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Philadelphia’s vast tracts of vacant land and abandoned buildings – about 40,000 properties by one count – are costing the city a ...

The ACLU has called on Pennsylvania governor-elect Tom Corbett to promise not to spy on activist groups. The spy controversy erupted in S ...

An underground explosion in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood sent manhole covers flying into the air this morning, CBS Philly < ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports ...

Last weekend the Philadelphia non-profit Fresh Artists was awarded the Purpose Prize, a $50,000 award given to a senior citizen contrib ...

Jo Ann Allen serves up all the news you need on today’s Morning Edition, starting now. On the docket for today: This weekend ...

Are police getting out of hand? The councilwoman for Germant ...

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Monday officially ...

  Many medical devices come wrapped in sterile packaging. As a result, hospitals are one of the biggest contributors to landfills ...

A little more than a decade ago, I moved to Philadelphia. If you had told me then that I would still be here now, I can’t say that I wo ...

Nearly 50 horseback riders from Philadelphia’s Northwest section and beyond strolled through Fairmount Park Sunday to raise money t ...

(This is a correct version. An earlier story misstated the reason for the fine against EMAN) The board of East Mount Airy ...

A fallen police officer is honored with a fresh new mural three decades after being killed in the line of duty.  More than 50 ...

Dwight Evans has spent many years in Harrisburg with his hands on the lever ...