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Community Health Database surveyed 10,000 households in the Philadelphia area’s five counties. Before the current economic crisis a ...

A local cancer survivor says news reports of a high-profile American battling pancreatic cancer is drawing attention to a disease little ...

By: Bill Hangley One of three men arrested in connection with a string of arsons in Coatesville has been sent to a juvenile treatm ...

The last round of budget cuts could have closed 11 library branches, but a judge required the city to keep them open. Mayor Nutter has sa ...

By: Bill Hangley Federal housing officials say Philadelphia will receive $28 million in new funds for homelessness prevention prog ...

It’s time to turn off the lights and turn down the thermostat in city buildings. Philadelphia officials working to close the city ...

A spontaneous event in Rittenhouse Square took people by surprise yesterday. From WHYY’s Arts and Culture desk, Alex Schmidt report ...

U.S. Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan says the Obama Administration’s Home Foreclosure Initiative requires lending institutions to d ...

Ping Chong is a New York-based artist who does city-specific theater projects around the United States. The Village of Arts and Humanitie ...

Philadelphia city officials are thinking about different ways they can charge residents for trash collection. Different models exist in c ...

Two new reports are urging Philadelphia officials to preserve the city’s current housing stock and link new affordable housing proj ...

By: Tom MacDonald Members of the Philadelphia Police Department are gathered at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul fo ...