorks reporter was in the third grade, the boys, in a well-coordinated mass attack, put earthworms in the desk of ...

If there’s one thing worth knowing about Chestnut Hill, Steve Berg says it’s that the area is a “hotbed of artists teem ...

Pittsburgh-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals will be the first company to produce a generic version of a popular blood thinner. Accordin ...

Once a quiet home to a great art collection in Lower Merion, the Barnes Foundation loudly tooted its own horn at its inauguration gala Fr ...

Today, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will dedicate a new park on the site at a ribbon-cutting ce ...

During a special mass this morning at The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, six men will be formally ordained into the priesthood. ...

More than 5,000 rowers from approximately 200 high schools from across North America are here in the city this weekend. They came to comp ...

The Streets Department is organizing a Hazardous Waste Drop-off event today, May 19, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in West Philadelphia. Rep ...