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Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.

Las Vegas police say 14 people were shot before dawn at a hookah parlor and that one man died and two people suffered critical injuries.

The Penn initiative has produced projects including a giant Brita filter for the Schuylkill River and a kids book about friendly river creatures.

We must absorb our history and gain strength from it, Sherry L. Howard writes.

Here are organizations asking for assistance to help people in Ukraine.

The view from Chopper 6 showed smoke rising from the downed aircraft in a residential area of Hilltown Township.

With all eyes on eastern Europe as Russia continues its attack on Ukraine, both residents and elected leaders in the Philadelphia region express concern.

The guides will use a less confrontational method to remind riders about SEPTA rules including fare evasion and smoking policies.

Efforts to end homelessness in Philadelphia got a half-million-dollar boost from a group founded by business and hospitality professionals.

The community got a chance to preview the future of the disability rec center this week.

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the start of a new initiative to offer free second autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is "police-related."

The offerings are very different — as one person told me, “Wawa fulfills your needs, while Sheetz fulfills your fantasies” — but they just might be better together.

Bennetch died last week of COVID at age 36.

With local and imported products — and soon, housemade salumi — the store offers free delivery within 20 miles.

A Philadelphia law gives them priority when hotels are ready to rehire, but workers laid off due to COVID are taking their time and reviewing their options.