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Former Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman is gone, but the controversy surrounding her departure is not. Case in point:W ...

Pennsylvania is poised to join an increasing list of Republican-ruled states that are enacting laws requiring voters to produce a state-i ...

When prominent people want to get their point of view out on a public controversy, smart ones will often grant an interview to someone t ...

A controversial bill in Pennsylvania would make it illegal for public school teachers to go on strike. State lawmakers will host a public ...

The Philadelphia Zoo unveiled to the public the newest member of its family today, a 10-week-old jaguar named Lucha. He is the fir ...

A former Philadelphia police officer has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a conspiracy to illegally distribute anabolic steroids, ...

Princeton University is going to ban freshmen from pledging to fraternities and sororities. The Ivy League institution does not officiall ...

What’s next for Philadelphia, a plague of locusts? The forced termination of Philadelphia’s embattled school superintendent ...

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, or PEMA, says coordination after this week’s earthquake went according to plan.  ...

Despite it being small and slow-moving, the Kentish snail discovered today by Customs and Border Protection agents in Philadelphia poses ...

Employees on three floors of Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center had no way to exit the building Tuesday during the earthquake. ...

Heavy rains have produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms and a lot of calls to New Jersey’s Poison Help hotline. Even if th ...

Tuesday’s earthquake shook up many in Philadelphia, but a software glitch trapped some city workers in their building. Despi ...

Pennsylvania’s top election official says she’s in favor of a state law to require residents to show photo identification at ...