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Few people realize that surveying for the Mason-Dixon Line started at a tiny house on the southern edge of Philadelphia, the AP reports.< ...

Animal welfare advocates are celebrating a state Senate committee vote on a measure that would outlaw pigeon shoots and other target shoo ...

The rain wouldn’t have stopped her from coming. But as Patricia Smith walked by Vernon Park on the way to the store, she was dis ...

A new poll finds that 53 percent of New Jersey voters favor legalized sports betting at Atlantic City’s casinos and the state’ ...

Saturday’s newspapers carried reports that ...

Cindy Bass walks across Thelma Gorham’s East Germantown living room wearing two hats – City Council candidate and congressional s ...

Spring is in bloom all around the Roxborough campus of the Green Woods Charter School, but the fate of the school and its proposed new ho ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to sign legislation Monday prohibiting employers from asking prospective workers about crim ...

The Philadelphia Board of Ethics will soon develop regulations clarifying a new restriction on political contributions enacted by City ...

If we say the words “Philadelphia” and “parking fight,” you probably picture a ruthlessly efficient Philadelphia ...

After the Pennsylvania SPCA broke up the biggest dog-fighting ring in its history last week, the gruesome images of the abused animals ar ...

Today is Tax Day, three days later than usual due to a Washington, D.C., holiday. Last year, about 142 million individuals filed tax retu ...

New Jersey’s GOP is encouraged by a big jump in their fundraising. State Republican Party officials say the nearly $1 millio ...

It might be a bit of a reach to compare Philadelphia’s Democratic and Republican leaders to Moammar Gadhafi, but mayoral hopeful Jo ...