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Fashion designer Gianni Lee, a Philly native, made just 76 of the custom pieces.

Republican lawmakers have sought to play down the violence that happened in an attack that left five people dead.

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, who had fought for the Union, led a force of soldiers to Galveston, Texas, to deliver a very important message.

Curtis De Veaux and his City Athletics organization bought the empty church before the pandemic and renovated it into a space that is welcoming young people from the community

For more than three hours, in person and on Zoom, parents on both sides emotionally addressed the issues before Montco’s Souderton Area School Board.

The Philadelphia 76ers will play the Atlanta Hawks Friday night in the elimination game of the 2021 NBA playoffs.

The campaign for the next president of the Philadelphia NAACP is underway as the office’s current leader won’t seek another term in the July election.

A year in planning, the new large-scale event at ArtsQuest teaches people what Juneteenth is about.

It’s now an official city holiday (at least through the end of Kenney’s term) but residents have been celebrating Freedom Day for decades.

Belmont Plateau’s skyline view makes the morning magic even better.

The Painted Bride Art Center has created citywide scavenger hunt contest, using Philadelphia’s lesser-known locations of Black, Asian, and queer history.

Rev. David Brown writes about the formation of the #JuneteenthChallenge and what he learned during a month of intentional patronage of Black businesses and institutions.

June 18-20 - Juneteenth, park solstice, fun for fathers

Izzy earned a place in the annals of Philadelphia sports.

New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time this year, joining dozens of states in observing the day in some fashion.