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One week after a strike was authorized, Unite Here Local 54 announced a tentative agreement with the last two casinos without a labor deal.

Lawsuit alleges Black man and five-year-old daughter were shunned by costumed characters.

Republicans are moving a constitutional amendment that would make it much easier to restrict abortion. Now, Gov. Wolf wants a court to throw it out.

The new North Philly supermarket is part of a sweeping neighborhood revitalization plan dreamed up by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

The monarch butterfly was categorized by scientists last week as endangered.

The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas ordered the encampment’s end last Friday. Law enforcement is expected to break it up in the coming days.

A Pa. court is considering the fate of some 800 mail-in primary votes that three county elections boards threw out over the lack of handwritten dates on their envelopes.

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report.

Stocks are falling early Thursday as investors react to news that the U.S. economy shrank for a second consecutive quarter.

The agreement will also see the Media/Elwyn line renamed the Media/Wawa line.

The weekend’s events in Philly, Del., and N.J. include Monster Trucks Live, Black Keys, and the East Passyunk Car Show and Street Fest.

More than 350,000 Atlantic sturgeon once migrated to the Delaware River, but now, there are fewer than 250 adults. A caviar rush depleted stocks in the late 1800s.

The outdoor performance pairs the problematic “Taming” with its answer play circa 1610, “The Tamer Tamed.”

Due to safety concerns in Kensington, the City of Philadelphia is downsizing a program designed to encourage outdoor play for kids.

The homestead exemption increases to $80,000, but not everyone will benefit the same. Over 130,000 property owners are still slated to pay more in property taxes.