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For the planned year-long celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, the Free Library of P ...

This January, Philadelphia City Council will welcome six new members – a lot of turnover for a legislative body that tends not to chang ...

More than 3,000 people mourned the loss of legendary boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier at a “Homegoing Celebration” held today ...

Last month, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three scientists who discovered that, since the Big Bang, the universe has been ex ...

Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new Pennsylvania law meant to minimize head injuries among student athletes Monday. The new law requires ...

Following a report in October that the state of Pennsylvania could make up to $1.6 billion from the sale of wholesale and retail lic ...

NewsWorks’ continuing coverage of the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal ...

Along with educators and students, the parents of the late Tyler Clementi attended a symposium at Rutgers University Monday to talk about ...

A New Jersey company is in line to get a piece of a big government contract for renewable energy research.   MC Fuhrman and A ...

Krispy Kreme is baking cakes. Bruno’s is serving up sandwiches. ...

It appears that Philadelphia City Council has a new president.   A petition has been signed by 10 current and incoming counci ...

There are some splinter groups within the Occupy Philadelphia movement who say no matter what they are NOT moving off Dillworth Plaza. &n ...

It’s official. By next year, Philadelphia Media Network will call East Market Street home. Publisher Greg Osberg announced t ...

The federal disaster relief to Pennsylvania for Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee is now at almost $187 million, and the Dec. 14 app ...

As part of our effort to give thoughtful citizens a forum to comment on issues, ideas and life in our region, NewsWorks publishes essays ...