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Benjamin L. Bynum Sr. was a longtime Philadelphia entrepreneur and patriarch of a family associated with popular restaurants and jazz and blues venues in the city.

Tens of thousands of people affected by the pandemic are still waiting for help from the city’s emergency fund. The additional money will help just a fraction.

The research from CHOP and UPenn showed a significant drop compared to other cities.

Local government was eager to learn how discounted or free broadband access programs affected digital access across Philly. With updated stats, it can focus on what works.

Why didn't passengers on a Philadelphia train intervene when a woman was being raped? We examine the bystander effect and why people fail to help.

A family in Houston and plumber in Maryland couldn't afford rent, which pushed them into crowded living quarters. During the pandemic, that predicament has upped viral spread.

The police department will receive training and technical assistance on gun violence prevention, criminal justice collaboration, community engagement.

The three-time All-Star guard was a holdout in training camp in the wake of his offseason trade demand.

And more than 1 in 3 adults in households with children say they have experienced serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities, per an NPR poll.

Jeffrey Carter, 65, was fatally shot in the head by a stray bullet and a 16-year-old student from the nearby high school was shot in the back of the head as he ran away.

There’s no doubt the local favorite is one of Philly’s oldest woman-run bars.

The call came in around 3 p.m. for a shooting near the intersection of Rowland and Ryan avenues, which is just outside Lincoln High School in the city's Mayfair section.

The country’s first African American secretary of state died Monday at 84.

Orphan wells are a source of climate warming methane emissions, and have been known to contaminate air, water and soil.

Megan Rice, a nun and Catholic peace activist who spent two years in federal prison while in her 80s has died in Montgomery County at age 91.