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Philadelphia has been in a gun violence crisis for a long time, but the number of shootings in the city since the beginning of the pandemic is staggeringly high.

When Kaiserman JCC summer camp returns from a self-imposed pause, they'll require masks for all, no matter the location or vaccination status.

Philly throws legendary block parties. Here are the tips you need to know to master summer’s favorite urban art form.

This weekend, enjoy dance, Shakespeare, and sharks across the Delaware Valley.

ACT UP, which organizes weekly housing protests near Mayor Kenney’s Old City apartment, said this was the first to be dispersed by law enforcement.

The violence occurred soon after SEPTA extended its $1.5 million contract with Allied Universal to keep security guards stationed along the Market-Frankford Line.

If all of the publicly out LGBTQ athletes at the Olympics represented a country under a single rainbow flag they'd be coming in 14th in the world for their medal count.

Help us mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and tell us: Where were you?

It's a devastating blow for her three teammates, who are all first-time Olympians. Biles was expected to compete on all four apparatuses.

The dancer, teacher, and karate black belt stayed active until age 95.

Chickie’s & Pete’s opened the Bronx ballpark concession stand this spring after two years in talks.

City officials say they’re still sorting through the damage and setting a recovery timeline after a water main busted Sunday morning near South Street.

Visit the people and places that shape their neighborhoods and communities as told through PlanPhilly’s The 47: Historias along a bus route series.

Many green card holders are still stuck outside of the country, worried about returning to their lives in the U.S. because of broad disruptions to the immigration system.

Mothers competing in the Olympics and Paralympics are speaking out about the challenges they face as working mothers in sports. Some are using their platform to demand change.