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An after-school program for children in low-income families in New Jersey that was set to close Monday will continue to operate. T ...

The Philadelphia Police Department’s mounted patrol unit will soon have a new base. The police plan calls for a $1.2 million ...

President Barack Obama Monday issued an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration to focus on reducing prescription drug ...

The Nutter administration has eased up on security surrounding the Occupy Philadelphia protesters outside City Hall. Security had ...

Last week, City Council’s Finance Committee passed two bills that would make significant changes to ...

About 17 percent of U.S. teens are obese; in Philadelphia, those rates are even higher. A new study examines what Philadelphia pub ...

Okay, crazy time is here. If you’re running a competitive political campaign, there comes a point in the closing days of the ...

Before Friday night, the last time the Germantown Bears won a public-league playoff game, none of its current players were on the roster. ...

About 400,000 homes in New Jersey are still without electricity following the weekend storm that knocked down trees and power lines. ...

Police say the death of an Upper Darby woman was caused by a clogged chimney flue that filled her house with carbon monoxide. ...

Rite Aid has issued a voluntary recall of its Rich Fields butter cookies due to a possible Bacillus cereus contamination. Approxim ...

What should the well-dressed pug wear to a Halloween party? “A knight in shining armor,” according to Natalia Hrebian ...

Sentencing is set for Tuesday for the tug boat operator who pleaded guilty this summer to the fatal duck boat crash on the Delaware R ...

The Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pa., will need to limit its sulfur dioxide emissions to comply with an Environment ...

Restaurant workers are preparing to lobby Philadelphia City Council in favor of legislation that would make it illegal for employers to t ...