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In the past 18 years, nine people in Pennsylvania have walked out of prison after DNA evidence proved them innocent. Now the state will l ...

The Army is having an easier time enlisting new soldiers in the Philadelphia area. Recruitment numbers are up 30 percent over last year. ...

A Democrat making the impending expiration of electric rate caps a centerpiece of his 2010 gubernatorial campaign says he’s not imp ...

A bill that would legalize video poker in Pennsylvania will be introduced on the House floor later this week, and hearings will begin in ...

This is the first year of the West Prize, an art prize sponsored by the West Collection, which collects the work of emerging artists. Ov ...

Continuing with our celebration of The International Year of Astronomy, Derrick Pitts talks about Galileo’s telescope and how he sl ...

A bleak budget outlook in New Jersey appeared to be worsening at the first day of Senate budget hearings. A bleak budget outlook i ...

Drexel University is mourning the death of its longtime leader. 63 year-old Constantine Papadakis died from pulmonary complications overn ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling could signal the end of appeals for convicted killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. But his attorney is not giving up. ...

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will be seeking information this week from Philadelphia’s two casino licensees on the status ...

The political actions of some Montgomery County employees may be restricted. Two commissioners there have approved an ordinance to preven ...

By: Tom MacDonald New Jersey teachers are worried about their underfunded pension plan. Even though the plan has over $35 billion ...

The Philadelphia public school system is thinking of turning over 30 failing schools to new managers, including charter schools. O ...